OBJECTIVE To determine the cellular effects of providing a fascial interface around subcutaneously-placed silicone implants, in terms of capsule thickness, myofibroblast/fibroblast cell count and inflammatory cell count. STUDY DESIGN Interventional, comparative study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Laboratory of Experimental Animals, Istanbul, Tu...

We present a patient who had a long history of unsuccessful bilateral mammary operations with insertion and extraction of various implants, some of which were filled with silicone gel, others with saline. In addition to complications in the tissue surrounding the prosthesis, she had distant widespread skin lesions which, we believe, were due to leakage from the implant. A cutaneous test with ma...

Silicone is a synthetic polymer widely used in the biomedical industry as implantable devices since 1940, owing to its excellent mechanical properties and biocompatibility. biomaterials are renowned for their biocompatibility due inert nature hydrophobic surface. A timeline illustration shows critical development periods of using silicone varied applications. In this review, discussed along wit...

The development of silicone prostheses for augmentation of the calf and buttocks has led a small number of our patients to consider the use of implants for aesthetic thigh augmentation. In this article, we report a new thigh augmentation technique using submuscular placement of silicone gel-filled implants. Fresh cadaver dissections were performed to measure the space between the gracilis muscl...