Silicone Breast Implants: Are They Safe?

Author: Abigail Aaronson

You really want to enhance your bust size, but you're afraid. You remember the controversy about silicone breast implants. Didn't they take those off the market? What are your options these days and are they safe? You do have a choice, and yes, they are safe.

Silicone breast implants first entered the plastic surgery domain in the 1960s. For thirty years they were the answer for women who wanted to enhance their curves and cleavage. It was great! Then in 1991, there was a rumor that they were dangerous. Panic ensued and the FDA removed them from the market.

With silicone gone, something else had to take its place and saline became the filler of choice. The FDA conducted study after study and, in 2006, they determined that silicone breast implants were safe and approved them for use again. So what was all the hoopla about?

First of all, the claim was made that they caused connective tissue disease like lupus and severe arthritis, but there was no science behind the claim. The fact that some women who had silicones also developed a CTD was purely coincidental. There were no studies that proved the filler was the direct cause of the disease.

But, the panic it caused was enough for the public and the FDA to react and they quickly pulled it from the market. However, they did not simply shelve the product. They began extensive studies to determine the product's safety or risk factors that would either prove or discredit the health claims.

This is not to say that silicone breast implants are not without risk. Any time surgery is involved, there are risks, no matter what kind of filler you get. Another risk factor is the possibility of rupture. With saline, you will know right away because the implant will quickly deflate.

With silicone fillers, you may experience what is called a silent rupture. Because they are denser and gel-like, a rupture is not known unless you have an MRI to detect it. However, a silent rupture has not been shown to cause CTDs. What it can cause is capsular contraction which is a thickening of tissue around the area and may be painful. If you follow your doctor's instructions for after-care and get regular maintenance check-ups, your enhancements should be fine and safe. There are recommendations to have an MRI every few years to detect the presence of a silent rupture. But, after extensive research into the effects of silicone breast implants on the body, the FDA found no justification for the ban and approved them for use again.

To ensure the safest procedure no matter what, always verify your surgeon's credentials. Make sure that he is board certified and licensed in plastic surgery, and ask about his experience with this particular procedure. During your consultation, ask every question that comes to mind and weigh your options, because now you do have options. Depending on your body type and the amount of breast tissue, one may be better for you than the other. Now that you know silicone implants are safe, you need no longer be afraid to choose them to enhance your bust and improve your your self-image.

What The Heck Is Web 2.0?

Author: Kevin Sinclair

The new happening thing in the web world is Web 2.0. You must have wracked your brain as to how it works? What is it? Where is it and going? 

So do you feel that it is some highly technologically advance software program making a debut at the web world.

Let's just see how web 2.0 is nothing more than a simple tool that works to make the internet more users friendly.

Web 2.0 consist of AJAX, social book marking, RSS feed, tags and blogs. This will not give you the whole idea. Let's see some further aspects. Web 2.0 helps with media related activities, graphic intensive websites and constantly work on easing the entire web world. It also helps us experience the technology without even knowing it.

When Web 1.0 existed it was the old age of the internet. It was not attractive. Web 2.0 helps us regular updates unlike web 1.0.

It's important to compare some difference as this would enable you to understand better.

In case of web 1.0 if you had to look up for something you had to do something similar to an online dictionary. You had a limited access to a definition but now with web 2.0 you have a wide study available with the help of wikipedia.

Wikipedia provides you with in depth study updated by the users.

Blogging is a new rave in the web 2.0. They help both personal n business purposes.

With web 2.0 the traffic can be calculated by cost per click .the amount one pays determines the traffic.

On web 2.0, RSS feed automatically updates you with news and delivers it directly.

Tagging is also a web 2.0 technology. Tags allow search more specific. Book marking websites helps in identifying tags.

Web 2.0 has made internet a much easier place to shop play and work. The future of internet lies in web 3.0. Though it is unpredictable, however there are certain standard paths that may lead us to the right direction. The problem with its prediction is that there are too many possibilities.

Some think that the internet will have its own artificial intelligence and some think that the graphic would become more advance.

There might be more web applications which would be modular and above all the speed will increase.

It will bring on innovation that would help to bring about application. These would be smaller and have the ability to run on multiple devices. Some believe that the internet will become three dimensional. There are many idea that are taken into consideration while talking about the change that will be brought about with web 3.0.

Let's talk on a relative term i.e. to say that a web of any new version would become smarter than the previous version, more interactive and easier to use. With each passing year these things would develop.

Internet has been a magnum opus since its birth and with each passing age it would be greater and bigger. Given the fact that Internet has immense potentials,there will inevitably be further growth and development.