History of modern breast augmentation

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1985 Austrian-German surgeon Dr. Vincenz Czerney reconstructs a woman breast by removing a large lipoma from her flank and transplanting it at the mastectomy site.

1990 there are written description first breast augmentation cases using paraffin wax injection, but no documentation on when it is first performed.

1920’s the use of paraffin to enhance and reconstruct breast is discontinued due to complication that were occurring such as ‘paraffinomas’ and ‘wax cancer’

1940’s during World War II, Japanese prostitutes inject their breast with industrial silicone liquid in order to appeal to American Gls. The procedure becomes popular and spread to the US.

1945 and 1950 Morton I Berson and Jacques Malinac performed flap-based breast augmentation by rotating the patient’s chest wall tissue into the breast to increase its volume.

1950s-60 plastic surgeons used synthetic fillers – including silicone injections – received by some 50,000 women, from which developed silicone granulomas and hardening that required by mastectomy.

1961 Texan plastic surgeons Thomas Cronin and Frank Gerow develop the first silicone breast implant in collaboration with the Dow Corning Corporation. The first silicone implant is made of a thick gel contained in a thick elastomeric envelope.

1962 a 36-year-old mother of six, Timmie Jean Lindsey, is the first woman to be implanted with the silicone breast implants at Texas Charity Hospital

1965 laboratories Arion in France introduce inflatable saline breast implants. The implants are filled with saline or a hypertonic solution. They produce the first ‘bouncy breast’ result

1970 Canadian researchers work on an inflatable implant for Dow Corning. The project is discontinued when they find that there is an 8 percent rate during the first year

1970’s New silicone implants produced which are more “lifelike”, but have a tendency to break more easily. once broken, total removal is difficult or impossible

1970’s Polyurethane foam covering for implants becomes popular to help prevent capsular contracture. The foam begins to disintegrated in body almost immediately, making it difficult to remove and causing other complications.

1976 Breast implants approved for use in the USA on the basis that they had been on the market prior to implementation of FDA regulations begun in this year.

1992 The FDA bans silicone gel implants to health concerns.

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4 thoughts on “History of modern breast augmentation

  1. Julie Brown April 5, 2013 at 5:46 pm Reply

    That was a good post! I have read many blogs regarding .Breast Augmentation but this was a different one. Thanks for the effort!

  2. lipobangkok April 8, 2013 at 9:10 am Reply

    Dear Julie,

    Thanks a lot, we appreciate it! Have a nice day!

  3. Breast surgery Thailand April 18, 2013 at 3:00 pm Reply

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  4. MarshallWilliamson May 29, 2013 at 8:56 pm Reply

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