02.26.07

Silicone Follow Up?

Posted in Breast Implants USA, Community at 1:01 pm by admin

When the FDA approved silicone implants they implied strict screening on the patients and a few conditions on the manufacturers, including conducting studies and following up of a projected 40,000 women over the next 10 years.

Included in this follow up procedure protocol are MRI scans that have to be done routinely. Mainly to detect any signs of implant rupture – which was led to the banning of the silicone implants in the first place.

However, the cost of the MRI scans are expensive, about $1000 and the fact that this has to be done more than once may deter women from considering silicone implants. The manufacturers don’t plan on footing the bill, neither do the doctors and quite possibly the insurance companies. So who pays for the MRI’s?

The patients do.

The advantage to this is that a patient receives an MRI scan, which is beneficial overall to their health. The downside is the cost and frequency of the scan. Most will argue that those seeking silicone implants are financially able to afford the MRI’s as silicone implants do cost more. But with easy access to financing the silicone implants may be considered less if budgeting is a key issue.

Also add to the fact that patients have to go through a 60 page booklet on risks and considerations and fill out more paperwork than a patient would getting saline implants.

However, silicone implants ultimately look and feel more real, and to many patients, that alone is worth the work. When it comes to the body, budgeting may not always be the wisest thing, many times, as the saying goes, “You get what you pay for” and it couldn’t less true when it comes to breast augmentation surgeons and silicone implants.

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