A silicone breast implant gets cut open to show its thick shell and cohesive gel core that holds its shape like a gummy bear. If it ruptures, the gel stays put instead of leaking into the body, making newer implants much safer than older versions that could migrate to lymph nodes and cause systemic problems.
This is a gummy bear silicone implant. I'm going to cut it open so you can see what's on the inside. And this is why I love to use gummy bear implants, because of the nature of this gel when it happens to rupture. Okay, so it makes it super, super safe. So come on in here, let's take a look. All right, so this is how a general surgeon holds a scalpel. This is how a plastic surgeon holds a scalpel. But with the 10-blade, I'm going to use the general surgeon way, right? Here we go. Wow. All right, so that's pretty thick shell, you guys. Now look at that, like it wants to go back to its natural form. Okay, so that, that's one of the reasons why this feels so natural. And then if you open this up, you see, look at that, that doesn't spread throughout your body. The gel comes out if you squeeze it, if you squeeze it like that, but it goes right back to like nothing happened, like a gummy bear, you guys. But that being said, if you do get a rupture, this can cause some irritation, and that's why we do typically recommend to remove this if you do get a rupture. But these are now safe in my opinion compared to the old type of silicone that used to kind of pour throughout your body and go into your lymph nodes, right? That just doesn't happen with these newer implants.
