The "Gummy Bear" Implant is a Failed Implant

Unrelated to Gummy Bears or implants

The claim with the gummy bear implant is that if ruptured, the silicone on the inside will not bleed into the surrounding tissues. This is a patently false proposition, because those of us who have taken out gummy bear implants which have been ruptured have seen the silicone spread in just exactly the same way that a gel implant or an ordinary silicone implant's contents will leak out of the implant shell. So therefore this is not an advantage. 

The other advantage claimed for the gummy bear implant is the lower capsular contracture rate. This is a falsehood, because the gummy bear implant is naturally as firm as if the patient already had a Class II capsule or a quite firm breast. Therefore, the Class II capsules aren't counted in the statistics, and this distorts the perception in the studies that the gummy bear implant is superior. 

We think the gummy bear implant is too firm to be very natural and not a good choice in general for anyone. We like gel implants. We don't believe they have a higher capsule rate than saline implants, and their only problem is their expense. A new device that allows us to put them in more easily and damage them less is a great help to their placement. This is the "Keller Funnel", and we have had a great deal of satisfactory experience with it in easing the insertion of our implants, using a smaller incision for the implant's placement, and lowering the chance that we will distort the implant shell in some way, thus leading to a higher chance of rupture later in the patient's history. 

Please feel free to come in for your consultation in Los Angeles or Visalia in regard to these issues and chat about the various options in regard to silicone and saline implants.