From Medical News Today it appears that, as valuable as the silicone implant is for a realistic effect, the FDA has, in an oversight, excluded the type of implants most valuable for cancer patients.
In mastectomy reconstruction it is necessary to have two procedures. One for the immediate post-operative “rebuilding” of the area of breast removal and one which is used as the final product.
Given the belief that silicone implants are more useful for women without much breast material (particularly flat-chested, if you will) silicone would be most appropriate for post-mastectomy patients in whom all the breast material has been removed.
If in fact these “one-stage” implants are off the table, that is quite unfortunate for these women who have already suffered so much.
