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2. Breast prostheses - Wikipedia

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   The areola and nipple may be replicated as part of the breast form or as separate nipple prosthesis. [5] Both custom made and off-the shelf breast prostheses come in varieties that are designed to either be held in a pocket in a specially designed mastectomy bra or attached to the skin via adhesive or other methods and worn with a standard bra. [2]

3. Nipple prosthesis - Wikipedia

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   Nipple/Areola prostheses (prostheses is the plural of prosthesis) are made of silicone by breast prosthesis manufacturers and anaplastologists for breast cancer survivors who were treated for breast cancer with a mastectomy. Prostheses can be worn weeks after a mastectomy, breast reconstruction, or even nipple reconstruction. As an inexpensive ...

4. Dow Corning - Wikipedia

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   Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, class-action lawsuits [12] brought by tens of thousands of plaintiffs claimed that Dow Corning's silicone breast implants caused systemic health problems. The claims first centered on breast cancer and then migrated to a range of autoimmune diseases, including lupus, rheumatoid arthritis and various neurological ...

5. Silicone rubber - Wikipedia

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   In its uncured state, silicone rubber is a highly adhesive gel or liquid. To convert it to a solid, it must be cured, vulcanized, or catalyzed.This is normally carried out in a two-stage process at the point of manufacture into the desired shape, and then in a prolonged post-cure process.

6. Ohio hospitals facing shortage of donated breast milk that ...

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   The Ohio Milk Bank distributed about 1,800 gallons of breast milk to hospitals in Ohio and another 1,800 to eight other states in 2023. Wilson said 1 ounce is enough to feed as many as three ...

7. Plastic surgery - Wikipedia

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   Breast augmentation continues to be one of the top 5 cosmetic surgical procedures and has been since 2006. Silicone implants were used in 84% and saline implants in 16% of all breast augmentations in 2020. [44] The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery looked at the statistics for 34 different cosmetic procedures. Nineteen of the ...