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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. Timmie Jean Lindsey - Wikipedia

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   Timmie Jean Lindsey (born 1932), American housewife, was the first person in the world to undergo plastic surgery for breast augmentation by means of silicone implants, in 1962. At the time, she was 29 years old and the divorced mother of six children.

5. Breast augmentation - Wikipedia

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   The study, The Diagnosis of Silicone Breast-implant Rupture: Clinical Findings Compared with Findings at Magnetic Resonance Imaging (2005), reported that, in asymptomatic patients, only 30 percent of the ruptured breast implants is accurately palpated and detected by an experienced plastic surgeon, whereas MRI examinations accurately detected ...

6. 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 ...

7. List of bra designs - Wikipedia

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   It may have rubberized or silicone beading inside the top edge of the cup to help keep the bra attached to the breast. alternative when an outfit would otherwise prevent a bra being worn. T-shirt: Designed without raised seams, hooks, or other construction that can be seen under an outer garment.

8. Mammaplasty - Wikipedia

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   Mammaplasty started a surgical procedure to help relieve women of the excess weight of their breasts; it was only later that it was used for cosmetic purposes. [4] There is social pressure on women to subscribe to socially prescribed beauty standards of how their bodies must be, and one part of this is the pressure on women to have 'perfect breasts'.

9. Dow Chemical Company - Wikipedia

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   A major manufacturer of silicone breast implants, Dow Corning (Dow Chemical's Joint Venture with Corning Inc.) was sued for personal damages caused by ruptured implants. On 6 October 2005, all such cases pending in the District Court against the company were dismissed.