In recent years teardrop breast implants have become quite popular, with surgeons and manufacturers claiming that these implants give a more natural look and shape to the breast.
In this article we will look at some of the claims made by the manufacturer and look at the truth about teardrop breast implants.
If you know this information you will be able to select the best looking breast implants for yourself, without being pressurized by your surgeon to get one kind or the other.
If you don't know the truth about these implants you may end up getting one that does not suit your body type, or in the worst case scenario a breast implant that is out of shape and give an ugly distorted look.
Before we go any further, lets talk about what teardrop breast implants are? These are implants which are tapered at the top and rounded at the bottom to give a natural looking breast implant.
These have been around since the 1960s and many advancements have been made in the technology, including better filled gel, textured surface and more natural looking shape.
Since these implants have a specific shape, they have a top and a bottom and must be placed in the right direction.
However there are various risks associated with teardrop implants.
These risks include flipping, which means that the rounded bottom, will either turn sideways or move all the way to the top.
Though this is not a medical risk, per se, however when the implant flips it looks really ugly and may require additionally surgery to fix and get back in place.
Some implants can be put back in place without surgery however the overall risk is significant.
Just that fact that these implants can flip is not ideal and of some concern.
Additionally, newer implants (both teardrop shaped and round) are filled with a viscous silicone gel which is neither a solid nor a pure liquid.
The benefit of this is that when a woman stands the liquid falls down do the bottom anyway, creating a natural 'teardrop' in round implant.
Thus the benefit of a teardrop shape is eliminated since gravity takes care of the 'natural-look.
' Teardrop implants also have one major problem, which is when the woman lies down the implants retain their teardrop shape which is quiet unnatural looking.
The natural shape of the breast when women are lying down is that it falls back and becomes rounded, however with teardrop implants they retain their 'teardrop' shape even when women are lying down.
This is not a problem with round shaped implants which naturally become rounded when women lie down.
In addition to this, round implant are not only more popular in the US they are also significantly cheaper than teardrop implant.
It is noteworthy though that Europe and United Kingdom, teardrop implants are more popular though round implants are getting some traction, especially with celebrities.
In UK most women will prefer teardrop, or shaped implants but round implants are slowly becoming more popular because of it's ability to give a fuller look, and the fact that it does not rotate.
Due to the advanced technology now being used in the round implants and the problems of the teardrop implants it is wise to get round implant.
Round implants avoid the problems of tear drop implants like flipping, and staying in a tear drop shape when a woman is lying down.
Additionally since round implants are filled with a viscous gel, they naturally droop when standing up and fall back into the body when lying down.
In conclusion with all the problems of teardrop breast implants it is wiser to get round implants then these.