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History of Augmentation Mammoplasty and Silicone Injections

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Since primitive times, breasts have been considered symbols of femininity, sexuality, and fertility. A yearning for beauty that profoundly influences humanity, especially women, combined with feelings of inferiority linked to the deformation of certain body parts and a desire to preserve one’s youthful appearance together gave birth to aesthetic surgery as an independent specialty in the 1920s.

There is no consensus on ideal breast size, as it varies depending upon personal preferences and culture-specific societal expectations for beauty. Among the range of techniques used to enhance breast volume, autologous tissue transplantation, injection of intramammary alloplastic materials, and preformed alloplastic implants have been the most commonly used. The first clinical attempt to transplant fat was made by Neuber in 1893. The introduction into the market of silicone prostheses in the early 1960s dramatically improved the results of breast augmentation. At that time, all other methods previously used for breast augmentation became obsolete.

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Schenone, G.E. (2020). History of Augmentation Mammoplasty and Silicone Injections. In: Schenone, G. (eds) Injection-Induced Breast Siliconomas. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24116-2_2

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