These have the same solid silicone bag but contain saline instead of liquid silicone.
Instead of containing liquid silicone, it contains salt water, which is sterile and completely compatible with the body's own fluids.
A breast implant is a little polymer bag full of liquid silicone.
Silicone oil injection - filling of the eye with liquid silicone to hold the retina in place.
I also considered liquid silicone but I believe it has a lower specific gravity than water.
Dow strictly controls the distribution of its pure liquid silicone, he said, and does not market it for injection into people.
Other doctors believe the potential dangers of liquid silicone far outweigh its possible value.
From 2002 to 2004 his practice treated eight volunteers with a new kind of liquid silicone called SilSkin.
In the 1940's, women were exposed to liquid silicone without any prior safety testing.
It is made by impregnating a thin woven nylon fabric with liquid silicone from both sides.