Allergan Style 410 Implant Study
Allergan Style 410 Implant Study
Dr. Teitelbaum is pleased to announce new enrollment opportunities for patients interested in receiving the Allergan Style 410 implant.
Only about 30 surgeons participated in the initial FDA approved core clinical study of 960 patients, which took place in 2001 and 2002.
The FDA has recently approved enrollment of an additional 480 patients, to be completed over the next six months by an even more select group of surgeons.
Eligibility can only be determined after a thorough in-person history and physical examination and discussion. Interested patients should consider the following:
Steven Teitelbaum, M.D., March, 15 2008
Style 410 Breast Implants.
This implant has been sold in Europe since 1994, where it is now Allergan's most popular implant. It has the same outer shell as the Allergan 468, a textured teardrop shaped implant. But instead of being filled with saline, or with the usual liquid silicone gel, it is filled with a "cohesive" silicone gel, which is more like a soft solid. As a consequence, it is purported to not be able to leak, and to be much more resistant to developing folds or ripples than "non-cohesive" fillers, such as the typical silicone gel or saline.
What makes this implant different? The shell is Allergan's biocell textured shell, the same shell that Allergan has used for more than a decade, in a variety of both saline and silicone gel implants. The ingredients of the silicone gel filler are also identical to what Allergan has used for years in its silicone gel implants. What changes is only the ratio of ingredients in the mix, but the cohesive gel filler in the 410 involves no new compounds. What is different is that only a greater amount of "crosslinker" is used, which is essentially the catalyst that gives the desired degree of liquidiness or solidness to the gel.
The Style 410 Silicone-Filled Breast Implants were created by Allergan Medical to provide another shaped alternative to the round breast implant. These breast implants defy the one-shape fits all limitation associated with traditional round breast implants. Style 410 Silicone-Filled Breast Implants are available in an innovative combination of height, width, and projection options, ultimately resulting in the largest selection of uniquely different breast implants from which the plastic surgeon can choose. Each profile is available in a full range of sizes designed to accommodate a wide range of patient anatomies and personal preferences. The Style 410 represents a significant increase in shaped implant options in the Allergan Medical product line.
Notice how the implant augments the breasts naturally and proportionally, without any folds or ripples. The lower pole is augmented more than the upper, yet the upper is naturally projected, and the implant does not collapse.
Steven Teitelbaum, M.D., F.A.C.S. offers breast augmentation surgery in:
