Soya bean is really good for us isn’t it? It’s rich in all the essential amino acids that is adequate for human health. It contains the vital carbohydrate, fat, protein, vitamins, and minerals like calcium, folic acid and iron that is needed to sustain good health. In fact it’s so good we now use it to grow a few cup sizes? Doesn’t that all sound a bit like that idea about using cooking oil as a substitute for botox or should we say the kitchen fix for a face lift?
Well okay I do believe this is quite old news but it’s still worth mentioning about because it involves breast enlargement and you never can be too knowledgeable about them, especially with the existence of the black market cosmetic surgery.
Not too long ago, there was a breakthrough or at least what was originally believed to be a breakthrough in the cosmetic surgery front when Dr. Leroy Young, and others at Washington University in St. Louis developed an implant that seemed akin to natural breast tissue, one that would allow for a clear mammogram reading. The filler would be made of soy oil which is radiolucent, where saline and silicone gels are not.
These new and revolutionary implants were called Trilucent breast implants and they were marketed LipoMatrix between 1995 and 1999. The implants contained Trilipid 6, which contains highly refined medical-grade triglyceride fats extracted from soybean oil (purified soy oil) and as such was marketed as a preference over silicon, boasting safety – that if the soybean implants accidentally rupture, the soybean oil was would absorbed by the body, and have no toxic reactions.
But as time would soon prove that representation wrong, in March 1999, LipoMatrix voluntarily recalled the implants. You see there were reported cases of the implants rupturing and the soya oil leaking out and infiltrating body tissue. It resulted in inflammation and swelling but there was no evidence to suggest they caused any long-term health issues as removing the implants alleviated the swelling and/or inflammation.
The Department of Health issued a statement warning that as not enough is known about the long-term safety and rate of breakdown of the soyabean oil in the filling, or its possible effects on the body, the implants should not be used. Since the release of Trilucent breast implants back in 1995 up until the voluntary recall by LipoMatrix in 1999, an estimated 5000 European women received the implants.
