{"id":39895,"date":"2021-03-25T09:07:25","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T08:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.yuveo.eu\/lexikon\/is-silicone-safe-for-calf-implants\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T15:39:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T13:39:59","slug":"is-silicone-safe-for-calf-implants","status":"publish","type":"encyclopedia","link":"https:\/\/www.yuveo.de\/en\/lexikon\/is-silicone-safe-for-calf-implants\/","title":{"rendered":"Is silicone safe for calf implants?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Silicone<\/strong> is used in medicine for drains, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yuveo.de\/en\/lexikon\/calf-implants\/\">calf implants<\/a> (not just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yuveo.de\/en\/op\/breast-surgery-duesseldorf\/breast-implants\/\">breast implants<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yuveo.de\/en\/op\/cup-correction\/butt-implants\/\">butt implants<\/a>) and for the care of instruments.<\/p>\n<p>In the past, it has been suspected of promoting <strong>breast cancer<\/strong> and rheumatic or autoimmune diseases. This led to large-scale <strong>studies<\/strong>, particularly in the USA, which were able to refute these allegations. <\/p>\n<h2>Silicone is safe for calf implants<\/h2>\n<p>Silicone is now one <strong>of the best-studied materials<\/strong> in medicine, including in plastic surgery. It is considered a safe material. You can find the most important<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yuveo.de\/en\/lexikon\/studies-on-the-topic-of-silicone-implants\/\"> studies<\/a> on our website.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Silicone is used in medicine for drains, calf implants (not just breast implants or butt implants) and for the care of instruments. In the past, it has been suspected of promoting breast cancer and rheumatic or autoimmune diseases. This led to large-scale studies, particularly in the USA, which were able to refute these allegations. Silicone [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","encyclopedia-tag":[32,96,102],"class_list":["post-39895","encyclopedia","type-encyclopedia","status-publish","hentry","encyclopedia-tag-silikon","encyclopedia-tag-wade","encyclopedia-tag-wadenimplantate"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yuveo.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia\/39895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yuveo.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yuveo.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/encyclopedia"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yuveo.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yuveo.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"encyclopedia-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yuveo.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia-tag?post=39895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}