A Short History of Breast Augmentation and Possible Future Perspectives

According to the annual survey of the international society of aesthetic plastic surgery, in 2016, 1,649,871 breast augmentation procedures were performed in the world, in particular 1,449,337 silicone breast implants and the remaining were fat transfer procedures and saline implants, with a trend steadily increasing from year to year, it will suffice to consider that between 2015 and 2016 the increase in silicone prostheses was 11%, and that of fat transfer was 22%.