Strange research in the USA shows: Silicone breasts act like mini airbags

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Women’s breast enlargement is almost entirely due to aesthetic reasons. What neither women nor men probably knew before: Breast implants may also reduce the risk of injury in a car accident. Researchers from the Society of Plastic Surgeons in Spokane (US state of Washington) discovered this in a recent study.

Researchers found, for example, that women with artificial silicone breasts were at less risk of injury than women or men without breast implants when maneuvering female drivers in a supermarket parking lot, where seatbelts are also permitted in the United States. However, as in the experiment, only if the speed is below 20 km/h, the airbags only deploy at that speed.

Silicone beats natural breasts

But even in a low-speed collision, if the upper body hits the steering wheel, the internal organs, as well as the ribs and chest, are at risk. In a crash test at a force of 2000 Newtons (equivalent to approximately 16 km/h) comparing a natural breast made of medical gel with a silicone implant, the load on the silicone-filled breast was 23 percent lower than the natural one. same size breasts.

“Breast implants act like a mini airbag in a low-speed crash,” explains Dr. Helge Jens, specialist in plastic and aesthetic surgery at the Domhof Clinic in Aachen, in the German newspaper “Bild”. “Implants can better distribute the pressure experienced by the chest wall in a traffic accident.” According to Jens, larger breast implants do not provide better protection against injury at high speeds than smaller ones.

Can implants burst?

Italian traffic medicine researchers from the Polytechnic University of Milan wanted to find out whether silicone breasts would pose a safety risk in an accident that would occur at high speeds. To do this, they attached a round implant prosthesis to the crash test dummy with adhesive tape and a four-point seat belt. Later, during a crash test at an impact speed of 90 km/h, a rib fracture was observed; gel from inside leaked out. However, experts still assume that in most accidents, breast implants are not damaged unless they are hit with a sharp object.

Accident researchers found something else: People with a lot of body fat are no better protected in accidents than thin people. The reason: During a crash, fatty tissue replaces the seat belt, which can even increase the severity of the injury. Expert Helge Jens concludes in “Bild”: “Fat tissue and breast implants are not fundamentally substitutes for restraint systems and airbags.”

Source: Blick