Polypropylene breast implants

Polypropylene breast implants, also known as string breast implants, are a form of breast implant using polypropylene developed by Dr. Gerald W. Johnson. Due to a number of medical complications, the device has been banned in the European Union and United States.

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The implants absorb fluid and expand once inside the body, resulting in "extreme, almost cartoonish breast sizes."^[1] The result is almost continuous breast growth after surgery. String implants were only available for a very short time before being removed from the market by the FDA around 2001.^[2] Polypropylene implants have created the largest recorded increases in breast size due to surgical augmentation. Polypropylene implants are rarely seen outside the adult entertainment industry.

Big-bust entertainers Chelsea Charms, Maxi Mounds, and Minka are some of the best known recipients of polypropylene breast implants.

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