A 10-year trial, using the newly designed “Ideal Implant,” is now underway and includes a financial benefit for women who participate.
Doctor Robert Hamas of Irving, Texas designed the Ideal Implant, which provides the natural look of silicone, but without the chemicals in a silicone implant. The Ideal Implant is different from classic implants in that it contains four multiple internal layers protecting against the potential rupture that sometimes occurs with silicone, and the rippling effect that can happen with saline.
Dr. Hamas is providing a financial incentive for women who participate in the study. While women must pay for the initial surgery, if they complete the FDA approved, 10-year trial, they receive an added bonus.
“We developed a trust fund that is independent of the company that provides women with payment at the end of the follow up visit,” Dr. Hamas said of the payment system.
Each participant gets $3,500 put into a trust fund, and by the end of the trial, that fund should grow to about $8,000-$10,000.
The trial is still open to new patients, and if you would like to learn more about how to participate, please Click Here.
[ From: cbs4.com ]
5 COMMENTS
Leave A CommentI had read about these some time ago and thought they sounded great! I sure wish I lived near one of the surgeons! I’d highly consider it!
Curious, if MFI pays for one of these procedures, does the trust fund come back to the community??
I bet it would be put into the girls name who had the surgery and doing the study, because she is the one going to all the after care in order to get the trust fund back. MFI is just a 3rd party payment .
I read about these a few months ago too and think it sounds awesome…but would definitely hesitate to be amongst the first to try it.
Hopefully, the money goes into a trust for the woman, since breast implants are not a lifetime device and do, at some point, need to be replaced. So, that money can be used towards the next surgery. (I was thinking perhaps the ideal implants will be available by the time I need a redo…which obviously won’t be for a while, since I still haven’t reached my goal for the first surgery!)
Also, I wonder how much the initial surgery costs in comparison to the currently available saline and silicone (silicone is considerably more expensive than most saline)