Dow Corning

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    In silicone breast implant: The first silicone breast implants

    -based company Dow Corning (a conglomerate of Dow Chemical Company and Corning, Inc.). The original design of the silicone breast implant underwent a series of refinements in the 1960s and ’70s. The outer shell of the implant was made thicker, and the likelihood of gel leakage, which…

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