article_snippet.sent: I can't feel the implant, no one can see the implant, and I can blink normally.
article_snippet.sent: This procedure's 10 per cent more dense than gold, so you can make the implant thinner without losing weight.
article_snippet.sent: In 2013, we carried out a study at Queen Victoria Hospital, using platinum chain implants on 18 patients.
article_snippet.sent: Only two needed adjustments and 80 per cent said that they hardly noticed the implant, compared with just 20 per cent of patients who had a gold implant (a study at Queen Victoria Hospital will be published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology).
article_snippet.sent: Even when the eye is shut, the implant doesn't touch the cornea.
article_snippet.sent: Gold upper eyelid implants have been used for decades for facial palsy,' says Saj Ataullah, a consultant oculoplastic surgeon at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital. '
article_snippet.sent: And as Gold upper eyelid implants are less bulky, it's also superior cosmetically. '
article_snippet.sent: Longer-term follow-up is needed before we can conclude that chain-link implants are truly superior to other platinum weights, such as bars.
article_snippet.sent: But chain-link implants are truly superior to other platinum weights, such as bars are promising so far.'