After years of controversy, the Food and Drug Administration has now approved silicone breast implants for women over the age of 22.

Silicone implants were banned in 1992 after complaints of leakage and resulting sickness.

Although the FDA is lifting the ban, it's requiring the companies who make the implants to closely monitor patient's safety for the next 10 years.

The older line of silicone breast implants were pulled from the market amid concern that any rupture or leakage could put women at risk for disease.

Some women reported that leaking implants caused health problems such as scleroderma, autoimmune diseases, and cancer.

The long-term safety of those implants is still being studied, however. Scientists have yet to link them to any health problems