Are Silicone Or Saline Breast Implants Safer?
Posted on | February 3, 2010 | 4 Comments
I know they both have health risks. Saline implants are coated in silicone I think. And silicone implants have a bad reputation when it comes to safety.
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February 3rd, 2010 @ 9:45 pm
the outter shell of both silicone and saline implants are made of silicone. the same silicone is used to make heart valves, catheters, dentistry implants, as a cosmetic filler and many other bodily devices.
true, if saline ruptures, the saline will absorb into your body and you will know that your implant has ruptured.
the newly FDA approved silicone implants rarely show evidence of rupture. my plastic surgeion showed me a silicone implant that he had puntured, when i squeezed it, the silicone squeezed out and when i quit squeezing, it sucked back in. the silicone is not a liquid, it is a cohesive gel. therefor it does not circulate thru your body if it ruptures. In fact, it is recommended that girls with silicone implants get a MRI of their breasts every 2-3 years to check for rupture. However, my plastic surgeon told me that as long as the silicone is really staying inside of the shell, there is no real reason replace the implant.
the long term safety cannot be established since the new silicone implants have only been on the market since 2006. there have been extensive and strenous studies on the new implants as mandated by the FDA.
in general, the long term safety cannot be assured or refuted as there is no long term evidence.
February 4th, 2010 @ 12:20 am
I’m definately not an expert on breast implants, but I can tell you that saline is both safer because if the implant ruptures, the saline just absorbs naturally into your system, and I do believe (someone feel free to correct me) the saline implants are less likely to rupture in the first place.
February 4th, 2010 @ 4:03 am
Saline is much safer.They each have equally unsafe things about them any breat implant can rupture but if a saline one ruptures it is just saline.Silicone can ruptre and stick to vital organs and cause serious problems.
February 4th, 2010 @ 5:07 am
They make you look ugly. Honestly guys can tell if your unnatural and me personally dont like it.