Over the past ten years there have been countless studies and debts over saline vs. silicone breast implants by surgeons. When it comes right down to it, every breast plastic surgeon has his or her favourite. It is also a question of safety vs. aesthetics. Saline may be safer however silicone has a more natural look and feel as a cohesive gel breast implants.
Saline Implants:
There are many benefits to breast implants filled with saline. They are the latest in cosmetic implants for breasts and have some great features such as the chance for the implant to inflated and deflated via a small valve that take away the hassle and pain of a revision surgery, and the pain of more breast surgery cost.
When you select an implant filled with saline you have two choices. The first is an implant that comes in a pre selected shape and size. The second implant comes with a type of valve (that is not noticeable, nor does it effect the look in anyway) that gives the plastic surgeon the ability to inflate the implant while the patient is conscience, which means you can get the size that you are looking for. The other great thing about the valve is if at some point you want bigger or smaller breasts you can have them adjusted in a matter of minutes.
Risks involved with saline implants are much lower than those of silicon implants. However there are recorded cases where mould and other forms of bacteria grow and eat away at the implant. If the implant should rupture or leak the bacteria is released directly into the body. This has been known to cause respiratory problems. Ask your plastic breast surgeon for more info.
Implants made from Silicone
The shell (outer layer) of silicone breast implants are made of a rubberized silicone. The implants are made and pre filled to a specific desired size. The implants come in a variety of textures, smoothness, outer shell (harder, softer, thickness etc.) and come in a variety of shapes and sizes. Silicone implants unlike their saline counterparts are non adjustable.
Recently Silicone implants have been re approved in the USA stating: that there isnt enough definitive evidence that links silicone breast implants to breast cancers and neurological disorders. Never the less other research from around the world lists the following risks involved with having silicone implants:
As if the potential risks werent bad enough, after you have the implants, you must go for an MRI every year to see if there is a leak or rupture in the implants. With saline implants a leak is detect right away (as the breast deflates and the person can feel it), with silicone if it leaks or ruptures the silicone actually takes the shape around the breast tissue making it near to impossible to notice a change.
With silicone implants you will have to pay a lot for the MRIs each year.
Added risks include: After having silicone breast implants it has been shown that if the women has children and implant has leaked, the child may be severely affected by the toxins in the implant. Unfortunately a child may still be adversely affect even after the breast plastic implants surgeon removes the implants prior to conception as platinum and other toxins are not expelled from the body.
Once a woman has had silicone breast surgery implants breast feeding isnt a good idea and worst, in several hundred cases the same toxins found in breast implants and the women have been found in the children of those women, even if they had them previously removed before pregnancy.Despite the fact that silicone implants have a more natural look, feel, and have a more cohesive gel breast implants, the rate of rupture is higher as is the rate of capsular contraction (a painful condition where a kind of scar tissue forms around the implant and hardens).
The rate of capsular contraction and rate of deflation is higher in silicone implants.
