Silicone and Saline Breast Implants Which One is Better
When it comes to the question of saline or silicone breast implants youll find that each breast plastic surgeon has their own opinion. While saline may still be considered a safer and potentially less harmful if ruptured, silicone has the better look and feel. Lets take a closer look:
Saline Breast Implants:
Breast implants filled with a saline solution are a newer form of implant and come with some advantages over their silicone counterparts, like the ability to inflate or deflate the implant while in the breast without the need for revision surgery, allowing for complete client satisfaction before after breast implants.
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.
Silicone Implants
Outer shells of implants made from silicone and are reported to be strong and hold up to a great deal or wear and tear. Unlike saline these implants are made in a particular size and shape. There are every size, shape (tear, round or oval), textures and the shells can be thicker or thinner.
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.
Every year owners of silicone breast must pay a few thousand to have an MRI to ensure there are no leaks or ruptures to the breast. Ruptures and leaks are nearly impossible to detect otherwise because the silicone molds the breast tissue around the implant, all the while seeping into the blood and tissue.
With the risk of memory loss due to high levels of platinum found in silicone implants along with diminished motor skills, comprehension and the chance of horrible brain damage, constant testing most be done.
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).
More info can be found regarding breast cancers and cosmetic breast surgery at the breast foundation.
March 18 2009 05:34 am | Cosmetic Surgery