Breast Enlargement Implant Dangers
Did you know that 3% of women suffer leakage within 3 years, causing a deflated breast implant? You see, one recent study has shown that 63.6% of breast implants which had been in place for between one and 25 years had ruptured or were leaking.
(Source: news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/33450.stm)
Occasionally, breast implants may break or leak.
The saline fill is salt water and will be absorbed by the body without ill effects. Older implants with silicone gel can leak also.
If this occurs, one of two things may occur.
- If breakage of the implant shell that has a contracture scar around it, then it may not feel like anything has happened.
- If the shell breaks and there is not a contracture scar, then leakage into the surrounding tissue results in a sensation that the implant is deflating. The leaking gel may collect in the breast and a new scar may form around it.
Breaks may require a second operation and replacement of the leaking implant.
If the gel has migrated, it may not be possible to remove all of the silicone gel.
This silicone gel is what some say is related to the initiation of connective tissue disorders.
For silicone gel and saline-filled implants, some causes of rupture or deflation include: damage by surgical instruments during surgery, overfilling or underfilling of the implant with saline solution (specific only to saline-filled breast implants), capsular contracture, stresses such as trauma or intense physical manipulation, excessive compression during mammographic imaging, placement through umbilical incision, site injury to the breast, and normal aging of the implant.
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