Can breast implants last a lifetime?

Many women who have had breast implants or want to have breast implants will have questions about whether breast implants can last a lifetime? Although breast implants are a relatively safe way of breast augmentation, but due to the different materials used for the implants, generally speaking, whether they can be maintained for life depends on a variety of factors.

Can breast implants last a lifetime?

Generally speaking, if the breast implants do not rupture due to quality problems, they can be kept for a lifetime and do not need to be removed. The retention time of breast implants is closely related to the individual's physique, the quality of the implants, post-operative care, the hospital chosen and other factors.

Ruptured hydrogel implants cannot be maintained for life

The shape and characteristics of hydrogel implants and silicone gel implants are not very different, but if the outer membrane of this kind of implant ruptures, it remains to be proven whether the hydrogel filled inside can be safely discharged from the body through the kidneys, so once the hydrogel implant ruptures, it is likely that it will not be able to keep the lifelong effect.

Rupture of physiological saline implants cannot be maintained for life

The advantage of physiological saline breast implants is that this implant will not cause harm to the body even if it leaks, but if the saline leaks, the breast volume will gradually shrink, or the embarrassing phenomenon of bilateral breast asymmetry, this implant is the most likely to break fall leakage phenomenon of the implant, so physiological saline implants are best replaced regularly.

Silicone gel implants can last a lifetime

Silicone gel prosthesis is the most commonly used breast implant, this material is stable, the shell is strong, someone has done the relevant experiments, this material is not easy to break the prosthesis by the car crush, so we can think that this material prosthesis can be maintained for life.

How to test the quality of the prosthesis

By squeezing hard, grasping, observing whether the thickness of the wall of the implant is uniform, whether the implant has a weak go area, whether the seal is tight can determine the quality of the breast implant; in addition, you can also tear the implant with force, the good tear resistance of the breast implant can basically ensure that the silicone gel filled in the implant will not spread, and can also ensure a longer retention time.

In what case the implant cannot be kept for life

In the case of proper care, good quality breast implants can keep the lifelong effect, but in case of serious diseases, or significant weight changes, coupled with the age of skin relaxation and other factors, the size and shape of women's breasts will also change, in this case, breast implants are impossible to keep lifelong, after 7-8 years of implantation, many women should consider taking out the implants.