Implants Lose Their Shape After Too Much Overfilling

John LoMonaco, MD answers: Can I refill my saline breast implants?

I was happy with my breast augmentation, from 34A I went to 34C,even small D.Saline implants. But since last year they apear to gettting smaller and smaller every day. I am qurious do anyone knows if they can fill them up without to remove the implants and for less than new implants cost? Thank you


John LoMonaco, MD
3 months ago
By John LoMonaco, MD - Houston Plastic Surgeon

My guess is that if you had a true leak, the implants would be about flat within a week.   Refilling or overfilling an implant beyond the 20% recommended by the manufacturer can cause several problems:

  1. You void the warranty
  2. The fluid that can be added is usually small - like 50cc- so no major size increase could be expected.
  3. As you overfill, the implant gets taller and rounder, but not wider..si it looks more like a ball, which may appear unnatural.
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