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Do Saline Breast Implants Cause Any Weight Gain or Retention over Time?
I had saline breast implants 18 years ago, which boosted my chest size to 36 C. At that time I was 117 lbs. Now I'm 140 and my chest size has gone up tp 38 DD. I am in good-shape--excercise, the works--but my chest doesn't seem to lose any weight. Is it possible that the implants have caused weight gain and maybe weight retention on my chest area?
Asked 41 months ago by
Nitty Gritty in London,KY
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Breast Implants Don't Cause Longterm Weight Gain!
Hi Nitty Gritty,
Your breast implants are not the cause of your weight gain, or your growth in your breasts over the last 18 years. However, your weigh gain, along with your own genetic predisposition, is responsible for your breast growth over these years.
Like most other americans, you are gaining about a pound a year. Unfortunately, it is very common for people to feel like they are doing everything right with their diet and exercise program, yet they cannot get...
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Weight Gain and Breast Implants
The changes in your breast sound like changes due to weight gain and aging rather than some effect of the implants. Saline implants do not cause water retention.
As we age, changes in our metabolism can lead to weight gains. Hormone changes with age play a significant role in weight change and fat distribution.
The pattern of breast size changes with aging does vary: some women slowly gain more fat and size in their breasts with age; others develop thinning of...
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Breast implants do NOT cause weight gain
Breast implants have a certain weight of their own, but they do'nt make you gain additional weight, and certiainly don't make you retian water or fluid.
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Breast implants and weight gain
The only weight gain you get from implants, is the actual weight of the implants. If you have gained weight, yes your breasts may grow, but it is unassociated with the implants.
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Saline implants
There is absolutely no evidence that breast implants would cause weight gain or any other illness. Certainly look for other potential causes such as thyroid disease.
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Breast implants cause weight gain? Absolutely Not
Breast Implants (saline or silicone) will never cause weight retention.
If you are dissatisfied with the extra weight in that area, removing the implants and a possible breast lift could lighten you up, without the natural sagging which normaly occurs with age, especially if you have had children.
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It's unlikely that the implants have directly caused...
It's unlikely that the implants have directly caused weight gain to your chest. If you have gained weight in general, chances are that the fat that has always been present on your chest has also grown in size, causing the increased cup size. As you may know, the number of fat cells we have is more or less set after puberty, so weight gain for the most part is due to an increased size in these cells. Since all women have some fat on their chests, regardless of how thin they are, this is...
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Breast Implants and Weight Gain or Retention
There is no correlation between breast implants, both saline and silicone, with gaining or losing weight over time. One does see over time, however, the female breast tissue may increase in size normally and also have more drooping or ptosis, but that does not relate to the implant.
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Saline Breast Implants & Weight Loss / Gain
Saline or Silicone Breast Implants do not inherently cause weight gain or loss. With time the weight of the implant cn cause the overlying breast tissue to stretch especially when implants are not placed under the muscle.
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Saline implants do not cause substantial weight gain
It is extremely unlikely for implants to contribute to a patient's substantial weight gain. It is much more likely that although a patient may have stayed in good shape overall, they have still managed to gain weight all over their body either because of a slower metabolism or past pregnancies. It is true that initially breast implants can cause a patient to gain 1-2 lbs. depending on the size of the implants. ...
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It is a very unusual for saline implants to cause weight gain.
It is a very unusual for saline implants to cause weight gain. I have never heard of this happening and it may well be that you're breast tissue itself is changing over the top of the implants as you develop.
This would change the shape of your bust and would lead to alterations in size.
If you have any concerns I would suggest scheduling a consultation with your surgeon who would perform the operation. he will be able to give you a more definitive answer to your query....
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London Plastic Surgeon
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Breast implants and weight gain
Breast implants do not cause weight gain over time. Your breast weight consists of glandular tissue, fat, and implants. The size (weight) of your implants do not change unless there is a rupture. The change in size that occurs with breasts are common to all women. Glandular tissue increases and decreases in size in response to hormonal changes (pregnancy, aging, etc). The fat tissue in your breasts changes in a similar fashion to fat tissue elsewhere in your...
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Breast augmentation and weight reduction
You stated your chest doesn't SEEM to lose any weight, but when you lose body fat, you proportionately lose some fat from your breasts. Your breast volume consists mostly of three components: Glandular tissue, fat, and implant. The volume of glandular tissue fluctuates with hormone sensitivity of the gland and your life stage (as well as monthly cycle). The volume of fat fluctuates with your body fat, and is partly dependent on how hormone sensitive the fat...
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Weight gain and breast implants
Unfortunately ,the weight gain that you have experienced is not likely due to the implants. Even large implants will only add a few pounds to your frame. As we age, our metabolism changes, and I would guess that this weight is largely unrelated to your surgery. Keep exercising. This will make you feel better physically and give you confidence.
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Implants do not cause weight gain!
Implants do not cause weight gain. There are obvious reasons for this and obvious soultions! If you lose weight, the breasts should diminish in size.They may not return to their "original 36C. Diet and excercise should assist you here. I know it is tough, but get going on i!,
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Breast implants and weight gain
Breast implants do not cause weight gain other than the actual weight of the implant itself. Typically the weight of an implant in grams is equal to the size of the implant. There are many reasons for weight gain to occur throughout life, fortunately having breast implants won't be one of those contributing factors.
Nova Scotia Plastic Surgeon
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Weight gain from breast implants
Wecome to middle age! The weight that middle aged ladies gain is almost always on the torso. Your story is not at all unusual. You may want to consider having your implants removed and having a breast lift. This is an operation I perform on middle aged ladies fairly often and they are usually very pleased to be less top heavy, nice and perky and implant free.
Lisa Lynn Sowder, M.D.
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Breast implants and weight gain over time
The breast implants do not contribute to weight gain over time. Time can change the consistency of breast, (more fatty tissue, less breast tissue). Time will also slow your metabolism, making it harder to lose weight.
The amount of weight gain with breast implants is the amount of cc's that you put in. If you put in a pair of 500 cc implants, that would be 1000 cc's. 1000 cc's = 1 Liter = 2.2 lbs. That would be your weight gain from...
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Breast implants and weight gain
Breast implants are not known to cause weight gain or weight retention. The only "weight gain" you should see would be the actual weight of the implants.
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Having breast implants will not cause significant weight gain, but time and changes in your body over time might!
The average weight of a breast implant I insert in my patients is usually between 200 cc and 550 cc, and can go up to 800 cc. There is an approximate 1:1 ratio of cc's inserted to grams (g) of weight per implant.
Therefore, if two 500 cc implants are inserted, the weight of the implants together would be 500 g x 2 = 1000 g, or 1 kg. A kilogram equals approximately 2.2 lbs. The amount of weight added to the body with insertion of breast implants is usually...
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Do Saline Breast Implants Cause Any Weight Gain or Retention over Time?
The weight gain caused by Breast implants is the weight of the implants themselves .Breast Implants over time will not make you gain weight. Breast implants will not make you gain 23 lbs over your upper body.The increase of weight is solely the result of the weight of the implant. For example after breast implant surgery with 450 cc implants your weight be increase by approximately 2 lbs.
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Weight gain after breast augmentation
Breast augmentation surgery is not associated with long term weight gain or localized weight retention around the implants. Fluid collection around the implants may be evaluated with physical examination and imaging studies.
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Breast augmentation with saline breast implants.
It's not uncommon for women and men alike to gain weight over an 18 year period due to natural metabolic changes which seem to take place with increasing age, and weight gain of 23 pounds could easily explain an increase in beast size from 36C to 38DD. An increase in breast size which could be attributed to the implants, however, has never been reported in the medical literature.
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The weight of a breast implant...
is fixed. It doesn't change over time (barring deflation, of course, which would make a saline implant weigh less). I find it hard to believe that you are associating any weight or size change in your body with implants you have had for 18 years! Hormones change over that period of time in women, as do diets and exercise. Age changes us, period.
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Implants only add weight at the time of the operation.
Breast implants do add weight directly proportional to their volume. A 300cc implant, which is a very common size, weight about a half of a pound. If weight increase continues over time, don't blame the implant. It does not change in volume and does not change weight.
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