You can add saline to your breast implants, but results will be mild

Brian S. Glatt, MD answers: Filling saline implants without changing them?

I recently had Saline Breast Implants, and I now wish I would have gone bigger than what I did. Can you fill saline implants without changing them?


Brian S. Glatt, MD
10 months ago
By Brian S. Glatt, MD - Morristown Plastic Surgeon

As most others have said, it is possible to increase the volume of your saline implants "in situ," without removing them, but certain conditions need to exist. 

  • You needed to have a periareolar incision for original placement in order to easily access the port without removing the implant in the OR. 
  • You also need to know how much the implants were originally filled to and if there is any more room to add more fluid. 

Even if there is the maximum amount of volume that can be added to get to maximum fill, your overall size will still not increase all that much without changing the absolute dimensions of the implant (i.e. a new implant). 

But you may get a little more fullness to your breasts and I have, in selected circumtances, performed this maneuver successfully.  Good luck!

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