22 days ago
Unfortunately, unless the implants have an external port like Becker implants, you can not just pierce the implant and extract fluid without opening up the incision.
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Reducing saline implants
Steven Wallach, MD answers: Reduce saline breast implant volume without surgery?
Is it possible to reduce approximately 70 cc from saline breast implants without having surgery (for example, with a very small needle)? Would it continue to leak afterward? Thank you.
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A: Implant size reduction
16 days ago
Hi, unfortunately volume cannot easily be added to or removed from an implant without surgery. Piercing a saline implant with a needle will permanently damage it and it will continue to leak and eventually completely deflate. To change the size, you would require surgery to remove the implant and either partially deflate it or more likely replace it with a new, smaller implant. The problem with partial deflation in saline implants is that you are likely to get an underfilled implant which would be more prone to rippling and folding on itself. I hope this helps. Good luck, /nsn.
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