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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.
Asked 28 months ago by
tyler in Ottawa
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Implant size reduction
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...
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Reducing saline breast implant volume
Putting a needle into either a saline filled or a silicone gel implant would cause a permanent hole in the shell and lead to a deflation.
Although ALL breast implants are given a lifetime warranty, the implant companies examine EACH leaky implant sent back to them. If they find any evidence for a needle or sharp deflation, they would NOT honor the warranty.
You MUST understand that an under filled / partially filled implant has deeper folds (imagine a Zip lock bag full of water). With...
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Diminishing the size of a saline breast implant
For conventional saline filled silicone elastomer prosthesis implants, it is impossible to remove saline with a needle and keep the implant intact without surgery.
Furthermore, even if you could do it surgically, reducing all but the largest implants by 70 degrees would likely result in a higher rate of implant faillure and ruptre.
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Reducing saline implant volume without surgery?
It is only possible to adjust saline implant volumes without surgery if you happen to have the type of implant that has a special port. These implants are very rare, and in fact I do not use them. However, saline volume can be adjusted with a very minor procedure which; sometimes even using local anesthesia.