Need Opinion on Possible Trauma to Breast Implant. Is It Likely to Be Ruptured?

asked 1 year ago by vophsi12 in jacksonville
Latest answer by Sugene Kim, MD
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Tags: pain, rupture

I have had my silicone implants for a year. I have gone through some recent stress. This morning, I felt the pressure and decided to let it all out. I screamed really loud 2 times, which may or may not have put some trauma on my implants. I feel an acute pain, mild but noticeable, under one of my implants, near the incision. Is it possible to have ruptured my implant from screaming or more likely i pulled a muscle. I see my doctor in march, but do i need to act sooner?

11 answers to Need Opinion on Possible Trauma to Breast Implant. Is It Likely to Be Ruptured?

Implant rupture after a trauma

Please don't worry! Nowadays, implants are very well made. Implants do not rupture/deflate from physical activities unless you have been in a major car accident where you sustained injuries to your ribs. Most likely you pulled a muslce from screaming!

Sugene Kim, MD
Houston Plastic Surgeon

Breast Implant Trauma? How strong are these things?

Today's silicone breast implants are pretty sturdy devices. I had a friend of mine, who is a NFL lineman, try to rip one with his bare hands and he couldn't. Nonetheless, you ask a very common question . Activities like "wrestling" with your partner, taking an elbow during your roller derby game, or taking a fall while skiing are unlikely to rupture your silicone implants. However, if you have done enough damage to your body to cause tissue trauma, it's not a bad... more

Kenneth Bermudez, MD
San Francisco Plastic Surgeon

Breast implant and trauma

I agree with the other docs. Most likely you pulled a muscle. Tracy M. Pfeifer, MD, MS

Tracy Pfeifer, MD
Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

drpfeifer.com

Trauma and Implant Rupture

Well I hope you feel better. I agree with all that has been said...implants are pretty durable and even after car wrecks and airbag deployment I will see bruising and pain, but almost never an implant rupture. Of course, see you doc if the pain persists or if you deterct a change in breast size or shape.

John LoMonaco, MD
Houston Plastic Surgeon

www.DrLoMonaco.com

Need Opinion on Possible Trauma to Breast Implant. Is It Likely to Be Ruptured?

Your implant should be fine. You most likely pulled a muscle from the screaming. From MIAMI DR. Darryl j. Blinski

Darryl J. Blinski, MD
Miami Plastic Surgeon

It Takes alot to hurt a implant!

It is rear to see an implant rupture with typical physical activity. I have seen some rupture from car accidents with the trauma of the seat belt. But it is very rare and I tell all of my patients to not limit anything they do and just go back to normal activity.

William J. Hedden, MD
Birmingham Plastic Surgeon

www.heddenmd.com

Trauma Not Likely to Rupture Implant

Trauma, especially as mild as you describe, is very unlikely to cause a rupture of your breast implant. With the breast implant ruptures that I have seen over several years, trauma has rarely, if ever, the cause. Implants generally rupture because an area of weakness develops in the seam of the implant over time.

John Whitt, MD
Louisville Plastic Surgeon

Screaming cannot effect Breast Implants

Regarding: "Need Opinion on Possible Trauma to Breast Implant. Is It Likely to Be Ruptured? I have had my silicone implants for a year. I have gone through some recent stress. This morning, I felt the pressure and decided to let it all out. I screamed really loud 2 times, which may or may not have put some trauma on my implants. I feel an acute pain, mild but noticeable, under one of my implants, near the incision. Is it possible to have ruptured my implant from screaming or more... more

Peter A. Aldea, MD
Memphis Plastic Surgeon

Possibility of a broken breast implant

It is very rare for implants to break after one year and hard to imagine that a scream would cause an implant to break. If it was saline, then your breast would be smaller by now. If silicone gel, then your surgeon can examine you. An MRI can be done also but the chance of your implant being broken is very low.

Karol A. Gutowski, MD
Chicago Plastic Surgeon

Implant rupture?

If screaming has caused your breast implant to rupture then that is a new one for me. I have never heard of that before.

Steven Wallach, MD
Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

Need Opinion on Possible Trauma to Breast Implant. Is It Likely to Be Ruptured

It is unlikley that you caused any serious damage by yelling. The first and most important question is: are they saline? IF they are and you caused damage, you will know the answer soon enought. If they are silicone, you will require an MRI to get the best posible answer.