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Can Saline Breast Implants Affect my Asthma?

asked 11 months ago by cindy l
Latest answer by Laurence Weider, MD
Question viewed 342 times
Tags: saline implants, asthma, contraindication

I want to get saline breast implants, but am worried about it effecting my asthma. I know they are also encased in silicone shell and after reading horror stories it has me thinking twice. My asthma is moderate I take inhalers daily for it. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks!

16 answers to Can Saline Breast Implants Affect my Asthma?

Complications from Breast Implants (saline or silicone)

There is no evidence to suggest that breast implant, either saline or silicone, will effect your asthma. There is no more emotional topic in my practice than the possibility of health issues related to breast implants. Fortunately the emotion is gradually lessening with good science and factual data. IN 1997 the American Academy of Rheumatology published a broad study that showed that there was no correlation between Breast implantation and rheumatologic / autoimmune diseases.... more

Jay Burns, MD
Dallas Plastic Surgeon

Asthma and breast augmentation

There is no evidence that implants can affect asthma. Consider gel implants instead of saline: they are softer, more natural, better tolerated in slender women, do not deflate, and are warranteed for life. The cohesive gel is like jello, without a liquid component. Asthma itself is usually not a problem in the operating room. Most patients feel that their airways are wide open afterwards due to the effects of anesthesia (and sometimes due to bronchodilators... more

Daniel Greenwald, MD
Tampa Plastic Surgeon

Saline breast implants will not cause asthma

Horror stories abound, but facts being what they are, saline breast implants will have no affect on your asthma. Best of luck, peterejohnsonmd

Peter E. Johnson, MD
Chicago Plastic Surgeon

www.peterejohnsonmd.com

Respiratory diseases and Breast Implants

Breast implants (Saline and Silicone) are safe and don't effect respiratory disease including asthma. Your fears are ill founded. You may be subconsciously trying to find a reason to deny yourself benefits of breast augmentation. There is no validity to your fears.

Vasdev Rai, MD
Dallas Plastic Surgeon

Breast implants and asthma

Saline implants should not have any effect on your asthma. Your asthma treatment should be optimized prior to surgery in order to make your surgery as safe as possible. Be sure to discuss this with your surgeon and your primary care doctor.

Jeffrey E. Kyllo, MD
Seattle Plastic Surgeon

No effect on asthma

I do not believe that either silicone gel or saline implants will effect your asthma. This is based on 30 years of experience and 20 years of research. Certain medications and anesthesia might have an effect and I would recommend having a board certified plastic surgeon perform the surgery and a board certified anesthesiologist give the anesthesia.

William H. Gorman, MD
Austin Plastic Surgeon

www.whgormanmd.com

Saline breast implants and asthma

Saline breast implants will not cause asthma or exacerbate the condition. The implants are inert and have not been shown to cause these types of problems.

Steven Wallach, MD
Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

Asthma

There is no relationship between breast implants and asthma... neather silicone nor saline. enjoy your augmentation

Jonathan Saunders, MD
Newark Plastic Surgeon

Breast Implants and Asthma

There is no demonstrated relationships between breast implants and asthma. It will be important to have you asthma under control prior to the surgery, and I routinely have my asthma patients bring their inhalers to the surgery center as some inhalers are very helpful in keeping the airways relaxed during surgery. It is almost impossible to avoid exposure to silicone in everyday life. Two in particular Dimethicone and Dimethylpolysiloxane are used in everything from cosmetics, shampoos,... more

Joseph Mele, MD
Walnut Creek Plastic Surgeon

Breast implants should have no effect on your asthma

There is no know correlation or causal evidence of any relationship between breast implants, either saline or silicone, and your asthma. Your asthma should be under good control before you contemplate having breast implants. see video

James Tang, MD
Houston Plastic Surgeon

Saline Implants have no known adverse effects on asthma

There is no scientific evidence that saline, (or silicone) implants adversely affects anyone with asthma. Both saline and silicone breast implants have undergone extensive review by the FDA. The devices have been proven to be safe and to my knowledge there has never been any problems from the implants in asthmatic patients. Personally, I have performed breast augmentation on several patients with mild asthma. All these patients did, and continue to do well. Asthma... more

James H. Schmidt, MD
Sarasota Plastic Surgeon

Can saline implants affect my asthma?

No. There is no scientific evidence that either saline implants or silicone gel implants can affect or worsen your asthma, or any other disease for that matter. The FDA studied the silicone gel implants for 15 years before concluding that they were safe and allowing them to return to the market. The horror stories you are reading are like most horror stories, that is, untrue.

Robert M. Grenley, MD
Seattle Plastic Surgeon

Saline implants and asthma

There are no known connections between saline or silicone gel filled implants and asthma. The form of silicone used in the shell of saline implants (as well as many other forms of silicone) is used daily in literally hundreds of medical devices and products with no demonstrated negative health effects. But if you are at all uncomfortable with the presence of a silicone containing device in your body then you should not have breast implants.

Frank B. McCutcheon, Jr., MD
Asheville Plastic Surgeon

Asthma and Breast Implants

There is no evidence that breast implants (saline or silicone) will worsen your asthma. You should, however, make sure that your Plastic Surgeon and your anesthesiologist are aware ahead of time that you have asthma. Best of luck with your breast augmentation.

Laurence Weider, MD
Dallas Plastic Surgeon

Breast implant safety

The answer is nope. On looking at some of the other answers here, I would endorse the suggestion that you consider cohesive gel filled implants if you are comfortable to have implants at all. They're simply much better than saline. In Australia, we've been using them since 1997 and the long term results are superior in the longevity of the implant and the naturalness of the feel of the breast provided you don't get a capsular contracture (the risk of which is the... more

Howard Webster, MBBS, MBA
Melbourne Plastic Surgeon

www.arcplasticsurgery.com.au

No

There is no way saline or silicone implants can affect your asthma. There has been extensive studies for both types of implants to prove their safety.