Do saline breast implants look and feel natural?

One can achieve a beautiful appearance with both saline and silicone implants depending on how it is positioned. Generally speaking, I prefer a dual plane, partial submuscular approach to give a more natural, tear drop appearance. The biggest difference between saline and silicone implants is not the... more

Saline breast implants can look and feel quite natural, especially when place under the pectoral muscle. If you are very thin and have little breast tissue, you may be more likely to develop visible rippling or wrinkling. Silicone implants have less likelihood of rippling and may be a reasonable option in... more

You can get a very good result with saline implants, especially if they are placed behind the chest muscles. You will probably get a "better look" and "more natural feel" with silicone implants. There has been no scientific evidence that silicone implants cause any of the problems that... more

Just to be clear silicone implant are and have always been safe.  The studies have looked at hundreds of thousands of women comparing those with silicone implants and those without and there is no difference in disease prevalence between the two groups. Silicone will always feel more natural. ... more

It is difficult to tell the difference between a silicone and saline implant just by looking. Saline implants tend to have a higher incidence of rippling especially when leaning forward. This is true even if under the muscle as the portion of the implant toward the armpit is really not under the muscle. When... more

Saline breast implants can look and feel very natural. It LARGELY depends on the patient and how much breast tissue she is starting with to cover the implants.  Standard of care would be to place the implants under the muscle. Speaking to your surgeon about your expectations is very important. Taking in... more

When comparing saline vs silicone implants, the advantage silicone implants have is they look and feel more natural than saline implants.  That is not to say saline implants are inferior.  It is a matter of patient comfort and choice.  When either implant is placed under the muscle, I feel the... more

If you are going to have either implant placed under the muscle, both will feel very natural provided you are not having a very large implant placed behind the muscle ie. greater than 450cc. The point of breast enhancement it to be natural, and both give you the feeling of natural projection provided you pick... more

There are two factors that can make a saline breast augmentation look and feel unnatural. Poor soft tissue coverage, and too large of an implant. It sounds as if you are going with a relatively conservative size of implant relative to your current B cup size. If the lateral coverage (which is not covered by... more

The "natural" feel you are asking about is a matter of how large of an implant, compared to your body type, you and your surgeon choose. The larger the implant, the less "natural" the breast will feel after the surgery. Going behind the muscle helps, especially with a saline implant. Paying... more