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Saline or Silicone? I Am Getting Implants in a Few Weeks and Still Haven't Decided 100 Percent on Saline or Silicone.
I am leaning more towards saline because I like the idea of knowing if I have a rupture and can fix the problem, also because I like the more round, projected look that high profile saline implants give. And also because one breast is larger than the other & I like the idea of being able to fill them at different levels to make them even. I am 20 yrs old 5'5" & 110 pounds, have had two children, and am a 32 B cup right now. What do you recommend & how large do you recommend for my frame?
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Saline Versus Silicone Implants
Dear mkk199 - I will try to answer your questions as best I can without photos. It sounds like you are leaning toward saline implants for all the right reasons. If you do go with saline I would definitely recommend putting them under the muscle. As far as size, you need to try on different size implants to figure out which size if best for you. Best of Luck.
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Saline vs. silicone
At this time, it is recommended that silicone implants are not used for patients under 22 years of age. With this information in mind, combined with the many reasons you stated that you would prefer the saline implant, that will most likely be a good choice for you.
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Saline or Silicone? I Am Getting Implants in a Few Weeks and Still Haven't Decided 100 Percent on Saline or Silicone.
There isn't a perfect breast implant.
If there were, no one would use anything else.
Most plastic surgeons prefer silicone gel devices because they ripple much less, last longer and are lighter than saline implants. They have much less tendency to slide off to the side when you lie down.
The advantages of the saline implant is its lower cost (in most practices) and lower rates of capsular contracture.
As far as your choices are concerned, do remember that the gel devices are...
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Saline or Silicone?
Most patients and surgeons prefer silicone gel implants over saline because of the more natural feel that they have. This is more important for a smaller breasted women getting large implants as compared, say, with a women wanting to increase from a C cup to a D cup.
The gel implants come in the same profiles (and one additional one) as do the salines, and come in a variety of sizes, and the volumes are such that it should be possible to get as good a size match as with salines...
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Silicone Vs Saline Implants
I feel that silicone implants generally give a better result than saline. The main benefit with saline implants is the lesser cost. With breast asymmetry, different volumes of saline can give as good results as differential filling of saline implants.
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Saline vs silicone
The choice for saline vs. silicone is a personal one. It sounds like you have made it already. I will say that silicone implants do come in high profile and they come in round and smooth varieties as well.
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If you are worried, use saline implants.
Hi.
Both silicone and saline implants are fine, but saline implants do have the advantages that you talk about.
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Saline or Silicone Breast Implants? Best Size?
Thank you for the good questions.
In regards to breast implants, there are many pros/cons to consider when making the decision of which to use in your case. Online consultants, without the benefit of direct physical examination, will not be able to do your question justice. In other words, the advice you receive online will not be precise enough.
Having said that, some general words regarding the use of saline versus silicone breast implants may be helpful to you:
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Saline vs. Silicone Gel
You must be 22 to get silicone gel. Pros and cons are: saline implants give smaller scars, are less expensive, can be filled differentially for asymmetries, and are quite obvious when deflation occurs, but can ripple and slosh(less so, I have found, if filled to max. capacity). Silicone gel implants are less likely to ripple(I have seen it) and feel more like breast tissue(not as pronounced when subpectoral or more breast tissue, but can be difficult to tell if...
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Saline vs Silicone
The more breast volume you have to start the less important are the benefits of silicone with regard to feel and rippling. You are right that everything else favors saline. As far as size, 200 cc to 250 cc will give an increase of one cup size. If you wanted to be a small D and you are a small B, you may want a 400 to 450 cc implant. Kenneth Hughes, MD Los Angeles, CA
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Saline or Silicone
The FDA stance is that you should be 22 to get silicone breast implants. For patients wanting that high look that you get with over filled saline implants but wanting gel implants, I have been using Mentors Ultra-High profile with great success. These implants are about 95% filled and give the look you desire. Then again these are silicone and you are only 20 years old.
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Saline or silicone
Hello.
It can be difficult to choose between saline or silicone. It really is a personal decision. If you dont have alot of breast tissue, I usually advise patients to consider silicone. However with silicone, at your age(20) you would have to get regular mammograms to check for leakage, which you obviously dont need with saline. Regarding high profile saline implants, you have to be aware that this gives you more of a rounder look.
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