If your implants burst or leak inside you, can it harm you in any way or possibly cause death?

Neither saline nor silicone implants should be harmful to your general health if they rupture.  That said, when a saline implant ruptures, you will become smaller on that side and aesthetically this can be displeasing.  A call to your plastic surgeon is then in order to have your implants revised.If a gel implant ruptures, systemic health risks are also highly unlikely.  There is an increased risk of contracture or hardening of the breasts in this case, and so here again a revision is warranted to remove the leaking implant.  If you are unsure of the status of your implant and have a silicone gel breast implants, I recommend an MRI to evaluate them and be sure that they are intact.Best wishes!

This is always a concern of both patients and physicians.  Over the past 16 years implants have been studied and the claims made in the 90's continue to be unfounded.  With that said implants of the 4th generation and earlier can rupture and usually remains in the capsule of the body's scar around the implant.  I have never seen or been exposed to a death related to a ruptured implant.  The 5th generation implants, like the Sientra highly cohesive gel, is a significant advancement.  These implants have the lowest deflation and contracture rate for any implant on the market today.  Additionally, Sientra is the only company currently backing there implants up for both of these conditions with a warranty.  These are the safest known today, backed up by research and in practice.  My practice is exposed to many different implants and personally I have been a co-investigator for others....in my opinion, the safest implants with the best results attainable and maintained.

Hello, and thank you for reaching out to us. Without knowing what kind of implants you have it is difficult to advise you on a course of action.Salien implants are composed of mostly water, which would be absorbed by the body. With silicone implants, these ruptures are much more difficult to detect.  In this situation, most surgeons would recommend an MRI to determine whether or not it is ruptured.Good luck, please let us know how everything goes.Regards,Dr. Constantino Mendieta