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I have cancelled surgery, I am too much on the fence about silicone and saline. - Miami, FL
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Decided to cancel for now, I like the way silicone...
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Decided to cancel for now, I like the way silicone looks better than saline, but I want to give it a few more years before I trust there safety, at least 10 years out, they are at 6 right now. Also, my current boobs WORK with my hubby if you know what I mean, but I would still like the improvment, just not sure if the scar from the lift I would need would be worth it either. So I may be back in the future, but not now. Good luck girls!
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I was 90% sure I was doing saline, now I am back...
I was 90% sure I was doing saline, now I am back to silicone. I know the risks, but.. what are the chances of a rupture? SO MANY women, millions must have silicone over the last 6 years and I do not hear any complaints.. The only thing that annoys me is saying you need to have an MRI every few years?!
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I am ok with the MRIs every few years .. I actually am already planning to have a revision in a few years - bigger with a higher profile I think but I may be planning a little too prematurely! ;o) xoxo
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Still trying to make an educated decisions on...
Still trying to make an educated decisions on saline and silicone. I am finding a lot of women, tons of women switching out there salines for silicone, but that does not help me. If you think about it, 10 years ago almost all women were forced to get saline..so you never know if those same women would have had issues whether they had saline or silicone. All the women now getting silicone could be talking about issues with them in another 5 years. I have seen some pretty terrible picture of even the new silicone that are supposed to stay together when they leak still get stuck in tissues and required extensive surgery to correct. BUT, I seem to like the way silicone looks better...AHHH! Anyone who had both out there to give me advice?
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I have wanted boobs my whole life but especially for the last oh 18 years. I trusted my doc and was going for a certain look and feel .. I wanted the best of the best of the best. I went with silicones and they have been amazing since day 1. I don't mind the MRIs every few years and take care of myself generally .. Eating well, working out etc. There are risks regardless .. Not sure if that helps but that is my story! ;)
yea and they look fab thats my fear with saline that they wont look as good but i just dont know!
I haven't had both but I agree with you, my saline implants are 7 years old now and that time silicone implants were only available to implant exchange patients not first time breast augmentations. So far so good for me. No problems with saline here. Mine are also overfilled so I think they feel more like silicone of that makes sense. No water bag feeling at all.
I'm no help with deciding between the two, but I wish you all the best. Keeps us updated.
witch ones did u go with?
I got 375cc High Profile Silicone Gels
Hi! I just read your post and just wanted to say that I have an auto Immune disease and just had silicone implants put in in dec. I chose silicone because i liked the feel of it way better then the saline and am very happy with my decision so far. Here are a few things that helped me make my decision and know I was making the right decision!; There have been studies on women who have auto immune diseases and silicone implants and the studies proved that there is no correlation between silicone and increased auto immune disease symtoms. Saline implants are incased in a silicone shell so you have already had the presence of silicone in your body and you shouldnt have a reaction to it. If anything just having surgery would cause your body to have a flare up but that is a chance you would take just by choosing to have the implants either saline or silicone. if the silicone leaks it will not harm you, and actually if you do get a rupture you have the option to wait to have the implant replaced since it wont totally deflate like if a saline implant would. so if you are really concerned about the silicone/immune disorder issue you can look up the studies and read about it. You should get what you want though and make an informed decision and not regret what you choose! Good luck to you and i hope you end up loving what you decide!
thanks that helps me a lot i have a feeling i will love silicone but the fear of reading these womens anti silicone stories with help issues are freaking me out glad to hear yours are going well
Well, let me tell you again that I have saline. I found my paperwork & I got mine back in 1997. So after 16yrs of having them & watching them on a consistent bases get more ripples as time goes on, I can tell you w/o a shadow of doubt if I could afford to get a BL & have my implants exchanged I would do it in a heartbeat. I will in the next 5yrs. My saline implants were even overfilled, but as time goes by they some how loose their shape & size & start to ripple & combine that with our skin that changes over time & looses it's elasticity & collegen & it's just not pretty. Sure it's pretty w/ clothes on, but don't u wanna look pretty w/o clothes & bras? We looked fine in clothes w/ our tummy's but that just wasn't good enough. Just food for thought.
Oh & ur right the men don't notice a difference at all. My hubby has no issues with my boobs, it's all me. My soon to be sister in law had her saline switched out for silicone. So if u want me to ask her a question I can. She's really happy with the new silicone ones.
So would you get silicone then, even with the risks of silent rupture?
Yes, please ask her if they LOOK different.. Thats my main concern, cause I understand that after 10 years whether saline or silicone, both may not look the same and need replacement, but I want to know if she is happier with the way the silicones look at first. I like the faker look, not the totally natural..ya know? I mean I like high pole fullness, but NOT super round and hard..witch is what I see a lot of salines.. I have plenty of breast tissue BUT VERY skin thin on one of my breasts.
A friend of mins has had saline for 14 years and is going to my doc to exchange hers for silicone - she said hers were hard for the longest time and loves the way silicones look at feel. Karen - I also heard (as crazy as it sounds) that the silent ruptures were only bad if you were allergic to silicone. I don't know but I told my doc what I wanted and had full trust in him. Good luck! I know it's a big decision but if you are that worried about the risks, then go with salines. P.S. My other half has dated several girls with implants (one girl had a lift too) and mine feel soft and natural and I'm only 5 weeks post op. Either way I'm sure you will be thrilled!! =)
Oh and I will probably not even last 10 years with these and go back for a little bigger revision in a few years. If there are signs of anything to be concerned with when I go in for my revision (on an MRI) or while I'm in the OR, I will have my PS have salines on hand.
Yep! I'd rather have rupture I didn't know about & could have the time to fix than instantly have a flat boob. It's not like I could run to the dr & have a spare put back in instantly. I'd have to plan that out financially. You know what mean?
I know she is happier. I will ask her more tho. I know a lot of women look fake becuz they didn't have breast tissue to begin with. Having breast tissue really helps to keep it looking more natural. If ur skin is thin, like mine is now, I really wouldn't do saline...unless u are ok with getting new ones every so often. But, then u still run the risk of developing scar tissue each time.
Metal Momma - I am with you. I have silicones and they do not look fake at all in clothes .. they feel very natural and have been soft and squishy since day 1. I will get an MRI in 3 years and keep my eye on them. I love them!! :))
You are right. I had saline for 10 years and had no issues with them, it was just I hated them cause they were too big for my frame and I had them over the muscle. They were huge AND saggy from the beginning...not a good combo, The doc I said he would "fill the sag" instead of a lift, and that was a BIG mistake cause I was very saggy. I did have rippling after 7 years (after 2 kids) but only when laying flat on my back on my right side where I have thinner skin. You could not see rippling in a bathing suit or bra or anything...BUT I had them over the muscle so that's expected I suppose. My left boob with all my tissue felt great, felt like a normal breast cause of all my natural tissue. I have a friend who has silicone for 4 years OVER the muscle and has the same thing...rippling after her pregnancies when laying down. So its just such a toss up for me. I am leaning towards saline still because I do have so much breast tissue and I really hope being under the muscle helps my right side with the rippling when I lay down, and the lift I am getting should pull things tighter. My hubby loved my salines before so I am not worried about him. I was actually his FIRST and ONLY everything..so he has never felt any womens other bobbies..:)) but if I were single and did not want anyone to "know" I would for sure take my chances and get silicone.. but I will also have a big scar from the lift..so there is no hiding it naked..LOL...Decisions, decisions.... It will be hilarious if I come on after the fact and say I got silicone..hahah
You want bigger already? LOL..YOU LOOK AMAZING GIRL!
You that would look weird, having one flat bobbie..but at least there are padded push up bras maybe I could stuff with rice..LOL. I read a story with a doc in the silicone study, they were saying although the silicone did not leak all over body when ruptured it did get lodged into breast tissue and required extensive surgery to remove it all, as well as removing some lympths it got into in the area. That freaks me out with my current health stuff I have worked so hard to correct. I know the chances of that happening though..of having one rupture is probably more likely I win the lottery..but it COULD happen and then I would mentally be freaking out if my joint pain autoimmune stuff returned. You are in a different spot then me, sounds like you are super healthy without any past health issues. If I were you it would be a no brainer..silicone it is. It will be interesting to see what I end up with...LOL
Maybe I will just ask him to stuff me with rice bags...
Considering you have health issues to worry about, I too would stick with saline. Mine are under the muscle, so rippling will still happen. If I lean forward, bending over.....like we do to show how we no longer have tummy hang, that is when I can see the ripples on the sides of my breasts. And if I feel myself up I can feel the ripples underneath in the crease of my breast. It's like the edge of the bag, kinda weird. And I have 1 indention on the top of my breast now. Only I see it. My breasts feel natural, I really believe having breast tissue on top makes that difference for sure. I was a deflated B cup before I got my implants. When I went for my consult for my tummy tuck, I was pretty sold on my PS anyway, but I asked about getting bigger implants to fill the sag. She told me what I already knew in my heart, I need a lift & bigger implants won't make me happy. I questioned her more about silicone and rippling and she pretty much told me that they are gonna ripple too. I was under the impression silicone did not ripple at all. That's what I get for watching Dr 90201 (not Board Certified btw, lol!) So she wasn't trying to sell me, so at that moment I went from 100% sold on her for my PS to 110%. I don't want someone telling me what I want to hear, I just to know the truth. So pretty much what I need most is a lift & rippling seems to happen either way. I do believe it happens less than saline, but ripples still happen. Plus, you already know you can handle and do well with Saline, so if it ain't broke?? And it's not night and day either. They still feel just as good & look just as good. I've never had anyone guess that my boobs were fake.
My soon to be sister in law said that she had her saline for 10yrs. After 9yrs they started to get hard. She said her saline never looked or felt as good as her silicone do now. She had them switched in 2009. She said she knew several people that had silicone for 20yrs & they still look great. She said that if she could have gotten silicone from the start she would have. She said she just has regular [RS bleep] silicone, lol! Not the fancy gummy bear style kind.
Lol get saline .. Seems to make sense for you .. Mentally so you don't have to worry and maybe physically too. ;)
Lol Metal Momma! I think I just have regular silicones not gummy ones or anything. :)
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