Chances That Breast Implant Rejection Will Occur?

Hi,
Thank you for your question.
This is not something that you should worry about. It is very unlikely. Both saline and silicone implants are made of a silicone shell which has been studied in depth and not been shown to cause any allergic reactions inside the body like a piercing which is exposed. There are however certain risks that are associated with any surgery. It is important to understand these before the surgery. There are also conditions that some patients might associate with rejection such as capsular contracture or an infection, but that is not the case.
As long as you are in good health, have a board certified surgeon that you trust, listen to their instructions and information, and communicate any concerns with your surgeon, you should have a successful surgery.
Best regards,
Dr. Speron

Implant
rejection is an immunologic phenomena that has not been described with silicone
breast implants.There has never been an
implantable device studied as extensively as silicone breast implants.In 1990, silicone implants were taken off the
market by the FDA.Since that time,
multiple studies have been performed that have evaluated the safety of liquid
silicone and the silastic implant shell.None of these studies have described implant rejection as a phenomena
associated with breast implant use.

Dear Michelle,
It is an overwhelming response that there is no evidence of implant rejection. There are surgical risks with any surgery and there is an incidence of capsular contracture of 2% to 5 % (this is not rejection).

The chances that your body will reject the implants are highly unlikely, probably far less than 1 in 1000 which is really the potential rate of infection. This would be the most likely cauuse other than tissue attenuation and exposure which are probably even less likely.

Hi there-
Despite the unfortunate experiences you have had when pierced in the past, breast implant rejection does NOT occur. Whether filled with saline or silicone, the shell of the implants is the same- a polymer of highly purified, medical grade silicone.
Silicone is inert- meaning that your body does NOT react to it the way it would react to something that came from another person or another animal. Allergic reactions and rejection of implants therefore simply do not happen in humans.
There are risks to the procedure, as there would be with any other, but rejection is not something you need worry about.