How Often Do You Have to Get Your Breasts "Refreshed"?

One of the common myths about
breast implants is that they need to changed every 10 years. This is definitely
NOT TRUE. As long as your implants/breasts continue to look and feel good,
nothing needs to change. So potentially they could last a lifetime.

However, your body will continue to change over time
implants or not - time, gravity, weight fluctuations, pregnancy, breast
feeding, lifestyle, genetics etc.....things will change. So for these reasons,
you may wish to have further surgery at some later date.

Also large breasted women, whether they are natural or
implants, gravity is far less kind to them than smaller breasted women. So it's
really important to always wear good supportive bras all the time, except for
those odd occasions that warrant no bra. You support them as much as possible,
and they'll look after you as long as possible. Yes, things such as rupture and capsular contracture can also occur and these may also warrant further surgery but these affect only a small percentage of women and are unpredictable.

Thank you for your question. It's important to know that implants do not require replacement simply because you've had them for a certain amount of time. Implants can last indefinitely, but most women should plan to have some type of surgery every 10 to 15 years. This may include a size change, changing from saline to silicone, or replacement after rupture. Saline implants have a 10% risk of rupture over 10 years. The latest silicone-gel implants have a 2.5% rupture risk over nine years. If things are going well, and there is no implant rupture, then I recommend not having any surgery at all.

There is no time limit as to when or if you need to exchange your breast implants. I have heard from patients that they have heard that breast implants need to be changed every 10 years. The only reason you need to exchange your breast implants is if you are having a problem with them or if you'd like to change the size.Some of the potential complications that may arise would be deflation, capsular contracture, bottoming out, or just size change. If you are happy with the size of your breast implants and are having no problems, you don't need to do anything.