How Long Do Butt Implants Last? When to Replace

Buttocks implants are permanent devices.  They are made of soft semi-solid material, unlike breast implants, so they do not rupture and thus do not need to be replaced.  They are usually the second choice for buttocks augmentation and shaping to liposuction and fat transfer.  Hope this helps and best of luck. 

This
is a great question as many of patients are very young and they wonder when
they will have to change out their implants.
Well the good news is that there is currently no recommendation to
change out your butt implants. As long
as you love them you just keep.

The
butt implants are a semi-solid silicone material. This make them very durable so that they can
absorb the punishment that are butt takes on a daily basis from sitting and the
occasional falls. Because the implant is
a semi-solid material the implant does not leak. The implants are extremely
durable.

The
butt implants have become a great option for patients that are too thin for a
Brazilian Butt Lift or want more augmentation than is possible with fat
transfer alone. The durability of the
implants typically gives patients a result that will last for years to come.

Unlike breast implants, buttock implants are made to be permanent because they are made of semi-solid soft silicone rubber not silicone gel...RAS

Butt implants are made from a more solid silicone. The implants are intended to be a more permanent implant then a breast implant. As long as the butt implant is placed appropriately in the correct position and shape, it is unlikely the implant will need to be changed because of the implant failing or needing replacement.

Dear emer,

    Butt implants, unlike fat injection do not disappear. Fat injection in large quantity, does not survive and  completly disappear or almost completely disappear  after 1 year. The silicone implants are non bio-degradeable and since they are soft solid , they do ot leak or break. Theoretically the can degrade over time, however in over 10 years of performing butt implants surgery , I did not witness it.  So, the only reason to replace them will be if they break or deteriorate. Most importantly, consult with a board certified plastic surgeon that you trust, who performs lots of butt implants surgery and you like his or hers results.

                            Best of luck,

                                                  Dr Widder

Although buttocks implants have been on the market for over 25 years, I am not aware of any study that addressed the issue of replacement rates.
For some reason, buttock implants have never caught on, even though techniques had been perfected way before fat grafting to the buttocks was refined.
Most surgeons who focus on buttocks reshaping are choosing fat grafting by a large margin. I do many butt lifts a year, and I haven't done a butt implant in over 2 years. It's just that when I sit down to explain the pros and cons, the cons for the butt implants far outnumber the cons for fat transfer.
Briefly put, the butt implant is a mechanical device, and as such it has a failure rate, much like breast implants. Fat, on the other hand, is yours, and the fat that takes is there for life.
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Butt implants are made from solid silicone, therefore they do not need to be replaced. Best of luck!

you have complications after six months to a year of your procedure. If you were to have a fat transfer, the results may not be as long lasting due to injections.

We know that silicone is a stable material over many years. The implants are solid and therefore cannot rupture, so unless a major trauma was to displace them or an infection would develop there, they are expected to remain for the duration of the patient's life.

The advantage of buttock implants over breast implants is that most patients don't ever need to worry about replacement - butt implants are made of more solid silicone (though some new ones still maintain a nice squishy feel like a firm but still natural buttock!), so there aren't the same issues as for breasts - Placed correctly and after healing, they should last a lifetime.  Breast implants are designed differently so there are chances of rupture, which increases with time, and hence thought more likely to require replacement.