Is It Necessary to Replace a Silicone Nose Implant After Several Years?

Your friends are confusing silicone breast implants with silicone nasal implants. The nasal implants are solid while the breast implants contain a gel. Epidemiologic studies from the early 1990s through 2000s showed increases in breast implant rupture rates around 10 years after implantation. This led to a recommendation to change the breast implants routinely after 10 years. The implants have changed since then so it is unclear if this recommendation still holds true. Nasal implants are solid and contain no gel so they cannot rupture. There is no need to routinely change them in the absence of any symptoms.

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I don't use silicone nose implants yet I can state conclusively that if the implant looks good and there are no problems (infection, shifting, necessitating) it never needs to be exchanged.