Is It Safe to Fly with a Ruptured Silicone Breast Implant?

Thanks for the question. You should be able to go on vacation by 3-4 weeks after your surgery. But this is valid only with assuming postoperative recovery is uneventful. If any unexpected incident happens in your treatment process, this time can be extended or shortened. I wish you all the best.

Yes, it is indeed safe to fly with a ruptured implant.  It does not increase your risks or the difficulty with revisional surgery.  Best of luck.

The altitude of flying should not affect your ruptures silicone gel implants. You should proceed when you are able to have your implants replaced. 

You should have no problems flying with a ruptured silicone implant. The cabins of commercial airlines are all pressurized. You will not affect the outcome of your surgery if you fly before you have them removed.

I do not see any problems with you flying with a ruptured implant.  The altitude will not affect them. 

There is no risk of flying with your implant whether it is leaking or not.  The fluid will stay within the breast capsule and won't cause any problem.

There is nothing toxic or dangerous with leaking or deflated breast implants (silicone or salt water filled). They pose no threat at either seepa level, high altitude or even at 37,000 feet.  You are not taking on any rss by completing your travel schedule. 

God luck with your surgery. 

I agree with having the implants removed but you should not fear flying with them in place. Good luck with your surgery. 

It shoudl be no problem to fly with a ruptured implants. The product is inert, and it should not migrate significantly.

Questions regarding implants and flying are surprisingly common.  Your situation with an extracapsular implant leak is no different.  It seems you already have made arrangements to get it taken care of.  People think going up in an airplane will affect their implants somehow.  The pressure inside a commercial airplane at altitude is usually not more than the equivalent of being at a ski resort in the Rockies - about 8000 feet.  So, just like being at Vail, nothing is going to happen to your implants.  If they were filled with air (a gas) instead of saline or silicone, then yes, they would want to expand just like a balloon rising up in the sky.  With regard to traveling, particularly on airplanes, there are precautions in the early post-operative period...but not with regard to altitude or air pressure...I would worry more about straining while carrying your bags, catching an elbow in your chest from a fellow passenger trying to put his bag up in the bin, or getting groped by an aggressive TSA agent.