I have had saline implants for 10yrs now and over the yrs my right one has become a bit smaller and is very suishy and ripply (my BF and I call it my shrivled up raisin). I have also been an exoctic dancer this whole time so they are constantly being handled. Two nights ago a customer was squeezing them so hard it hurt and I asked him to stop. Now, my right one is much more ripply and seems to have shrunk even more. Could this be related? I've also recently lost weight, could that be it?
July 11, 2012
Answer: Slow leak of saline breast implants.
Yes , unfortunately there can be a slow leak from a breast implant. It is rather uncommon and the typical course is that it happens in a very short(day or so) course. I have seen several patients that have had a slow leak. Whether that was a valve problem or a tiny hole is questionable. A changing physique can also make an implant look like it has a problem when it truly doesn't. Also some people might have a capsule on one implant which makes the other implant look abnormal. I would recommend you seeing a board certifed plastic surgeon. Let the surgeon decide what is really going on,so that it can be treated.
Good luck, and thanks for the question.
Sincerely,
Anire Okpaku MD
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July 11, 2012
Answer: Slow leak of saline breast implants.
Yes , unfortunately there can be a slow leak from a breast implant. It is rather uncommon and the typical course is that it happens in a very short(day or so) course. I have seen several patients that have had a slow leak. Whether that was a valve problem or a tiny hole is questionable. A changing physique can also make an implant look like it has a problem when it truly doesn't. Also some people might have a capsule on one implant which makes the other implant look abnormal. I would recommend you seeing a board certifed plastic surgeon. Let the surgeon decide what is really going on,so that it can be treated.
Good luck, and thanks for the question.
Sincerely,
Anire Okpaku MD
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July 10, 2012
Answer: ??Slow leak of saline implant
The usual course of a leaking saline implant is to deflate quite rapidly--usually over the course of a day. Over the course of a 27 year career I have only seen a handful of what I would call "slow" leaks. In these cases I found implants that had lost only some of the volume but clearly had a very small hole in the implant envelope. It is possible that if you have such as slow leak that the trauma you describe could have led to further loss of the saline.
If you have lost weight, that seems to me to be the more likely explanation for your findings.
An office visit with a plastic surgeon should be able to distinguish between these possibilities, and offer you the most appropriate remedy. Best wishes.
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July 10, 2012
Answer: ??Slow leak of saline implant
The usual course of a leaking saline implant is to deflate quite rapidly--usually over the course of a day. Over the course of a 27 year career I have only seen a handful of what I would call "slow" leaks. In these cases I found implants that had lost only some of the volume but clearly had a very small hole in the implant envelope. It is possible that if you have such as slow leak that the trauma you describe could have led to further loss of the saline.
If you have lost weight, that seems to me to be the more likely explanation for your findings.
An office visit with a plastic surgeon should be able to distinguish between these possibilities, and offer you the most appropriate remedy. Best wishes.
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