What Are the Risk with Flying with Saline Breast Implants?

There are none of which I am aware.

After your breast augmentation surgery, and once you are over the early healing phase (2-4 weeks), you are meant to begin to forget you had the surgery. There are no specific activities that I advise my patients to avoid at that time.

By the way, there never was (nor is there to this day) any serious evidence that silicone gel breast implants have a relationship with immune disorders in humans. These are the likely the most intensively studied medical devices in the history of humanity. As long ago as the mid-1990s the American College of Rheumatology issued a position paper stating that there was no evidence of a relationship between silicone gel implants and immune disease. They have not changed their position since that time.

Still, the final choice of implant is up to you and you must be comfortable with your choice.

Good luck!

I have performed augmentation on several fighter, transport, and helicopter pilots and none of them have ever experienced any problems with their implants -- even when pulling several G's in fighters.

For some reason I have been asked about flying and implants by several patients in the last several months -- there must be some thread out on the internet that is making people nervous.

I am unaware of any risks associated with implants and flying.

Most of the horror stories that you have heard regarding silicone implants are nothing more than stories being propogated on the internet.  In  my Salt Lake City, UT breast augmentation practice I perform hundreds of augmentation each year with silicone (and saline) implants and have not seen any patients with immune system problems etc.