What Do Breast Implants Look Like when a Woman is 50, 60, 70+ Years Old?

The appearance of breast implants when your 50, 60, or 70+ years old is highly correlated with how your breasts will appear when your 50, 60, or 70.
No one can necessarily predict how your breasts will appear as a result of menopausal changes.
This comes down to fortune telling and is similar to asking how your belly will look when you have children. No one can predict whether you will or will not have stretch marks.
Having said that I can generally say that women with very small breasts who undergo augmentation with a relatively small implant (270 and less) tend to show only mild changes with aging in contrast to larger breasts with large implants.

It's a great question and everybody responds differently to breast implants. Breast implants add some weight to the breast, so the progression of sagging will be slightly more rapid. However, it's important to remember that implants that are sized appropriately, using measurements and your soft tissue characteristics, do the best job of maintaining the longevity of your breasts. This helps give you the longest lasting results. When considering breast augmentation make sure you find a board certified plastic surgeon who will take the time to answer all of your questions and explain all of your options, so that you can decide if breast augmentation is right for you.

Thank you for your Question!  Find. Board certified plastic surgeon who performs these regularly and on older patients.  You may also need to have a lift as well.  Best of luck!Dr Dhaval PatelDouble Board Certified Plastic Surgeon Chicago Hoffman Estates Oak Brook

Normal aging can have a significant impact upon a woman’s
breasts. This occurs for a variety of reasons including changes in the hormonal
environment and the effects of gravity. These changes often result in breast
shrinkage and the development of breast sag.Breast implants don’t change significantly with the passage
of time, unless they are accompanied by the development of capsular
contracture. Capsular contractures can result in distortion and firmness of the
breasts. In rare cases, the weight of breast implants can accelerate breast
sag.The development of breast sag appears to be more likely
when patients have poor skin tone and large implants are placed on top of the
muscle. Under these circumstances, a breast lift may be necessary. In rare
cases, the breast pocket may require elevation as well.How aging effects a woman’s breasts and implants depends
upon a multitude of variables. For this reason it can difficult to determine
how aging will affect any particular patient’s situation.

This really depends on how natural her results look. They may continue to look very natural with age, so that nobody every knows that the woman has breast implants. On the other hand, if a woman's breasts look obviously augmented shortly after her surgery, then they will continue to look that way, and perhaps even more so, as she ages. 

Time will change the way the implants look.  If there are no issues with the implants as you age, the breasts will age with you.  The look can be quite natural, and nothing in particular needs to be done as you get older.

Fantastic question -
But also one that is very difficult to answer.
The shape of your breasts as you age depends largely on the elasticity of the skin and the strength of the Cooper's ligaments which are suspensory structures within the breast tissue. These are the two forces at work to keep your breasts from sagging.
Larger breasts place more force on these structures and are more likely to cause sagging. The larger the implant, the larger the breast and the larger the sag.
Things that can also change the shape include capsular contracture (the incidence increases over time) and weight change. As we age weight distribution can change from the pattern when we were younger and can cause change in breast shape.
I hope this helps.

Hi tojilll, Very good question. But impossible to give a definitive answer! Regardless if you have breast implants or not, as you age, the tissue in your breasts and the structure of your breasts begin to change. This is due to changes in your reproductive hormones caused by the natural process of aging. As a result of these changes, your breasts begin to lose their firmness and fullness. Hopefully, with the proper placement of an implant, you retain your fullness. But with the reduced amount of estrogen, your skin will become drier, making it less elastic. With less elasticity, the breasts lose firmness can develop a stretched and saggy appearance. If your breasts are naturally larger or you have a larger implant, you will likely be looking at a breast lift, or mastopexy, at some point. However, genetics and lifestyle play a huge roll. Bottom line, you can have a great result with breast augmentation at any age and while nothing can stop the normal aging process, when performed by an experienced, board certified cosmetic surgeon, your augmentation should be designed to achieve results that not only look natural now, but will also age naturally with you. Good Luck!

Like anything else, it his difficult to predict. It depends upon many variables including genetics, age, skin laxity, weight fluctuations, etc.  There really are so many different affects on implants and the breast.

Assuming that the body weight will stay the same, it is expected that the breast tissue will droop with time. If not stronge capsule forms, the implant will go down with the breast, which is good. This will create a droopy but natural look. If a capsule forms the implant could stay higher while the breast tissue goes down.