Safety of saline breast implants reconfirmed
While the FDA is still in the midst of a controversial decision over silicone breast implants, there is some encouraging news for those who already have saline implants or are considering them as part of their breast augmentation procedure. It is related to something called deflation, that is, loss of volume over time. This can make the results of surgery go away or get distorted to some extent. According to saline implant manufacturers, deflation rates of up to 10% have been seen. Saline implants also tend to deflate unilaterally, which means only one implant deflates.
But according to a study completed by Dr. W. Grant Stevens, a California plastic surgeon, after one year the average deflation rate was a barely perceptible 0.3%; after three years it was 2.2%. At five years it was only at 5.2%. “There still exists a risk of spontaneous deflation with saline implants, but for the majority of women who have successful augmentation using (Mentor) Siltex (saline) implants, the very low deflation rates were very encouraging,” he says.
The earliest deflation was not seen for almost two years after augmentation surgery (685 days after the surgery). The latest deflation didn’t begin for 4.5 years (1666 days after surgery).
Breast augmentation is one of the most popular procedures worldwide, and particularly in the US, UK, Japan, and Colombia.
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