I've had breast implants for 30 years

    when should i replace my breast implants
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    when do i need to change my breast implants
    when do i have to change my breast implants
  • When should i replace my breast implants
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    Breast implant replacement before and after...

    Do I need to change my breast implants every 10 years?

    The short answer is probably not. So if it's not really necessary, why is it that every patient that researches breast augmentation has come across the magic number of 10?

    What happens if you don't replace breast implants

  • I've had my breast implants for 20 years
  • Breast implant replacement before and after
  • Replacing breast implants recovery time
  • Do breast implants need to be replaced every 10 years

    • The need to replace breast implants (saline or silicone) every 10 years is based on factual data that has since been slightly misrepresented.

    Replacing breast implants every 10 years?

    In 2011, the FDA released this report on the safety of silicone breast implants.

    Rather than reading the 63-page report, here's the bottom line. After 10 years of an initial breast augmentation, 1 out of 5 patients need some sort of revision procedure. That means 20% of patients need another operation due to excess scarring inside the breast (capsular contracture), broken implant etc.

    That also means that 80% of the patients are doing fine at 10 years.

    So if you're having an issue, sure, you may need to change out your implants. But with proper monitoring (self-exams, physician exams), you don't need to automatically replace your implants every 10 years.

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