Patients often ask what is the difference between saline and silicone; which one is better? Both saline and silicone have advantages. The outer shell of each implant is the same. The implant shell is made of a silicone elastomer. So whether you have saline or silicone, you have a silicone shell in your body. What differs is what goes inside the…
There are two different types of breast implants or mammary prosthesis, saline or silicone. The outer shell of each implant is exactly the same it is composed of a silicone elastomer. What differs is what goes on the inside. The saline implant is filled by the operating surgeon with saline at the time of the augmentation. The silicone implants come pre-packaged…
Breast augmentation revision is a common procedure. Patients often wish to increase the size of their mammary prosthesis. Patients may want to exchange their implants for a variety of reasons. Some of the more common reasons for changing implant size is to change the size, change from saline to silicone, or silicone to saline, and a size change is accomplished…
