When it comes to the question of saline or silicone breast implants youll find that each breast plastic surgeon has their own opinion. While saline may still be considered a safer and potentially less harmful if ruptured, silicone has the better look and feel. Lets take a closer look:

Saline Breast Implants:

Breast implants filled with a saline solution are a newer form of implant and come with some advantages over their silicone counterparts, like the ability to inflate or deflate the implant while in the breast without the need for revision surgery, allowing for complete client satisfaction before after breast implants.

Currently there are two kinds of saline implants on the market. The standard model is your basic implant that comes in a set shape and size. The other is a fresh take, with the added feature of a small valve, cosmetic surgeons have the ability to insert the implants into the breast and then fill or decrease the size of the breast before the patients eyes, insuring the perfect look. This also means that should you want bigger or smaller breasts as time goes on, you simply see your physician and voila.

Though complications can arise from these implants they are fewer and further between than silicone. There have been studies and cases where bacteria and mould have been found in the solution, putting the one with implants at risk should the implant leak or rupture. This can cause problem for the repertory system as well as number of nasty complication due to infection. Should a saline implant rupture it is much easier to detect than other implants.

Silicone Breast Implants:

Outer shells of implants made from silicone and are reported to be strong and hold up to a great deal or wear and tear. Unlike saline these implants are made in a particular size and shape. There are every size, shape (tear, round or oval), textures and the shells can be thicker or thinner.

Although silicone breast surgery implants have once again been reapproved in by the FDA in America, there is still overwhelming risks evolved when electing to have breast augmentation with silicone implants.

Ruptures in silicon implants are harder to detect and involve and extra cost each year to check them (they are checked using and MRI which can cost several hundred to thousands every year)

When a silicone implants ruptures there may be no physical signs as the silicon leaks into the surrounding breast tissue.

With the risk of memory loss due to high levels of platinum found in silicone implants along with diminished motor skills, comprehension and the chance of horrible brain damage, constant testing most be done.

Once a woman has had silicone breast surgery implants breast feeding isnt a good idea and worst, in several hundred cases the same toxins found in breast implants and the women have been found in the children of those women, even if they had them previously removed before pregnancy.Despite the fact that silicone implants have a more natural look, feel, and have a more cohesive gel breast implants, the rate of rupture is higher as is the rate of capsular contraction (a painful condition where a kind of scar tissue forms around the implant and hardens).

For more information on breast implants and breast surgery see the breast foundation.