Is it easy to tell if a breast implant ruptures?
It can be easy to tell if a saline-filled breast implant ruptures, because it typically deflates within four hours of the rupture. Silicone ruptures, however, can be silent. These implants deflate in a more gradual fashion. If you have silicone gel breast implants, you will need to have magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) exams of your breasts three years postoperatively, then every two years, to check for these silent ruptures.
