What are the Advantages of Saline over Silicone?
• Sixty per cent of the human body is made of saline. Therefore, if there is a rupture the saline just gets flushed out of the body. With silicone, the gel remains and is much harder to remove it completely. • The incision to put silicone implants in is a little longer than that of saline. This is because saline implants go into the breast empty and then are inflated, silicone implants, on the other hand, go into the body already filled. • Cost. Silicone implants cost more. Do silicone or saline implants increase the risk of cancer? No, there doesn’t appear to be any increased risk with either silicone or saline implants. Do silicone implants affect mammography screening? Both silicone and saline implants make mammogram screening slightly less effective. There is very little difference between silicone and saline. Both implants require special mammogram views to be done in order to better see around the implant. Who benefits most from silicone implants compared to saline implants? The
