What causes a breast implant to break?
Breast implants are man-made devices that are subject to a lot of movement and stress simply from the ordinary activities of a woman’s life. Breast implant failure occurs from fatigue and eventual breakage of part of the implant shell. Locations of failure include: a leak at the fill valve (for saline implants), a hole at the patch on the back of an implant, or a tear or hole in the implant shell itself. Although your implants may last a long time, they are not lifetime devices, and it is best to plan that you will need an implant exchange at some point in your life.
