How Long Do Breast Implants Last?

Breast augmentation surgeries are performed to increase the size of breasts. The increase in size can achieved with implants placed inside the breasts. The main objectives of breast augmentation surgeries can be summarized as increasing the breast size and shaping the breast. With the use of implants, breasts can be increased in size, volume and can become firmer and change shape.

 

The implants used in breast augmentation surgery are not guaranteed to be used for a lifetime, even if they do not have expiration dates. The person’s body structure, lifestyle, the surgeon who performs the surgery and the techniques used, the type and quality of the implants can be expressed as factors affecting the longevity of an implant.

In the world of plastic surgery, patients with implants from augmentation surgeries are told that they will have to have this operation again or they will need to remove their implants and the average breast implant lifespan is around 10 years. But this does not mean that 10 years after your operation, your implants will have to be replaced or removed. There are many different body and breast structures and many types of implants. The inner material of the implants, the outer surface surrounding it, size, shape, there are many variables. There are also different surgical approaches, techniques and skills. Therefore, the lifespan of the implants used in breast augmentation surgery may vary. Depending on all these variables, it is possible that your breast implants may need to be changed within 10 years, and you can use your implants for up to 20 years without the need for any intervention.

It may be necessary to replace or remove the implants for reasons such as wearing off of the implants, rupture, displacement within the breast tissue, creating fluctations on the breast skin, becoming palpable from the outside, hardening of the tissue around the implants, deforming of the implants and sagging of the breasts over time.

Thanks to developing technology and surgical techniques, lifespan of implants continues to increase, as well as improving in aesthetic terms. But the human body factor should not be forgotten.