At this time, all women undergoing breast augmentation receive saline-filled implants that consist of a silicone shell filled with sterile saltwater, according to the Food and Drug Administration. However, the ASPS has found that the saline implants have a high rate of failure, often leaking the solution into the woman's body. According to the FDA, women interested in implants need to understand that they are not meant to last for a lifetime. As the years pass, the chance that more surgery will be required torepair the possible damage from problems such as shifting, leaking, rupturing, pain and infection could increase. Some women are dissatisfied with the results of their surgery due to complications that could occur such as wrinkling, incorrect size, scar deformity or unanticipated shape.
Some women worry about the chance of rupture.
A spokeswoman for Dr. Timothy M. Bradley of the Aesthetic and Reconstructive Plastic Surgery Institute of Swansea explained that all the institute's patients set up a consultation with the cosmetic nurse to talk and learn about all the risks of the surgery. The patients spend 45 minutes asking the cosmetic nurse questions and then read literature about deflation, rupturing and other problems. We see a wide range of individuals spanning from about 19 to women in their 50s. She told reporters that she has been thinking about expanding her chest since the age of 12. If I want to be successful, I need to have them too, and I do want to be successful, though I don't know at what at the moment.