Plastic Surgery Q and A

Question: How would I know if my silicone breast implants were ruptured?
Answer: Silicone breast implant ruptures are harder to detect than saline implant ruptures. If a patient with breast implants is concerned about a rupture I recommend an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) to view the breast implants to see if it is ruptured. When a silicone implant has a rupture usually the sticky silicone gel stays isolated in the scar that surrounds the breast implant. With ethier newer silicone gel implants the silicone is a cohesive unit and if ruptured it does not run out in liquid form like the saline breast implants.