I am asked frequently, “How durable are breast implants?” Their worry? Will it break if I do a mammogram, get in a car accident, parachute jump, body slam, bear hug from Aunt Gertie, or my significant other is on top of me?
Breast implants are durable creatures. You can push, prod, pull , squeeze with little effect. Eventually, the shell does weaken and something will push it over the top to leak. How strong they are is hard to quantitate… sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words. My breast implant rep sent me a link to this video. I love it.
A colleague of mine from residency at Stanford did this. He is in Newport Beach. http://www.americanhealthandbeauty.com/articles/?article=3311
I think saline implants are durable too- I have only had a handful of women come back in the 10 year warranty period.
So. as my blog title inspires me to write in Dr. Seussisms (can you tell I have children?)
- you can push them here and there, you can push them anywhere.
- you can push them pretty far, you can run over them over in a car!
- you can sting them with a bee, you can knock them with a knee!
- they are so strong, so strong you see.
Check out the video.