Saline breast implants, like gel implants, are silicone rubber shells but they contain sterilized saline solution instead of silicone gel. Saline implants also come in various shell thickness, shell surface (smooth or textured), profile, and shape (round or anatomical). Saline breast implants can be either fixed or inflatable. Fixed implants contain all the saline they are ever going to contain; inflatable implants have a valve in them that allows them to be filled to the desired size during surgery. Saline implants can also be adjusted after surgery, as well. They range in size from 120cc to 850cc; women wanting saline implants in larger sizes must have them custom made.

There are three different types of valves for saline breast implants: leaf, kink, and diaphragm. The leaf valve seems to irritate implant… carry on reading here: Saline Breast Implants

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