Theyre filled with saline so technically theyre safe. The issue is that most of the time they are not filled properly. Theyre left with a small air gap or have high amounts of oxygen in the saline. This means you can transplant bacteria or mold spores into the saline. Once the implant is sealed, this leads to a contained anerobic environment. This results in an implant absolutely loaded with bacteria where the saline can turn brown and look like apple sauce, or a moldy implant where the saline can turn black or green and become quite firm. If you pop either of those, you die.
Saline filled implants are different than “silicone” implants (even though they both have silicone - “silicone” implants are filled with a silicone gel, saline have a silicone exterior that’s filled with saline).
Saline is the older type and are becoming much less common these days.
I can’t imagine having them intentionally leak into the body being safe.
I mean, cocaine isn’t safe for the body either, but try telling that to a big breasted stripper while she’s punching you in the face with double D’s.
Lots of people make risky decisions…
But in this case it’s pretty safe. Ruptures are so common the filling is just as inert as the membrane.
Risky ds
Theyre filled with saline so technically theyre safe. The issue is that most of the time they are not filled properly. Theyre left with a small air gap or have high amounts of oxygen in the saline. This means you can transplant bacteria or mold spores into the saline. Once the implant is sealed, this leads to a contained anerobic environment. This results in an implant absolutely loaded with bacteria where the saline can turn brown and look like apple sauce, or a moldy implant where the saline can turn black or green and become quite firm. If you pop either of those, you die.
Well, that is going to stick with me.
Saline filled implants are different than “silicone” implants (even though they both have silicone - “silicone” implants are filled with a silicone gel, saline have a silicone exterior that’s filled with saline).
Saline is the older type and are becoming much less common these days.
Oh cool, TIL. Thanks