Should Breast Implants be Replaced every 10 years?

NEW YORK CITY, NY – It is NOT true that breast implants need to be replaced every 10 years. This is a very common idea, but it is not true.  If your breast implants look fine and feel fine, leave them alone.

In New York City, we tell breast aumentation patients who have SILICONE implants to have an MRI of the breasts every 2 or 3 years, because a silicone implant could be leaking and you would not know it .  The silicone gel stays in place whether the implant  shell is intact or not.