As younger and younger women are considering breast implants. We get many questions such as the age limit. The FDA has the following age limits: You need to be 22 in order to have silicone gel-filled breast implants You need to be 18 to get saline-filled breast implants for augmentation However, these are required by [...]
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The age minimum is different for augmentation for saline-filled and silicone gel-filled breast implants?
FDA approved saline-filled breast implants for augmentation in women ages 18 and older. FDA approved silicone gel-filled implants for women ages 22 and older. The age restrictions are different because the risks are different for the two products. For example, silicone gel-filled implants will require frequent MRI monitoring to detect silent rupture (a rupture that [...]
Age limits to get breast implants
Mentor and Allergan (formerly Inamed) saline-filled breast implants are approved for: (1) reconstruction (primary reconstruction and revision-reconstruction) in women of any age and (2) augmentation (primary augmentation and revision-augmentation) in women 18 years or older. Mentor and Allergan silicone gel-filled breast implants are approved for: (1) reconstruction (primary reconstruction and revision-reconstruction) in women of any [...]