Answered: The 13 Breast Implant Questions You’ve Been Too Embarrassed to Ask

Q: Are all breast implants pretty much the same?

A:”Not really,” says Lara Devgan, MD, a plastic surgeon in New York City and an attending plastic surgeon at Lenox Hill Hospital. “If you have your breast augmentation done in the United States by a board-certified plastic surgeon, you can be confident that your implants have passed the rigorous standards of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.” So they are the same in that they have been tested for quality, sterility, durability, and outcomes, and that thousands of women have had a good experience with them. However: “Implants can be smooth or textured, low projection or high projection, round or teardrop-shaped, and filled with cohesive silicone gel, gummy-bear cohesive silicone, or saline.” There is no one-size-fits all breast implant, says Dr. Devgan. “The best implant for a given woman depends on her unique anatomic characteristics, as well as her desired results,” she says.