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Location: North of where I want to be | Ladies, I know there re several ladies out there who have umm up graded from original equipment if you will.
I am planning surgery in March and I need to decide on saline or silicone. That being said which have you chosen and why? What are your thoughts as it applies to riding? |
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Location: In The Snow, AZ | Saline. The surgeon recommended saline. I've not had any issue with rippling or naturalness.
I know several people with silicone and they are happy as well. The only real difference I see is the price. Plus, if saline leaks, it's obvious... and safe. Silicone can leak in your body and you won't know for years. |
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| ~BINGO~ - 2016-12-18 5:49 PM
Saline. The surgeon recommended saline. I've not had any issue with rippling or naturalness.
I know several people with silicone and they are happy as well. The only real difference I see is the price. Plus, if saline leaks, it's obvious... and safe. Silicone can leak in your body and you won't know for years.
Yeah, my grandmother became very ill. Thought she was dying but could not figure out what was making her ill. After a couple of years of her wasting away they figured out her implant had leaked for years into her body. It was killing her slowly. She got it fixed and was fine, but had they not figured it out it would have certainly killed her.
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Location: North of where I want to be | Ok...crazy question...can you hear them "slosh"
I was talking to a girl who said she had saline and felt she could hear them "slosh" like water in a bucket....sounded crazy to me but I guess it could be possible?
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Location: Do I hear Banjos? | I am a charter member of the IBTC so I understand the desire to fill out sweaters and swimsuits better...but from just these couple of posts above...I sure can't think how it is worth the health risks. And assuming all goes well with the initial surgery (risk with anesthesia etc)...don't they also require maintenance periodically? Meaning more surgery?
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Location: In The Snow, AZ | KRJ1791 - 2016-12-19 5:22 AM
Ok...crazy question...can you hear them "slosh"
I was talking to a girl who said she had saline and felt she could hear them "slosh" like water in a bucket....sounded crazy to me but I guess it could be possible?
I could hear gurgling directly after surgery. But that was normal seeing as how air bubbles and what not were moving around under the skin. I have never heard any sloshing from the implant itself. I would do it again in a heartbeat. Surgery was intimidating to me as I had never been under the knife. But I had a good doctor. He put my mind at ease. It went without a hitch. Recovery was fairly easy and I was back riding at just under a month. |
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| I can't help ya .. didn't have the upgrade you're talking about. (I did have a co-worker who had to have a "maintenance surgery" because of leakage. I think silicone) Just wanted to say I loved your descriptive title! 
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Location: North of where I want to be | Thanks lol. I told my other half I was loking to have some after market acessories installed and he thought I was talking about my truck. |
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Location: west of East Texas | I didn't know they were still offering silicone. I wasn't given a choice that I can recall, only saline offered. This was 26 years ago and no maintenance at all. I would do it again in a heartbeat. The one thing I would have done differently... I would have done a test drive to get a better idea of exactly how much of an upgrade I was getting. My surgeon decided what I needed and since he was the 'expert' I took his word for it. I wish I had been able to try a few of the accessories out for different sizes and looks. I went from A to B and wish I'd gone to C. I still feel the need to pad and push for that next step. |
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Location: Missouri | chasendacash - 2016-12-20 12:12 AM I didn't know they were still offering silicone. I wasn't given a choice that I can recall, only saline offered. This was 26 years ago and no maintenance at all. I would do it again in a heartbeat. The one thing I would have done differently... I would have done a test drive to get a better idea of exactly how much of an upgrade I was getting. My surgeon decided what I needed and since he was the 'expert' I took his word for it. I wish I had been able to try a few of the accessories out for different sizes and looks. I went from A to B and wish I'd gone to C. I still feel the need to pad and push for that next step.
Had mine 30 years ago and I don't think there were saline then. Silicone was the only thing available. I've not had any issues other than firming and I'd love to be able to afford to have them redone for more suppleness, but at age 56, why bother, lol. It's not like anyone pays attention to them anyway anymore, lmao.
I want a tummy tuck sooooooooooooooooooo bad though, but again, at 56? If I was to have one I should of done it at 40. I'm a small person, 121 lbs, but I have NO waist anymore and just can't stand how I look in clothes. |
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Location: In The Snow, AZ | chasendacash - 2016-12-19 10:12 PM
I didn't know they were still offering silicone. I wasn't given a choice that I can recall, only saline offered. This was 26 years ago and no maintenance at all. I would do it again in a heartbeat. The one thing I would have done differently... I would have done a test drive to get a better idea of exactly how much of an upgrade I was getting. My surgeon decided what I needed and since he was the 'expert' I took his word for it. I wish I had been able to try a few of the accessories out for different sizes and looks. I went from A to B and wish I'd gone to C. I still feel the need to pad and push for that next step.
I can understand wishing I could have taken them for a "test drive". I wish I had gone a bit larger. I wanted to be very conservative. Which I'm very happy with. But I could have been a bit bigger and still look natural. |
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Location: Lost in the corn of Iowa. | TrailGirl - 2016-12-19 7:37 AM
I am a charter member of the IBTC so I understand the desire to fill out sweaters and swimsuits better...but from just these couple of posts above...I sure can't think how it is worth the health risks. And assuming all goes well with the initial surgery (risk with anesthesia etc)...don't they also require maintenance periodically? Meaning more surgery?
Just seems scary to me.
A friend got a severence package from her workplace after they closed and that is how she spent it. She can't see a chiropractor and be cracked laying on her stomach because of the risk of rupture. And one day, she woke up and had sprung a flat. Not kidding. one side of her chest was pancake flat. She had to go and get another surgery to get a replacement, thankfully it was covered under warranty so literally she went in to the shop for some warranty work. LOL!! Sorry couldn't resist that. |
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| All I know is my friend works in an assisted living home for semi self-sufficient adults as a med tech. One day while going room to room to give medications Betty was not out of bed. My friend said Betty was always one of the first ones up and always happy and chipper and glad to see her in the mornings. That morning Betty was complaining of terrible neck pain and that she couldn't turn her neck. My friend and another CNA got Betty out of bed and discovered a HUGE lump on the one side of her neck. They took her to the hospital and it was determined her silicone implant had migrated all the way to her neck. When my friend asked Betty why she didn't say anything sooner Betty said she "noticed it had been a little perkier than usual the last couple days." To which my friend responded "Betty, that didn't get there in a day and your boob doesn't belong on your shoulder!"
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Location: Louisiana | KRJ1791 - 2016-12-19 7:22 AM
Ok...crazy question...can you hear them "slosh"
I was talking to a girl who said she had saline and felt she could hear them "slosh" like water in a bucket....sounded crazy to me but I guess it could be possible?
NOOOOO....haha
Mine are saline. No complaints whatsoever from me. I love them and wouldn't want to give them up!! They look very natural as I was quite small up top, but with thick thighs and behind. Most people didn't even notice a change as I had worn push-up bras for years.
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Location: North of where I want to be | OMG the Betty story is too much!!
Thanks so much ladies. I was afraid of the size issue.I want a little fullness but do not want to look like Pamela Anderson.
I was a bit obscenely large on top as a younger girl and into my early 20's then I had kids and God said..."haha the jokes on you, I will be taking these away now" And since I have missed them. So I decided I am finally in a place where I am comfortable with the idea. I am "far too atheletic" for the fat transfer to have a lasting effect according to my surgeon. I was afraid the saline would sound like water in a bucket and silicone would be a bit much....So as of now I am going in for upgrades in March.
How long were you off from riding?
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Location: In The Snow, AZ | KRJ1791 - 2016-12-22 3:14 AM
OMG the Betty story is too much!!
Thanks so much ladies. I was afraid of the size issue.I want a little fullness but do not want to look like Pamela Anderson.
I was a bit obscenely large on top as a younger girl and into my early 20's then I had kids and God said..."haha the jokes on you, I will be taking these away now" And since I have missed them. So I decided I am finally in a place where I am comfortable with the idea. I am "far too atheletic" for the fat transfer to have a lasting effect according to my surgeon. I was afraid the saline would sound like water in a bucket and silicone would be a bit much....So as of now I am going in for upgrades in March.
How long were you off from riding?
I'm excited for you. It's definitely a huge decision.
My recovery was easy. On day three we were off-roading in the forest with minimal discomfort. I didn't ride for a little under a month. So I timed my surgery to be when it was still winter time, that way I didn't miss many races and didn't feel bad for not keeping my mare legged up. |
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Location: So Cal | Silicone now is different from silicone in the past. Even if there is a "rupture", it doesn't leak out. It's cohesive. You can find tons of videos online of people cutting them open and squeezing. It's like a gummy bear (there are different levels of cohesive-ness). I think the silicone feel much more natural, and more surgeons now prefer the silicone... no sloshing around like a water balloon.
The reason you could only get saline for awhile (in the 90s I think) is because the OLD silicone implants did have problems if they ruptured and it ran out. The newer ones are different and much safer. |
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Location: So Cal | TrailGirl - 2016-12-19 5:37 AM
I am a charter member of the IBTC so I understand the desire to fill out sweaters and swimsuits better...but from just these couple of posts above...I sure can't think how it is worth the health risks. And assuming all goes well with the initial surgery (risk with anesthesia etc)...don't they also require maintenance periodically? Meaning more surgery?
Just seems scary to me.
I think these are exceptions... the vast majority have no problems, and it's a super common procedure. Come walk around at a So Cal barrel race and it's the exception to see someone without them.  |
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Equipment upgrades ladies only..please