Thanks to the health concerns of women who received silicone breast implants in the 1960s and 1970s, the first question in the minds of women who are considering a breast augmentation for the first time is whether the procedures they are about to undergo are entirely safe.

In point of fact, the answer to this question is mostly yes, especially when you take into account the number of breast augmentation procedures that take place every year versus the number of those procedures that don’t go well. Much of the thanks for the improved safety record of breast augmentation procedures lies in the fact that women are no longer limited to silicone as an option.

Nowadays, in fact, many choose saline-filled implants over the more questionable silicone augmentations. This does not mean, of course, that there will be absolutely no complications. It is to be noted, however, that the only real complication from saline-filled implants is the possibility that the sailine solution used in the implant could be infected.

Since this is an extremely rare event, women whose implants deflate and leak saline into the chest will have relatively few worries. After all, saline solution is very commonly used in hospitals and is entirely safe for the human body. Another thing to keep in mind is that there are times when the body will reject a breast implant.

This usually results in the creation of a pocket of scar tissue that will encapsulate the implant. Should this happen, the saline – or silicone, if a woman has chosen the more traditional form of breast augmentation – will simply stay trapped inside the encapsulated area.

Overall, however, these complications are much more rare than complications that may arise from other surgical procedures.