Question:
I am 19 from Albany, New York, and I am interested in breast implants. My mother wants me to wait because she thinks my breasts are still changing. What is the best time to get implants?
Answer:
We would typically wait until a patient has finished her development after puberty before getting implants. So being 18 or 19, while still young, is okay to get breast implants. The one thing that the FDA is currently recommending is that anyone younger than 22 years old cannot get silicone implants. Therefore, younger patients still need to get saline implants and these have excellent results as far as shape and outcomes. Anyone older than 22 can get silicone implants whether they are the traditional cohesive gel implants or the new formed stable highly cohesive gel implants.
About the Author: Dr. Edwin Williams
Dr. Edwin Williams is a double board-certified facial plastic surgeon who founded The Williams Center in 1993. He has performed over 10,000 facial plastic surgery procedures and has pioneered the deep plane facelift. He served on the Board of Directors for the American Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery for over a decade, and served as President from 2015-2016. In 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019, Dr. Williams earned the Castle Connelly Top Doctors award in New York Facial Plastic Surgery.
Dr. Edwin F. Williams III attended Cornell University in Ithaca, New York where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1982. He began medical school at the State University of Buffalo School of Medicine and received his Doctor of Medicine in 1986.
Dr. Williams is actively involved in teaching facial plastic and reconstruction surgery to the residents of the Albany Medical Center and is former Chief of the Section of Facial and Plastic Reconstruction Surgery at Albany Medical Center where he received an academic appointment of Clinical Professor, Department of Surgery.