Cost for Breast Implants - Cosmetic / Plastic Surgery Message Board

innerstrength86 · 04-19-2007, 02:15 PM

Obviously costs vary, but how much are breast implants, about?

I am thinking about getting the silicone implants. I've been reading up on how great they've become through the years. What I didn't know was that the FDA only allows them for women over the age of 22, as of November 2006. I am 20, but maybe that's a good thing, it'll give me time to save some money, and an excuse to buy myself a graduation gift

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Can anyone give me a ball-park amount of how expensive they will be?

I am shooting to save $5000, because that is the most expensive I have seen, but I don't want to be disappointed if I am totally off. (I have also seen prices as low as $3000, but maybe that's for smaller sizes or "not-as-good" places.)

morrisun · 04-19-2007, 03:54 PM

I think mine (saline) cost around $5k or so but that was back in '99. I went to 3 or 4 different consultations before choosing my plastic surgeon, and they all varied in cost.

river525 · 04-19-2007, 11:02 PM

I had my surgery a year ago and my costs ran around $5000 - I had saline implants and they cost 1,000. Not sure what silicone cost but I think my girlfriend who went with silicone said hers were around $1,500.

Go on more than one consult and remember those usually aren't free unless you decide to go with that doctor. I paid around $100 for consults with the surgeons I did not choose BUT I feel the money was well worth it to whittle out the doctors I did not choose.

My only advice to you is to not base your decision solely on cost. Remember your implants will be with you (hopefully) for years and you want to make sure your surgeon is the best surgeon for you not because he/she is the least expensive.

keep studying and I agree implants would be a wonderful graduation gift to yourself for all your hard work!! Wish my daughter would have stayed in school - heck I would have paid for hers if she had - oh well her loss, lol.

take care

innerstrength86 · 04-20-2007, 09:34 AM

Thanks for your replies!

River525, you're absolutely right, I think I should start saving without a limit because I really do need to base my choice on the best surgeon, not cost - I don't want to have any problems.
Gosh, I'm excited, even though I have a while to wait... Funny that you say that about your daughter, my mom's the only one in my family supporting my decision to have this done (she won't pay for it though).

Auntpolly · 04-20-2007, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by innerstrength86

Thanks for your replies!

my mom's the only one in my family supporting my decision to have this done (she won't pay for it though).

You and your mother need to do more research. The cost of implants is way TOO HIGH.
The initial cost. The cost to repair any mistakes. The cost to remove them. The cost of MRI rather than mammogram since the FDA now recommends MRI due to high rupture rate with implants.
The risk of infection, bleeding, capsule contractor, autoimmune disease.
If you start at age 22, you will need to replace them every 10 years (or more often). Do you really want 3-4 or more surgeries?
Save yourself years of problems. Don't waste your money.
Don't get implants. I wish I never had.