Saline or Silicone?
I'm going to have to make a decision in a couple of months when my reconstruction is due to be finished and my tissue expander gets swapped out for a breast implant. Do I go saline or silicone? I've...
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I had a latissimus dorsi reconstruction so the tissue expander is sitting between the chest and the back muscles. I had it done in January and it hasn't needed to be topped up since then so I'm not really sure how much saline is actually in it. It doesn't have as much "give" as my natural breast, but almost does. It's soft and comfortable to sleep on, etc, but if I poke around deep enough I can feel the resistance of it. All up, it's not real but it's close enough for me.