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    I started thinking about this after reading another thread where a girl complained of weight gain after having breast implant surgery. I recently had the new cohesive silicone gel implants (AKA gummi bear implants) put in and I have since gained about 10 lbs which I can't for the life of me lose. I am dieting and exercising and hired a trainer..the works ! I am usually a very slim person who loses excess weight easily and it just occured to me that the only thing that has changed in the last six months is the addition of the implants...and I seem to be gaining even more weight. I suppose it is possible that my metabolism just abrubtly slowed WAY down but I'm wondering if the two things could be related. Have you girls ever heard of someone gaining weight solely because of thier implants? Do you think that is even possible? I tried to find information on the internet, but I can't seem to find any relevant information linking breast augmentation and weight gain...Any input ?

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    Default Re: Breast augmentation cause permanent weight gain?

    I have known a few dancers over the years who have put on 15 or twenty pounds after implants. I have no clue why though.

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    Default Re: Breast augmentation cause permanent weight gain?

    i gained about 5 lbs after mine, but mine are saline...hmm....

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    Default Re: Breast augmentation cause permanent weight gain?

    I gained a few lbs after my first set of saline implants, but the weight came off fairly easily and it was only like 3 or 4 lbs. But 10-12 lbs on a frame like mine is a hell of a lot of weight and it just isn't budging despite my best efforts. It has been 6 months. Ishould talk to my doctor this week. I wanted to go a little bigger but I'm not going to risk it if it means yet another 5-10 lbs. I will look like a top heavy little troll !

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    I have read about this before as being one of the associated 'side effects of BA. I am unsure where - possibly in one of the studies on this site...

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    Default Re: Breast augmentation cause permanent weight gain?

    Not to point out the obvious but... Don't the boobs have weight?


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    Glad someone saw one of the two obvious!

    Bags naturally have additional weight. 400cc lbs of Saline weigh up to 5lbs with water retention. 400cc of Silicone can weight up to 9lbs with water retention.

    It is a natural body reaction to implants to retain water, as a recovery measure.

    Before my Saline implants, I weighed 103lbs..after 111...7yrs later 109lbs..

    Unfortunately, you will never loose some of the weight, since that is what you have implanted.

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    Default Re: Breast augmentation cause permanent weight gain?

    Quote Originally Posted by lilithmorrigan
    Not to point out the obvious but... Don't the boobs have weight?
    That's what I was thinking.

    And since you have to rest after the surgery instead of working out, wouldn't you gain weight from that as well?


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    Quote Originally Posted by alenadowns

    Bags naturally have additional weight. 400cc lbs of Saline weigh up to 5lbs with water retention. 400cc of Silicone can weight up to 9lbs with water retention.
    Wo why would silicone cause the body to retain almost double the amount of water that saline does? It's not like the body knows the difference. The outer shell of both types of implants is made from silicone, and that's all any body tissue come in contact with.

    Also the amounts quoted seem vastly exaggerated to me. 400cc of silicone (gel) weigh just about 1 lb. 400cc of saline a little less than that. So that would mean you'd add 4 to 8 times the volume of the actual implant in additional water. Now suppose that water retention actually is a reaction to the implant you'd have to expect it to be concentrated primarily in the tissue around the implants which would theoretically give you 2200cc boobs with saline and up to 4000cc with silicone with just a 400cc implant. And still half that if the figures quoted above are not meant per implant but per set of implants. I don't buy it.

    Also, personally I haven't experienced any significant weight gain beyond the weight of my implants and I have gone extremely large for my tiny frame (I'm asian).

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    All women react different. Water retention is not necessarily directed to only one location. It is dispersed through out the body. Note***"Weigh UP TO"...and I should have clarified that both bags "can weigh up to"!

    Silicone gel does weigh more than saline, yes. But in actuallity, 2 Saline 350lbs overfilled to 450cc (which mine are) weigh exactly 3.18lbs...without considering water retention. Yes I had them weighed.

    My girlfriend is asian, as well. She has 500cc gel implants. She stands 4'8", and weighs approx 100lbs. She says she did not have any significant weight gain either. But she is extremely active, with a high metabolism. Her body seemed to balance itself out!

    After surgery, you do need rest to recover..yes you will gain...but not weight...actual size! You loose muscle mass when you do not exercise, and increase fat tissue. Muscle weighs more than fat, but fat is larger than muscle.

    When you refer to gaining...are you referring to actual weight or size?

    When I spoke to my doctor about it...I referred to it as "nature balancing itself"! I wanted to know why it did not happen to me, as I was informed it would! I have a 24" waist and 29" hips after having 3 children...I wanted the ass!! I was told that some physical frames do not retain fluids as easily as others, maybe it was just my genetics!

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    Alena, thanks for the clarification. As for gaining, I was referring to the additional retained water and in that context size and weight are interchangeable (if you retain 1 liter of water you'll gain 1000cc in size/volume and 1kg in weight). However, I still don't see why a silicone implant would make you retain up to twice as much water compared to saline, because as pointed out above the body can't know the difference unless the implant is leaking.

    I'm 5'3", 110 lbs, and I'm up to 960cc now, but I also work out a lot and I can eat almost anything without gaining significant weight so that may explain why I didn't notice any additional weight gain.

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    Default Re: Breast augmentation cause permanent weight gain?

    I got implants 2 months ago and have not experienced this problem. I admit, I do not weigh myself, I just judge where I am by how my clothes are fitting and how much definition I see in the mirror. I had an annual check up 1 month after my BA, and according to my Dr I have actually lost 7lbs in the last year (9 lbs if you subtract implant weight). I'll admit, I lost a lot of muscle tone during the 1 month of forced inactivity but it's coming back nicely now that I'm dancing again. Is it possible that you just need to step up your exercise routine? It's easy to lose muscle mass during recovery, and without lean muscle your body doesn't burn as many calories- that causes weight gain for sure.

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    haha .i always heard girls gained weight because now that they have boobs they didnt care as much about gaining weight

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    Default Re: Breast augmentation cause permanent weight gain?

    The drugs used to put you under during surgery often cause a period of depression. Perhaps for some people, this depressed state can also affect their metabolism. If this is the case, it should not be permanent, but it may take several months to sort out as the body recovers. As mentioned, you also have a month or more of reduced activity. Muscle mass might shrink a bit, and the less muscle you have, the fewer calories you naturally burn in a day. Still, over time and with a little push of diet and excercise, it should be a hump you can get over.

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    I have actually lost weight since Ive had my implants.
    Before I didnt work out and now I work my ass off and Im just about happy.

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    The thing is though, that was six months ago! And the weight has gone to my stomach and butt! This is brutal...jeans that hung off my body a year ago, I can barely button them now! I just dont know what else to do short of stop eating or get a nasty crack habit ! Do you think that would work? LOL

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    I know someone who had implants and said she used to love her butt before and now it's not the same. I hate my butt so I'm scared if I get implants it'll just get bigger and yuckier.

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    Default Re: Breast augmentation cause permanent weight gain?

    I don't have implants, but I've quite a few girls get them and then gain weight. I have a theory that maybe the body is trying to compensate being bigger up top. It's probably bullshit though.

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