Richard V. Dowden, M.D., C.M., F.A.C.S.

Certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery

Cosmetic and Plastic Surgery, Inc.
6770 Mayfield Road, Suite 410
(Mayfield Heights) Cleveland, Ohio 44124
(440) 449-7470

Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about
breast enlargement through-the-navel ( TUBA ):

Do breasts with implants feel hot or cold?

They can feel either hot or cold depending. The implants store heat or cold, changing slowly. Rather similar to how other body parts behave, implants tend to be at a temperature somewhere between body temperature and the temperature of the surroundings, and change slowly when your surroundings change. For example, spend an hour in a pool or a cool room wearing a bikini, and your breast implants will cool below body temperature, so the breasts will feel cool to the touch, and will stay cool until they gradually warm up. Or spend an hour lying in the sun, or in a hot tub, and the implants will warm up above body temperature, and your breasts will feel warm to the touch, and will stay that way until the heat source is gone and time has passed.

For example, here are some typical comments women with implants make: "I take a long hot bath before I go walking outside in the winter - the implants store heat and help keep me warm for a while outdoors." "I notice that after a long session of swimming or diving in cold water, my breasts feel cool for a while even after I get out into the sun."

Heat will not harm the implant. But it is important to emphasize a warning here about your breast skin. Hot tubs, jacuzzis, saunas, tanning booths, electric blankets, or sunbathing will not harm either the implant or the breast in any way. But, if you put a localized source of high heat directly on the breast, like a hot water bottle or heating pad, the implant will gradually warm up, and your breast skin will then be getting heat from both outside and inside - and you can burn the breast skin. In 22 years, I have seen four women to whom this happened, with permanent scars each time. So, no hotwater bottles, and no heating pads on the breast.

As a physician, I have to put in my opinion about tanning. First, there is no risk to the implant from the ultraviolet rays, but a skin sunburn can be serious. But everyone should be aware that the ultraviolet does some bad things: increases the chance of skin cancer, and prematurely ages the skin. What is the point in trying to get a "healthy tan" to look good, if your face and other parts will look 10 to 15 years older than your real age later? The cautious use of a tanning booth to get enough tan to produce Vitamin D and to prevent getting burned may be justifiable, if sunblock is used, but there is considerable controversy about that.


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