Women of every age like to feel good about their bodies. Breast Implants is one way to either enhance a woman’s features or give them the lift that they need. Age is always a factor when undergoing any type of surgery, cosmetic or otherwise. The ideal age category for having breast augmentation surgery is between the ages of 18 and 50.

Teenagers will often request a breast augmentation surgery even before graduation day appears for them. During teen years girls are often very self conscious about their bodies and many believe that bigger or fuller breasts will help. Since their bodies are still changing and will continue to throughout their teen years most cosmetic surgeons will turn away people under the age of 18. The FDA suggests that breast augmentation patients should be at least 18 years of age because of the risks and that the body is still growing but they do not have a restriction on it set in stone. One of the requirements to have a breast augmentation surgery is that the girl’s breasts are fully developed. Also, the earlier the surgery is performed on a woman the higher chances are of developing stretch marks and sagging later on in life.

Many older and elderly women are now looking into breast implant surgery for themselves. While women over 50 have a higher risk of complications from breast augmentation some of the cosmetic surgery operations are still performed on them if their doctor believes that they are still in good health. One concern about women over the age of 50 and having breast implants are the required mammograms. While women with implants can still have mammograms it does make the screening a bit more difficult. Since the breasts are squeezed flat during a mammogram, rupturing of the breast implant is also a concern.