Emulsion stability simulations of nondeformable and deformable droplets are used to justify the change in the number of aggregates as a function of time shown by (decane ? CCl 4 )/water emulsions stabilized with either sodium di-octyl-sulfosuccinate (DOSS) or sodium oleate (NaOl). It is found that the results of the simulations depend sensitively on the value of the bending modulus B 0 of the surfactant monolayer. The experimental data of DOSS and NaOl emulsions can only be accurately reproduced by assuming the occurrence of deformable droplets in both cases, along with a significant variation of B 0 as a function of the salt concentration [NaCl]. Otherwise only reasonable agreement is found. In the second scenario, the rates predicted by the simulations of nondeformable droplets are closer to the experimental values of the emulsions stabilized with [NaOl] = 0.5 mM, [NaOl] = 1.0 mM, and [DOSS] = 0.42 mM. Conversely, the rates predicted by the simulations of deformable droplets are closer to the experimental data of the system containing [NaOl] = 2.0 mM.