The potential complications of breast implants
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Breast implants deflate when the saline solution or not sealed by a valve leaks or damaged, either by a rupture of the implant shell. Implant deflation can occur immediately or gradually over a period of days and is noticed by loss of size or shape of your breasts. Some breast implants deflate (or rupture) in the first months after being implanted and some deflate after several years.
Causes of deflation of the damage caused by surgical instruments during surgery, excess or below the saline breast implant, capsular contracture, closed capsulotomy, stresses such as trauma or intense physical manipulation, excessive compression on the images mammographic, the placement of the umbilical incision, and unknown / inexplicable reasons. It should also be aware that breast implants in May to wear over time and deflate / rupture. Deflated breast implants require surgery to remove and possibly replace the breast implants.
Capsular contracture
The scar tissue or capsule that normally forms around the breast implant in May to press and squeeze the breast implant and is called capsular contracture. Capsular contracture may be more-after infection, hematoma and seroma. It occurs more frequently with the placement subglandular (behind the mammary gland and the upper chest). Symptoms range from mild firmness and mild discomfort pain, distorted shape, palpability of breast implants, and / or movement of breast implants. More surgery is needed in cases where pain and / or firmness is severe.
This surgery is the removal of the capsule tissue and breast implants, possibly eliminating the replacement of breast implants themselves. Capsular contracture may recur after these surgeries.
Pain
The pain of varying intensity and duration and occur in May persist after surgery for breast implants. Furthermore, wrong size, placement, surgical technique, or capsular contracture may result in pain associated with nerve or interfering with the muscle movement. You must tell your doctor about the pain.
Other Surgeries
You should know that it is a good chance that you will need more surgery at some point to replace or remove the breast implant. In addition, problems such as deflation, capsular contracture, infection, evolution, and calcium deposits can require removal of breast implants. Many women choose to have breast implants replaced, but some women do not. If you choose not to, you May aesthetics and unacceptable dimpling or wrinkling of the breast after removal of breast implants.
Dissatisfaction with the cosmetic results
Dissatisfaction results as wrinkling, asymmetry, implant displacement (displacement), incorrect size, unanticipated shape, implant palpability, scar deformity, hypertrophic (irregular, raised scar) scarring, and / or sloshing May occur. Planning and careful surgical technique can minimize but not always prevent such results.
Infection
Infection can occur with any surgery. Most infections resulting from surgery appear within a few days to several weeks after the operation. However, infection is possible at any time after surgery. Infected with a breast implant present are harder to treat than infections in normal tissues of the body.
If an infection does not respond to antibiotics, breast implants should be removed in May, and another breast implant can be placed after the infection has resolved. In rare cases, toxic shock syndrome was observed in women after breast implant surgery, and is a threat to life. Symptoms include sudden fever, vomiting, diarrhea, fainting, dizziness and / or sunburn, a rash. A surgeon should be seen immediately for diagnosis and treatment for this condition.
Hematoma / seroma
Hematoma is a collection of blood in a body cavity and a seroma is a collection of the watery part of blood (in this case around the breast implant or around the incision). Postoperative hematoma and seroma May contribute to infection and / or capsular contracture. Swelling, pain, bruising and May results.
If a hematoma occurs, it is usually soon after the surgery, but can also occur at any time after an injury to the chest. While the body absorbs small hematomas and seroma, the main require the establishment of surgical drains for proper healing. A small scar can result from surgical drainage. Implant deflation / rupture can occur from surgical draining if damage to the breast implant occurs during the process of emptying.
Changes in the breast and nipple sensation
Sensation in the nipple and breast can increase or decrease after surgery for breast implants. The range of changes varies from intense sensitivity to no feeling in the breast or nipple after surgery. Changes in sensation can be temporary or permanent, and can affect your sexual response or ability to nurse a baby.
Breastfeeding
At this point, it is not known if a small amount of silicon diffused May (expense) of breast implants filled with saline solution in the tank with silicone May and found its way into breast milk. If this happens, it is unclear what effect this May in the infant. Although there are no current methods of detection of silicone in breast milk, a study measuring silicon (one component silicone) did not report higher levels in breast milk of women with silicone breast implants filled with gel compared with women without breast implants.
As for the ability to successfully breast feed after breast implantation, one study reported up to 64% of women with breast implants who can not breastfeed, compared with 7% without breast implants. The periareolar incision site may significantly reduce the ability to breastfeed.
Calcium deposits in tissue around breast implants
The calcium deposits can be seen on mammography and may be mistaken for possible cancer, resulting in surgery for biopsy and / or removal of the implant to distinguish calcium deposits from cancer.
Delay in wound healing
In some cases, the incision takes longer to heal than normal.
Extrusion
Unstable or at risk tissue covering and / or interruption of wound healing in May extrusion, which is when the breast implant is through the skin.
Necrosis
Necrosis is the formation of dead tissue around the breast implant. This may prevent wound healing and require surgical correction and / or removal of breast implants. Permanent scar deformity may occur following necrosis. Factors associated with increased necrosis include infection, use of steroids in the surgical pocket, smoking, chemotherapy / radiation, and excessive heat or cold.
Breast tissue atrophy / chest wall deformity
The pressure of breast implants in May because the breast tissue and at the end of the contraction. This may occur when breast implants are still in place or after removal of breast implants without replacement. In addition to these complications, there are problems with certain systemic diseases, must take into account.
Connective tissue
Concerns about the association of breast implants for the development of autoimmune or connective tissue diseases such as lupus, scleroderma, rheumatoid arthritis, was raised because of cases reported in the literature with a small number of women with implants. A review of several large epidemiological studies of women with and without implants indicates that these diseases are more common among women with implants than women without implants. However, many women with breast implants believe that their implants caused connective tissue disease.
Cancer
Published studies indicate that breast cancer is more common among women with breast implants with breast implants.
The effects of second generation
Concerns have been raised about possible adverse effects on children born to mothers with breast implants. A review of the literature on this topic suggests that there is insufficient information to draw definitive conclusions.
Dave Stringham is the President of LookingYourBest.com an online resource for plastic surgery procedures. Learn more about breast augmentation and other plastic surgery procedures.
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