Breast Implants Talk

Like any surgery, infections can develop after a successful breast implant. Most infections happen a few days or a week after the surgery. So be extremely careful during that time. Also remember that infections can develop any time after the surgery. Unlike infections on most surgeries, implants related infection is harder to treat because it is not part of the normal body tissues. If the infection doesn’t respond to antibiotics, the implants will have to be removed. Once the doctor solves the infection, another implants will need to be placed.

In rare cases, there is a life threatening condition, called toxic shock syndrome, can happen after a breast implant. Symptoms include sudden fever, vomiting, diarrhea, fainting, dizziness, and/or sunburn-like rash. You need to see your doctor immediately if you notice any of these.

Source: FDA

As younger and younger women are considering breast implants. We get many questions such as the age limit. The FDA has the following age limits:

• You need to be 22 in order to have silicone gel-filled breast implants
• You need to be 18 to get saline-filled breast implants for augmentation

However, these are required by the FDA, it doesn’t mean that you should consider them at such young age. There are, many risks associated with breast implants. You could experience breast pain, changes in nipples, and even rupture with deflation for saline-filled implants.

Source: FDA

The age of women who want  breast implants is getting younger and younger. Many child bearing age women or mothers who just had babies are considering them. Before you talk to any doctor, be sure you do enough research to find out the pros and cons, the risks of breast implants.

To start, breast implants are medical devices that are implanted either under your breast tissue or under the chest muscle for breast augmentation or reconstruction. If you are still in child bearing age, talk to the doctor about feature breastfeeding problems that might occur. No matter what kind of ads you hear or see, make sure they’re approved by the FDA. Currently there are only two major types of implants: saline-filled and silicone gel-filled.

You may need non-surgical treatments or reoperations (including removal of your implant) to treat any of these local complications. Potential local complications include, but are not limited to:

. Asymmetry
. Inflammation/irritation
. Breast pain
. Malposition/displacement
. Breast tissue atrophy
. Necrosis
. Calcification/calcium deposits
. Nipple/breast sensation changes
. Capsular contracture
. Palpability/visibility
. Chest wall deformity
. Ptosis
. Delayed wound healing
. Redness/bruising
. Extrusion
. Rupture/deflation
. Galactorrhea
. Scarring
. Granuloma
. Seroma
. Hematoma
. Unsatisfactory style/size
. Iatrogenic injury/damage
. Wrinkling/rippling
. Infection, including Toxic Shock Syndrome

Source: FDA Breast Implant Consumer Handbook – 2004

• Breast implants will not last a lifetime. Either because of rupture or other complications, you will likely need to have the implants removed.

• You are likely to need additional doctor visits and reoperations because of one or more complications over the course of your life.

• You are likely to have the implants removed, with or without replacement, because of one or more complications over the course of your life.

• Many of the changes to your breast following implantation may be cosmetically undesirable, as well as irreversible (cannot be undone).

• If you later choose to have your implants removed, you may experience unacceptable dimpling, puckering, wrinkling, loss of breast tissue, or other undesirable cosmetic changes of the breast.

Source: FDA Breast Implant Consumer Handbook

Some of the risks of breast implants include:

• reoperations (additional surgeries), with or without removal of the device
• capsular contracture (hardening of the area around the implant)
• breast pain
• changes in nipple and breast sensation
• rupture with deflation for saline-filled implants
• rupture with or without symptoms for silicone gel-filled implants
• migration of silicone gel for silicone gel-filled breast implants.

Source: Center for Devices and Radiological Health