These days breast augmentation is common place and can be done as a ‘day-treatment’ in most surgeries. Due to increased social pressure to enhance and maintain physical appearance, breast implants are now considered as normal as having a pedicure or having a facial at a health spa. This is a concern for many medical professionals who are trying to reiterate that any surgery is very dangerous.
Breast Augmentation can give you fantastic results however it also poses some important risks that could lead to complications and unfavourable results. Of course, not every procedure will end up with un-satisfactory results but this article is to simply teach you as to what could happen if you decide to go ahead with such a procedure.
You can always be sure to avoid most of these issues if you register your procedure with a respectable doctor who knows what he is doing. Capsular contracture is the most common deficiency that arises with breast augmentation procedures and can be quite harmful. It is fundamentally a scar that forms around the breast implant, causing it to feel firm, look unnatural and potentially hurt. Especially when lying on the tummy during sleep or having a back massage at a health spa for example. If you have seen a celebrity with ‘coconut breasts’ then it is more than likely that they have had a serious capsular contracture which is very common in breast augmentation procedures. You will need to talk to your doctor about different ways to reduce capsular contracture and how to minimize the risks.
Breast implants will interfere with the ability to mammogram to “see” all of your own breast tissue. Placing the implant underneath the muscle to allow the least amount of interference so I would strongly recommend also talking to your doctor about this. With the breast implant underneath the muscle, mammograms can only “see” about 90% of your breast tissue which is far more favourable. Implants always interfere with ultrasound or MRI scans, which are helpful in the evaluation of breast masses.
Saline implant deflation can develop a leak and deflate. If this happens to your breasts can shrink to its preoperative state over a matter of a day or so, not normally longer than that. You will need another breast augmentation surgery procedure to fix the deflated breast.
