Breast Implant Revision Procedures
Hawaii plastic surgeon Dr. Michael Pasquale has been performing breast reconstruction, breast revision and breast augmentation surgery for over 15 years.
Implant Size Revision | Capsular Contracture | Symmastia
Bottoming Out | Ruptured Implant | Double Bubble
There are many reasons why a women would want or require a breast revision. In some instances the woman may just be unhappy with the implant size she has chosen and wants to go bigger or smaller. Some patients switch from saline implants to the more expensive gel or silicone implants for a softer more natural looking breast. Some complications occur through no fault of the surgeon, some happen based purely on the anatomy of the patient with no way of knowing the outcome before hand. Below are the risks and complications that can occur to breast augmentation or breast enhancement patients. The risk of any of these risks or complications occuring to you are quite low, but they do happen.
Breast Implant Risks and Complications
- Displeasure with the size of the breast implant.
- Capsular contracture
- Hematoma
- Seroma
- Necrosis
- Symmastia
- Botomming out
- Ruptured out
- Ruptured or deflated Implant
- Double bubble
- Infection
- Loss of sensation
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> Implant Volume / Size Revision
Patients with saline implants who aren't happy with the volume or size of their breasts can elect to have revision surgery to add or remove saline from their implants. Silicone patients would have to purchase a new silicone implant in the desired size.
> Capsular Contracture
This is the most common complication for breast implant patients. A capsule is the fibrous tissue that grows around the breast implant (as with any foreign object placed in the body).
> Symmastia
The breasts appear too close at the center and the implants can appear to be touching each other. Symmastia (aka - uniboob, breadloafing) occurs only when an implant is placed under the muscle (submuscular) and the pectoralis muscle is severed from the sternum.
> Bottoming Out
Breast implants that have bottomed out can have nipples that appear too high or an inframammary fold that appears unnaturally low.
> Ruptured Implants
Decreased breast size, uneven breasts, pain or swelling can indicate a ruptured breast implant (saline or silicone breast implants). Most ruptures are covered by the implant manufacturer, although surgical costs for replacing the damaged implant are still incurred.
> Double Bubble
When tissue hangs beneath an implant which has been placed submuscular, this is referred to as a double bubble or high-riding implant. This usually occurs with an individual who has sagging breasts before their breast augmentation surgery.
