When is Breast Implant Replacement Needed

 

Not all breast enlargement surgeries turn out to be perfect all the time. For example, a patient may feel not satisfied with the look or size of their new breasts that they will request for a breast implant replacement procedure to achieve the look they want their busts to have. There are other important reasons why there’s a need to change the breast implants which I will discuss with you in this article.

Increase the Size of the Implants
The main reason why of individuals undergo a bust augmentation is to have bigger breasts. So if you feel that your implants are not big enough, you can have them replaced through implant replacement surgery.  However, many cosmetic surgeons prefer that patients get a minimal size of implants proportioned to their bodies since going too big may result for breasts to droop due to the large implants stretching the bust’s natural tissue.

Lessen the Implants Size
Patients may also feel that their new set of bust is too big for them that a breast implant replacement is needed to decrease the size of the implants. The exchanging of the implants is simple and fast, yet the surgeon may also require you to undergo a bust uplift procedure to tighten the skin on your breasts which previously had large implants.

Improve the Quality of Implants
Other kinds or brands of implants are deemed not safe for the human body such as the commonly used French made PIP implants. This type of implants is currently under investigation as they seemed to be not safe and of low quality. In case you have PIP implants and worried of their safety, you can have them changed for quality ones via breast implant replacement surgery.

Having Issues with Implants
Even if the implants are perfect in size and quality, some patients may still have issues with them such as feelings of being tangible or slightly wavy in the bust tissues. Having these problems will result to a change in the look of the breasts and the implants will appear to be visibly deformed. The solution for such issue is to have a breast implant replacement procedure on your newly enhanced bust. 

Adrian Richards, Plastic Surgeon of Aurora Clinics discusses the reasons to exchange breast implants. He explains that if the implants are intact often there is no reason to change them even after a number of years. Reasons to change the implants include: hardening, abnormal position and rupture. Mr Richards describes the procedure have Breast Implant Exchange surgery and discussed the pros and cons of each. 

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Possible Illness Caused by Breast Implant Replacement

Every year in the month of October is considered to be a month of awareness about breast cancer and how to fight this deadly disease. A recent study done by FDA (Food and Drug Administration Agency) revealed that one of the breast implant replacement side effects could bring a rare form of illness called Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma or ALCL. This disease, attributed to breast implants, is not cancer. It is a form of lymphoma that harms the body’s white blood cells, also called as the T cells.

The Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma, according to medical literature, doctors and implant providers, is usually present among women who have undergone breast enlargement. The tumor does not originate from the bust itself but on the scar tissues around the breast implants. Fortunately, compared to the usual Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma, the ACLC due to breast implant replacement is not a lethal condition and can be cured easily with the use of modern methods of treatment. 

As I mentioned it already, ALCL development brought about by breast implants occur to those women who have breast implant replacement due to the fluids around their implants that does not dried-up or go away. Even if it’s still unknown why implants may possibly cause for the formation of ACLC, medical researchers think that it comes from the shell of the implant (present in saline implants for they have silicone shell too) that may produce cancerous modification in the white blood cells. Yet, not enough evidence can justify if this is truly the root of the ACLC occurrence among ladies with breast implants. 

To this day, about five to ten million of women allegedly obtained breast implants but only a small number have acquired ACLC. It is still not clear why implants could lead to ACLC. It’s recommend though for women experiencing problems with their implants to visit their cosmetic surgery and have a talk regarding the possibility of them getting a breast implant replacement or removal to help secure their implants status and their health too. 

In this video, Mr Adrian Richards explains what are the reasons to consider Removal or Replacement of Breast Implants, who should consider the procedures and how would that affect the appearance of your breasts.

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