Unsuccessful breast surgery: removal of implants
Unsuccessful breast surgery can occur not only through the surgeon’s fault, the body can reject implants, or their quality can be low. To avoid such serious complications, it is necessary to carry out the replacement of implants in time, and also to entrust your health to the hands of professionals.
Removal of an implant or implants, with or without a replacement, is one of the types of additional surgery, both with unsuccessful plastics and with a properly performed procedure.
As many as 20% of women who receive breast implants for enlargement must undergo a procedure for their removal within
After removal, some women do not choose the procedure for the replacement of implants, since plastic surgery has resulted in tightening or sagging of the natural breast.
Women with large breast implants, especially those in which they are inserted under and inside the mammary glands, but not on the upper part of the pectoral muscle, may have serious cosmetic deformities, unless a replacement or additional reconstructive surgery has been performed.
Causes of a different breast after mammoplasty
Capsule contracture is a seal around the breast implant. This can occur in the tissue surrounding one or both implants. Different breast after mammoplasty is often caused by this phenomenon.
In capsular contracture, infections, hematomas, and seroma may be more common. However, the cause of capsular contracture is not known.
There are four types of capsular contracture known as Baker species:
- Grade I: The breast is usually soft and looks natural;
- Grade II: The chest is slightly firm, but it looks normal;
- Grade III: The chest is hard and looks abnormal;
- Grade IV: The chest is heavy, painful and looks abnormal.
Classes III and IV capsular contracture are considered serious, may require re-operation. A surgical procedure usually involves removal of the implant with or without replacement. There is a possibility that capsular contracture may occur again after a second operation.
A bursting hole in the outer shell of the implant is also a consequence of a different breast after mammoplasty. When this occurs in a salt implant, it is deflated, saline is leaking from the shell. Silicone gel is thicker than saline, so that when implants are filled with silicone gel, the gel can remain in the shell and form scar tissue around the implant (intracapsular destruction). The longer you have a breast implant, the more likely it is to break.
Some possible causes of rupture of breast implants include:
- capsular contracture;
- compression during mammography;
- damage from surgical instruments;
- damage during biopsy and drainage;
- normal aging of the implant;
- overfilling or insufficient filling of saline breast implants;
- physical exertion, such as injury or intense physical pressure;
- too much processing during surgery.
The term rupture is used for all types of breast implants, but the term “deflation” is used only for salt implants. If you notice a change in the shape of the breast, it is urgent to contact the surgeon for advice.
Asymmetry correction after mammoplasty: what procedures are not desirable
To correct strong asymmetry after mammoplasty, it is recommended to remove both breast implants.
The following surgical procedures are not recommended for replacing implants filled with salt, because they cause rupture:
- Closed capsulotomy is a method used to relieve capsular contracture, which involves manually compressing the breast to break hard capsules.
- The use of drugs or other substances inside the implant, other than sterile saline.
- Any implant contact with Betadine.
- Injection through the implant shell.
Implant quality, pregnancy, infectious nature can cause asymmetry of the breast after mammaplasty. Be careful in the postoperative period to avoid such serious complications.
