Chicago Breast Implant Removal doctors

Removing a silicone gel implant through a previous axillary incision is possible, but can be very difficult at times.  If it simply a change from one implant to another, and the implant is intact, then it can be very starightforward.  However, if the implant is ruptured at all, or any pocket work needs to be done, then this can be very difficult.  The armpit gives you very limited visual access, so it usually requires making a separate inframammary or periareolar incision.  I hope this helps.

If a patient has a saline implant that they suspect is deflating, or even a silicone gel implant that there is a suspected rupture in, this should not interfere with breastfeeding in any way.  The saline is just absorbed into the body through the natural scar pocket, whereas any siliconee will just stay in the scar pocket and not get into the breast tissue at all.  Either way, there is no chnage in the ability to breastfeed or the composition of the breast milk.  I hope this helps.

Anytime a patient needs to have a breast implant removed fo whatever reason, it generally takes about six months for the tissues to heal up and return to a normal state.  The key is to remove all of the capsule around the implant at the time of removal so that there is fresh tissue healing to itself and closing off the old implant space.  For some patients it can be shorter or longer, but 6 months is a good average.  I hope this helps.