Does repetitive surgery decrease breast sensitivity?

Hi, Thank you for your question. There is no definite answer in terms of the amount of times that breast surgery can be performed. However, with every surgery you are at a greater risk for complications. This includes infection, pain, reaction to anesthesia, numbness, capsular contracture, leakage, scarring,... more

What's more important than the risk of nipple sensitivity loss is the risk of nipple, areolar or other tissue loss.  Repeated breast surgery disrupts the blood supply to the tissues each time.  With this the risk of tissue loss is dramatically increased with each surgery. Although there is a risk of... more

I cant give you a definitive number as far as how many breast surgeries is the limit.  But each additional surgery does increase the risks.  This would be all the risks.  Meaning capsular contracture risk does definitely increase, especially if the surgery is for capsular contracture. So, the... more

Repetitive breast surgery can certainly increase the complications.  In terms of sensitivity I know of no study that specifically looked at this. As for other complications, I think that the reasons for multiple procedures most likely resulted form dissatisfaction or complications from prior surgery so it... more

I assume you are referring to breast augmentation surgery. "What are the side effects of repetative surgery? "- Each surgery is associated with POTENTIAL risks (death, bleeding, infection etc) AND with DEFINITE consequences (scarring). The more procedures, the more scarring. While this is not a major... more

Hello, Plastic surgery is an interface between art and science, so there are few absolute answers. We do know that repeated surgery on breasts can decrease sensitivity as more and more breast tissue can be replaced by scar tissue. This is a tendency though and not a definite. There is no "number" of... more