Sharp Pain After 26 Years of Encapsulation. What Happened?

First surgery in 1985. Sponge left in L breast for 4 months. Removal.Implant was punctured. leaking. replaced. fell to naval level. sewn in. severe encapsulation from day one. continued pain.aggressive massage. After stretching last night and a severe pain, encapsulation was just gone. NOW, no hardness, no immobilty, no pain in breast. bruise and tenderness at lateral edge of left breast.

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7 Doctor Answers | Asked by old maid in Montgomery, AL

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Pain no more

It sounds as if you did your own capsulotomy.sometimes patients will call after some exercise or squeezing and say all of a sudden my breast is soft and what they did was to rupture their capsule.

Breast Pain after Breast augmentation

We need more information. It sounds like you ruptured the capsule laterally and that is why you have a bruise. My question is what type of implants do you have and what exactly is the operative history. You need to return to your plastic surgeon for an examination and to discuss the options you have. Capsular contracture is a challenging problem. Leo Lapuerta Jr. MD Triple Board Certified Plastic Surgery

Old implant

With bruising on the side of your breast, you may have ruptured or the capsule may have ruptures. Get checked out by your surgeon.

Steven Wallach, MD

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Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

Probable ruptured implant

Hello, Get to your surgeon for an evaluation as soon as you can. It sounds like your implant has ruptured and needs replacement. Best Regards, John Di Saia MD

The implants from the 80s almost all are leaking or broken and need to be removed

What you have described is consistent with the silicone gel implants of the 80s, all of which have leaked silicone or broken and need to be removed and if desired replaced. I have seen so many of ladies just like you who have suffered in silence with their hard painful breast not realizing that there was any thing that could be done to help them. When these 80s silicone implants leak or break, the body forms hard tight scar tissue around the implant. This causes distortion, deformity,... more

Breast capsular contracture suddenly soft

Dear Old Maid in Montgomery: The story you tell suggests either your capsule or your implant has ruptured. Please find a board certified plastic surgeon in your area and seek follow-up. If the implant has ruptured it should be removed before more scar forms. It can be replaced at the same surgery if you still desire the breast augmentation. I am assuming you have a silicone gel filled breast implants, because doctors always assume the worst. If you have a saline filled implant,... more

Joseph Mele, MD

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Walnut Creek Plastic Surgeon

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Breast Pain after Stretching

Your description could suggest rupture of the capsule around your implant, possibly also of the implant. You should be seen and evaluated by a plastic surgeon.