What's the Approximate Death Rate for Women from Complications After Breast Augmentation?

Unless you have serious medical problems and health issues going on unrelated to your breasts the risk of dying is extremely unusual to the point of being rare, about the same probability of dying from a car accident. Breast Reduction is an extremely safe operation when performed by a board certified plastic surgeon.

Any elective surgery has a death rate somewhere in the 1 in 10 000 area and that would be more from the anesthesia than any impact of the implants themselves

This patient died from malignant hyperthermia, a complication of a traditional general endotracheal anesthetic.  It may be avoided with a total intravenous anesthetic.  In my practice, this is the only way we perform cosmetic surgery, so that this rare but potentially fatal complication is eliminated as a risk.  It's a good question.  Medical personnel understand that a safe anesthetic is as important as choosing the right surgeon.  So you are well advised to go to a surgeon who uses total IV anesthesia.

Breast augmentation surgery done with intravenous sedation is a very safe procedure. This anesthesia technique avoids the complications (although exceedingly rare) of a general anesthetic, such as malignant hyperthermia.

Thanks for your question.  This is a question that concerns patients because it is elective surgery and they think more about it.  When cosmetic surgery is performed by a board certified plastic surgeon, complication of death is a rarity.  With any surgery, there can be a risk but if the patient is healthy, has a board certified surgeon and follows the pre and post operative instructions, the outcome should be one of happiness in the physical change provided.