Breast Implants for Patient with Dense Breasts and Fibroid Cysts?

This is a very good question and you need to discuss this with your plastic surgeon. It does not increase your risk or interfere with the screening for breast cancer. What I would recommend would be to have the implants placed thru an inframammary incision however, rather than cutting thru the breast tissue. By using the periareolar approach, which I do prefer, there may be some questions in the future if you happen to develop mammogram changes in the future, whether it was the... more

A strong family history of breast cancer should make you think twice about getting breast implants.  You should discuss this carefully with an oncologist, family doctor and even a plastic surgeon to give you the information you wil need to make an informed decision.

Despite a family history of breast cancer you can still safely complete a breast augmentation procedure. There is no information to suggest that breast implants will prevent detection or delay detection of breast cancer. Indeed patients who have had breast cancer can elect breast augmentation of the remaining uninvolved breast to improve symmetry and feel of the reconstructed breast. If breast cancer were to occur in a breast which had been augmented, the treatment and chance for cure... more

Hi, If you have a strong family history of breast cancer, you should consider the decision to undergo breast augmentation carefully. i would recommend speaking to your family physician about your history, in order to evaluate whether or not being tested for the BRCA gene might be indicated. Some women with a positive test elect to undergo bilateral mastectomies followed by reconstruction with implants. If you do have a positive test, breast augmentation would certainly not be... more