Breast Implants: Q&A
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Can I Do Breast Cancer Self-exams if I Have Breast Implants?
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Absolutely.
In fact, the implants push the breast tissue forward and can make it easier to detect a breast mass. Make sure your doctor teaches you the right technique. Also, look at the American Cancer Society web site.
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Regular Breast Self Examination after Breast Implants is Imperative !
Yes, you should do breast cancer self-exams after having breast implants.
I feel strongly that patients regularly examine their breasts (at least once a month) after breast enlargements.
This is especially true in our population of augmented patients over the age of 35. Seek out professional care and evaluation if you feel any changes (mass or thickening) upon self examination. We inform our patients that most but not all lumps that are new are benign. You may need a mammogram...
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Breast exams may actually be easier after breast augmentation
Although breast implants may interfere with mammography, they may actually make breast exams easier. Rather than feeling your ribs and your chest wall muscles, you are pushing your breasts against a uniform, smooth surface, making any breast lumps easier to feel.
I recommend that all women with implants spend a few minutes weekly doing implant displacement exercises to prevent/detect capsular contracture. This gives ample opportunity to do breast self-exams monthly.
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Breast Cancer Exam After Implants
Absolutely! Once you are completely healed from your surgery, you should continue with your monthly breast examinations. The implants will not interfere with this in any way, and actually can make it easier to detect small things that you might not have felt without the implants in place. The data on breast cancer in women with and without implants is the same - there is no change in detection rate, age, etc. between the two groups.
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Breast Self Exams After Augmentation
My simple answer - ABSOLUTELY. My staff and I review with all our patients how to perform a standard Breast Self Exam (BSE). We recommend routine annual breast cancer screening imaging (mammograms).
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Breast exam with implants
You can do self-breast exams with implants. The implant will push the breast forward and may make it easier for you to detect changes in the breast tissue. It is important to inform your doctor and mammographer that you have breast implants because they need to do special views (known as Eklund or implant displacement views) to improve the visualization of the breast tissue around the implant.
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You can and should do breast cancer self-screenings if you have implants
Women with breast implants can still perform breast self-exam screenings. And they should. Although this is currently a controversial subject, my personal feeling is that every woman should examine their breasts for lumps on a regular basis.
Interestingly, there is a Canadian study of women with breast implants and it found that lumps were actually found at a smaller size in these women. Does this mean that all women should get implants so that they can better detect cancer? No. ...
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You SHOULD do Breast Self Examinations REGARDLESS of having or not having had Breast Implants
It takes breast cancer an estimated year to go from a single cell to a pea size - the earliest palpable size felt by a finger. A small breast cancer is curable. It therefore is VERY important for EVERY WOMAN to do breast self examinations daily. This will often provide the earliest finding of a trouble spot. This method is NOT always reliable and should be supplemented by mammograms and MRI.
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Cancer self-exam after Breast Augmentation
Absolutely, you can.
In fact, some believe that the implants will make it easier to detect abnormalities because it pushes the breast tissue foreward and that makes lumps and bumps easier to palpate.
Silicone implant require MRI every 2-3 years to check on the integrity of the implant .
Baltimore Plastic Surgeon
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Your breast cancer checks are the same after breast augmentation
After breast augmentation surgery, the frequency of your exams in the same, the time of starting them is the same and the chance of anything coming up is the same. Essentially, nothing has changed.
Best Wishes,
DoctorMeade
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