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Breast Augmentation
What it is: a plastic surgery procedure to enlarge breast size by inserting breast implants

What it addresses:

- Dissatisfaction with small breast size- Changes in breasts post-pregnancy- Breast asymmetry- Post-mastectomy breast reconstruction
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Can I do breast cancer self-exams if I have breast implants?

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January 11, 2008
Mr Lawry Iregbulem
Mr Lawry Iregbulem

The presence of an implant does not affect the screening and early diagnosis of breast cancer, nor self-examination, as the implants are beneath the breast in every case.

The presence of an implant makes it more difficult to compress the breast, and therefore special displacement views are necessary for complete examination. Generally speaking, subpectoral implants provide easier mammographic examination.

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