Revisional surgery can certainly change the size and shape of your breasts. If you're having significant capsular issues, your surgeon will likely incise the capsule if not actually remove some of it. When any soft tissue of your breast is manipulated during revisional surgery, your postoperative size can be... more
Implant Replacement - Will I lose breast tissues?
Hello doctors, I am planning on a revision and put in a new implant instead of using the existing one. I had gone through implant removal before without replacement(I was very very thin and flat chested), the removal resulted in some more loss of breast tissues which I did not anticipate. This time, with the revision, the surgeon will take out the existing implant, retailor the pocket and put a new implant in. Would I lose breast tissues when an implant is put back in in the same surgery? Many thanks for your opinion in advance.
3 answers to “Implant Replacement - Will I lose...”
A: If you are not having capsule work, you should not lose tissue
Hello, If your doctor is not removing scar capsule tissue to allow for the new implant placement, then you should not lose tissue. Some people need this more than others and the tissue loss is often due to this event in these cases.
A: You don't lose breast tissue exchanging implants
The story you describe is complex having been through multiple surgeries. The removal of an implant without replacement will leave you smaller than before the implants were put in, but this is not because you lost tissue in the implant removal operation. It is because of the stetching of the... more
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