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What Are Options for Loss of Tissue, After Removing Breast Implants Due To Capsulation?
I am 63 and have large implants since I was 34. Prior to surgery, I was an A cup size. I am having them removed due to capsulation. I am also having a breast lift. What are my options if there is not enough tissue left at my age to form a decent breast size (B or C) I cannot have new implants due to capulation probabilities and age.
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Fat Grafting Can Replace Loss of Tissue After Breast Implant Removal
Thank you for your question. Removal of Breast Implants and removal of significant capsule tissue can also result in loss of breast tissue. This is because the capsule is densely adherent to the overlying breast tissue and some of the breast tissue can be removed with the capsule.
Following this surgery the chance of another capsule forming around new breast implants is very high so I would not recommend replacing the implants.
A breast lift certainly can help the appearance of your...
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Breast Implant Removal - What Are Options for Loss of Tissue, After Removing Breast Implants Due To Capsulation?
I would not start with the assumption that, having had capsules once, you will automatically get them again.
To answer your question more specifically, there are exactly two methods (that I know of) to increase the volume of your breasts: breast implants, and fat injections. Breast implants remain the standard for providing adequate volume increase at a single stage. Fat injections are gaining in popularity but there is a limit as to how large you can get at one time,...
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Capsular contracture occures in 5-15% . The fact that you developed capsular contracture after almost 20+ years does not necessarliy mean you will have capsular contracture.
Your best option for volume enhancement is implants. Fat transfer is another possibility if you understand the surgery and its risks and limitations.
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Volume Replacement Options are Limited
The primary option for volume replacement remains breast implants.
Fat grafting is getting attention as an alternative, but we are relatively early in the refinement of the technique; many plastic surgeons might not yet offer this option to you, which is not yet "tried and true."
That you had previously developed capsule contracture does not necessarily mean you cannot have a successful breast augmentation with breast implants. Newer techniques may permit you the...
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