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How Real Are These Complications I Hear About Breast Augmentation?
I am scheduled to have a breast augmentation this September. I am having pre surgery anxiety to the point of not wanting to go through with the surgery. First, I want to know how real symptoms like chronic fatigue syndrome, memory loss, depression, etc. are. How often are these complications seen? I have read about the chemical components of implants?? Is there a risk of what implants are made of?? Are there more complications from silicone vs. saline? Thanks!!
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Complications from breast augmentation are very rare...
And the problems you specifically mention are unheard of in my practice. To the best of our knowledge, there no diseases that are caused by implants. More common complications would be bleeding or capsular contracture. Silicone has been around for 40+ years now and if there was a true link to diseases, it would likely have shown itself. I hope you enjoy your new look for years to come!
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Risk of Complications From Breast Augmentation
The risk of complications is about the same between saline and silicone breast implants. The complications that you have mentioned are extreme and very rare. While resolvable complications sometimes occur, over 95% of patients are very happy with their results and would do it again, even if they have had some sort of complication. While surgery is daunting, you need not worry in the hands of an experienced, board certified plastic surgeon.
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Complications of breast implants
Complications of breast implants
these are all very rare
you can review the information at PlasticSurgery.org
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Breast Implant complications
I have never heard of the complications you have mentioned. I would recommend that you seek another opinion before having this surgery. Be sure to consult with a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon, certified by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) to discuss your concerns and expectations. Saline and Silicone gel implants are FDA approved, and have been used for 50 plus years. Look at the Mentor website ( love your look site) for additional information on...
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Breast implant complications
The complications that you mention would be considered extremely rare for breast augmentation surgery. The much more common risks (although still uncommon) are breast asymmetry, capsular contracture, implant malposition, and implant palpability. The difference in complication rates when using saline or silicone implants is very low. There is a slightly higher incidence of capsular contracture when using silicone implants, but this is largely due to the fact that implant ruptures with...
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It Breast augmentation and anxiety
First, it is common to be a bit anxious before surgery. The symptoms you describe are uncommon although early post-op depression can occur. Usually this is transitory and gets better as you heal and feel better. Silicone and saline have common complications such as implant rupture, hematoma, seroma, infection,malposition, and capsular contracture toname a few, but all in all are not that common.
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Anxiety before surgery and about breast implants
Breast augmentation is a completely elective, cosmetic procedure. If you have the degree of anxiety you express and fears about thoroughly studied conditions like chronic fatigue syndrome, and chemical components of implants, then I would recommend that you put off or avoid the surgery for now.
There is nothing that is implanted in the body that has been as well studied as silicone and silicone rubber (which is what the shell of both silicone gel-filled and saline-filled implants...
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Complications and breast implants
It is completely normal to have some anxiety prior to surgery. The complications that you list -- chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, depression -- are complaints that many women have which led to the FDA investigation into the safety of silicone implants in the 1990's. All of the scientific literature has shown that there is no association between these disease processes and silicone implants. However, no surgery is risk free. More common risks of breast...
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Breast Implant 'side effects.'
It is a requirement by the FDA that we give potential patients the FDA approved information . The patient needs to read it carefully to understand the risk of silicone implants, for the most part these problems do not effect the majority of patients.
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How Real Are These Complications I Hear About Breast Augmentation
The complications you mentioned were part of a constellation of complaints that led to the withdrawal of silicone implants in the early 1990'ies. The FDA supervised extensive testing that showed no relationship of breast implants to any or the many symptoms and diseases tested. Women with breast implants did not suffer from those illnesses with any greater frequency that did women who never had breast surgery.
Complication rates are similar for silicone and saline.
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Complications after silicone gel breast augmentation
Modern gel implants have not been associated with disease processes. Complications occur (bleeding, infection, scarring, capsular contracture) but can be corrected, and they are fortunately not common. Systemic disease such as chronic fatigue and autoimmune phenomenon is not related to modern implants.
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Breast Augmentation Complications
All surgeries carry a risk of complications. The problems you mention (chronic fatigue, memory loss, depression) are among the things that plantiff attorneys blamed on silicone implants in the early 90's when they were removed from the market. If there were any significant concerns about these possibililities, the FDA would not have alowed their return to the market.
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