Breast Augmentation Revision 5 Months After Initial Procedure

Is It Possible , to Have Revision Surgery , or Correction Surgery 5-6 Months After Breast Augmentation?

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Revision of breast surgery

I think you need to give us more information as to what your goals would be. In general, a revision is possible at this time. The specifics of your dissatisfaction would be essential to give you a proper response. All the beat, Tal Raine MD FACS

Talmage J. Raine, MD

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Surgery after Breast augmentation

Yes, you can have revisional surgery after breast augmentation at six months. Your body has naturally formed a capsule around the implant. Sometime surgery is required right after breast augmentation for hematoma formation(bleeding) or infection. If you are not happy with the size then implants can be changed out after six months. Please visit a board certified plastic surgeon. Leo Lapuerta Jr. MD FACS Triple BOard Certified Plastic SUrgery

How Soon to Get A Breast Implant Revision

The short answer to your question is yes. I typically advise patients to wait around 6 months before undergoing a revision procedure. Hope that helps and good luck! Dr. Babak Dadvand

Breast Augmentation Revision

Yes it is possible to have breast augmentation revision 5 or 6 months after augmentation. Sometimes problems such as implant malposition or capsular contracture occur early after surgery and result in significant asymmetry. At 5 or 6 months after surgery, implant malposition would be more likely. This may occur if one implant descends as expected after augmentation but the other one does not, or if one implant descends too much. Breast implants usually settle nearly completely within one to... more

Breast augmentation revision after just five months

It is possible to safely revise a breast augmentation after five months, though six months or longer is even better. The skin envelope of the breast will relax and accommodate the implant, a marriage between the two which can take a year. After the settling in the pocket can be adjusted, the size changed, the implant profile changed with predictable outcomes, and enough time to tell if revision is really necessary. Best of luck, peterejohnsonmd

Breast revision can be performed at 5 - 6 months post breast augmentation

Revision following a breast augmentation can be performed at 5 - 6 months postoperatively - though you don't cite what the specific reason is for this. Is it realted to size? Malposition? You should discuss your concerns with your plastic surgeon if you haven't already in order to make sure you will be making the right decision.

Breast Implants - Timing of Revision, Secondary Surgery

Hi vanevane in Puerto Rico, Possible - yes, a good idea - it depends. There are times when you have to reoperate emergently, such as if there is excessive bleeding, an infection, etc. In the absence of that, though, I would generally try to wait at least six months after the surgery before having another procedure. But there are exceptions. If at 3-4 months, one implant is very different from another in terms of the height or placement, then an interventional... more

Early revisional surgery is safe but may not be practical!

Some general comments can be made about the timing of revisional surgery. Some patients are fearful of having another anesthetic or having surgeries too close together. This is no longer a significant worry in a healthy patient. As for improving the outcome with your surgery, the timing will depend on the severity and specifics of the problem. Healing and scar maturation goes on for many months after breast surgery so some early concerns can get better with time. However, if... more

Timing of breast augmentation revision surgery depends on the problem

For most of the things that we do in plastic surgery, the complete healing process takes more than 6 months even though most of the healing happens in the first few weeks. This is true for breast augmentation, but if it is a particularly significant issue the it may be done sooner. It just all depends!