Sharp Stabbing Pain in Breast 6 Years Later

Thank you for the question. Pain at this point in your history is often related to the presence of scar tissue ( capsular contracture). In person examination with well and experienced board-certified plastic surgeons may be helpful. Encapsulation of breast implants do not necessarily mean that the breast implants have to be removed. Sometimes the use of anti-inflammatories and/or massage may be helpful. Best wishes.

This can be a difficult diagnostic and treatment problem and occurs in women without breast implants. In general, the surgery to put implants in or the implant itself do not cause pain in the breast that appears six years after a normal breast augmentation without problems. The important issue is to look at the breast the same way it would be evaluated if the implant were not there. Although breast cancer does not usually start with sharp stabbing pain, it is imperative to make... more