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Breast Augmentation
What it is: a plastic surgery procedure to enlarge breast size by inserting breast implants

What it addresses:

- Dissatisfaction with small breast size- Changes in breasts post-pregnancy- Breast asymmetry- Post-mastectomy breast reconstruction
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What side effects are normal after breast augmentation?

I have recently had breast augmentation.on my left breast dropped right away and milk leaked from the insision. The right breast never seemed to drop. my dr said i was lactating this has been 12 weeks nom. I now have to see a breast specialest cause my left breast is now hard and higher than the right one. one of my insison scars is sucked in and a deep maron color and now seem to be blistering. is this abnormal. I haven seen any Dr in like 6 weeks. I see the specialiest this friday but the blistering on the scar is odd My Dr thinks i may have a patuatary disorder dose this happen often?

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Asked by: Traci
albuquerque nm

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August 27, 2008

Breast augmentation side effects

Shahram Salemy, MD
Shahram Salemy, MD
Board Certified
Plastic Surgeon

Traci, It's very difficult for me to know what exactly is going on without examining you, but a couple of thoughts come to mind. Having fluid leak from your incision may be a sign of a low grade infection - this would not be enough necessarily to make you sick, but it would affect the implant. Implants that get infected can have what is called capsular contracture, where the capsule or scar that your body naturally makes around the implant gets firm and tight. This would certainly explain why that implant is sitting so high.

If you are having pain or persistent drainage, one thought would be to have an imaging study (ultrasound or MRI) to see what exactly may be going on with your breast (if there is fluid or an old blood clot around it, or there appears to be signs of a capsular contracture). Don't be surprised if, after all of this, you may have to have another operation to either remove the implants or replace them.

Best of luck,
Dr. S

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