Pain six months after surgery: slight discomfort in both breasts, has now become all out pain.

Thanks for your inquiry, but without an exam it is hard to advise. Some pain can be anticipated along the scars as the nerves wake up, please discuss with your plastic surgeon.  

Hi mel7878 thank you for your question.  I would recommend for you to follow up with your plastic surgeon to be examined.  An MRI may be recommended as well as the ultrasound  to make sure everything is ok with the implant.  Good luck 

I appreciate your concern. Chronic pain is a risk of breast implants, but is not very common. I suggest a full work up including imaging of the breast and breast implants. Sources of pain are more likely to be in your breast tissues. Consider stopping caffeine consumption and use supplements to reduce pain. Occasionally, more is needed including prescriptions and implant size reduction or removal if you went too big!Good luck. Dr. Aldo

Any acute pain in your breasts this far out from implants should be monitored closely and it foes not resolve, investigated. You may need imaging, such as an MRI. I would suggest first consulting with your surgeon, as a physical exam will be necessary. Good luck.

Hi there,

There are a few things that could cause pain after a breast augmentation.  At 6 months post op you should have a review with your surgeon to clarify if any of these may be the cause:
Consider:
Capsular contraction
Neuroma or nerve injury at the time of breast augmentation
Seroma
Chostochondritis
Also, have your GP send you for a mammogram and ultrasound of your breasts to rule out any other pathology.
All the best

Hello and thank you for your question.  At 6 months post op you shouldn't be having pain from your implants, especially bilaterally.   Follow up with your PS , it may be related to something else .

I would suggest going back to your surgeon and being examined. You may be having pain from your breast tissue and not related to the implants. Taking vitamin E and stopping all caffeine and chocolate may be helpful.

It will be difficult to provide you with any specific diagnosis or sound recommendations here, as those depend almost entirely upon the clinical picture on exam.  Suffice it to say that at this point postop, while you could still be simply healing and that is causing your pain, you really should have no pain and should have returned to normal unrestricted activity at this point, including exercise, massages, and acupuncture.  The vast majority of breast augmentation patients do.  I doubt seriously that the acupuncture treatment had any effect on this.  My concern is that you may be in the early stages of developing capsule contracture, and although it's not a life-threatening issue or one that jeopardizes your health directly, it's something we'd rather not see.  Much of the management of this depends upon the type of implants you have, what kinds of findings are present at exam, and the results of any studies that might be obtained on your breasts, like ultrasounds or MRI.  If fluid around the implants or thickening of the tissues are noted, you may need a drainage procedure, you may need to go on certain medications to help control the inflammation, or you may need exploratory surgery.  None of this can be determined without an exam.  I'm glad to hear that your doctors are taking active measures to evaluate this by ordering an ultrasound.  I can tell you right now that some of the best work being done in researching the cause of things like capsule contracture and breast implant associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL) is being done in Australia, so there are some very smart, well qualified surgeons down there, and the issue is very well known there and actively and aggressively being researched.  The best thing at the moment is to try to remain calm, as these things are not a medical emergency.  We see this up here in the US too, so this is not an unheard of phenomenon, and the best thing to do is evaluate it properly, as it sounds like your doctors are doing, give it some good thought once you have some information, and formulate a rational plan and not fly off the handle and do something impulsive that could be counterproductive.  Just stay in close contact with your surgeon, follow their instructions, and let them know if you experience any changes in your condition or symptoms.  Best of luck.

You should not have pain 6 months after surgery.   The pain is probably unrelated to the surgery.  Check in with your surgeon as you may need a mammogram and other testing.