How to Tell if Breast Implants Are Infected?

Your plastic surgeon should be able to determine if this is possible. Signs include fever redness swelling etvc.   

Hi there-

Because they are fundamentally foreign bodies, when implants are involved in an infectious process the symptoms are usually not at all subtle...

If you have a bit of pus from the incision but none of these more severe symptoms, I would think that your problem is confined to the skin. If you are developing one or more of these larger problems, the implants need to come out asap.

Of course, only your Board Certified Plastic Surgeon will have the knowledge of your particular situation and experience necessary to make the final determination- you should call them and pay a visit to the office if you are concerned about this.

Infected implants usually present with soreness, redness, and pain of the breast sometimes even with enlargement of the breasts due to swelling.    You ma y just have a stitch abscess of small area of dehiscence.