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How Long is It Advisable to Wait to Get Pregnant After Having Implants and Capsules Removed?

newmom87Dec 12, 2012
I am having my implants and capsules removed around Easter time next year. I have already had one baby with implants and breastfed her for awhile with some complications. I now have to wait the 6 months to have them out. So how much longer after the surgery do I have to wait until I can start trying to get pregnant again?

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Vivek Bansal, MD

Thank you for your question. Fertility clinics have different regimens so they are the ones to ask this question. Usually 2-3 months is sufficient, but they may have a protocol they follow. I hope this helps.

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Raffy Karamanoukian, MD, FACS

Removal of breast implants, intact or ruptured, may have positive implications if patients are symptomatic. A constellation of symptoms associated with breast implant illness, and autoimmune disease are considered when treating patients who have breast implants and are concerned about foreign...

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Jeffrey J. Roth, MD, FACS

Thank you for your question and photos. You are very early in your post operative course. The scars typically look their most red at 4 months and then better at 10 months or so. Most plastic surgeons will wait a year before performing most major scar revisions. Some will move the timeline...

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Kenneth Hughes, MD

   Animation of the envelope by the muscle after implant removal may be improved with scar release.  However, the muscle may produce this result after the scar forms.

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Kenneth Hughes, MD

    A hard mass after silicone extravasation and implant removal could be scar or residual silicone granuloma or calcific area.  At 12 days that would be hard to sort out.  Hopefully, the imaging done before the surgery ruled out any other masses.

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Joseph Mele, MD

Drains are usually placed after implant removal for infection. The nature of what comes out can vary from clear straw color (like blister fluid) to red (blood) to cloudy. The best thing for you to do is call your plastic surgeon and ask them. They may need to see you to check this out. 

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