Thank you for your question. Once your incision is completely healed and your surgeon gives you the OK, it is safe to go into a hot tub with silicone implants. Silicone is extremely heat resistant and will not be affected by the heat caused by warm water. That's one of the reasons...
The risk is clot formation on your aortic valve
replacement vs bleeding from you surgery. Have your doctors discussed stopping
the Coumadin (Warfarin) prior to surgery and perhaps started a bridging blood thinner
like Lovenox? The risk is twofold
clotting the valve and bleeding from the breast...
Capsule contracture, while it does happen, is not a really common occurrence. Most series report it occurring anywhere from 10 - 20 % of the time, but it is important to remember that this is all forms of capsule contracture, and not just the ones that have to return to the OR for...