One of the most dreaded complications of breast augmentation is infection because the only way for your body to clear an infection around a breast implant is to remove the implant. This can be devastating for both you and your surgeon. As plastic surgeons, we do everything we can to protect our patients from infections. This can include special preoperative body washes, a perfect sterile technique, and antibiotics during surgery that go into your blood stream and antibiotics to wash the implant and the space where it is placed in your body. When a surgical procedure is done, the area gets swollen and inflamed as part of the the natural healing process. This area of inflammation is swollen because the blood vessels allow specialized cells to get out of the bloodstream and into the tissues. Patients who have active infections in another part of the body during breast augmentation are at risk for infection. Bacteria from a urinary tract infection, sinus infection, or dental infection can enter your bloodstream and then find their way to site of inflammation. Sometimes this can cause a severe infection, but sometimes it doesn't cause a full blown infection, and instead leads to a film around the implant that can cause capsular contracture - another dreaded complication of breast augmentation.If you continue to have symptoms of a UTI, you should see your primary doctor to have an evaluation. Some women get frequent UTIs and need to be on suppressive antibiotics, and some women need to urinate immediately after sexual activity to wash out bacteria that enter the urinary system during intercourse. If you are going to make the investment of your time and money into breast augmentation surgery, you should be sure that you have the highest chances of a perfect result, and this would include keeping your risk for infection and capsular contracture as low as possible.