Is it true that implants can become infected sometimes years after surgery? If so, what causes the infection and what can patients do to minimize the chances of infection?
Answer: Breast Implant infection extremely rare It is extremely rare for a breast implant to become infected years later. However, it is not impossible. You could have an infection in another part of your body and it could travel through your blood stream and cause an infection totally unrelated to the intial implant surgery. Sometimes you may never know the cause.
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Answer: Breast Implant infection extremely rare It is extremely rare for a breast implant to become infected years later. However, it is not impossible. You could have an infection in another part of your body and it could travel through your blood stream and cause an infection totally unrelated to the intial implant surgery. Sometimes you may never know the cause.
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August 1, 2009
Answer: Late breast implant infections Breast implants can definitely become infected years after surgery. Because implants are a foreign material, distinct from your body's own tissues, your body is able to deliver antibodies or antibiotics around the surface of the implant, but not into the implant itself. If you get an infection elsewhere in your body, and the bacteria gets into your bloodstream, it can seed the implant. In milder cases, this can result in capsular contracture (significant scar tissue buildup around the implant thought to be a sub-acute infection), or in more severe cases, this can result in a true infection. If the infection is too advanced, your body has little ability to fight it, even with aggressive antibiotics, as the antibiotics can't be delivered into the implant itself.
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August 1, 2009
Answer: Late breast implant infections Breast implants can definitely become infected years after surgery. Because implants are a foreign material, distinct from your body's own tissues, your body is able to deliver antibodies or antibiotics around the surface of the implant, but not into the implant itself. If you get an infection elsewhere in your body, and the bacteria gets into your bloodstream, it can seed the implant. In milder cases, this can result in capsular contracture (significant scar tissue buildup around the implant thought to be a sub-acute infection), or in more severe cases, this can result in a true infection. If the infection is too advanced, your body has little ability to fight it, even with aggressive antibiotics, as the antibiotics can't be delivered into the implant itself.
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Answer: Yes, I have expereinced it too! I have had 2 or three cases where the patient had perfectly natural and aesthetic results but after years, spontaneously get infected. To be fair, this is in perhaps a couple of thousand or more implants. One woman had a dental abcess. The other one may have been due to breast feeding/masitis.
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Answer: Yes, I have expereinced it too! I have had 2 or three cases where the patient had perfectly natural and aesthetic results but after years, spontaneously get infected. To be fair, this is in perhaps a couple of thousand or more implants. One woman had a dental abcess. The other one may have been due to breast feeding/masitis.
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October 8, 2015
Answer: Breast implant infection years after surgery Yes. They can.
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October 8, 2015
Answer: Breast implant infection years after surgery Yes. They can.
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August 1, 2009
Answer: Infected implants Infections can develop in implants years after the procedure. But, I would have to say this is very rare. Unfortunately there really is not anything you can do to completely prevent this from happening.
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August 1, 2009
Answer: Infected implants Infections can develop in implants years after the procedure. But, I would have to say this is very rare. Unfortunately there really is not anything you can do to completely prevent this from happening.
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