I had saline implants for ten years,they recently found a lump and a biopsy was done, Thank God it was a fibroadenoma. I got scared after the whole process and decided to remove my implants and get a breast lift. After the surgery my right breast was still bleeding. I went to see my PS and he took out the bandages and the bleeding stop. I am now five days post op, my breast are healing fine the only problem is my left nipple looks purple. Do I have Necrosis? There is some pink behind the darknes
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Yes, if no capsule work is being done breast implants can be removed under sedation. Some patients choose to have them taken out with just local anesthesia. I never use drains for explants.
Dear san7,
If you have your breast implants removed, it may be that they will have stretched your skin and so your breasts may have more of a droop than they had before your surgery. For this reason, it is sometimes necessary to perform a breast lift at the time of removal...
Whether or not you can fly is less important than whether or not you should fly. The issue is follow up from your surgery. How long your postoperative recovery will be depends on many factors: the type (saline/silicone) of the leak, whether a full capsulectomy needs to be done,...
