I am not worried about infection at this point. I wonder if the heat from a hot tub can 1) cause leaching (not leaking) of contents in implants, 2) will make implants less strong over time and shorten time for replacement of silicone implants? I saw lots of questions about waiting to swim until healed/until sensation came back, just not anything about 104+F hot tubs/silicone implants after healing and what high temps can do to these materials inside of us. Thank you, I really appreciate you all.
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August 17, 2013
Answer: Year Old Silicone Implants and Hot Tub Temperature Limit?
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...
