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When the port (valve) of the Becker adjustable breast implant is removed, does it loose volume, does it leak?

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celeste123Jan 18, 2014

It was told to me that is normal to loose 25 to 50 cc in the removal.

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Dr. Asif Pirani, MD, FRCS(C)
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