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

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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