Problems of Breast Implants

February 27, 2009
Occasionally leaks or breaks in breast implants does occur. In fact, one study of implants that had been in place 1-25 years revealed that 63.6% of them had either ruptured or were leaking. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/33450.stm) In addition, it is estimated that 3% of those undergoing breast implant surgery will suffer leakage and deflation within three years. Fortunately, if the implant fill is simply salt water it will be absorbed by the body without any bad side effects. If the implant leaked silicone gel, a scar may form around where the leaking gel collects in the breast. It is also possible for the silicone gel to migrate through the lymphatic system to another area of the body.  Silicone gel has been associated with connective tissue disorders. It may be not be possible to remove all the silicone gel. In any scenario of implant breakage, secondary operations may of coarse be necessary for replacement of the leaking implant. Possible causes of rupture include: over or under filling of the implant with saline solution, excessive compression during a mammography, site injury to the breast, normal aging of the implant, damage from surgical instruments during the surgery, capsular contracture, or closed capsulotomy, and trauma or intense physical manipulation.

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Breast Implants and Breast Feeding

January 25, 2009

A lot of women ask if they can breast feed after Breast Augmentation Surgery. The answer is a resounding yes. For the vast majority of women who have a BA breastfeeding is no more difficult with implants than without. In fact, some women who have breast fed with and without implants say that breastfeeding with implants is easier!

Breastfeeding is a growing concern with patients who have had Breast Augmentation surgery. In previous years, women who received implants were married and had already finished with childbearing. However, more and more single women, and women who have not finished or even begun childbearing are having the surgery.

In 1992 the first report of a Silicone Illness hit the media. At that time there was fear that breastfeeding with silicone implants would endanger the child. There has been studies performed to show this not to be the case. The main reason being that the silicone molecule is too large to pass into the milk ducts.

Later, Silicone was removed from general use, and Saline implants were the only available devices on the market. Even if the saline did leach into the milk, it is an inert substance, with no harmful effects on mother or baby.

Some concerns are placed on implant placement, and incision site. It is said to be more optimal to have the implants placed under the muscle, and to avoid the peri-aerolar incision. The reasons are simple, using those guidelines, there is less interference with the milk ducts which reside directly under the skin and in the tissue above the muscle of the breast. However, as with everything in science, this is not guaranteed. There are many women who have had placement of implant and incision in sub-optimal locations, and are still very successful with breastfeeding.

It is very important to discuss your plans of breastfeeding your baby at the time of your consultation. Your surgeon will be able to work with you, to get the best possible results, even if you are not planning on having children anytime in the near future.

Breastfeeding is still the preferred method of feeding a baby by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

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About Breast Enhancement Surgery

January 25, 2009

Breast enlargement surgery, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), was the fourth most popular invasive surgical procedure among cosmetic plastic surgeries performed in 2000. In a press release dated July 12, 2001, the ASPS says that breast augmentation was performed on 212,500 women last year.

Meanwhile, millions of women have been subjected to the ill effects of these modern day vanity contraptions that were bought in good faith.

Remember!!

Silicone gel implants were banned in 1992 by FDA.

If you have (or had) a ruptured silicone breast implant, you will be denied Health Insurance Coverage.

Saline-filled implants tend to have a higher rate of leaking and deflation than silicone gel implants, which means more frequent surgery to replace them.

In a study published in the Lancet medical journal, Dr Lori Brown of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says: “There is emerging consensus that both the incidence and prevalence of breast-implant rupture are much higher than previously suspected.”

21% overall increase in cancers for women with implants, compared to women of the same age in the general population.

Implant patients were three times as likely to die from lung cancer, emphysema and pneumonia as other plastic surgery patients.The study is based on medical records and death certificates of almost 8,000 women with breast implants, including silicone gel implants and saline implants, and more than 2,000 other plastic surgery patients. ( National Cancer Institute (NCI), Boston University, Abt Associates, and the Food and Drug Administration, with Dr. Louise Brinton from NCI as lead author. )

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