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Removal of Breast Implants

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Removal of Breast Implants

In some situations, patients that have obtained breast implants may have to undergo a surgical treatment that leads to the removal of breast implants. Reasons why individuals want to have their breast implants removed range from medical reasons to a desire to return to their pre-surgery body shape to eliminating the hassles caused by breast implants in their daily lives. Regardless of the reason, breast implants can be removed at any time for an individual with breast implants.

Medically known as breast prosthesis, the removal of breast implants is a simple medical procedure that can increase in difficulty if it is being performed in addition to another medical task. For example, many breast prosthesis patients are undergoing the procedure to resolve the condition of capsular contracture. That condition results when capsules (scar tissue) that forms around the breast implant begins to harden and squeeze the implant causing discomfort in the patient. In this scenario, breast prosthesis is used to remove the breast implants as well as the capsules and local silicone from the patient's body.

This treatment tends to be quick and requires little recuperation time. For patients that are only undergoing this treatment to remove their breast implants, then the time needed to recuperate is minimal. Patients that are undergoing breast prosthesis for medical reasons will find that the time needed for operation will increase. Additionally, the time needed for recuperation will also increase. Whereas individuals undergoing the removal of breast implants for cosmetic reasons tend to experience little discomfort during and following the surgery, the case is different for patients undergoing this treatment for medical reasons.

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Patients with capsular contracture will find that they will experience a level of discomfort comparable to their experiences obtaining their breast implants. However, to minimize the pain that a patient may experience following the surgery, a plastic surgeon is able to prescribe oral medication designed to control post-operation discomfort.

Breast prosthesis surgical procedures will also vary depending on the reasons behind the procedure. Patients that are solely undergoing this treatment for the removal of breast implants will be able to have their surgery performed with either local anesthesia or a combination of sedation and local anesthesia or general anesthesia. The choices for patients undergoing breast prosthesis for medical reasons such as capsular contracture are more limited. Typically breast prosthesis for this group will be performed using either sedation and local anesthesia or sedation and general anesthesia.

The option of obtaining the removal of breast implants is not one that breast augmentation patients consider when they undergo this treatment. The best way to sidestep this stage is to consider seriously whether you want to obtain breast implants in the first place. For patients undergoing breast prosthesis due to medical complication, it is important that you are having the best medical advice from a board certified, highly qualified plastic surgeon that you can.

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