Explant Surgery and Capsulectomy – Removal of Breast Implants
Breast implantation is a widespread procedure, with a significant number of women globally opting for breast augmentation. However, the decision to retain breast implants is not perpetual. Various medical and personal factors may necessitate the removal of these implants.
Indications for Breast Implant Removal
- Oversized Breasts
- Morphological Changes: Alterations in breast shape.
- Implant Rupture Risk: there is approximately a 10% risk of implant rupture within a decade post-implantation.
- Capsular Contracture: This condition, occurring in an estimated 10% of cases over ten years, leads to the hardening and distortion of breast shape due to fibrous tissue formation around the implant.
- Breast Implant Illness Considerations: Addressing growing concerns and symptoms attributed to breast implant illness, a topic of ongoing medical research and debate.
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What is Removal of breast implants with breast-Lift (mastopexy) Surgery?
Meet our Specialist Plastic Surgeon Dr Robert Drielsma MBBS, BSc(Med), FRACS
(AHPRA MED00001073756)
Dr Drielsma is an Australian trained Specialist Plastic Surgeon with over 30 years of extensive experience in plastic surgery of the face, breasts and body. He is a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS), a member of the Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) and a member of the Australian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (ASAPS)
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