Breast Enhancement Risks: What You Need to Know

Taking a breast enhancement procedure exposes you to risks such as breast-feeding troubles or implant leakage. Thus, it is essential to understand these common risks and side-effects to better equip you on what to do.

Quite a number of patients who have undergone breast enhancement successfully breast feed. However, there is still a probability that it will affect the breast feeding process. Before moving through the surgery, confer with your surgeon about this. Sometimes, breast enhancement results to a loss of sensation in the nipple and breast area. This loss of sensation, which results from broken nerve endings, may be temporary or permanent. The outcome would be based on the breast enhancement technique applied by your surgeon.

Another possible danger of getting breast enhancement procedures are the leaking of the breast implant materials into the surrounding breast tissue. To decrease the possibility of leaking, make sure that the implant material that will be applied is accredited by the FDA. Implants may also burst or tear over time. Usually, ruptures occur when there is extreme compression or trauma to the breast. It may also be due to the natural aging of the implant. Sometimes, it is mammography itself that contracts the breast implant, thereby inducing it to break.

The biggest risk in breast enhancement rests in its inference of breast cancer detection. Breast enhancement implants may cover breast tumors during mammography or ultrasound. For patients with breast enhancement, additional views and special imaging are needed during breast examination. The “Eklund displacement views” helps maximize the visibility of the breast tissue to further detect tumors.

Before undergoing a breast enhancement surgery, it is recommended to talk about the possible fallouts with your chosen certified surgeon who has enough experience in breast enhancement. Ensure that the surgeon will tell you of everything you need to know about the procedure and its consequences.

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