Breast Enlargement / Augmentation
Possible complications

Breast Augmentation Information Resource for Southern California including Orange County, Los Angeles, Newport Beach, San Diego, and Beverly Hills.

The most common complications of breast augmentation are:

• Wrong choice of implant size. Sometimes it is too big but more commonly too small. This can be markedly reduced by a proper preoperative evaluation as well as experience. This is always discussed with Dr. Cruise during preoperative evaluation. During your consultation you will try on specially designed bras filled with various volumes that imitate what the implants will look like. This helps tremendously to determine what size is best for you.

 

• Asymmetry and/or implant mal position.

 

• Capsular contracture. This is where thick scar tissue forms over the implant making the breast feel hard.

 

• Nipple sensory changes. This is common right after surgery but usually goes away. Often, the nipple is hypersensitive for the first 6 weeks after the procedure and may be quite erect. This will go away with time.

 

• Infection. Because an implant is a foreign body, infection is always a consideration. To avoid this, most plastic surgeons use antibiotics during and after the operation as well as meticulously sterile technique. If it does occur it is possible that the implant may need to be removed.

 

• Implant rupture.

 

• Implant rippling. This is markedly reduced when the implant is placed under the muscle. It occurs more commonly along the lateral margin where complete sub-muscular coverage is not always possible. See FAQ for more information as this is explained in great detail.

Breast Augmentation Information Resource for Southern California including Orange County, Newport Beach, Los Angeles, San Diego, and Beverly Hills.