What are the risks and complications of breast augmentation?
The risks of breast augmentation, either with silicone or saline implants, are the same. There's the risk of anesthesia, which for young, healthy females is relatively minimal. Most patients do not have problems with anesthesia for breast augmentation. The other concerns are scarring, and in general, those are rather minimal. The major concern with breast augmentation is capsular contracture. That's where your body forms scar tissue around the breast implant. By putting the implant in a sub-muscular, or beneath the muscle, approach, we've really managed to limit the amount of capsular contracture that takes place. Some of the other concerns are with regards to breast cancer and breast feeding. Patients who have breast implants are able to breast feed. Certainly, if that is of concern, you may want to choose an incision that does not include being within the nipple. The other concern with breast augmentation surgery that patients have is with regards to breast cancer. There are no increased risks of breast cancer with patients that have breast implants.
