A variety of techniques may be used in breast implant replacement surgery to reshape or redesign breasts or change the size of breast implants. Replacing your breast implants will be similar to your initial procedure. However, there may be additional challenges.
Breast augmentation revision surgery is usually more difficult than the original procedure because your breast surgeon is working on areas where scarring is present and tissue has already been altered or removed, which can make implant revision more complex.
Sydney breast implant revision of breast augmentation typically takes from 1.5 to 2.5 hours and is performed with general anaesthesia. The previous incisions are generally used to remove the original implant but new incisions may be necessary.
You should be able to return home the same day as the surgery or the following day but you’ll need to keep the implant area dry for a week and avoid strenuous exercise. Many patients at Dr Kohout’s breast implant revision Sydney clinic find that the healing process is more comfortable than recovery after the original surgery.
If you’re getting replacement implants because of capsular contracture, changing the breast implants will be a longer, more complicated procedure because part of, or even the complete capsule, needs to be removed.