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Risks
By Mayo Clinic staffBreast augmentation poses various risks, including:
- Infection
- Breast pain
- Potentially permanent changes in nipple or breast sensation
- Scar tissue that causes pain or distorts the shape of the breast implant (capsular contracture)
- Implant leakage or rupture
Correcting any of these complications may require additional surgery, either to remove or replace the implants.
References
- Lalani T, et al. Breast implant infections. http://www.uptodate.com/home/index.html. Accessed Oct. 18, 2010.
- Breast augmentation. American Society of Plastic Surgeons. http://www1.plasticsurgery.org/ebusiness4/ProductCatalog/pdf/brochures/Breast_Augmentation.pdf. Accessed Oct. 18, 2010.
- Breast implant questions and answers. U.S. Food and Drug Administration. http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/ProductsandMedicalProcedures/ImplantsandProsthetics/BreastImplants/ucm063719.htm. Accessed Oct. 18, 2010.
- FDA breast implant consumer handbook - 2004 - local complications and reoperations. U.S. Food and Drug Administration. http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/ProductsandMedicalProcedures/ImplantsandProsthetics/BreastImplants/ucm064106.htm. Accessed Oct. 25, 2010.
- Walsh MF (expert opinion). Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. Nov. 2, 2010.
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