Nearly everyone has heard one or more horror stories about breast implants rupturing, or shifting, or somehow going wrong. The truth is, inserting breast implants is major surgery and should be treated as such. Here are a few of the more common ways in which breast augmentation surgery can go wrong:
Anesthesia: Local anesthesia is extremely safe. Twilight or full anesthesia are riskier. Every year, Americans die from mistakes made by anesthetists. Although anesthesists are highly trained professionals, mistakes can still be made.
Infection: Infection is a risk of any surgery, no matter how minor. An infection during breast implant surgery would almost certainly necessitate the immediate removal of the implant.
Recovery time: You will not be able to resume your normal activities for some time after surgery. Even after you are up and around, you will need to wear specially padded bras and take painkillers to reduce the pain and discomfort of the breast implants.
Rupturing implants: For the rest of your life, there is a risk, however small, that the breast implants will rupture. This would be a medical emergency, potentially life-threatening.
Difficulty of mammography: Breast implants make mammography, and therefore detection of breast abnormalities and tumors, more difficult. The level of difficulty is decreased if you opt for a submuscular breast implant.
Anesthesia: Local anesthesia is extremely safe. Twilight or full anesthesia are riskier. Every year, Americans die from mistakes made by anesthetists. Although anesthesists are highly trained professionals, mistakes can still be made.
Infection: Infection is a risk of any surgery, no matter how minor. An infection during breast implant surgery would almost certainly necessitate the immediate removal of the implant.
Recovery time: You will not be able to resume your normal activities for some time after surgery. Even after you are up and around, you will need to wear specially padded bras and take painkillers to reduce the pain and discomfort of the breast implants.
Rupturing implants: For the rest of your life, there is a risk, however small, that the breast implants will rupture. This would be a medical emergency, potentially life-threatening.
Difficulty of mammography: Breast implants make mammography, and therefore detection of breast abnormalities and tumors, more difficult. The level of difficulty is decreased if you opt for a submuscular breast implant.
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