Breast augmentation gone wrong

Breast augmentation gone wrong – is complications and side effects of breast enlargement surgery, especially with the help of breast implants.

Patients worried about the risk of complications, qualified plastic surgeon and postoperative problems. Of course, one can not deny a small percentage of unsuccessful operations, but most often it is due to the negligence of a doctor and patient.

The main thing – is the awareness of the complexity of the entire procedure. Therefore, you should first study the possible difficulties after surgery, as well as to get acquainted with the rules of care to eliminate the likelihood of breast swelling, seroma, prolonged pain or gone bad after breast implants.

Bleeding After Boob Augmentation

The reasons for reoperation

The decision to have surgery is not easy. Remember: one operation entails other. It sounds scary, but it’s a fact. Sooner or later required surgery and re breast augmentation.

For it affects:

  • decrease the volume of the implant;
  • increase or thickening of breast;
  • correction after complications;
  • Asymmetry after breast augmentation photos

  • the desire to change the shape of the prosthesis;
  • the desire to modernize the breast implant;
  • cosmetic surgery due to tissue stretching under the weight of a breast implant;
  • the shelf life of breast implants.

There are no guarantees that the shape does not deform a few years after breast augmentation. Risks exist. And even if this does not happen in 5-15 years over lifetime – you will have to carry out the operation to remove or change the implant.

Surgeons warn of the likelihood of breast augmentation complications, since a lot depends on the patients themselves. If you do not comply with the requirements after surgery, gone bad and problems may occur after breast augmentation. Suffice it difficult to assess the pros and cons, but it is worth a try.

Contraindications

Hypertrophic Scar after breast augmentation photo

Contraindications to mammoplasty are almost the same as for other plastic surgeries:

  • acute or chronic inflammatory processes, infectious diseases, and tuberculosis;
  • pathology of the breast and the heart;
  • diabetes;
  • benign and malignant tumors;
  • the absence of children in young women who do not breastfeed.

Precautions before surgery

Is breast augmentation surgery dangerous? There exists side-effects, which is almost impossible to avoid. Many patients are faced with breast implants gone wrong:

Infection after breast augmentation photos

  1. discomfort and pain after breast augmentation during motor processes;
  2. decrease in sensitivity of nipples or entire areas of skin;
  3. increase the sensitivity of the nipple;
  4. swelling of tissues;
  5. breast asymmetry;
  6. scars after breast augmentation;
  7. reduction in the efficiency of diagnosis of breast cancer (mammography);
  8. decreased ability to breastfeed;
  9. the need for constant visits to the plastic surgeon.

Side effects of breast implants

Capsular contracture breast implant photos

Remember, deciding on such a complicated operation as boob augmentation, you must be aware of the possible complications of the procedure. These include:

1. Violation of the sensitivity of the nipple and areola. It may manifest itself in the form of a reduction or increase in sensitivity, as well as full anesthesia nipple and areola. Most often this is due to the installation of the implant through an incision around the areola, around the nipple or through the areola. However, a temporary change in sensitivity is mainly due to the stretch of fine tactile nerves for making the pocket where the implant or prosthesis is set during breast augmentation. These effects rarely frighten patients.

2. Purulent wounds around the implant. This “gone wrong” is due to negligence during surgery: it is necessary preoperative administration of broad-spectrum antibiotics, stop bleeding and wash the cavity in the chest with an antiseptic solution and antibiotics during surgery.

Rupture of breast implant

If there was festering, the implant must be removed and to treat the wound with antibiotics.

3. Infection. This risk exists in any surgery. It is necessary to immediately apply antibiotics. If toxic shock symptoms appear (fever, vomiting and diarrhea, fainting or dizziness, rash), is required urgently remove the implant.

4. The accumulation of serous fluid. The emergence of seroma may be due to an excessively large cavity for the implant created by the surgeon, or with absence of wound content outflow – drainage. The participation of the patient is also important. Failure to comply with postoperative regime (Premature increase in physical activity, short-term bandaging and refusal to wear a special bra) increases the likelihood of inflammation.

Keloid Scar after breast augmentation

5. Hematoma. The accumulation of blood is closely associated with suppuration around the implant, and the formation of capsular contracture. Therefore, during the boob enlargement it is important to take into account the indicators of blood clotting. The patient must strictly follow the rules of the recovery period.

6. Necrosis. Necrosis impedes wound healing and leads to scar deformity. Most often it occurs after infection, use of steroids, smoking or chemotherapy, radio-, heat- and cold therapy. With this, resorting to a correction or removal of the implant.

7. Scars after breast augmentation. Formation of keloids or hypertrophic scars is unlikely. However, due to individual tissue reaction on inflicted injuries, they happen during bust enlargement.

Type of scars Keloid scars Hypertrophic scars
The clinical picture Bluish-red color. The skin in all directions increases. Itching. Decreasing the color saturation and the volume of the rumen lasts several years. Sometimes scar with age does not change A slight redness. Tissue is raised above the skin. The lack of sensation. The scar becomes white fast enough
Time of occurrence After 2-3 weeks, sometimes a few months and years after breast augmentation surgery Immediately after surgery
Cause of occurrence Genetic and ethnic predisposition, endocrinopathy, immunity, poor adaptability of the body, chronic stress, secondary infection. Chronic inflammation, hypoxia or microcirculation disturbance Joining a secondary infection, impaired microcirculation and, as a result – a chronic inflammation or hypoxia

Breast implants infection photos

8. Changing the shape of the breast. Capsular contracture is presented in the form of a fibrous capsule or scar tissue that is formed around the implant, placed under the breast, and compresses it. Characterized by thickening and modification of forms of breast, unpleasant and painful sensations.

It requires surgical correction. It is also possible wrinkling and thinning of the breast tissue, which leads to chest deformation or atrophy of the breast tissue. This is due to pressure from the implant.

Capsular contracture breast implant photos

9. The deterioration of the cosmetic effect. Postoperative appearance are not always able to satisfy the client. Some facing such consequences after breast augmentation as its asymmetry, skin folds / wrinkles / stretch marks, wrong-chosen size or shape of the implant, a displacement or palpation of the prosthesis, rough obvious seam. To avoid these complications is necessary to plan the bust enlargement thoroughly.

Rare complications related directly with the implant:

  • displacement / misplacement – erroneous planning of implant placement and cavity size for it, ignoring the specifics of the anatomical features of the structure of the rib cage of the client;
  • deflation / disinflation – saline solution in the prosthesis may be depleted due to diffusion of isotonic sodium chloride solution through the prosthesis shell or through the valve. This gone wrong does not apply to helium implants;
  • breast implants too close together

  • rupture – is due to the thin shell of the implant or of a failed valve, due to unsuccessful breast augmentation surgery (surgical damage of the prosthesis) or the patient’s injuries, as well as due to external pressures (trauma, corset, mammography).

Breast implants gone wrong pictures

Many women, especially young women not giving birth, are interested in the effects of augmentation mammoplasty.


bad wound healing

Many people, after reading about the risk of complications and failure of breast augmentation, seek out the reviews on the websites of private clinics, as well as forums where it is possible to ask questions and seek advice. Many of the tips are very useful and well drafted.

On many sites dedicated to plastic surgery, give us examples of both successful and unsuccessful photos of breast augmentation. However, the comments are different at such images. Some notices cons of breast augmentation. Others decide that an unsuccessful breast uplift surgery is associated with a surgeon. Others criticized complexes.

By taking this step, listen to all the reviews, check with your doctor. Be sure to think about the strength of your desire. Correctly choose a surgeon. Be vigilant and monitor the quality of implants and surgical equipment. Make sure in planning of boob enlargement. List of general surgical complications shows that much depends on you. Your caution will save you from complications after breast augmentation.

28 Comments

  1. Emma says:

    Hi I’m 170cm and 119lbs, I had 330cc hp teardrop implants under the muscle 2 weeks ago.
    My concern is that my right one is currently the perfect size and nice and full etc but my left is less so. What’s the likelihood of the left balancing out with the right? I currently can’t bare the thought of doing this again just yet ????
    I had the issue where one side of my chest dips in (forgotten what it’s called) so expected to have a larger implant on my left but ps opted to use the same size on both?
    Thoughts please (I know I’m being impatient but I can’t help but worry

  2. Susan says:

    mine were like that but fully settled about 6 months post op

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