Things You Ought To Know in Breast Enhancements

Women considering breast enlargement surgery should be made aware of the full risks involved. The risks should be clearly made aware during the consultation procedure with your surgeon, or written on paper with any information he provides you, such as the sales brochure.

Because of the possibilities of the patient deciding not to get surgery after understanding the risks, it could act as a potential deterrent to undergoing surgery, and so it would not be a priority high on the lists of private in profit clinics to ensure potential clients know about the facts that might act as deterrent. Such risks might only be written in small print.



Breast enlargement surgery is seen as an instant solution to most women to solve their nagging breast size worries, and they do not give much regard as to future consequences. It should be pointed out, however, that breast enlargement surgery is never a permanent solution you can forget about. It is most likely, for a start, that you will always need another or several more surgeries in the future, either to replace the implants or remove them.


It is inevitable that the implant will need to be replaced or removed some time in the future and this is an unavoidable fact. The implants naturally will deteriorate over time through natural wear and tear, but more commonly, the longer you have the implants inside you as time passes the greater risks of a rupture and leakage increase significantly. Any accidental hard forceful impact to the breast area, degradation of material, or slow unnoticed leakage caused by mishandling during the operation will cause rupture and leakage, in which case, the implants will need  to be replaced.


If an implant ruptures, your breasts can become misaligned and take on an unsymmetrical appearance, making your breasts look much worse than before. Furthermore, after removal of the implants there will be noticeable wrinkling, rippling and folding of the skin, causing the breasts to look even worse than before, hence a source of distress to the patient.


Some short term effects post-surgery are commonplace and usually ignored, such as bruising, swelling and scarring which are unavoidable. The risk of infection and subsequent effects will cause inflammation and itching around the affected area.

Secondary problems directly as a result of surgery can include inability to breast feed and complete loss of sensation around the nipples.

It is estimated that up to 4 in 10 patients who have breast enlargement surgery will experience at least one serious complication within 3 years of the operation. With each passing year, the risk of rupture and leakage or other complication significantly increases.