What are the risks for Breast Enlargement

Surgery?

It is also important that you are in the hands of someone with a breadth of skills and training to foresee and prevent problems, or to deal with them if they do unfortunately arise.

Complications after breast enlargement surgery are not common but when they occur they are mostly a temporary nuisance rather than having a long term consequence.

• Excessive internal bruising occasionally occurs and may require removing some stitches on the breast to wash out the bruising from beneath the skin. This has no effect on the long term outcome of breast enlargement surgery.

• Alteration in nipple sensation is pretty common in the short term with patients experiencing decreased or increased sensitivity which can persist for 2-3 months. In the vast majority of patients this improves as the operation is designed to preserve some nerve supply which allows sensation to return.

• Breast enlargement surgery does leave scars on the breasts. These will usually go through a phase of being a bit red and firm initially, but will usually improve gradually over several months. On some occasions, these scars may become more thickened and red than usual. It is not always possible to predict who this will happen to. It is important that if this does occur, you should start early to try to deal with the problem using the range of scar control measures which your plastic surgeon can offer.

• Scarring will also occur inside the breast. This should be taken into account when undergoing screening mammograms. By obtaining a mammogram twelve months after surgery, it may be easier to determine the significance of any subsequent changes in your mammograms.

• Wound healing on the breast is usually quick and uneventful but very occasionally the junction of the “T” scar underneath the breast may take slightly longer to heal than the rest of the stitch lines.

• This is by no means an exhaustive list of all potential risks with this surgery. There are a number of general risks associated with any surgery such as wound infections, wound healing problems, bleeding, blood clots and anaesthetic complications. Further information about the risks of surgery will be covered in your consultation, and additional written information given to you at that time.

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