
Every surgery carries
potential risks and complications. Although the rate of these complications is
usually very low, nevertheless, they can happen. The potential risks and
complications associated with breast augmentation using saline breast implants
include: infection, hematoma, seroma, chronic pain, scarring, capsular
contracture, skin wrinkling or rippling, alteration or loss of nipple
sensation, implant displacement and tissue stretching, asymmetry, symmastia,
bottoming out of breasts, implant rupture, implant extrusion or tissue
necrosis, damage to deeper structures, inability to breastfeed, change in the
ability to detect breast masses on a breast exam or mammogram, and a delay in
wound healing.
Are small breast
implants safer than large ones?
Although there is a
basic rate of complications for breast augmentation with all breast implants,
there is a slight higher risk of complications associated with very large
breast implants. For instance, very large implants tend to stretch the breast
skin and sag more, thus increasing the need for future breast lift procedures.
Because they tend to stretch and thin out the breast skin, breast implant
ripples or irregularities become more visible. Finally, they have a slightly
higher chance of becoming displaced over time. This becomes a dilemma when
considering that the most common reason for revision surgery is to go to
bigger! To solve this, I recommend that you try on the implants prior to
surgery, and to choose an implant that looks proportionate with your figure.
Furthermore, if you have extensive breast sagging or poor skin elasticity, you
should avoid going too large.
During consultation
with Dr. Sean Younai, he usually reviews your treatment options for breast
augmentation and enlargement with breast implants, including pros and cons of
each technique, potential risks and complications, recovery course, pre- and
post-operative instructions, and esthetic outcomes. You will also have an
opportunity to "try on" different types of saline or silicone breast
implants in order to see which one looks the best on you. There are also many
before and after pictures and high resolution images of breast augmentation
available in our photo gallery.
Dr. Younai is a board
certified plastic surgeon who receives patients at the California Center for
Plastic Surgery from the Northern and Southern California region. Some of these
cities include Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Hollywood, Burbank,
Sherman Oaks, Encino, Calabasas, Woodland Hills, Thousand Oaks, Westlake
Village, Pasadena, Glendale, Valencia, Palmdale, Fresno, and Oxnard.




