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Breast Implant Size Reduction Breast implants have become quite popular with women of all ages. For the young as well as the older women, breast implants can help improve proportions, restore the body after childbirth or weight loss and also can help camouflage congenital issues such as pectus excavatum or tuberous breast deformity. There are many reasons why women choose to have breast implant surgery. Some women choose to have very large breast implants placed and it is important for them to know the issues associated with having XL breast implants. There are physical issues such as neck, back and shoulder pain that can occur due to the weight of the larger breast implants. Also, the patient may be limited in their activity depending on how the XL breast implants affect their mobility (such as weight lifting, running, Yoga or playing sports). There are also psychosocial affects that patients considering the larger breast implants need to think of. These larger implants may elicit unwanted attention from others in the community. As life circumstances change, the patient with the very large breast implant may choose to reduce the breast implant size or completely remove the breast implants. We see this happen as patients get older,

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Page 1: Breast Implant Size Reduction · Breast!Implant!Size!Reduction!! Breast!implants!have!become!quite!popular!with!women!of!all!ages.!!For! theyoung!aswellastheolderwomen,!!breastimplantscan!help!

 Breast  Implant  Size  Reduction  

 Breast  implants  have  become  quite  popular  with  women  of  all  ages.    For  the  young  as  well  as  the  older  women,    breast  implants  can  help  improve  proportions,  restore  the  body  after  childbirth  or  weight  loss  and  also  can  help  camouflage  congenital  issues  such  as  pectus  excavatum  or  tuberous  breast  deformity.    There  are  many  reasons  why  women  choose  to  have  breast  implant  surgery.    Some  women  choose  to  have  very  large  breast  implants  placed  and  it  is  important  for  them  to  know  the  issues  associated  with  having  XL  breast  implants.    There  are  physical  issues  such  as  neck,  back  and  shoulder  pain  that  can  occur  due  to  the  weight  of  the  larger  breast  implants.    Also,  the  patient  may  be  limited  in  their  activity  depending  on  how  the  XL  breast  implants  affect  their  mobility  (such  as  weight  lifting,  running,  Yoga  or  playing  sports).    There  are  also  psychosocial  affects  that  patients  considering  the  larger  breast  implants  need  to  think  of.  These  larger  implants  may  elicit  unwanted  attention  from  others  in  the  community.    

       As  life  circumstances  change,  the  patient  with  the  very  large  breast  implant  may  choose  to  reduce  the  breast  implant  size  or  completely  remove  the  breast  implants.    We  see  this  happen  as  patients  get  older,  

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get  married  and  decide  to  have  children  or  just  change  the  way  they  feel  about  their  natural  body.    Most  patients  who  have  had  larger  breast  implants  and  want  to  downsize  will  most  likely  need  a  breast  lift  procedure  to  address  the  “stretched  out”  skin  as  well  as  internal  capsule  work.    The  amount  of  breast  lifting  will  depend  on  the  patient’s  skin  elasticity  as  well  as  the  size  of  the  XL  breast  implant.        

 There  are  3  types  of  breast  lifting:  1)  minimal  breast  lifting  with  the  incision  only  around  the  areola,  2)  lolli  pop  breast  lifting  with  an  incision  around  the  areola  and  vertically  down,  and    3)  full  breast  lifting  with  an  anchor  scar  for  removal  of  the  maximum  amount  of  breast  skin.    In  combination  with  the  external  breast  lift  surgery,  internal  capsulorrhaphy  may  also  be  necessary  so  that  the  breast  implant  pocket  size  is  appropriate  for  the  new,  smaller  breast  implant.    The  capsulorrhaphy  procedure  is  also  known  as  pocket  correction.    2  layers  of  permanent  sutures    are  placed  within  the  capsule  that  surrounds  the  breast  implants  to  create  a  new  breast  implant  pocket  for  the  best  possible  placement  of  the  implant  on  the  patients  chest  wall.    

       

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Some  patients  choose  to  completely  remove  their  breast  implants.    This  is  a  personal  preference.    There  are  times  when  the  breast  implants  can  be  removed  and  the  patient  does  not  need  further  surgery  (as  seen  in  the  case  below).      

   And  other  times,  once  the  breast  implant  is  removed,  a  breast  lift  needs  to  be  performed  for  the  best  aesthetic  result.