Asymmetry After Breast Augmentation – Why Does it Happen?
The single most common complication in breast augmentation is asymmetry of the breasts after surgery. I don’t know what the national average rate of revisional surgery is to correct breast asymmetry after implant placement, but in my practice it is about 5%. Clearly, one can see that this risk is not rare. Breast asymmetry after augmentation occurs because of two reasons, differences in the breast that existed before surgery and differences in the placement or healing of the implants after surgery. Pre-existing breast asymmetry is by far the common reason in my experience. Many women have some degree of differences between their breasts, some recognize it… others do not. Sometimes those differences are significant…often they may be quite subtle. I make it an important issue to look for it and point it out. It does not take much of a difference to become magnified when the breasts are enlarged by implants. In some cases, a small breast difference can be a much bigger one after surge
