What are the most common reasons for breast implant removal or exchange?
The most common reason for undergoing breast augmentation revision and exchange of breast implants is dissatisfaction with breast size (37 percent)! In most such cases, women want to go bigger. In order to avoid this expensive misfortune, I usually have my patients try on breast implants of different sizes prior to breast augmentation in order to get a good feel of how the implant is going to look on them. The second most prevalent reason for implant removal or exchange is implant leakage, and the third is capsular contracture or hardening of the breast implants. Despite this, there are steps that each plastic surgeon can take to help minimize such risks and complications.
