Breast Implant Revision
Breast implant revision is an increasingly common plastic surgery procedure in the New York metropolitan area, including Long Island. There are many reasons why women undergo breast implant revision – either due to a physical change in appearance or a desire for something different. Primarily, women are seeking a fuller and shapelier appearance compared to their existing implants or a correction of a complication.
Is Breast Implant Revision Right For You?
A key step in the breast implant revision process is a consultation with Dr. Kevin Tehrani, a Board Certified plastic surgeon at Aristocrat Plastic Surgery & MedAesthetics. Dr. Tehrani has performed hundreds of successful breast implant revision procedures, as well as breast augmentations, and has vast experience in this area of plastic surgery.
During your consultation, he will evaluate your existing implants and recommend alternatives to help meet your goals. These could include implant removal, replacement, or even an alternative procedure such as a breast lift. During your consultation, Dr. Tehrani will also discuss with you the process or technique he will use for your breast implant revision procedure.
You will have a discussion to see if you are a candidate for the innovative internal bra support using Strattice. Dr. Tehrani is also one of only a few surgeons in the country who performs the TUBA procedure, replacing implants through a belly button incision.
Who Is A Candidate for Breast Implant Revision?
Potential candidates include women who wish to obtain new implants for one of the following reasons:
- Desire for a different size, shape, or feel of your breasts.
- Dissatisfaction with the results of the prior procedure.
- Breast deflation.
- Leakage or rupture.
- Breast asymmetry.
- Switch between silicone to saline implants or vice versa.
- Breasts have descended too low.
- Capsular Contracture (shrinking of breasts to the point where they become hard).
- Infection, wrinkling, shifting, or loss of cleavage.
- An MRI or ultrasound that indicates a shift or change in implants.
- Trauma, accident, complications, or other factors.
- Other medical, physiological, or personal reasons.
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The procedure is usually performed with the patient under general anesthesia. Techniques depend on your particular case and what you wish to correct. In most cases, implants are replaced, so the technique used is similar to your original breast augmentation.
Whenever possible, Dr. Tehrani will use your existing incisions, but some cases may require new incisions.
Meet Dr. Kevin Tehrani, MD FACS
Top plastic surgeon Dr. Kevin Tehrani is the founder and director of Aristocrat Plastic Surgery. He values reaching the highest levels of achievement in reconstructive and plastic surgical training, continuing education and clinical experience. Your comprehensive consultation will be exceedingly informative, clear, balanced and there will be plenty of opportunity to discuss all your concerns.
Most breast implant revision surgeries require the same recovery period as after breast augmentation. You will experience some swelling, bruising, tightness and soreness. We will provide you with a surgical bra that you must wear for a few weeks, as well as pain medication to make you more comfortable as you heal. We will also provide you with full post-op instructions for washing your stitches and when to come back to our office for follow up appointments.
Most of our patients choose to take 1-2 weeks off from work after surgery. You can return to exercise within a month to 6 weeks.
Breast Implant Revision Recovery
Types of Breast Implants
The procedure is usually performed with the patient under general anesthesia. Techniques depend on your particular case and what you wish to correct. In most cases, implants are replaced, so the technique used is similar to your original breast augmentation.
Whenever possible, Dr. Tehrani will use your existing incisions, but some cases may require new incisions.
Breast implants come in many shapes and sizes, with differing inner and outer materials. Together, you and Dr. Tehrani will select the option that is best suited for you and most likely to achieve the results you desire.
All breast implants have an outer pliable envelope (or shell). The contents of the envelope are used to achieve fullness and create the most natural breast-like feeling possible. The implants are filled with either saline or silicone gel. Saline is salt water, much like the fluid that makes up 70% of the human body. If the implant should leak and the saline is released, it can be safely absorbed by your body. Silicone gel-filled implants are also FDA-approved and very safe.
The implant shapes are generally round, oval, or contoured. The surface of the implants can be smooth to the touch or textured. Dr. Tehrani will also discuss these options with you.
With the FDA approval of Allergan’s INAMED® Silicone-Filled Breast Implants for breast augmentation and reconstruction surgery, there are more choices than ever. Aristocrat Plastic Surgery has undergone a rigorous certification process to gain access to the wide range of breast implant options in the INAMED® Matrix of breast implants. We also offer Sientra’s silicone fifth-generation breast implants in both round and teardrop shapes. These additional options ensure that you will get the best possible result from your breast augmentation surgery.
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