1. Why does the chest harden after breast augmentation with prosthesis?
This is a normal phenomenon of breast augmentation with prosthesis. The reason why the breast hardens after breast augmentation is that the human body has a natural defense function against the breast prosthesis. Generally, a layer of fibrous capsule is formed around the breast prosthesis, so the chest feels hard for a certain period of time, but it will gradually become soft over time.
2. How long will the chest become soft?
It depends on the individual. No plastic surgeon can accurately explain how long it will take to be as soft as nature after breast augmentation, but his physique and the fat content of his chest will affect the feel after breast augmentation. Under normal circumstances, for beauty lovers with poor chest foundation and thin fat layer, the recovery period will be longer.
3. What is capsular contracture? Is capsular contracture normal?
After any kind of equipment is implanted into human body, a capsule will be formed around the human body. Capsule contracture is not a medical complication. It is the normal physiological reaction of the human body to foreign objects, but it is overreacted in some women!
In most women, the capsule wraps the prosthesis without over-compressing it, even if the capsule is a little tight. Problems arise when the bladder is over-compressed, which makes the prosthesis feel hard and sometimes causes the prosthesis to shift, thus distorting the shape of the breast. But the prosthesis itself will not harden. When the prosthesis is taken out of the capsule, it is still soft and the breast feels hard because the capsule is squeezing the prosthesis.
There are four grades of capsular contracture:
Grade I: The breasts are natural in appearance and soft in touch.
Grade II: Breast looks natural and slightly hard.
Level 3: The appearance of the breast has been deformed and it is difficult to reach.
Grade Ⅳ: The breast is severely deformed and hard to touch, often accompanied by pain and other discomfort.
Class III and IV capsular contractures are considered serious and may require reoperation.
4. What are the factors that affect capsular contracture?
10% risk comes from the breast prosthesis itself.
10% risk comes from your healing characteristics. Genetically, this is a factor that neither you nor your plastic surgeon can control.
The risk of 20% is called biofilm, which is how many bacteria are in your breast. There are bacteria in every woman's breast tissue. These bacteria live on the skin of healthy women and enter the breasts through nipples. They usually don't cause infection because people are used to their presence in breasts. But putting a big foreign body-breast prosthesis in this place, sometimes these bacteria may have problems.
The risk of 60% is trauma and bleeding during operation. The more trauma and bleeding you experience during the operation, the greater the possibility of capsular contracture or hematoma.
5. What should I do if there is capsular contracture or even recurrent capsular contracture?
Grade ⅰ and ⅱ capsular contracture need no treatment, and grade ⅲ and ⅳ need reoperation. If severe capsular contracture occurs after operation, it is inevitable to have another operation. Generally speaking, doctors will choose to remove the capsule as much as possible and replace the prosthesis.
If the beauty seeker has capsular contracture again after the repair operation, then my suggestion is to take out the prosthesis and not replace it, because it is easy for her to form capsule. I can only suggest this, but I can't force beauty seekers to do so. Since everyone doesn't know how to prevent the recurrence of capsular contracture of beauty seekers who are easy to form capsular, it is the most suitable choice to remove the prosthesis without replacing it, so as to reduce or eliminate the risk, cost and trade-off of all additional reoperation in the future.