Patient education
Breast Implant Revision Guides
Written for someone who has noticed something and wants to know whether it needs care, and for someone deciding whether a second operation is worth it. Normal recovery and its limits, capsular contracture, silent rupture, the red flags, the work-up, and the risks of revising.
All guides
9 guides
- Is This Normal After Implant Surgery? Recovery or ProblemNormal recovery
- Capsular Contracture: Recognising It and What It MeansCapsular contracture
- Implant Rupture: Why It Can Be Silent, and How It Is FoundRupture
- Red Flags After Breast Implant Surgery: When to Seek Care NowRed flags
- The Revision Work-Up: What Imaging and Examination ShowWork-up
- When to Revise: Timing, Healing and the Case for WaitingTiming
- Revision Options: Exchange, Removal, or a Different OperationOptions
- The Risks of a Second Breast Operation, Stated HonestlyRisks
- Implants Are Not Lifetime Devices: Surveillance and ExchangeDevice lifetime
Worried about an implant, or weighing up a revision?
Contact the team to have the breast assessed. A revision is a decision with a work-up behind it rather than an appointment to book in a hurry, and an assessment may conclude that no operation is needed.