UK Only - NHS - Problems with my breast implant?!
Question: UK Only - NHS - Problems with my breast implant?
I had breast implants 11 years ago. One of them has now gone extremely hard and is very painful, it has got gradually worse over the last 12 months. My doctor has referred me to the NHS breat clinic for some scans.
From the research I have done I think that it could be Capsular contracture where the scar tissue and breast tissue create a capsule and go hard around the implant.
One of the cures for this is for the implant to be taken out the breast and scar tissue to be cut and made soft again and the implant put back in.
Would i get this done on the NHS if that's the treatment that the breast clinic say that I need, or if I had to have it taken out completely would they replace it?
This may sound very vain but I cannot be left with one breast significantly bigger than the other and looking completely different.
From the research I have done I think that it could be Capsular contracture where the scar tissue and breast tissue create a capsule and go hard around the implant.
One of the cures for this is for the implant to be taken out the breast and scar tissue to be cut and made soft again and the implant put back in.
Would i get this done on the NHS if that's the treatment that the breast clinic say that I need, or if I had to have it taken out completely would they replace it?
This may sound very vain but I cannot be left with one breast significantly bigger than the other and looking completely different.
Answers:
Since you now have clearly got a medical problem, rather than a cosmetic one, the NHS should and I am sure will, deal with it, don't worry.
GP for more years than I care to remember
Hi there.
They will usually replace it for you to maintain the cosmetic effect, but after that length of time you should consider going private to have both done if you can afford it - they are pretty old for implants and the breast shape will have changed over time.
Good luck, Steve.
you should go to doctor.