Breast Augmentation: What to Expect

Name: Breast Augmentation: What to Expect
Uploaded: 2025-05-02T12:00:23+00:00
Duration: 35 s
Channel: Dr. Charles Mok
Description: Dr. Charles Mok explains what happens after breast augmentation surgery. The FDA recommends periodic MRIs to check for implant leakage, implants may last…

2 May 2025 · 1 min

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Dr. Charles Mok explains what happens after breast augmentation surgery. The FDA recommends periodic MRIs to check for implant leakage, implants may last a lifetime or need replacement in 5-10 years, and capsular contraction (breast hardening) is a common sign of rupture that might require more surgery.

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Breast typically gets hard, called capsular contraction.

They could last a lifetime, or might last about five or ten years.

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The FDA tells us that we should recommend that you get an MRI every so many years and see if they're leaking or not. But we don't necessarily do that routinely. A lot of people want to pay for the expense of doing an MRI, is they don't generally break right away. But over 10, 20 years, something could happen where the shell gets weakened and the implant breaks and you have to change it out. When an implant does break, the breast will typically get hard, called a capsular contraction. You'll be able to identify that and take it out. The implants could last a lifetime. They might last five or 10 years. So there is always the likelihood of getting another surgery down the road. Also, other things could happen, such as childbirth or changing weight, where the breast might get a little sagg. You might want to go bigger or smaller. These are all things that happen with breast augmentation.