If you are dissatisfied with how your breasts look after your augmentation procedure, or if you are experiencing a breast implant complication, you may need a breast revision surgery. Dr. Mark Crispin tailors your breast revision surgery to your specific needs.

You may be a candidate for breast revision if:

• Your saline implant has ruptured, resulting in a deflated breast appearance.
• A recent MRI indicates your silicone breast implant has ruptured.
• The scar tissue around the breast implant has tightened, resulting in a distorted  breast shape, and possibly causing breast discomfort and firmness, called a capsular contracture.
• You are unhappy with the size of your breasts and wish to increase or decrease the size of your breast implants.
• You received saline breast implants and would like to change them to silicone.
• Your breasts otherwise have an abnormal and undesirable appearance after breast augmentation, breast lift or breast reduction.
• Your breast surgery results have changed over time and need to be refreshed.

What Are My Breast Revision/Implant Exchange Surgery Options?

Procedures are often sophisticated, requiring an experienced revision surgeon like Dr. Crispin. Based on patient concerns/complaints corrective surgery options include breast lifts, capsulectomies, implant exchange, and/or the application of ADM (acellular dermal matrix). It is extremely important to use a surgeon that is a specialist with many years of experience in revision work. Dr. Crispin has been an instructor on applications of cosmetic breast revision procedures around the country.

FAQs: Breast Revision/Implant Exchange

1) Will I have drains after my breast revision surgery?

• Most likely yes-breast revision surgeries are often more involved than your original procedure and may require drain placement for 3-7 days.
• Drains help prevent infection and other complications and lead to quicker healing times

2) Do I have to exchange my implants when having a breast revision surgery?

• No-if there is no issue with your implants, and you are happy with the size, you are not required to exchange your implants

3) What is ADM (acellular dermal matrix)?

• Soft tissue replacement
• May be used to address symmastia, bottoming out of implants, and prevent capsular contracture.

4) What is the recovery time after Breast Revision Surgery?

• Recovery time after breast revision surgery varies depending on what procedures are needed to address your breast concerns
• Recovery after ADM placement requires drain placement and more downtime (2-3 weeks) to avoid complications