Fixing your implant failures in Beverly Hills

Los Angeles Plastic Surgery Dr. Hoefflin performs breast revision surgery by removing and replacing existing implants with either similar saline implants or converting to a silicone gel or cohesive breast implants. A deflated or ruptured breast implant can be caused by a variety of factors, including: underfilling or overfilling saline implants at the time of the original procedure, capsular contraction, external trauma or excessive external compression. When saline implants rupture, rapid deflation results. While the saline is harmlessly absorbed by the body, the deflated implant creates an aesthetic issue because of the discrepancy between the two breast sizes. However, rupture of silicone gel implants typically require an MRI or ultrasound exams to confirm the diagnosis.

Although it is a rare complication, “bottoming out” occurs when breast implants end up sitting too low on the chest wall and the nipples wind up positioned too high on the breast mound. At any time after surgery, a patient’s implants can move upward, downward, left or right; causing the need for a revision to move them back into the correct position. In general, the larger the implant, the greater the chance it will displace downward in time.

Synmastia is the result of excessive or over-dissection in middle portion of the sternum during her initial breast augmentation procedure. This allows the implants to come in close contact with one another, and can create the appearance of a single breast. Dr. Hoefflin performs complex breast revision surgery by performing a combination of capsulotomy and capsulorraphy techniques.

Visible wrinkling or rippling can occur anywhere on the breast after breast augmentation surgery. It can be caused both by the type of breast implant that is used, as well as the choice of where the implant is placed. Los Angeles plastic surgeon Dr. Hoefflin performs breast implant revision surgery by removing and replacing the implants with the newer silicone gel breast implants. In addition, he exchanges the position or plane to a submuscular or “dual-plane” location.

During your consultation, Dr. Hoefflin will discuss all the potential surgical options and associated benefits and risks associated with each. Using his expertise, he will determine the best advanced surgical technique and type of implant necessary to accomplish your aesthetic goals. You will be provided customized literature that discusses the procedure in detail. Lastly, pre- and post-laser photographs of similar patients will be reviewed with you.