Breast implants can become hardened and elevated or depressed, which is caused by a capsular contraction. Surgery may be needed to replace the implant. Maxppp TNS Q. I had breast implants ...

For women receiving breast implants during reconstructive or cosmetic breast surgery, scarring around the implant—called capsular contracture—is a common, costly, and painful complication. The ...

Capsule contraction syndrome is an exaggerated fibrotic response reducing the size of the anterior capsule opening after continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis. The condition complicates uneventful ...

Suggested Citation: "5 Reoperations and Specific Local and Perioperative Complications." Institute of Medicine. 1999. Safety of Silicone Breast Implants. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.

Attempts to improve the look of the breast by augmenting its size and shape date back to the late 1880s. Among the materials inserted in breasts early on were ivory, glass balls, ground rubber, ox ...