Breast Implant Revision in Winnipeg, at First Glance

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What is Breast Implant Revision?

Breast implant revision surgery is performed when an issue to your breast augmentation outcome from previous breast augmentation surgery has occurred. Some clients seek out an implant size or type change due to a desire to increase or decrease volume which can result from weight loss, weight gain or lifestyle changes over time. However, most issues that arise over time in some individuals include implant malposition, implant palpability, implant rupture or most commonly a complication of breast implant surgery called capsular contracture.

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Elevating Natural Beauty

Everyone deserves to feel confident and comfortable. The First Glance Aesthetic Clinic & Surgery Centre is a place to treat yourself and feel good.

It's about enjoyment, enhancement, appreciation of aesthetics, and the art of self-expression. You will feel a reflection of kindness, compassion, and understanding every time you visit our clinic.

Our mission is to nurture the human spirit — and elevate natural beauty — one person, one procedure, and one transformation at a time.

Your Custom Breast Augmentation Revision Treatment Plan

When it comes to aesthetic surgery of any kind, there’s no such thing as one size fits all. Every patient has their own unique surgical needs.

Whether you are interested in a subtle natural look or dramatic results, your Breast Augmentation Revision surgery will be fully customized according to your existing anatomy, unique surgical requirements, and desired aesthetic results.

What is Breast Implant Revision?

Every woman has certain goals for what her ideal breast following surgery should look like. Unfortunately, issues can occur overtime and sometimes issues can arise shortly after surgery as the surgery does not always go as planned. Many clients have come to The First Glance Clinic after an unsatisfactory outcome with another surgeon. Common complaints include:

Hardening to the breast implant from excess scarring/capsular contracture
Rippling, wrinkling that is visible
Sagging or asymmetry
Implants that have shifted out of place and are malpositioned

It is important to know, that if such issues arise following breast augmentation surgery that this is not from a “botched” operation. Breasts are a dynamic area of the human body and can be affected significantly by gravity, weight changes, and pregnancies. All of these affect the ability of the skin to stay tight – the presence of many stretch marks on the breast can be a sign of this loss of skin elasticity. This loss can lead to implant position changes or sagging of the breast or the implant over time. Further, biological processes that lead to scar formation around the implant – Capsular Contracture – can occur over time in some patients.

Breast implant revision surgery can correct these undesirable changes, restoring your breast to its ideal shape, position, and aesthetic beauty. Breast implant revision surgery is highly individualized. A customized approach to address the complication or issue will be developed. Techniques that are often used by our surgeons include:

Fat grafting to replace the implants or hide visibility/palpability of the implants
Internal pocket tightening to correct implant position changes
Implant exchanges to implants of different size, shape, firmness
Internal pocket change to the breast implant – under muscle, over muscle or neo-pocket creation
Capsulectomies – total or subtotal
“Internal bra creation” with human acellular dermal matrix or mesh in patients with loss of skin elasticity or poor tissue quality
Underwire reconstruction of the breast inframammary crease (aka breast crease)
Explantation – removal of the implants
Breast lift

Other aesthetic surgeries patients are typically interested in combination with Breast Augmentation Revision surgery include Tummy Tuck and Liposuction

Breast Implant Revision Surgery is also often performed with other non-surgical treatments, including Botox and injectable Filler treatments, including Lip Filler, Under Eye Filler, Jaw Contouring, Chin Filler, Top Model Cheekbones, Non Surgical Rhinoplasty, Belkyra Double Chin Fat Removal, and Skin Boosters.

Choosing Your Surgeon

When considering a surgeon, it’s important to research all of your options and choose a Surgical specialist who is Board Certified in both Aesthetic and Reconstructive Plastic Surgery. While many plastic surgeons perform many different types of surgeries, you should select a surgeon who focuses strictly on a specific procedure and is recognized for excellence in this procedure.

What are the benefits if your surgeon has a reconstructive surgery background? Most of the world’s best aesthetic surgeons began with reconstructive practices. In fact, almost all of the groundbreaking techniques in aesthetic surgery have reconstructive origins.

Reconstructive surgery cases are typically more complex and often require highly specialized surgical techniques. Comfort, confidence, and predictability with advanced reconstructive surgery techniques have become powerful tools often adapted to aesthetic procedures.

All of the Plastic Surgeons at The First Glance are Board Certified Aesthetic and Reconstructive Plastic Surgeons. Many of our surgeons are also Double Board Certified.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Recovery depends on the extent of correction involved, but in general, it is comparable to recovery from breast augmentation/breast lift surgery. Surgical drains may be placed temporarily as the surgery involved to correct the issues generates some amount of inflammation and fluid that builds up should not sit around the implant.

After breast revision, you may be asked to wear a compression garment to help reduce your postoperative swelling and preserve your new breast shape. Most patients need to rest for 7-10 days and will need to avoid strenuous exercise for several weeks.

Full recovery can take up to 6-8 weeks but most patients feel they are perfectly fine after 1-2 weeks. It is important to note, everyone is unique and heals at their own pace.

Every Breast Revision surgery is a customized procedure, so the cost can vary significantly. In general, the cost of Breast Revision surgery starts at $8,500+. Breast Revision Surgery is a complex procedure because we are fixing previous surgical work. There is a lot more involved with revision surgery. Every patient has unique surgical requirements. The exact cost is determined at the time of your consultation, according to your existing anatomy, unique surgical requirements, and desired aesthetic results.

The surgeon you decide to work with is the #1 determining factor on the results you’re going to achieve. Plastic Surgeons price their procedures according to the quality care and surgical skills they bring to their patients. Seeking a surgeon based on price often leads to undesirable results, and the problems that come along with it are often complex (and costly) to fix. Ask anyone who has undergone revision surgery; it’s a lot less expensive to get it done right the first time

You will receive an exact quote at the time of your consultation. Quotes are valid for 6 months from the date they are printed.

To reserve your consultation, call our Patient Coordinator at The First Glance Aesthetic Clinic & Surgery Centre (204) 885-1419.

Yes, we work with a credit company called MediCard that specializes in financing options for aesthetic surgery. It’s easy and fast to apply. You can apply with MediCard online or over the phone. Once you are approved, you can go forward with securing your surgery date.

MediCard is not your only option for financing. You can also contact your bank to see if they can offer you lower interest rate.

If you would like to learn more about your financing options, please call one of our Patient Coordinators at (204) 885-1419 for more details.

The newest generation of highly cohesive, gummy bear style, silicone breast implants generally do not change shape even if ruptured. Unlike saline implants which will deflate instantly, 4th and 5th generation silicone implants do so silently. Although the rate for implant shell rupture is rare, imaging studies such as a mammogram, ultrasound, or an MRI can be performed to detect the rupture. At present, The FDA has suggested that women undergoing breast augmentation surgery should have implant screening performed after 3-5 years of the initial surgery and then yearly thereafter to detect any implant rupture issues. Although this recommendation has not been adopted by Health Canada, The First Glance Clinic offers breast implant ultrasound to all of its patients according to FDA guidance.

Before & After Photos of Breast Augmentation Revision

Explore our Before and After Photo Gallery to see results delivered by our Board Certified Aesthetic & Reconstructive Plastic Surgeons. You can also view more Before & Afters on FG’s Instagram and Facebook profiles.

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