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  2. Capsular contracture - Wikipedia

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    It is a medical complication that can be painful and discomforting, and might distort the aesthetics of the breast implant and the breast. Although the cause of capsular contracture is unknown, factors common to its incidence include bacterial contamination, rupture of the breast-implant shell, leakage of the silicone-gel filling, and hematoma.

  3. Breast hematoma - Wikipedia

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    Post-surgical breast hematomas can also impede wound healing and therefore impact the cosmetic outcome. Hematomas are furthermore one of the risk factors for breast surgical site infections. [4] There is preliminary evidence that, after breast implant surgery, the presence of hematoma increases the risk of developing capsular contracture. [5]

  4. Breast implant - Wikipedia

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    A breast implant is a prosthesis used to change the size, shape, and contour of a person's breast.In reconstructive plastic surgery, breast implants can be placed to restore a natural looking breast following a mastectomy, to correct congenital defects and deformities of the chest wall or, cosmetically, to enlarge the appearance of the breast through breast augmentation surgery.

  5. Denise Richards Reveals She ‘Ruptured’ Both Her Breast ...

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    The actress, who competed on season 3 of Special Forces: World's Toughest Test, revealed she ended up rupturing her breast implants during one of the grueling tasks. "I jumped off a bridge, too ...

  6. Poly Implant Prothèse - Wikipedia

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    Poly Implant Prothèse (PIP) was a French company founded in 1991 that produced silicone gel breast implants.The company was preemptively liquidated in 2010 following the revelation that they had been illegally manufacturing and selling breast implants made from cheaper industrial-grade silicone since 2001 (instead of the mandated medical-grade silicone they had previously used).

  7. Chrishell Stause Shares ‘Scary’ Experience from When Her ...

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    She originally got her breast implants "about 15 years ago" by a surgeon who is no longer in practice, she said. Hollywood Curtain/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images Chrishell Stause seen at the Chateau ...

  8. Polypropylene breast implant - Wikipedia

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    Polypropylene implants absorb water very slowly, about <0.01% in 24 hours. [2] The polypropylene, which is yarn-like, causes irritation to the implant pocket which causes the production of serum which fills the implant pocket on a continual basis. [citation needed] This causes continuous expansion of the breast after surgery. Growth can only be ...

  9. Plastic surgery - Wikipedia

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    In a study of his 4761 augmentation mammaplasty patients, Eisenberg reported that overfilling saline breast implants 10–13% significantly reduced the rupture-deflation rate to 1.83% at 8-years post-implantation. [67] In 2011 FDA stated that one in five patients who received implants for breast augmentation will need them removed within 10 ...