If the implant ruptures after one year the surgeon's fee will be reduced by 50 percent. Several implant manufacturers will replace the implant at no charge if there is a rupture. After augmentation mammoplasty many patients have breastfed without difficulty. Occasionally, stretchmarks develop. Breast implants have never been shown to cause any form of cancer in women.
Implants do make mammography somewhat less accurate and more difficult to interpret.
If you are having a mammogram, advise your radiologist about your augmentation mammoplasty so the mammogram technique can be modified. In addition, the media and some patients have raised the question of birth defects in children of mothers with breast implants. Because of these questions, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has limited the use of silicone gel-filled implants for augmentation mammoplasty. Please obtain and read the manufacturer's information insert on any implant that you choose. Recently, some health insurance providers are excluding coverage for breast disease if a patient has had breast implants.