“Plastic Surgery Gone Wrong” has become a popular topic in the media. While no patient or surgeon plans to have a less-than-ideal outcome, sometimes breast surgery doesn’t turn out as planned, complications happen, or the results deteriorate over time. Dr. MacLennan has decades of experience with breast revision, both cosmetic and reconstructive, and can often offer solutions that will have you feeling better about your body. She was even asked to teach her peers on this very topic at the annual meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons in 2024.
What Types of Breast Revision Surgery Can be Done?
We have significant experience with breast surgery problems and can use our skill and knowledge of breast implant technology to offer safe and predictable solutions to the following problems:
- Capsular contracture
- Implant rupture from previous breast augmentation
- Dissatisfaction with the size following primary breast augmentation
- Drooping due to gravity, age, time after a previous lift or reduction
- “Animation deformity” – breast implant moves with muscle contraction
- Asymmetry in breast tissue or breast implants
- Implant malposition- too high or too low
- Poor scar tissue
- Repeat reduction
- Revision of flaps or implants after breast cancer surgery
Am I a Good Candidate for Revision?
Being a healthy non-smoker is important for the best chance at a successful revision. Because each situation is different, Dr. MacLennan will take a detailed history from you and carefully examine you before presenting your options. All of the problems listed above would need surgical correction, which is unlikely to be covered by insurance unless related to breast cancer. However, in certain circumstances, implant manufacturer warranties may help cover the costs of revisions, so it’s important to provide us with any information about your previous surgeries that you can obtain.
At Mountain Lake Plastic Surgery, we have decades of experience in revision breast surgery, whether it’s after cosmetic breast surgery or after breast cancer reconstruction. Call us to learn more about how Dr. MacLennan can help you at (802) 231-4284.
