Capsular Contracture: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment

Breast augmentation remains one of the most popular cosmetic surgery procedures. By augmenting both size and shape of breasts, this surgery enhances a woman’s figure while simultaneously increasing confidence levels. For many patients who undergo this process, its results have provided desired outcomes without post-surgery complications or unexpected surprises.

Although rare, complications do sometimes arise after breast augmentation procedures. One of the more prevalent risks following such surgeries is capsular contracture. This condition manifests with implants feeling hard or painful and sometimes being altered from their original shape.

In this article, let’s check out some of the most common causes, symptoms, and treatment of botched capsular contracture.

Symptoms of Capsular Contracture

Once breast implants have been placed, their presence signals foreign objects in the body. As a natural protective response, scar tissue forms around these foreign objects as an invisible protection barrier. Although its formation should not cause any complications for patients.

Unfortunately, in a small number of cases scar tissue will form around breast implants and squeeze together; this condition is known as botched capsular contracture.

Capsular contracture typically develops within months following breast implant surgery, although symptoms could also appear years later. Therefore, it’s essential for patients to recognize its signs so they can seek treatment early.

Encapsulated contracture symptoms typically include:

  • Breasts that seem to sit high on the chest,
  • without appearing natural or misshapen
  • firms and tight when touched; round
  • ball-like shapes of breasts with rippled edges
  • simply ripples that don’t sit flat are signs that something may be off in terms of their position and structure.
  • Anxiety or discomfort when lying on the breasts.

Treatment Options

Once symptoms of capsular contracture emerge, it is crucial that treatment be sought as soon as possible. Not only will treating this condition relieve any uncomfortable side effects associated with it but will also restore a more attractive and natural-looking bustline. Patients typically have both non-surgical and surgical treatment options available to them.

Non-Surgical Solutions

After breast augmentation, patients may wish to avoid more surgery. Therefore non-invasive encapsulated contracture treatments may seem appealing. Non-surgical methods include oral vitamin E supplementation and anti-inflammatory medication as well as ultrasonic waves administered to soften scar tissue and break it apart. Unfortunately, their effectiveness varies depending upon the severity of the condition and the health of the patients.

Surgical Solutions

Surgery has proven itself as the only viable means of treating capsular contracture, with proven effectiveness. This process includes performing revision breast augmentation surgery whereby scar capsules are broken apart and removed.

Typically, an implant that has become compromised must also be removed and replaced with one from another source to help treat capsular contracture and reduce its reoccurrence risk. This method offers optimal results.

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What causes encapsulated contracture?

Fibrous tissue formation is the body’s natural response to foreign objects entering its system and may become problematic if symptoms such as those listed here cause too much hardening of tissue to form:

Haematoma and seroma (which occurs when blood accumulates outside blood vessels and solidifies), two rare complications of breast implants that may lead to botched capsular contracture.

Such issues could potentially also increase risk of bacteria infection infecting implants. Unfortunately, in certain instances the body produces too much fibrous tissue around an implant and makes too many attempts at hiding it with scar tissue.

Conclusion

Hope, now you have understand everything about the causes, symptoms, and treatment of capsular contracture. Still, if you have any further query, you can consult Aspenaftersurgery today!

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