Textured Implant

Infection is a much more common illness related to breast implants.

Textured implant. Textured implants are also needed when the breast bone of the patient is convex or concave. We provide surgical options for women with textured breast implants who wish to remove their implants and the associated capsules. The risk of bia alcl is higher in women who have textured implants which have a bumpy surface as opposed to smooth implants according to the fda. Any surgery comes with infection risks.

In the case of a textured implant it stays firmly in the position and removes any chances of a problem. Textured implant solutions removal or replacement. But they can move more and can shift to the sides or inferiorly with time. In specific situations when the breastbone is convex there is a risk of a round or smooth implant to slide down and move away from the desired area.

Textured breast implants develop scar tissue to stick to the implant making them less likely to move around inside of the breast and become repositioned. Of the 359 reported cases of bia alcl the fda had information on the surface of the breast implant in 231 cases. Regardless of implant type smooth or textured it s essential to prevent infection. Saline implants were previously available in smooth and textured versions however the textured shell saline implants had a higher deflation rate and fell out of favor.

So texture gives the implant more grip and may. Texturing offers some advantage in diminishing the risk of a tight scar capsule. The fda says the textured surface unique to allergan s implants are tied to 481 cases of breast implant associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma bia alcl a type of non hodgkin s lymphoma. On july 24 2019 allergan announced a global recall of its biocell textured breast implants and tissue expanders following a us food and drug administration fda requested recall.

In full disclosure i have used textured implants from all 3 companies in the us and choose different texture for different purposes nbsp nbsp texture may decrease shiftingthe most common implant used around the us is a smooth round silicone implant nbsp. Smooth implants may have some palpable or visible rippling under the skin. So the primary implant used in the united states for almost a decade and a half was a smooth surface saline implant and when the fda lifted the moratorium in 2006 most american surgeons transitioned to using smooth surface. Breast implant safety is a subject of growing international concern and at the center of the controversy is a rare form of cancer that occurs most often in implants with rough surfaces known as textured implants.