Breast Implant Removal | Breast Replacement Surgery

If your breast implants need to be removed or replaced for whatever reason, it is important to consult with a doctor who has extensive experience and who can help you achieve the best results possible.

Dr Konrat, one of a very few qualified female Cosmetic Doctors in Queensland, has made a particular study of remedial breast surgery. As a woman, she has an 'insider's understanding' of how a woman needs to look and feel. Her constant goal is to provide women with the best visual and well-being outcome, whatever the circumstances.

Reasons for Breast Implant Removal

• Life changes, or changes in personal circumstances can occasionally lead previous breast augmentation patients to seek implant revision or removal. It is very important to discuss this with a qualified practitioner, who can explain the details and implications of this surgery.


• Illness, for example, the diagnosis of breast cancer.


• Complications with the implant usually cause patients to seek removal or revision:


• Deflation or rupture
• Shifting or rotating out of position
• Wrinkling, rippling, sagging or asymmetry of the implants


• Complications from the body's reaction to the implants


• Bleeding
• Infection
• Formation of scar tissue that tightens around the implant (capsular contracture)
• Formation of dead tissue around the implant (necrosis), which may prevent the wound from healing.
• Calcuim deposits

Recommendations for Breast Implant Removal

Cosmetic doctors know that not every breast augmentation works out perfectly for every patient. There are some risks involved in breast implant surgery and some patients do experience complications. A good doctor will always support you through any issues that may develop, to minimise any stress and fear you might experience and also to provide any additional procedure is that is necessary. The good news is that most breast implant complications can be effectively resolved without removing the implants permanently.

Permanent removal is rarely the best solution. Breast enlargement surgery actually changes the state of the natural breast tissue, and if the implants are simply removed, the breast can often be unrecognisable. Significant invasive cosmetic lifting and re-sculpting of the remaining breast tissue (if any exists) could be necessary to achieve an aesthetically desirable result.

Before deciding to have implants removed, a patient should talk to her doctor about all the alternatives for a more satisfying result. Complications following breast augmentation surgery can occasionally require further procedures, but the results will generally be far better with new implants than without any implants at all.

You should never make a decision by reading a web page alone, no matter how comprehensive the information is. We encourage you to book a personal consultation with Dr Konrat, where she will assess you, explain the procedure in detail and help you to understand all the benefits as well as the risks and complications of surgery in general and breast surgery in particular. Your decision to have breast implant revision surgery is a very personal one, and you must make it understanding both the potential benefits and risks.