Breast Implant Clinic
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Breast implant checks

With breast implants, you should have regular checks to identify and treat any problems – such as rupture, leak, capsular contractor and rare breast implant-related lymphoma – before they pose a risk to your health and wellbeing.

The multidisciplinary team at MQ Health’s Integrated Breast Implant Check Clinic in Sydney provides a world-class breast implant check service. This quick, convenient service is offered by leading physicians and was established following groundbreaking research undertaken at Macquarie University, which showed low-grade infection around breast implants is a major cause of breast implant illness and other complications.

Most women were probably followed up by their surgeon for a few years afterwards, and then not at all. It is important to have lifelong follow-ups as problems can occur many years after surgery – including a rare implant-associated lymphoma. Breast implants have a powerful and positive impact in patients' lives when placed at the right time. As a female I recognise that times can change and so do our bodies, implants do too. Implants don't last forever and there may come a time where they need replacing or removal. As your surgeon I can work through the best option for now, for you.

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The risk of breast implant rupture increases with time. The latest research – undertaken by Professor Anand Deva, a world-leading expert at MQ Health and Macquarie University – found a link between sub-clinical infection, biofilm formation and capsular contracture.

This suggests that women with breast implants should receive regular lifelong checkups to reduce the risk of complications. Professors Deva has developed a 14-Point Plan to reduce the risk of implant contamination, which is followed at your breast implant check.

Breast implant revision surgery

If any problems are identified at your checkup and you require breast implant corrective surgery, revision surgery or implant removal, our surgical team provides world-class treatment and care in our integrated state-of-the-art hospital.

The most common reasons for breast implant revision are:

  • contracture (hardening of the breast around the implant, causing pain and deformity)
  • malposition (rotation and or high-riding implant)
  • implant rupture due to poor-quality implants
  • infection
  • rippling
  • deflation.

These complications can be difficult to treat and require complex and sometimes multi-staged procedures to restore optimal breast shape and symmetry. We have successfully helped patients experiencing these issues from across Australia and internationally.

Our services include:

  • Breast implant revision surgery, which involves the removal of existing breast implants, known as an explant procedure. As part of the same procedure or as a second stage, patients may consider having breast implant replacement or breast augmentation.
  • Breast lifts (mastopexy), which enhances the shape of the breast by repositioning the nipple and adjusting the position and projection of the breast on the chest wall. Breast lifts are not intended to change the size of the breasts; the surgery's aim is to restore a more youthful appearance and correct the effect of droop (ptosis) which is common after breastfeeding.
  • Non-implant-based breast surgery following explant, such as fat grafting to the breast, where fat is harvested from elsewhere in the body and injected into the breast.