About the operation

The operation usually takes one hour

Your surgeon will make small cuts in the crease under your breast, around your nipple or towards your armpit.

The implants are inserted into position beneath the breast tissue or under the chest muscle.

The cuts are closed with stitches (which may be dissolvable) and your breasts are wrapped in a special supportive bra.

Fine silicone tubes may be left in each breast for up to 24 hours afterwards. These allow blood and fluids to drain into a bag.

Where breast implants are placed

At last there are implants available in Australia which can reduce this problem of capsular contraction. They are manufactured in Brazil by Silimed and they have recently received approval from the Australian Government’s regulatory body, the Therapeutic Goods Administration.

Many years of use overseas has shown that covering silicone gel implants with a polyurethane foam surface reduces the risk of capsular contracture to between 1 and 2%.

Polyurethane breast implants were first used as long ago as 1969. Peter Dixon had exstensive experience with these implants: I used Replicon implants in the 80’s and confirm that the breasts were particularly soft.”

At last there are implants available in Australia which can reduce this problem of capsular contraction. They are manufactured in Brazil by Silimed and they have recently received approval from the Australian Government’s regulatory body, the Therapeutic Goods Administration.
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