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When should it be done? of Breast implants
Breast implants should only be considered by women who have taken medical advice from a qualified cosmetic surgeon. The operation is a surgical procedure performed using general anaesthetic and carries the same risks as other surgical operations.
It is therefore important that women choosing implants are not being influenced by anyone else and have made an independent decision.
You may not be able to have breast implant surgery if:
· you are under 18 years of age,
· you are pregnant,
· you are breastfeeding,
· you have malignant or pre-malignant breast cancer that has not been fully treated, or
· you have an active infection anywhere in your body.
It is also worth considering that women rarely go through their entire lives with the same implants. Implant removal is often necessary at some point for various reasons, despite the fact that modern implants (those used in the UK since the early 1990’s) appear to have no risk of rupturing (tearing). If implant removal is necessary, the decision must be made whether to have further implant surgery or to treat the removal as permanent.
