Surgery is a common and effective means of treating breast cancer, used in some 95 percent of early stage breast cancer cases and 70 percent of later stage cases. Surgical options contribute to the ...

February 26, 2020 - For women receiving breast implants during reconstructive or cosmetic breast surgery, scarring around the implant - called capsular contracture - is a common, costly, and painful ...

Rates of capsular contracture were similar in fenestrated and non-fenestrated acellular dermal matrices, according to new research in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Researchers conducted a ...

For women receiving breast implants during reconstructive or cosmetic breast surgery, scarring around the implant - called capsular contracture - is a common, costly, and painful complication. The ...

Question: My breast implants have become hard and painful and they don't look the same. What's going on? Answer: When breast implants are placed in the body scar tissue forms around the implants which ...