Most Breast Surgeries Require Repeat Surgeries Reports The Fda

I penned articles about breast surgery complications in the past and had the desire to write this one since I read this article reported by the FDA. Women seek breast enhancement surgery without knowing the real difficulties that are commonly experienced with breast surgery.

There are a number of possible complications with breast surgery but if there were not any other problems that exist as a result of an invasive surgery it is the fact that repeat surgeries are commonly performed in an effort to correct problems that exist as a result of the initial surgery. This is reported and validated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Why don't more women turn to breast enhancement naturally products that are proven to work? Breast success is not dependent on the immediate results of a surgery but the long-term satisfaction of "functional" breasts.

A particularly troubling discovery from an analysis of the FDA hearings was the frequency of "boob jobs" needing to be done over. The McGhan study revealed that more than one out of five women with cosmetically enhanced busts-and 39 percent of cancer patients-need additional surgery within three years. The primary reasons for these procedures are the replacement of ruptured and leaking implants as well as the relief of hardened breasts that are the result of capsular contracture as well as other factors.

The scariest thing about the new implants is that there are many cases in which it did not fix the problem. After a second surgery, nearly half of cancer patients (whose remaining breast tissue and immune systems may be more fragile due to surgery, radiation and chemotherapy) develop severe capsular contracture, and 26 percent require a third breast procedure within two years.

Kim Green, a 36-year old housewife with two children in West Hartford, CT, was informed she had breast cancer in 1998 when she was already 7 months into a pregnancy. She had her breasts reconstructed after a double mastectomy. Up to this point, she has gone through 11 procedures costing in excess of $70,000, which was all covered by insurance. And having only one implant currently, she looks forward to more surgery this coming January for the second.

Every time the implants have to be taken out she says, "It's like having a mastectomy all over again. I have to have total anesthesia and drains in my chest. It has been spoiled my entire year. I had to have a surgical procedure almost every month for the entire year. At the time I was pronounced to have breast cancer, which is what my mother passed away from when she was only 35 years old all I could think about what that I just wanted to live.

It had never occurred to me that breast reconstruction would have turned out to be such a nightmare. It's worse than chemotherapy." Regardless, she's dedicated to keep trying. To her, having her breast back to normal is symbolic of being past her disease. "I do have the desire to appear as normal as possible," she confesses.

Regardless of numerous cases like this and the difficulty statistics revealed in the most recent reports, FDA officials leave the final decision to the consumer to determine the dangers and liabilities that are willing to take. With much appreciation for the hearings, both of the implant companies have to include in new packages an insert that contains the details of the study findings, which have also been made a part of the FDA website.

"Patients can now look at pamphlets to learn more about the stories of other women who have implants," says the FDA's Dr. Feigal. "The entire reason for the FDA approval process was to compile information so patients know precisely what to anticipate."

With a FDA report like that I can't imagine why so many women rush to the knife instead of turning to herbs, creams and exercises that work.

Do you know someone thinking about breast surgery? Don't you think it would be good to share this with them? They need the option to make an educated decision and perhaps be kept from years of dissatisfaction.