Re: Question re: removing capsule

[Guest guest]

Hi Everyone,

I have a question regarding capsule removal. My implants are saline and I have not had any health complications with them, nor have they leaked. I am planning on taking them out, but will I need to remove the capsule if I had no health problems?

Thanks,

Liz

[Guest guest]

Liz,

I would highly recommend removing the scar tissue no matter what. I believe those doctors that are the most proactive in protecting your health will tell you the same thing. We have often recommended Dr. Lu Feng here on our group, as she is probably this country's top expert on proper breast implant removal. She has written some guidelines about doing a capsulectomy, leaving no doubt about how important it is. Here they are:

(Thanks very much to Dr. Lu-Feng of Cleveland Ohio for these remarks

regarding capsule removal after saline implants)

A biological capsule will form around any implant. Any saline implant removal

will require a total capsulectomy. Like anything else in life, there are few

exceptions. Here are the few exceptions which would have to be fulfilled

before I would entertain the possibility of not removing the saline capsule.

(1) The capsule has to be tissue paper thin and without contracture.

(2) The patient has to be without any local or systemic symptoms.

(3) The saline implant has to be smooth shelled.

(4) There has to be no previous history of gel filled implant insertion.

All these conditions have to be fulfilled before I would consider not taking

the saline capsule out. As you can see, few patients would fulfill these

criteria. Invariably, I take out the entire capsule around saline implants.

Drfeng@...

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From: me lee

Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 8:36 AM

Subject: Re: Question re: removing capsule

Hi Everyone,

I have a question regarding capsule removal. My implants are saline and I have not had any health complications with them, nor have they leaked. I am planning on taking them out, but will I need to remove the capsule if I had no health problems?

Thanks,

Liz