Implant Removal and Replacement of 410cc Silicone Implants

Aurora is now part of The Private Clinic, a nationwide group of clinics with over 35 years of experience specialising in Cosmetic Surgery and Skin and a Trust Pilot 5 star rating. For comprehensive information, before and after photos and costs on Implant removal and replacement procedures click here

Our expert Plastic Surgeon Adrian Richards is the Medical Director for The Private Clinic. Clinics are located in Birmingham, Bristol, Buckinghamshire, Glasgow, London Harley Street, Leeds, Manchester and Northampton.

This video is of an implant removal and replacement of 410cc breast implants. We are told by Mr. Richards that our patient had silicone implants, then had a change to saline, then went back to silicone. There is also a suspicion that the left implant is ruptured, which flags up the danger of the implant being a PIP. If indeed there is a rupture, then we can suspect with confidence that it is a PIP implant.

The right implant is removed, and is in tact so this part of the surgery was skipped over and we pick the video up again with Mr. Richards cutting into the left breast. As the pocket opens up, we see the yellow fluid we expected, which means that the implant is indeed ruptured, and it is also definitely a PIP.

After it is removed we see the implant is very yellow, which is very characteristic of a ruptured PIP implant. Mr. Richards completes the surgery off camera before showing us the implants at the end of the surgery. The implant is squeezed and silicone literally oozes out of the hole, and makes it bigger. This shows how easy a rupture can spread in a PIP implant because of how weak the shell is.

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