Breast Implant Removal

Breast implant removal surgery, known as explantation, can be performed to change size and shape of breast implants; to address implant leakage or rupture; or to address with capsular contracture.

Breast implant removal is performed under either twilight anesthesia or local anesthesia combined with IV sedation. The explanation procedure can require 30 minutes to an hour of surgical time. The procedure can be performed in an outpatient surgical center. The removal is made possible by an incision in the inframammary fold or the peri-areolar incision.