What is the capsule contracture? What does it look like during the surgery?
A capsular contracture is a complication that can occur after breast implant surgery. Normally, the body forms a thin layer of scar tissue (called a capsule) around any implant. In capsular contracture, that scar tissue becomes abnormally thick, tight, and contracted, squeezing the implant.
What Patients Experience?
Depending on severity, patients may notice: Breast firmness or hardness, Pain or tightness, Distortion of breast shape, Implant sitting too high or becoming round and unnatural, asymmetry of the breasts.
Will your insurance cover the cost of the surgery?
Yes insurance is more likely to cover the cost of the surgery if you have pain, breast deformity, infection, chronic inflammation, implant rapture, or functional symptoms.
