hi has any 1 had a boob job and started experiencing tenderness and lumps 2 years later?

Question

iv been fine up till now ok through the day but very tender on a night i wouldnt say its pain .been 2 docs he said it was normal maybe im just being paranoid i used to have lumpy glands before i had operation so maybe its just that cheers

Answer 1

hello jane first did you have the implant under the muscle or above it as the lumps can be caused by the creases on the sides of the implant.my sister had an implant under the muscle and she had to go and have the old one removed and a new one put in because of the lumps caused by the crease so please go to the doctors to rule out anything more sinister.good luck

Answer 2

I'm not sure what might be causeing the tenderness or lumps but its hard to say without taking a look at them. Has anything happend to them lately that might give them reason to leek?

Answer 3

Yes, I had some man-boobs added a year ago and they are as tender as hell..... but I think its cos I cant stop touching em in the shower !!! Lots of love Gordon Brown M.P xx
P.S send a picture to my costituancy office for futher diagnosis.

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The presence of radio-opaque breast implants may interfere with the sensitivity of screening mammography. Specialized radiographic techniques where the implant is manually displaced (Eklund views) may improve this somewhat, but approximately 1/3 of the breast is still not adequately visualized with a resultant increase in false-negative mammograms.[44]A number of studies looking at breast cancers in women with implants have found no significant difference in stage of disease at time of diagnosis, and prognosis appears to be similar in both groups with augmented patients not a higher risk for subsequent cancer recurrence or death.[45][46] Conversely, the use of implants for reconstruction after mastectomy for breast cancer also appears not to have a negative affect on cancer-related mortality.[47]

An observation that patients with implants are more often diagnosed with palpable tumors (but not larger ones) suggest that tumors of equal size may be more easily palpated in augmented patients, and this may compensate somewhat for the potential impairment of mammography.[29] This palpability is due to thinning of the breast by compression, innately smaller breasts a priori, and that the implant serves as a base against which the mass may be differentiated.[48]

The presence of a breast implant does not influence the ability for breast conservation (lumpectomy) surgery for women who subsequently develop breast cancer, and does not interfere with delivery of external beam radiation (XRT) treatments that may be required. [49]Fibrosis of breast tissue after XRT is common and an increase in capsular contracture rates would be expected.

Answer 5

tenderness... and lumps: a very good reason to go see your doctor asap.

Answer 6

go to your doctor now