The start of your surgeon-patient relationship is one that will see you through prepping for surgery, your actual surgery, recovery and all your follow-up visits. Your relationship with your surgeon shouldn’t stop after your get your surgery! But, what happens if your surgeon retires?

When having surgery, some complications are unique to the procedure — specifically breast augmentation. As the number one breast implant complication, I’m super keen to find out all I can about the causes and treatments for capsular contracture. This one seems promising!

There’s no set ‘lifespan’ for a breast implant. You could live happily and harmoniously with your implants without complications for many many years. There may come a time though when you want something different… like choosing to remove them and not replace them at all!

Even if you’ve not yet got breast implants you might still wonder: if I get implants, when do I have to get them replaced? If you are asking this question you are totally on-track to being well-informed about your breast augmentation!

If you are at a point in your life where kids are a part of your plan but not yet, you may be wondering what the impact of getting breast implants will be on your ability to nurse. In fact, the decision you might be facing is: Do I get breast implants before or after I have kids?

Girl, you wouldn’t be alone if you wondered whether breast implants could end up making you look a bit… fluffy. Breast implants won’t actually be adding a whole lot of extra weight to your body, so you won’t actually be that much heavier.

Exercising in whatever form you choose is something you may be super keen to get back to as soon as you can after your breast augmentation. For me, getting back to my yoga practice was super important! But, I’ll be honest, yoga with large implants can present some… challenges!

If you’re just not good at waiting it can help to know when you may be able to do certain things after your breast augmentation. A common ‘when can I?’ question is about bathing suits!

Breast implants really are compatible with all sorts of lifestyles… even extreme ones! Worrying that somehow, something you do will ‘pop’ one of your implants is a genuine worry for many women who’ve had a breast augmentation.

When you choose to get breast implants at some point you might also face getting them removed. You may choose to end your breast implant journey one day, or you may be exchanging your implants. Either way, you’ll need to get your existing breast implants explanted.