Breast lift or augmentation medical risks and costs
Dear reader, consider the medical risks of mastopexy and augmentation. Immediate augmentation risks include hematoma under 1 percent, infection under 0.5 percent, and serious events like a blood clot under 1 percent, with overall complication rates around 10 percent. Implants last about 10 years, with 10 to 20 percent needing removal or replacement within a decade. Risks to feeding and cancer screening exist, autoimmune links are unlikely, and rare anaplastic large cell lymphoma occurs at about 3 per million per year. Long term satisfaction declines, with 86 percent acceptable at two years but 54 percent at five years. Costs and possible future reoperations are usually not insured.