- General Information about Breast Augmentation
- Feel the Difference Campaign from Mentor
- Photographs of breast augmentation
- Six Decisions to Make Before Breast Augmentation Surgery
- Gummy Bear Implant Video
- Recovery After Breast Augmentation
- How is a breast augmentation done?
- Risks and Complications of Breast Augmentation
- Deciding about the best incision to use for breast augmentation
- Position of breast implants, above or below the pectoral muscle?
- What Size Of Implant To Use
- Recommended Bra SPORTEZE® Minimal Bounce Bra
- Materials Used for Breast Enlargement
- Concerns about PIP gel silicone implants
- Silicone Gel Breast Implants
- Breast Implants & Lymphoma
- Textured Implants For Breast Augmentation
- How much of a breast implant is covered by the pectoral muscle?
- Sample breast augmentation permit
- Breast implant shape: the round and teardrop implant
- FDA news release 2011
- Silicone Gel Implant Rupture
- FAQs about breast augmentation
- Breast Implants and Suicide Risk
- Capsular Contracture After Breast Augmentation
- Infection After Breast Augmentation
- Breast milk in women who have breast implants
- Health risk to the children of women with breast implants
- Mondor's Disease After Breast Augmentation
- Breast Implant Key Events Timeline
Some surgeons like to put steroids into the lumen of a saline filled implant or in the pocket created at the time of surgery. They feel that because steroids affect inflammation they can reduce the chances of contraction of the capsule which always forms around the implant. In this way they hope to keep the breast soft and natural feeling.
The disadvantage is that steroids can interfere with healing. This may lead to early droopiness or in severe cases extrusion of the implant.
The steroid disappears form the body within a few months. Surgeons who use steroids believe that if the contracture has been prevented during this time it is unlikely that contraction will occur later.