Your journey with breast implants is personal and may evolve over time, leading you to consider a change or address unforeseen concerns.
At Amelia Wilmington, we offer specialized breast implant exchange surgery in Wilmington, NC, a refined procedure designed to refresh your appearance, resolve any issues, and ultimately help you achieve the harmonious breast aesthetics that truly reflect your current desires.
This surgical option provides a tailored path to personal renewal, ensuring your contours align with your vision.
Patients pursue a breast implant exchange for a multitude of compelling and individualized reasons. Perhaps you're now seeking a different breast size or shape that better complements your current lifestyle or body proportions, offering a fresh start from your initial augmentation.
Alternatively, common post-operative challenges such as capsular contracture (where the fibrous tissue around the implant becomes noticeably firm or tight), implant rupture, or even displacement might necessitate a revision.
Whatever your specific motivation, our highly skilled surgeon at Amelia Wilmington, plastic surgeon Dr. Anthony Azzolini, is dedicated to understanding your unique journey. Dr. Azzolini will collaborate closely with you to thoroughly understand your precise objectives, then meticulously develop a customized treatment plan crafted specifically for your needs.
Choosing Amelia Wilmington for your breast implant exchange in Wilmington, NC, provides an exceptional degree of personalized control over your aesthetic outcome.
We firmly believe in empowering you to make well-informed decisions regarding every intricate detail of your new implants, ensuring they seamlessly integrate with your lifestyle and personal vision.
This comprehensive level of customization encompasses:
At Amelia Wilmington, your breast implant exchange surgery will be meticulously performed with the utmost care and precision by plastic surgeon Dr. Anthony Azzolini.
Dr. Azzolini leverages advanced techniques to ensure a safe procedure and achieve stunning, remarkably natural-looking results. Our unwavering commitment is to help you revitalize your confidence and embrace the breast contours you truly desire.
Schedule your consultation for breast implant exchange in Wilmington, NC, and personally experience the distinctive Amelia Wilmington approach to personalized plastic surgery.

If you had a crease incision in your primary breast augmentation, you’ll have no additional scars.
Your surgeon will make an incision along the old one and remove existing scar tissue for a brand new scar. Like most incisions, they will take around six weeks to close completely. During that time you may be asked to wear tape over the incisions and avoid submerging in water.
Keep in mind it takes at least 12 months for scars to look their best. It’s important, especially in the first year to follow and be consistent with your surgeon’s scar protocol.

Simple exchanges are best suited for someone who is generally happy with where the implants sit but wants a new implant style, profile, or size. The procedure is often less than an hour and is commonly done awake under local anesthesia.
The downtime after a simple exchange is nearly zero. A patient can often comfortably walk out of the office right after the procedure. If no anxiety or narcotics are taken, the patient can even drive themselves home.
Though every recovery is unique, simple implant exchange recovery is typically shorter than the initial surgery with minimal discomfort, even in the days immediately following the surgery. Many patients can expect six weeks of swimming/submerging in water restrictions and results will likely evolve quickly.

A complex exchange is typically for someone who wants to change the implant position to feel more supported or to position the implant higher, lower, more towards the center or more towards the side on the chest.
The procedure is more complex and therefore often requires general anesthesia. A complex exchange may involve things like mesh, a breast lift, pocket work, changing implant placement, or a significant increase or decrease in size.
Because the procedure is diverse, so are the recovery and final results. Typically, you can expect six weeks of lifting and water submersion restrictions, in some cases 5-7 days of downtime, results around 12 months post-op.

What's best for you and your goals will be determined at your consultation where we will create your personal surgery plan.