Women Beware: Are plastic surgeons fooling you?

Ladies, if you had breast implants, do you know how often you should change them?

Many of you don’t and many are being conned by plastic surgeons.
 
Most of the implants used in the UAE are from one of the top international brands, and it comes with a 25-year guarantee.
 
However, many doctors in the private sector fool their clients and tell them that they must change it every two to three years, says an expert.
 
Speaking to Emirates 24|7, Dr Marwan Ahmed Al Zarouni, a plastic surgeon from United Medical Center in Dubai, says that if your implants are intact, and you don’t have problems, then there is no need to replace them.

Dr Marwan Ahmed Al Zarouni, a plastic surgeon from United Medical Center in Dubai. (Supplied)
 
“If you have no problems with your implant, then you don’t need to change them. The only reason to change you implant is if you are having problem with it or you don’t like the size and want to get a bigger or smaller implant.”
 
Dr Marwan added that the most common problem with breast implants is rupture.

“And this is not a common thing to happen. Breast augmentation is the most popular cosmetic surgery, and silicone gel implants are the most common and popular kind used.”
 
He pointed out that the most common breast implant used in the emirate is from Mentor Company, and it comes with a 25-year guarantee.
 
“This got approved by the Food and Drug Administration in the USA.

“Still many doctors in the private centers fool their clients and tell them that they must change it every two to three or else it will be harmful for them. These doctors do so in order to make more money.”
 
Dr Marwan advised those who are planning to get breast augmentation to do their part and research their surgeries or procedures very well before getting it done.
 
“Today, all the information regarding any surgery or procedure is available online. All you have to do is search for the answers. It is wrong to take what the doctor tells you literary. People must search well.”
 
He pointed out that the cost of breast augmentation in the private sector here in the country starts from Dh30,000 onwards.
 
“When you first get breast implants, you need general anesthesia. However, if you need to change the implant, you only need local anesthesia. What some doctors do is that they tell their clients that they need to replace their implants every two to three years.

And when they do that after these years, again they make them get general anesthesia and also pay the same amount which they paid the first time, although all this is not needed the second time. These are doctors who lack ethics, and they just think of their profitability and nothing else.”

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