Life after surgery
Body image after breast surgery: a practical guide
Recognition can lag behind a technically good result. How to live in a changed chest without turning the mirror into a second surgeon.
The long view
Life after surgery
Most of an implant's life happens after the six-week review. These essays stay with screening, feeding, revision and the quieter work of recognising yourself.
Life after surgery
Mammograms, screening and implants in Australia
Implants change how screening is done, not whether you should do it. Displacement views, ultrasound, MRI and what to tell BreastScreen.
Life after surgery
When revision surgery is worth considering
Malposition, size regret, contracture, rupture and a lift you deferred: how to decide whether a second Sydney operation is craft or restlessness.
Life after surgery
Pregnancy, weight change and implants over a decade
Implants do not age in isolation. Skin, fat and glands keep living. What a ten-year view looks like for Sydney patients who might still have children or lose two stone.
Life after surgery
Breastfeeding after breast implants
Many people feed after augmentation. Some make less milk, especially after certain incisions or lifts. What we can say in Australian English without a guarantee.