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| Surgery Expectations | Your decision of breast implants, for reconstruction or for augmentation should be built on sensible expectations of the results. In order to assist you draw a picture for what results you have to be ready, look through before and after photos of women who have had this surgery. Your surgeon may have some to demonstrate you.
Besides, you may also discuss with other patients who have had this surgery before with the same surgeon. Nevertheless, you have to remember, that there is no assurance that your outcomes will be the similar to those of other women.
Your outcomes will depend on many personal factors:
 your general health;
chest structure and body shape;
healing capabilities (which may be hindered by radiation and chemotherapy, smoking, alcohol and various medications);
bleeding tendencies;
prior breast surgery(ies);
infection;
skill and experience of the surgical team;
the type of surgical procedure;
and, the type and size of implant.
Scarring is a normal result of surgery, and your surgeon will try to keep scars as faint as possible. She or he can give details for the location, size, and look of the scars you can expect to have. For most patients, scars will fade over time to thin lines, although the darker your skin, the more prominent the scars are likely to be. Typically the body will build up a fibrous capsule which can be thick or thin around the implant which is a normal physiologic reaction to a strange object in the body.
It is significant to keep in mind that implants age over time and may need to be changed. Even though your implant may last for many years, you should not expect it to last for ever.
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