Possible to have breast implants after shunt placed in my brain?

I had a shunt placed in my brain due to hydrocephalus after an automobile accident 13 years ago. I wanted to know i it would be possible to have breast implants?

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Kristi Sumpter, D.O., F.A.C.O.S.

Published on Mar 22, 2016

You would need to get surgical clearance. If you get that, I see no reason why you would be prohibited from having a breast augmentation.

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Answered by Kristi Sumpter, D.O., F.A.C.O.S.

You would need to get surgical clearance. If you get that, I see no reason why you would be prohibited from having a breast augmentation.

Published on Jul 11, 2012


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