Bougainvillea Clinique Blog

Mammograms are a critically important means of screening for breast cancer - both prior to your breast augmentation surgery and afterwards. A screening mammogram is recommended every one to two years after age 40, dependent upon on your risk factors.

Get Routine Mammograms
Breast implants can inhibit the degree to which mammograms identify breast cancer, more or less depending upon how your implants are placed. Even so, research does show that mammograms are an effective way to screen for breast cancer - even in women who have had their breasts augmented.

Locate an Experienced Facility
Once your implants are in place, locate a breast screening facility that performs a large number of mammograms annually - and includes a significant number of women with breast implants. For these women, the mammogram procedure is a little different, and the results are trickier to interpret. You need an experienced radiologist that knows what to look for. With silicone implants, you should have an additional imaging exam (MRI) every three years after implant placement and every two years thereafter to exam the implants for rupture sites.

If you live in the Orlando, Florida area and are thinking about breast augmentation, please call 407-678-3116 to reach the Bougainvillea Clinique and schedule an appointment with Dr. Jeffery Hartog today.