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Capsular contracture following implant surgery

Breast Cancer | Last Active: Oct 28, 2025 | Replies (17)

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@triciaot this is so interesting. May I ask how you came upon it? I will share it with both my plastic surgeon and my oncologist. I am taking singular and vit E twice a day (2,000 ) to help with healing. How long a time does one stop the AI to help promote healing?

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@wews sometimes when I research/Google for some answers, I just take a “stab in the dark” and see what comes up. Capsular contracture is a type of scarring, and I noticed you said you’re on an AI. I’ve have/had issues with scar, and or cell necrosis, since my breast conserving lumpectomy. My right breast didn’t drop into place (although I don’t have an insert) to match my left side. There are other issues involved but I was thinking about whether lack of estrogen affects scarring and/or healing. I am on tamoxifen.
So I googled capsular contracture, aromatase inhibitor, and low estrogen - I just put in the three terms and see what comes up.

I’ve found the more specific words I use the better the results. I also try to throw in some typical medical terms that better define what I’m looking for - the search then looks for these words which are often used in research.
Correlated, Contraindicated, Prognosis, Disease free intervals, Subclinical, Associated with, Causation, etc.

More recently I’ve found that if I pose a detailed question, the built in AI support in the search engine tries to problem solve my issue. It comes up with a variety of solutions. I always check the sources it used. I toss out answers from dubious sites - although I sometimes take that answer and see what Mayo Clinic or Cleveland Clinic or Harvard has to say on the topic to verify the value of that response.