Tissue Expander Pain

A tissue expander is a device that is implanted into the body that adds volume to the area in which it is implanted causing the surrounding tissues to grow and expand to accommodate this extra volume. Tissue expanders are used by medical experts to augment the existing tissue so that they will have enough tissue to close wounds, cover areas or reconstruct areas of the body. They are much better solution than simply stretching the existing skin and tissue as the newly augmented or expanded tissue will have the same properties such as thickness, coloration and elasticity as the original tissue. Stretching the skin and tissue may not be an option as many tissues may not be elastic enough to be stretched and the skin will be thinner and may discolor.

Tissue expanders are saline filled balloons that are placed under the skin and or muscle and are normally slowly inflated to promote the growth or expansion of the necessary tissues. In some situations such as cosmetic breast augmentation it is inserted into the body already fully inflated.

For patients who receive a tissue expander that is slowly inflated the pain especially at first is extremely minimal. Patients often report a feeling of fullness and heaviness and minimal soreness just as if they had localized swelling in the area and pain relief is not necessary. As the tissue expanders are inflated these feelings increase and several patients do report having pain sometimes reasonably severe in nature.

The amount of pain experienced differs not only between patients but also depends upon the location and the actual tissue being augmented. Tissue expanders that are placed under muscles to augment or expand the amount of muscle tissue as well as the amount of skin tissue generally have increased levels of pain reported than those expanders that are just inserted under the skin to augment skin tissue.

Most patients respond to oral pain medication and pain only lasts for a few days as their bodies adapt to the extra bulk of the expander, however the pain will return with every filling or enlarging of the expander.

Many female patients who are receiving tissue expansion under the chest muscles for reconstructive surgery after having a breast removed, report pain and many are given anti inflammatory drugs either alone or in addition to oral pain killers which work effectively in reducing the amounts of pain they experience.

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