What this site is for
It exists for a decision that is often discussed as an undoing and is really a decision in its own right. A patient who wants her implants removed is not reversing an earlier choice; she is making a current one, and it deserves the same assessment, the same honesty about risks and the same conversation about what the result will look like as the operation that placed them.
What it deliberately does not do
It does not name brands of drugs or devices: implants and materials are described by class only. It does not quote prices or dosages, and it does not promise a shape, a size or a symmetry after removal. It does not publish an emergency telephone number, a room number or a set of opening hours of its own, because a number printed on a website can be wrong at the moment it is needed most.
The facts kept visible
Three facts are repeated wherever they are relevant, because each is easy to omit. Implants are not lifetime devices, so removal is a normal endpoint rather than a failure. Rupture can be silent, which is why a change is assessed rather than watched and why surveillance exists. And removal changes shape and size, because skin that has stretched may not retract — which is a reason to plan carefully, not a reason to avoid the operation.
How the content is reviewed and corrected
Tongchun Mao, MD, Deputy Director and Head of Aesthetic Surgery, is the responsible physician. Every guide is reviewed against his clinical judgement before publication and reviewed again on a six-month cycle. If you find something unclear, out of date or wrong, the contact page explains how to tell us, and corrections are made to the page itself.