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Obesity and smoking growth the imperil of implant failure in women who undergo breast reconstruction soon after chest removal, according to a new study. Researchers analyzed data from nearly 15000 women, aged 40 to 60, who had reflex reconstruction after breast removal (mastectomy). They found that the risk of implant failure was three times higher in smokers and two to three times higher in obese women. The more heavy a woman, the greater her risk of early implant failure, according to the study, which was published in the December spring of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.

Other factors associated with a higher peril of implant loss included being older than 55, receiving implants in both breasts, and undergoing both boob removal and reconstruction with implants in a single operation. "Less than 1 percent of all patients in our chew over experienced implant failure ," study lead author Dr John Fischer, a inexperienced surgery resident at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, said in a dossier news release.