A breast revision consultation is only as good as the information in the room. Patients who arrive prepared get sharper diagnoses, more precise plans and fewer surprises. JW Plastic Surgery in Sinsa, Seoul shares the checklist it wishes every revision patient brought: documents, photos and questions alike.
Documents that change the consultation
The implant card tops the list: manufacturer, model, size and surface tell the surgeon what is inside without exploratory guessing. Operative records from the first surgery, covering incision route, pocket plane and any mesh or graft, are gold when obtainable. Add imaging reports if you have had ultrasound or MRI, and a simple timeline of symptoms with dates. Each document converts an assumption into a fact.
Photos and the story only you can tell
Bring photos from before your first surgery and from the months after it looked its best; they define what “good” meant for your body. Then tell the story precisely: when hardening or shifting began, what changed and how fast, pain patterns, size preferences you have reconsidered. Vague stories produce cautious plans; precise ones allow confident surgery.
The questions that separate clinics
Ask: What exactly is the diagnosis, whether capsule, position, implant or combination? What will you do with the capsule and why? Which implant and pocket do you propose and what is the reasoning against alternatives? What is your revision-specific complication and reoperation experience? How is follow-up handled if I live abroad? Clinics comfortable with revision answer these specifically; evasive answers are themselves diagnostic.
JW Plastic Surgery runs a dedicated revision program and reviews records before you fly in when sent ahead, with international consultation available. One hour of document hunting before the consult routinely saves months of uncertainty after it.