capsular contracture

noun

: contracture involving a capsule or capsule-shaped structure

specifically : shrinking and tightening of the mass of scar tissue around a breast implant that occurs especially with some silicone implants and may result in pain and in unnatural firmness and distortion of the breast

Examples of capsular contracture in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Doja Cat's condition is also known as capsular contracture, which is when the body forms a barrier of scar tissue around a foreign object like implants, states the American Society for Plastic Surgeons website. —Michelle Lee, People.com, 12 May 2025

Bellino decided to turn to a specialist in Beverly Hills to address her capsular contracture. —Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 12 May 2025

With the latest silicone-gel implants used in the majority of American breast augmentations, the risk of capsular contracture is between about 12 and 19 percent at 10 years. —Brennan Kilbane, Allure, 16 Oct. 2024

One exception is a complication called capsular contracture, which occurs when tough scar tissue forms around a breast implant; these cases are slower to develop, and are covered for 18 months following breast augmentation surgery. —Brennan Kilbane, Allure, 16 Oct. 2024

Complication insurance will cover costs related to the removal of the breast implant if a capsular contracture is diagnosed within that first year and a half (and operated on within two years) but is yet unable to cover a revisional surgery. —Brennan Kilbane, Allure, 16 Oct. 2024

Back then, the technique was associated with high rates of capsular contracture and implant visibility. —Jolene Edgar, Allure, 8 Aug. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1948, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for capsular contracture

• facture
• fracture
• manufacture

Medical Definition

capsular contracture

noun

: contracture involving a capsule or capsule-shaped structure

It is important, however, not to ignore the presence of osteophytes or capsular contractures since simply removing the loose bodies does not help patients with these diagnoses.

—Champ L. Baker, Jr. and Grant L. Jones, The American Journal of Sports Medicine

specifically : shrinking and tightening of the mass of scar tissue around a breast implant that occurs especially with some silicone implants and may result in pain and in unnatural firmness and distortion of the breast

As we now know, within two to four years of receiving a silicone implant, nearly 70 percent of patients suffer capsular contracture, a hardening of the scar tissue around the implant, which squeezes the implant into a hard disk.

—Ms.