Will settle with time

Bahram Ghaderi, MD answers: Techniques for settling new breast implants?

I'm 4 weeks post breast augmentation surgery, and my surgeon wants me to sleep with a workout bra pulled up above my breasts to help push them down and drop more below my nipples. The first three weeks, I was in plastic bandages to keep them up. I had 300cc silocone under muscle, but was told that during surgery, my doctor decided to do lift because of my skin.

None of my friends have heard of this technique and their breasts settled in. Is this normal? My breasts do seem too high and my nipples too low. Are there other "techniques" for making the breasts settle the way my doctor wanted it?


Bahram Ghaderi, MD
8 months ago
By Bahram Ghaderi, MD - Chicago Plastic Surgeon

Implants are typically higher in the initial phase of healing and will settle with time usually around 3-6month postop. Typically a breast lift is decided upon prior to surgery once all your measurements and exam has been completed. Discuss with your surgeon the rational to push your implants up in the first 3wks and now to push them down. There are compressive garments that are made specifically for pressure in the upper part of your breasts and they may better serve you than the technique you are currently using. Simple massage techniques can help as well and your surgeon should be able to review those with you. Good luck.

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A: Post-operative breast implant displacement exercises

Otto Joseph Placik, MD
26 days ago
By Otto Joseph Placik, MD - Chicago Plastic Surgeon

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The use of post operative breast implant displacement exercises is controversial and not recommended by all practitioners.

First discuss this with your plastic surgeon prior to embarking on this regimen 

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