Breast Augmentation: Q&A
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I got a breast aug 4 months ago and feel that my left breast is bottoming out slightly. It appears fuller on the lower half, my nipple is therefor higher, my incision has moved up, when I lay down the implant feels like it falls to the side, I feel uncomfortable like I have nothing holding up the implant, and my right side feels secure and normal. I have always felt that the left breast felt lower but thought things would even out by now. Is a revision recommended? How common is bottoming out?
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Jane from San Diego
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Bottoming Out After Breast Augmentation
Dear Jane,
Thank you for sharing your photos.
It seems the your left pocket is a little larger than the right one causing the left implant to bottom out relatively.
The cause of a pocket lateral enlargement could be surgical or simply induced by the implant.
A correction could be considered only after you achieve full recovery from your primary surgery.
Please note that the revision is of a delicate nature and only a board certified surgeon of extensive...
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Implants bottoming out
Hello and thanks for the question.
Bottoming out entails disruption of the infra-mammary fold of the breast with the implant descending caudally past the native fold position. This creates the typical bottoming out stigmata ( asymmetric breast positions with associated changes in perceived nipple-areolar positions. This can come about by a number of means - Fold disruption from over-zealous dissection of the implant pocket during surgery may lead to this condition....
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Am I Bottoming Out? - Breast Augmentation (photo) ANSWER:
Yes you have bottomed out, but just a bit...It's really not too bad and the correction may not be easy...It's hard to get an implant to go uphill and stay there but yours do not seem that big so that may make it a bit better....But if you were my patient I would try and reassure you that you really do look good and probably not worth the trouble to fix it...
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Am I Bottoming Out? - Breast Augmentation
Based upon your posted photos you are NOT bottoming out. You have other issues at work. The inframammary folds are uneven and can only be corrected by revisional surgery. But is the differences worth the additional operation? i=s the real question.
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Bottoming Out
Hello,
Yes, you have inferior malposition (bottoming out) of your left implant, which is revealed by the lifting of the inframammary scar off of your chest, the longer distance from your nipple to the new inframammary fold, and a loss of upper pole volume.
All forms of implant malposition usually represent about 10-20% of the reasons for revision surgery. Bottoming out is usually associated with inappropriately large implants for the patient's anatomy, which is...
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Bottoming out after breast augmentation
From the photos you provided, the left breast implant does appear to be more displaced inferiorly. This may have resulted from over dissection of the pocket on the left side. It can be fixed with internal suturing of the capsule. But, I think you should give it few more months before you make that decision.
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Change of Breast Shape (Bottoming Out)
It seems like you had a breast augmentation with round, smooth breast implants. Based on your pre-op photos, you have a reasonable result. It appears to me that the inframmamary fold- the area where your breast is joining your chest wall- has been divided during the surgery and the implant is gliding down due to lack of strong support at the lower pole of your breast which causes the surgical scar to glide superiorly and be more visible. If your breasts are not supported,...
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Bottoming out
Thank you for your question and the photos. I believe you have had a nice result from your surgery especially given the starting point which can see in the before photo.
Everyone has some degree of difference from one side to the other. If you look closely at the after photo the implants seem well positioned relative to the nipple areola. There is a bit more volume below the nipple than above but I wait to see if this progresses before having more surgery.
I would...
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Bottoming Out of Breast Implant?
Thank you for the question and pictures.
Yes, based on your pictures and description of implant movement, it may very well be that you are experiencing inferior and lateral ( off to the side) displacement of the left breast implant.
Some form of breast implant displacement/malposition is not infrequently seen after breast augmentation surgery.Bottoming out involves inferior migration of the implants. This causes the nipple areola complex to appear too high on the breasts....
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Implant issues
There is definitely asymmetry according to the photos, but that may be your natural difference that looks similar in your pre-op photos.
These answers are for educational purposes and should not be relied upon as a substitute for medical advice you may receive from your physician. If you have a medical emergency, please call 911. These answers do not constitute or initiate a patient/doctor relationship.
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