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Areola Scar Correction After Breast Augmentation and Lift
Are there any procedures like skin grafts for correcting breast augmentation scars? I got implants a year ago, and my doctor did a crescent lift. The top half of both nipples have horrible wrinkle-looking scars that are just ugly to me. I spent a lot for my augmentation, and now I wish I had no breast instead of a breast I want to hide!
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knotty
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Areola scar Revsion after Crescent Breast Augmentation and Lift
Without any pictures it is impossible to give you any specific advice on your condition. I suspect, you either had a wound separation of the wound was under a lot of tension and the scar stretched out. The most common causes for it are patient non-compliance (smoking, not wearing support during the crucial healing period) and, or stretching the technique to try and get more lifting than a Crescent Mastopexy Can really accommodate (IE trying to lift a sagging breast for more that 1 to 2cm...
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Need to gauge your dissatisfaction and research your options
Hi there-
I think that you need to carefully consider how much the scars are bothering you, and whether it is enough for you to consider undergoing a second procedure to diminish the scars and/or reshape the breasts.
If so, I recommend you do some homework and find a surgeon Board Certified by The American Board of Plastic Surgery who also has a lot of training and/or experience in breast surgery.
These problems can be tricky to fix, and you wouldn't want to still be unhappy after a...
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Bad Areola Scar after Crescent Breast Lift: What to do
It would be helpful to understand why you scar is bad. For example do you mean - too wide, different color (too light or too dark), ropy, etc. Typically wide scars are due to too much tension at the time of closure, dark scars are genetic, race related or from sun exposure causing hyper pigmentation. Ropy scars can be due to too much tension placed on the incision (e.g. if you use this technique to lift the breast more than inch), or from genetic factors (e.g. keloid prone). Were...
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Dissatisfied with breast implant augmentation lift scars
I am sorry you feel that way. These scars can generally be improved now that your incisions are under less tension. Consider scar revision surgery which should improve the scars.
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Scar revision after crescent lift
If you are unhappy with the scar around your areola after a cresecent lift, you may be a good candidate for a scar revision. Usually this will heal better now that the majority of the tension from the original closure has dissipated.
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May need to convert to a different type of breast lift design
An areloar crescent breast lift has very narrow indications. You usually can raise the nipple and areola no more than 1. 5 to 2 cm. If pushed too far then the result is often less than satisfactory. If there was a good deal of tension on the skin edges then the scar will usually widen out. If the crescent of skin removed is greater than 2 cm in width then some pleating of the skin must be done to accomplish the closure. The biggest level of dissatisfaction with breast lift surgery...
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It sounds like you need another opinion
I would suggest that you visit a few other excellent plastic surgeons in your area to get some ideas about what can be done for you. I am sure they can come up with a plan to allow you to begin to better enjoy your augmentation.
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Crescent lifts
Cresent lifts have narrow applications. When pushed beyond their limitations, there may be significant trade-offs like what you describe. There are no easy solutions to scars. You might be able to redistribute the wrinkle skin by re-doing the peri-areolar lift or even adding a vertical scar. It all depends on the configuration. You might have to decide if the wrinkling is worse that longer scars without the wrinkling. The longer you wait, the better the wrinkling usually becomes.
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