Odd-shaped Breasts After Augmentation

I just had breast implants 6 weeks ago and I'm starting to feel a little discouraged. Since augmentation my breasts have an odd shape. They're kind of like egg-shaped and a little bit flat-looking. My nipples are still not centered, and they are low. My plastic surgeon said that as soon as my implants drop, the nipples should center. I haven't noticed a change with the positioning of my nipples, not even slightly. I am not happy with the way they look. Is this normal for 6 weeks, and am I still in the early stages?

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Breast implants can drop over time

I would respectfully disagree with my colleague below. There is always room for professional differences of opinion and experience. Your surgeon may use a technique that differs from others in which he/she does observe dropping over time. There are several factors that play into the final appearance. In a breast that has been previously big and subsequently decreased in volume (after nursing or weight loss), I would agree that the capsule may have developed at 6 weeks and continue to hold... more

Otto Joseph Placik, MD

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Chicago Plastic Surgeon

Unhappy with breast shape after breast augmentation

Hello, Depending on what you started with it may take longer for your breast augmentation to mature. I would encourage you to take photos or have your plastic surgeon take photos as time passes and you can look at them together to judge if things continue to change or if the process has stopped. At that time you can discuss possible revision surgery with your plastic surgeon if that is what is needed. All the best, Dr Repta

Breast shape after implants

At 6 weeks it is a bit early to see the "final result" of your implant surgery. Keep a close eye on them and follow-up regularly with your surgeon.

Steven Wallach, MD

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Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

Odd-shaped breasts 6 weeks after augmentation

Hello, At six weeks most women are seeing an early look at their new look. I would get back to your surgeon to see if you can review your before and after images to try to figure out what is going on. You might have capsular contracture or sometihing else that you may want addressed. This might also be a result of what your breasts were like before surgery. Not all women look the same after the placement of breast implants.

You should see improvement with time

If you post pictures, we may be able to give you more specific advice. However, you are fairly early after surgery. Hopefully, your surgeon gave you exercise to do and/or a bra strap to help with the implants, since it sounds like they are high. You will see a differences as the swelling resolves, the tissue settle and the implants drop. Good luck.

Don't give up hope

Several key points of information were left out, but still I can give you some useful info. Under the muscle and saline inplants tend to take longer to drop than over the muscle silicone. In my experience, under the muscle, inplants start to drop on average 3 to 4 weeks after surgery. They continue to improve for about a year or so. Yours should have dropped more by now. I am encouraged that they are symmetrical. I would talk to your doctor about wearing a band or massage techniques.... more

It is still early, but how was your "shape" preop?

Breast augementation maginfies the breasts. The original shape is still visible in the result and those with the best shape preop are the ones with the home run results. Maybe your shape wasn't great to start with and you are noticing it more now that you are larger. Maybe not. But give it 3-4 months and seee how things look then.

Unhappy

If it were within the immediate postoperative time point, then I believe your surgeon would still have a good point, but unfortunately by 6 weeks the internal capsule, which forms around your implants to keep them where they are, has fully formed. I believe that the chances of your implants "dropping" at this point and your overall breast appearance changing significantly is pretty low. I find that in my practice that by 6 weeks, what you have is what you have. I wonder what... more