Breast Implant Removal: Q&A
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Will I Need a Breast Lift After Explant? (photo)
I am 24 and have 300cc one side and 325cc on the other saline implants placed under the muscle for just over 4 years. I have decided to explant only at the end of August because i am not happy anymore. I am worried of the outcome of the explant, is it possible to tell from the attached photo if i will need a breast lift after 3-6 months? There is and has been for a few years some visible rippling at the top and side of my breast.
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MissFitz
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Breast Lift after Implant Removal
Thank you for your question. Your Breasts will deflate following removal of your breast implants.
However, your Nipple-Areola position is quite good so I doubt that you will need a breast lift. Of course you need an examination in person by your plastic surgeon for a more accurate opinion.
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Appearance of Breasts after Removal of Breasts Implants?
Thank you for the question and picture. The decision to proceed with removal of breast implants and whether or not you will be pleased with the outcome of surgery is a very personal “issue” that is hard to advise you about online.
Generally speaking, what breasts look like after removal or down sizing of breast implants will depend on several factors such as: the quality of skin elasticity (the better the elasticity the better the skin will bounce back),...
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Needing a breast lift after explant
In general, putting breast implants in does not lift the breast and removing them does not make them sag. There is a lift effect from filling out the breast with an implant and there is a sag or deflation effect from removing them but no actual lift or sag occurs.
Also in general, properly fitted implants do not stretch or distort the breast and therefore if they are removed later the breast should return to what it would have looked like years later if the implant is removed. Of...
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Staging breast implant removal and breast lift
Breast implants can 'perk up' the breasts and my experience has found that removal of implants may lead to premature deflation of the breasts and increased droopiness. It is possible to stage the explantation of the breast implant with the lift.
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Will I need a breast lift after explant
Thank you for the question and the photo. Generally speaking, some of the skin will retract after explanation, but it would be difficult to tell how the shape will be. If you are planning on taking them out either way and have nothing placed then you will have your answer after the surgery.
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Deflation of saline implants before explantation
An advantage of having saline implants is that they can be deflated in the office and then you can see how your breasts will look if they were removed. This can allow you to make a decision as to whether you would like to have new smaller implants placed or would request a lift. The implants will slowly deflate and so you can adjust to your new "normal" and decide if this is the look you want before you go to the operating room. If this is not the...
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Can't tell
A lot depends upon the elasticity of your skin. A way to tell before you make a decision is to have your surgeon deflate your saline implant before your surgery so you will have an idea of what you look like without implants. You may decide that actually want to have an implant, but a smaller and less projecting one. A silicon implant will help with the wrinkling probelm your having.
Good Luck,
Dr T
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