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What Will my Breasts Look Like After Explantation?

asked 1 year ago by Anon T in Australia
Latest answer by Fredrick A. Valauri, MD
Question viewed 1,389 times
Tags: age 25-34, female, silicone implant, 250-299cc, Asian, B cup

I am a slender 26 year old asian girl with good tissue elasticity. I had 260cc silicon breast implants 4 weeks ago and am planning to get them removed 2 months post surgery. I was originally 10AA and am now a full B cup. I have not experienced any noticeable muscle deformity on flexing with the implants. I am hoping that my skin will bounce back to close to it's original position without any muscular deformity following explantation. Please advise me on what I should realistically expect.

8 answers to What Will my Breasts Look Like After Explantation?

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Breast Implant Buyer's Remorse - Breast Appearance AFTER Implant Removal

Regarding: "What Will my Breasts Look Like After Explantation? I am a slender 26 year old asian girl with good tissue elasticity. I had 260cc silicon breast implants 4 weeks ago and am planning to get them removed 2 months post surgery. I was originally 10AA and am now a full B cup. I have not experienced any noticeable muscle deformity on flexing with the implants. I am hoping that my skin will bounce back to close to it's original position without any muscular deformity... more
Peter A. Aldea, MD

Memphis Plastic Surgeon
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Breast Appearance Following Breast Implant Removal

Unfortunately, there is no way to know for certain what your breasts will look like after breast implant removal. The primary factor is the elasticity of the breast skin envelope which can vary widely. Some patients may have sufficient shrinkage of the skin envelope following breast implant removal that the appearance may be satisfactory, while other patients may have breast skin envelopes that don't contract enough. This second group of patients may need... more
Fredrick A. Valauri, MD

New York Plastic Surgeon

www.drvalauri.com

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Breast implant removal and Breast Appearance

Thank you for the question. What your breasts will look like after explantation depends on several factors such as: the quality of skin elasticity (the better the elasticity the better the skin will bounce back), the size of the implants used (the larger the implant the more trouble you may have with redundant skin), and the amount of breast tissue present at this time (which may have changed since the time of your breast augmentation). Life experience since your... more
Tom J. Pousti, MD

San Diego Plastic Surgeon
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Removing implants

It is difficult to say how the breasts will appear after implant removal. They may look okay especially if you did not go too large and you only recently had the surgery
Steven Wallach, MD

Manhattan Plastic Surgeon
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Removing 250cc breast implants after being in place only 2 months

AT 2 months and at your age, you should see a close return to your original appearance, in my opinion.
Otto Joseph Placik, MD

Chicago Plastic Surgeon
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Appearance of breast after explantation of implants

If the breast was not distorted by infection or the size, positioning, or approach of putting the implants in, then the breasts should look the same as they would have looked had the implants never been there aside from the scar to put them in which should be in the inframammary crease. This should also be true regardless of when the implants were put in. Properly done, a breast implant acts like a pillow behind the breast and does not do anything to the breast when it is put in or when... more
Scott L. Replogle, MD

Denver Plastic Surgeon
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The look after breast implant removal

As Dr. Aldea has said, your's is probably the optimal starting point for a good outcome where you return basically to normal plus the scar.  There are NO GUARANTEES though and infection or exaggerated scar tissues in the pocket can cause the result to implode on itself and leave a very distorted breast.  This is rare but it can happen, so be sure you want them out! 
Richard P. Rand, MD, FACS

Seattle Plastic Surgeon
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Breasts Should Bounce Back to Normal

In your situation, it is realistic to expect that the breasts should bounce back as to their previous size and shape.  When they have only been in a month or so, and with that size implant in place, you should do pretty well.  Just make sure that you wear some good compression around the chest for 2-3 weeks afterwards to help the skin and breast tissue retract. I hope this helps.
Christopher V. Pelletiere, MD

Barrington Plastic Surgeon

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