Had BA revision 2.5 weeks ago. CC in left side, PS dealt with it and prescribed Accolate for 3 months.Everything great until day 9.Left one swelled suddenly and became painful.PS saw me 3days later said he thought seroma,not heamatoma as no bruising and breast had gone down so he said leave it.Days later bruising appeared.Could this be heamatoma and should my PS surgeon have cleaned it out?Now I have all the same symptoms in left side as I did when I had CC.Is this CC already?Will this go away?
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It is impossible to say that anything is a100%. Saline or silicone implants placed in a subgladular position have a higher chance of getting a capsular contracture than implants placed in a submuscular position. Though, since you are a revision, you are at a higher risk of capsular contracture....
The most common reason for an implant not "dropping" (assuming you do not have a capsular contracture and no preop breast droop) is insufficient dissection of the lower pocket. If the implant was in the correct position immediately post-op and then got pushed up then this suggests a...