I Am Concerned About my Implants. Are They Going to Settle In? Why Do They Appear Saggier then Before Surgery to Me? (photo)

They were so full after surgery and they seem to just be deflating, looking saggy, and they have a weird shape from the side. I am just wondering if these will settle in okay or if i should be concerned? They just seem kind of bulgy with a weird fat pocket hanging from it. I am almost 1 month post op.

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Will Breast Implants Settle?

From your pre-operative photos it looks like you have stretch marks on your breast tissue either from pregnancy or weight loss. This means that your skin has stretched from whatever the cause but your muscle never changes with these circumstances. You breast skin was ready for the implant (deflated) but the chest muscle wasn't as it had never been stretched previously, and it takes time for the muscle to catch up with the skin. Be patient and make sure that you continue to see... more

Implant results

I would give your implants another 3-4 months to settle into their final resting place. During this time you should continue your breast massage which will also help lower the implant. Focus mainly on the downward massage motions. Also your plastic surgeon can provide you with a band that goes across the top of your breasts to provide light consistent pressure in the downward motion. This may help to speed up the process. As the implant lowers it will fill... more

Settling of Breast Implants

Thank you for the question and photos. The implants will drop into the pocket that was created during surgery and massaging the implants downward will assist in the dropping of the implants after surgery (for those patients who want to help with the settling of the implants). Normally, it takes about 3-6 months (for some patients longer) to see the final result. It is very common for one side to settle faster than the other. From your photos, it looks as if the implants... more

Implant position is still high. But it's early, and things will improve!

At one month post-op, your implants are still high on your chest wall, and have not yet dropped into the desired position that will fill your skin brassiere. Right now, your own breast tissue (that "weird fat pocket") hangs over the still-too-high implant, giving you a "Snoopy-dog" deformity. If this were present 1 year after surgery, it would be due to capsular contracture causing a high, tight look. BUt at 1 month this is not only normal, it shows your surgeon has... more

Implant positions

At one month your implants may still be a bit high. Give them time to settle into the pocket this may take a few more months.

Steven Wallach, MD

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Will my breasts settle in OK? (photo)

It is difficult to predict exactly what will happen, and the abnormal shape may be due to a variety of factors. Your concern is understood, but my advice would be try not to worry too much about it now. Just follow your surgeon's instructions and be as patient as possible, allowing soft tissue covering the implant to stretch, swelling to resolve, skin and muscle compliance to increase, and the implants to drop into the expanded envelope. It may take several more months... more