How Do You Make Sure You Don't Get a Huge Gap in a Breast Augmentation & Why Does That Happen? (photo)

How do you make sure you don't wind up with that huge gap between your breasts from a breast augmentation? How and why does that happen anyways? What are things you can ask or say to make sure it doesn't happen to you?

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Gap in a Breast Augmentation & Why Does That Happen?

There is a great deal of variability i the position of the breasts in women and as a rule, we cannot move the breast to somewhere it has never been. Implants are centered on a women's nipple/areolar complex. If they are close together, the implanted breasts will be close together. If they are far apart, the breasts will remain further apart. If a surgeon tries to centralize an implant in a patient whose breasts are further apart, the appearance is downright bizarre... more

Gap after breast augmentation!

The gap between the breasts is already there, and by that I mean that this is a natural anatomic landmark. Now, the gap has a large spectrum of variablility between patients. That ranges from almost touching to a seemingly large gap. What the patient starts with in terms of anatomy and asymmetry can be addressed by your surgeon during the augmentation. Therefore, when you seek the advise of a board certified plastic surgeon, he or she will make sure that they point out the anatomy to you and... more

Preventing the breast gap after augmentation

The photo you sent tells quite a bit, the round stuck on look with fixed gap between the breasts. The breast implants must be centered under the nipple and the breast and implant should move and flow together. The gap can appear when the breast tissue is thin, the breast widely spaced, and the implant size or profile are too great to blend well with the available breast tissue.The picture screams breast implants, and if you don't like the look make sure your surgeon knows and will... more

Gap Between Breasts

This largely depends on the position of your breasts pre-operatively. Some women have breasts that sit quite far apart from each other, whereas other women have breasts that are much closer to the midline. During an augmentation, the implants are placed so that they are centred under a woman's nipple. Wherever your nipples are, is where the implant will be placed. Of course, there are cases where surgical misadventure can cause widely spaced breasts. If the... more

Position of Breast Implants

In many breast augmentation patients, the inframammary fold needs to be lowered in order to allow the implant to rest at a level that appears natural relative to the position of the nipple and areola. Ideally the implant should be centered directly behind the nipple-areola complex (NAC). In profile, the natural-appearing breast is not convex in the upper pole, and an excessively convex and overly full upper pole is a dead giveaway that a breast implant sits below the skin. In addition,... more

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Adjust cleavage with Mini Ultimate Breast Lift

Breast tissue detemines the natural gap. If you undergo breast augmentation only, the implant is centered underneath the areola and the gap may not be reduced. However, if you undergo a new technique called Breast Augmentation with Mini Ultimate Breast Lift, the position of the breast and areola can be changes. It is possible to lift your breasts higher to create upper pole fullness and shift your breast medial to increase cleavage. The areolas are centered over the... more

Breast Gap Following Augmentation

This particular picture shows what is termed an under-dissected breast implant pocket, where the skin is plastered around the implant itself. Leaving a slight larger pocket for the implant to sit in takes on a much more natural shape, and doesn't advertise "breast implant!" As far as the natural gap, that is largely determined by the patient's existing space prior to the implant being placed. If you normally have a larger-than-normal gap prior to implantation, you are... more

How to minimize the gap between breast after implant surgery?

The implants in the photo represents implants that are encapsulated, too large for her body and are placed too high. Actually, the gap between the breast is less obvious than the encapsulation, which makes them look like half of a ball was stuck on tothe chest. When a patient is thin, as in this patient, the implant size must be more conservative to avoid this appearance. Oddly, some patients request this look, but personally, I prefer the natural appearance. However, the... more

Cleavage and Breast Augmentation

Breast augmentation and the amount of cleavage is determined by many factors. These include the chest wall anatomy, native breast size, nipple-areola position and implant type-size and implant positioning. An examination by a plastic surgeon would determine the limitations and options for enhancing cleavage.

Breast Augmentation results depend on preop breast shape.

Breast augmentation is exactly that- making the breasts LARGER with implants. Therefore, the final SHAPE is dependent on the original shape. If there are asymmetries in nipple position, that will still be there. If the breasts are close together before, they will be afterward too. If there is WIDE cleavage to begin with, the cleavage may be DEEPER afterward and may be somewhat narrower, but can never be as close as someone who starts out with good cleavage. This... more