What Fixes Breast Tissue Atrophy Caused my Implants?

asked 8 months ago by Ginger in Texas in Rio Grande City, TX
Latest answer by Julio Garcia, MD
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Tags: atrophy, options, smaller

A few months ago I thought that my implants had ruptured because they seemed smaller. Now, after some research, I believe my own breast tissue is thinning. My upper chest seems very flat and the implants seem to be low. Will a breast lift fix that? What can I do?

7 answers to What Fixes Breast Tissue Atrophy Caused my Implants?

Breast lift for breast atrophy

A breast lift will remove the stretched out skin, but hat skin has already failed you once, and in time, will likely stretch out once again. You might require the placement of Stratice to create a new and more stable capsule to avoid the problem from recurring.

Julio Garcia, MD
Las Vegas Plastic Surgeon

Thinning Breast tissue after augmentation

We can see this problem with: aging large implants weight loss we can see improvement with: fat grafts mastopexy combination of both

Jed H. Horowitz, MD
Orange County Plastic Surgeon

Breast impants can cause thinning of your breast tissue

One of the lesser known complications of breast implants is that they can cause thinning of the overlying breast tissue. This is the result of pressure from the breast implant that injures the breast tissue. The larger the implant,. the more the pressure, and possible the more the thinning. This is the reason why you should avoid choosing very large implants in small tight breasts. Unfortunately there is no easy fix to this once it has occured. One thing to do is... more

Matthew Schulman, MD
New York Plastic Surgeon

Trteatment of Tissue Atrophy from Breast Implants

Breast tissue thinning is a common long-term occurrence in some patients from the pressure of the implants. (squeezing the fat between the implant and the skin) It tends to occur in larger implants and those that are placed above the muscle. It is also possible that it may also be a factor of skin becoming more lax over time and after pregnancies or weight loss. There is no standard way to try and improve this 'problem'. Options include exchanging to larger imlpants to... more

Barry L. Eppley, MD, DMD
Indianapolis Plastic Surgeon

www.eppleyplasticsurgery.com

This is very common after augmentation

The thinning of the breast tissue is very common post augmentation and we See that more with the above the muscle implants. Your best option is fat grafting to give you volume and also softness.

Kamran Khoobehi, MD
New Orleans Plastic Surgeon

Strattice or fat grafting for thin tissue around breast implants

While there are a number of causes of thinning of the tissues (atrophy) around implants, a certain degree of it is normal. Options include fat grafting and acellular dermal matrix grafts such as Strattice or Alloderm. It will depend on your specific issues however so without personally examining you it is not possible to make a definitive recommendation.

Richard Baxter, MD
Seattle Plastic Surgeon

Thinning tissue and breast implants

Thinning of natural breast tissue is a common occurrence after breast augmentation surgery. Human tissues respond to the stresses applied to them which is why muscles and bones get bigger and stronger with exercise. Fat in the breasts, however, tends to do the opposite when pressure is applied to it in the form of breast implants. It tends to occur less with smaller implants and with the implants under the muscle. Unfortunately, there is not a lot that can be done about it. If your... more

James McMahan, MD
Columbus Plastic Surgeon

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