From the Pics, Has my Left Breast Simply Just Bottomed Out? Dropped Before the Right or Another Problem Altogether? (photo) Doctor Answers, Tips
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From the Pics, Has my Left Breast Simply Just Bottomed Out? Dropped Before the Right or Another Problem Altogether? (photo)

My left breast is very soft & the most natural looking & the incision is sitting perfectly under the crease. My right breast is however, still somewhat firm & the insicion is still above the fold. Are there any tips or techniques to help my right breast drop faster, if indeed that's what the problem is? The first pic is from a saline filled 275/270cc Inamed (McGhan) 468 (that I had for 13 years. The second & third pics are from my new 350cc Mentor moderate plus profile silicone gel implants (surgery date July 21, 2011). The second pic is 2 weeks post surgery & the 3rd is from Nov 1st (aprox 4 months later). It seems my left breast just dropped overnight if not a few days. What has happened? Should I wait further or look into a revision? 

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Bottoming out right breast

Thank you for the question and the photos. Your right breast has bottomed out. The good news is there is a way to fix it. You need to have internal sutures to repair the capsule inferiorly and correct the breast shape. I think you should wait for few more months and then have it repaired.
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Bottoming out

It looks like one of the breast in the photo has bottomed out. It is lower than the other one and appears to be below the origianl fold. This can happen in some patients and often requires a fold revision.
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Yes, your left breast (left in the photo) appears to have "bottomed out"

Hello, It appears from your photo that your left breast (in the photo) has "bottomed out", which means that the left breast pocket has enlarged or stretched. This can be repaired by suturing the lower breast pocket which is called a capsullorhaphy. All the best, Dr Repta

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The bottomed out breast implant

As you had implants before there was no need for your implants to 'drop'. An implant will drop or settle into the breast envelope as the skin in the lower breast gives and relaxes to accommodate an implant. Your implant has drifted low in the breast, an bottomed out. The middle picture is great, and perhaps a repair of the breast fold will get you back to that point. Best of luck, peterejohnsonmd.com
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Dropped and bottoming out breasts: Achieving beautiful and lastingrevision results

Unfortunately your right breast has indeed bottomed out or dropped below the aesthetic position. Your right breast is also too low and will probably progress just not as bad as the left. This is very common in dual-plane submuscular techniques as they provide no inferior support and have the constant down and out force of the pectoralis muscle. In my opinion the only good solution for this problem is a conversion to a subfascial placement. This is the only way that I... more
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Which side has dropped? Waiting is good

First of all there seems to be some confusion going on here. Remembr that a picture is a mirror image and left and right sides get reversed. On the last photo it is your right side that is lower and the left side is higher. Unless you took the picutres yourself standing in front of a mirror, in which case it is reversed. Whichever side hads dropped first it may be that the same phenomenon will happen to the other side in the next few months. Fixing it by raising... more
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Breast Asymmetry after Breast Augmentation?

Thank you for the question and the pictures series. I would agree with you that left breast implant has “dropped” too much. This drop has caused the distance from the areola to the inframammary fold to be too great. It also makes the nipple/areola complex seem off centered (too high) on the breast mound. I would also agree that it would be in your best interest to wait at least a few more months before contemplating revisionary surgery. This wait time will allow the... more
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