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What is This Gap Between my Breast and Chest Wall and What Do I Do to Fix It? (photo)
3 mo. ago I had a breast aug. and got sub muscular silicone implants. I followed the Dr. instructions- no pushing, pulling, lifting till he gave his ok- even took 6 weeks off from work. About a mo. ago i started to notice a gap in L breast where the crease should be-over time its becoming painful and getting worse- now the right breast seems to be doing the same thing- what is this and what can i do about it?
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msmagda
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Gap Between my Breast and Chest Wall
The fold you are seeing along the lower curve of the breast is your original breast fold, now causing an indentation along the implant which has descended below that original fold.
To correct this, the fold will have to be resutured down to the chest, a breast lift will be likely needed, and it may be best to move the implant to an above the muscle position.
Do follow up with your surgeon. Thanks for you question and for the photos. Best wishes.
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Double Bubble
This looks like what we call a double bubble although a physical examination is necessary to really determine the problem. I correct this problem by placing the implants in a subfascial or subglandular position and resuturing the muscle back to its native spot. You may also need some sort of lift. You need to wait at least 9 months to one year after surgery prior to having any repairs.
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Double bubble
You have double bubble from "bottoming out" implants. You need capsulopexy (lifting implants back up with sutures) and a breast lift. Sorry but there is no other way to fix this. Good luck.
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What is This Gap Between my Breast and Chest Wall and What Do I Do to Fix It?
To me based upon the posted photos you have the classic "double bubble" effect. Only some type of surgical intervention can correct this. Best to see you surgeon to discuss.
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Breast Lift and Augmentation
Breast rejuvenation involves adding volume with a implant or fat grafting and improving shape and contour of the breast with lifting. If a patient has no ptosis of the breast, then simply an implant may be all that she needs. If the patient has ptosis (hanging of the breast) then likely the patient needs both an implant and a lift. From the limited pictures which you have posted, it appears that you would likely need a mastopexy (lift) for complete rejuvenation of your...
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Double Bubble deformity
Double bubble deformity is more common with submuscular implants.
The implant falls below the natural breast crease where the muscle has been dissected or divided
I usually correct tis problem by placing the implant in a subfascial position
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Double Bubble!
Hello,
I am sorry about this, but you were not a candidate for a breast augmentation alone, and no one could have given you a result that would be acceptable: You would either have the implant too high above your breast and nipple (in its proper position), or too low causing the double bubble you have.
You will need two things done simultaneously to correct this. One is what should have been done to begin with, a breast lift. The other is the repositioning of your implants back...
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Double Bubble Deformity after Breast Augmentation
Your breast tissue is drooping over your implant. This is called a "double bubble deformity." I suspect you had some degree of breast droop prior to your surgery and you probably may have benefited from either a simultaneous lift or a subglandular implant. When breast droop exists before augmentation, placing a submuscular implant like yours will almost always result in this problem. Unfortunately, it requires a revisional surgery. You should speak to your surgeon about this, but...
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DOUBLE BUBBLE
It looks like youa re develping a double bubble. This will require additonal surgery to reset the fold. I have been using a thong bra during recovery which I really like.
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Post Augmentation Double Bubble
Looking at the pictures you have provided it appears as though your implant is sitting below your inframammary fold (the breast fold under your breast). This is what is termed a double bubble deformity. It is noted typically in a patient undergoing transaxillary subpectoral breast augmentation to correct ptosis (drooping) of the breasts with a tight inframammary fold. The other type of patient it is commonly seen in is large volume augmentation patient. So what you are seeing is your natural...
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You are seeing part of your implant below your breast fold.
Hello,
Thank you for your question and photos. It appears that part of your implant is below your breast fold. This can be fixed by fixing the pocket but this will make your implant sit higher and would bring up the question of needing a breast lift. I suspect you may have been a candidate for a breast augmentation and lift from the beginning.
All the best,
Dr Remus Repta
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Breast Implant Displacement after Breast Augmentation?
Thank you for the question and pictures.
Your plastic surgeon will be in the best position to advise you. However, based on the pictures, you may be experiencing a breast implant displacement issue. It seems like your breast implants have moved below the inframammary folds on each side. It may be, especially because you are experiencing increasing pain, that revisionary breast surgery may become necessary. If so, this operation will likely involve a “reconstruction” of the...
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