Will My High Profile Under Muscle Silicone Implants Drop?

I had surgery 3 weeks ago. The Dr. placed High profile 550cc silicone implant under the muscle using the axillary approach. My implants are so high up on my chest wall they are touching my clavicle bones. I used to have 300cc saline implants over the muscle.Will my implants ever drop ?

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High implants 3 weeks after surgery will drop.

High implants 3 weeks after surgery will drop. Typically, it takes 3 to 4 months to see final results. Sometimes it takes longer, up to a year. see video

Otto Joseph Placik, MD

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Chicago Plastic Surgeon

When will my breast implants 'drop'

At three weeks you are still going to have some fullness in the upper portion of the breast which many of us refer to as “ the shelf” . For it to soften completely and settle can take up to several months. That being said, placing 550cc silicone implants through a transaxillary approach certainly has the potential for sitting in too high a position, particularly if your pre-operative nipple to inframammary fold distance was 5.0cm or less. In that case it would have been necessary... more

Implants and dropping

Will my implants drop? It does take several weeks and sometimes a few months for the implants to drop down into the pocket.

Steven Wallach, MD

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Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

When will my implants drop?

To answer your question, in general it may take several months for your implants to actually drop...especially if you go with a larger volume. In addition, the axillary approach is associated with a 10-15% higher likelihood of implant asymmetry in the long run as well as a more delayed settling of implants. As such, it is very important to be fastidious with implant massage to encourage the implants to settle. If you do not see progress, it would be wise to check in with more

Will Implants Drop?

I find that implants placed under the muscle start to drop, on average, 3 to 4 weeks after surgery. Some take longer, others less time. The whole process continues for up to a year. sek

Transaxillary approach for breast augmentation

Releasing the lower medial pectoralis is very important in allowing breast implants settle in the right position. In my practice, I see a significant number of patients who have had problems following a transaxillary approach. Invariably, they complain of implants that are too high and to far apart. Many need secondary procedures through another incision and are then left with 2 incisions. Having said that, at this point the best you can do is fol ow your doctor's... more

3 weeks after breast surgery

3 weeks after breast surgery is too early to make any predictions. I usually tell my patients to give it at least 3 months for implants to settle in. The transaxillary approach often starts out with implants up high. Patients are to wear a bandage that helps to push the implants down, and I also ask them to massage the implants to push them downward. It is not unusual to feel they're high shortly after surgery. Sincerely, Martin Jugenburg, MD... more

Time for breast implants to drop to normal position

At 3 weeks, the implants may still be high if placed under the muscle. Some swelling may account for this also. Please discuss with your surgeon and ask if a breast band worn around the top of your chest would help the process.

When Will My Submuscular Silicone Implants Drop?

I find that submuscular silicone implants don't actually drop. If correctly positioned interoperatively, a partially submuscular, high profile implant has an upward displacement of the fluid within the implant due to the tight pressure from the pectoralis muscle. As the muscle relaxes, given time and some aid from an ace wrap or a Bando placed high on the chest, the internal fluid will reposition downward. Also, transaxillary augmentations create a lot of swelling at the... more