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I Have Swelling in Between my Boobs After Breast Augmentation and Lift 8 Days Post Op is This Normal? (photo)
wondering how long it will take for the swelling in between my boobs as I am 8 days post op to breast lift and augmentaion? I also have a full tummy tuck and it feels really tight and gets sore from pulling how can I stop this pain or help it stretch? moisteriser or an oil?
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stormdogg69
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Swelling Between The Breasts Post Operatively
Thank you for your pictures and the question. You are very early on in your healing. At this point there is a significant amount of inflammation and scarring taking place. Over the next 3 to 6 months the swelling and the scarring process will subside. The swelling you are seeing over your sternum (breast bone) should resolve spontaneously as your healing progresses. If it does not resolve, this would be representative of a condition known as symmastia which will need to be revised...
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Presternal swelling after augmentation-mastopexies
Usually the swelling over the sternum, between the breasts, takes at least three weeks to resolve, and maybe up to six weeks in my experience. If it still looks like it does in the photo in another few months, then you may have synmastia which would require surgery to correct.
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Trust your surgeon
All in all, it would appear that you have a fabulous result from your breast and tummy procedures. If you have been lucky enough to find a talented surgeon to do your surgery, please trust him/her only to answer your questions. Trust your relationship with this doctor. I am sure your doctor told you not to attempt to stretch your abdominal skin. Allow it to slowly stretch on its own. Continued forced stretch on a t/t scar will only lead to a poor scar...
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Swelling Between Breasts after Augmentation # breastimplants
The swelling between your breasts is normal after this procedure and will likely subside within 7-14 days. The tightness you are having in your stomach is mostly a combination of the sutures used to tighten the muscle wall, the removal of skin, and swelling. This will all go down mostly over the next 2-3 weeks. Skin will stretch over time and I would give that several months to happen.
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I Have Swelling in Between my Boobs After Breast Augmentation and Lift 8 Days Post Op is This Normal?
What you are showing and describing is a very normal post operative issue. Best to see your surgeon to discuss in detail.
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Swelling After Breast Surgery
Swelling is fairly common in the early stages of recovery post breast surgery. It's important to not overdue stretching the tightness, as everything will improve and heal with time. Moisturizers and oils will likely not be of much help and could even harm the area. I suggest speaking with your plastic surgeon.
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Early post-op tummy tuck and breast augmentation
You are very early post-op, give it time for the swelling to come down. If you are overly concerned, you should touch base with your surgeon.
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Swelling between breasts
This is not swelling in my opinion. I see this quite often and describe it to my patients as the skin "tented" between the breasts. I usually see it resolving within days to a couple of weeks. There is little if any true swelling after breast augmentation in my opinion. Swelling after all is caused by fluid such as blood, and there should be no bleeding or even bruising after augmentation. Be patient, it should go away.
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Swelling between breasts
This looks like normal swelling post op and should resolve with more time. It does not look like synmastia. Be patient, it looks like your surgeon did an excellent job.
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