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Will my Breasts Ever Look Normal? 1 Week Post-Op Breast Implants They're Really High.
Im 5"4 115 lbs i am 9 days post op and am still traumatized ...i recieved a 492 cc midrange silicone gel breast implant under the muscle .. .My implant is rather high and my breasts look somewhat squareish..i mean am i being unrealistic with the recovery period i thought my breasts would look somewhat normal after surgery.
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kittling
in coquitlam BC
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Breast Appearance 1 Week after Breast Augmentation
Thank you for the question.
It is not uncommon for patients to feel that their breast implants are “riding high” and are somewhat “squareish" looking 9 days after surgery. It takes time for the lesson plans to settle/drop/“fluff out”. This time require may be several months. I think you will be pleasantly surprised that as implants settle down with time they will round out in appearance.
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Way to early to be concerned
It is normal for larger implants to sit high under the muscle for several weeks after surgery. I reccomend you discuss your concerns with your surgeon to help alleviate your fears. Good luck.
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High implants
You are in the early stages of recovery and it is normal for the implants to be high for a while after sub muscular augmentation. The implants should begin to settle about a month after surgery and will continue to drop over about six months. Give it time and have some patience. Also, continue to follow up regularly with your plastic surgeon.
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Breast Augmentation - 1 Week Post-Op They're Really High
It's WAY too early to even start to be concerned about this. In general, the larger the implants relative to your overall size, the higher they sit initially and they longer it will take for them to drop. This makes sense since you're waiting for the muscles (and other tissues) to stretch out and accommodate the implants. 492cc is a fairly large implant on someone your height and weight; of course, I don't know what you looked like before in terms of excess skin...
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High Implants
You are very early in your recovery and swelling and tissue tightness can contribute to your implants seeming too high. I would recommend that you allow more time for your swelling to subside and for the implants to settle. Even if they really are too high, surgery to correct this is usually not advised before waiting about three months after the initial surgery.
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To high after surgery
Thanks for the inquiry. Everyone looks too big tight and high right after submuscular augmentation. The setteling procees usually starts to become noticible after about 3 weeks and the final dropping and softening about six months.
Check in with your plastic surgeon just in case, but you sound normal at this time.
Best wishes for a quick recovery.
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High Breast Implants 9 Days after Surgery
In most cases, the implants look high for a few weeks after surgery. Follow up with your plastic surgeon to see if a compression band may be useful.
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Implants too high?
It's impossible to tell without photos. two things for sure, there is still a good amount of swelling and it takes about 1-2 months for the implants to settle. The other is that you got pretty big implants for someone 5'4" and 115 lbs. So they are definitely going to look too high for longer and hopefully will settle fine. Keep your appointments with your surgeon for help.
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New breast implants will drop over the first month.
Healing after breast augmentation is both progressive and variable. As the swelling subsides, your breast implants will slowly drop. This process takes about 4 or 5 weeks.
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1 Week Post-Op Breast Implants
I hope I can give you some reassurance that it is way to soon to judge your results. You are still very swollen no doubt. For peace of mind, speak with your surgeon. It's very normal for implants to sit high for not only the first week out but for even months. I don't take after pictures until my patients are at least six months out from surgery. Without seeing your before or afters, it's all speculation, but it is still very soon after surgery.
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Concerns about early postoperative outcome should ALWAYS go to YOUR surgeon
Hi there-
While I am overall a big fan of the internet and the information it has brought to all of our fingertips, I must say that I think in some ways it has compromised our ability to provide good medical care.
This is definitely the case when a patient such as yourself, with concerns and anxiety after surgery, seeks answers and reassurance from COMPLETE STRANGERS who have no idea what her exam was like before surgery, no idea what the details of her surgery were, and no idea what...
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Implants look too high one week after surgery
Frequently, patients need to be reassured that it takes any where from 3-6 months for their breast implants to settle into their final position particularly when the implants are placed into subpectoral pockets. Plastic surgeons use different methods in the operating room to determine that the pockets are appropriate including sitting patients up. My advice would be to discuss your concerns with your plastic surgeon, and to realize that it is much too early to make any...
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Unhappy with appearance of breasts at 1 week postoperatively
Without pre and postoperative photos, it is difficult to provide you with very accurate information. However, at 1 week you are still very early in the healing process and will have a lot of fullness from the swelling. It can take 4 -6 months to get a better idea of your situation though full maturation can take up to 1 year.
From you measurements (and without photos), it sounds like the implants selected may be too wide (and high) for your body.
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Question for your surgeon
Even if you had provided photos, this question is only appropriate to ask the surgeon you had do the surgery. Please return to them with this as they would be very sad you were seeking answers for this on the net rather from them!
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