Do You Think my Left Breast Implant May Be Bottoming Out? (photo)

surgery date april 26 2012 approx 3 months post op now and it seems like my one breast is looking at you and ones looking for ya if you know what i mean. I know i wasnt symmetrical before but im feeling a bit self conscious now. so im wondering if i have a valid concern to bring up to my surgeon?

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Kudos To Your Plastic Surgeon

YOU ARE NOT BOTTOMING OUT ON THE LEFT. Pre-operataively, your left breast was higher than the right. Your left inframammary fold was also higher than the right. Your plastic surgeon lowered the inframammary fold on the left which allowed your implants to be at the same height. Unfortunately, since your left nipple was higher than the right to start with, and when you lower the fold, the nipple turns slightly upward. Had he not lowered the fold, your left nipple... more

Breat Implants Settling Into Natural Position

Hello, Based on your photos, it does not seem that your breasts are bottoming out; your implants are settling within their natural pockets. Before your surgery, you had breasts asymmetry but when you had your breast augmentation and the size increase did occur the asymmetry was accentuated a little. Lowering your inframammary fold of your left breast did help a lot; had your surgeon not done so you will be unsatisfied with your results. All in all, I believe that gravity is... more

Bottoming Out after BA

From your photos it does not appear that you are bottoming out. You had some suttle differences in your breasts before surgery that now may seem more apparent to you. For example, your left nipple was slightly higher than your right pre-operatively, and remains this way after surgery. Your surgeon did lower your left inframammary fold to adjust for this which was a good idea. If this still concerns you I would recommend following up with your plastic... more

Bottoming out breast implants

It appears as though your implants are settling into their natural position, not true "bottoming out." If you still have concerns in several more months, check with your plastic surgeon to make sure your implants aren't moving out of their natural pocket. see video

Postop

There are differences between your breasts. There were present before surgery and implants alone do not fix those problems. Maybe suboptimal communication between you and your surgeon. I would have pointed this out extensively. Your results are good given your preop issues. It still may be possible to improve them. Discuss it with your PS

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Bottoming out of breast implants

Before surgery, your left breast crease was higher than your right. It appears as if your surgeon attempted to lower the left breast crease and was a bit aggressive. It now appears that the left is lower. This is a common problem seen when the inframammary fold is tampered with. My guess is that your implants are in the subglandular space instead of under the muscle which might be complicating the issue. I do not think that this is going to resolve on its own and will likely just continue to... more

Bottoming Out of Breast Implant?

Thank you for the question, pictures, and colorful description of your breasts' appearance. Based on your pictures, breast asymmetry and the lower position of the left breast implant is clearly visible. I think you have a “valid concern” to discuss with your plastic surgeon. However, I would not suggest revisionary breast surgery at this point, in my opinion, it would be best to wait as close to one year postoperatively to evaluate the final position of both... more

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Tanned_beauty 24 Jul 2012

Ok I am not complaining. I just wanted some advice. I do think my surgeon did a great job considering what he had to work with before. I guess given my responses I have decided what I need is to discuss options about moving one of my nipples. Thanks for all the responses.

Tanned_beauty 22 Jul 2012

I should have been a bit more specific. I revived 435 high profile sub muscular round implants

FancyFancy 20 Jul 2012

No I don't think so, but I had the same worries at 2 months. I was advised to wear an underwire bra as much of the time as possible by my doctor and other girls who had actually begun to bottom out and stopped the process. In the end they look great and I didn't bottom out. Ask your doc about the bras, but that is what worked for me. Congrats!

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