Is It Normal to Have One Nipple Up and One Nipple Down After a Breast Reduction? and How Long Does the Swelling Last?

June 9, 2012
Asked By:niamiah88

I'm 4 weeks post op, and I have one nipple pointing up and one nipple pointing down. It's been this way since the day 5 . When I asked my plastic surgeon about it he says I swelled up differently in my breast. Also my breast have gotten bigger, since the surgery. I kno I'm suppose to swell up but my week 3 pic look different from the pic I took in week 4. I'm suppose to be a C cupbut I'm wearing a D cup bra that I brought on week 3, but now I'm busting out of my bra. I'm just really concerned

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