700cc under the muscle. How long before my right breast catches up with my left? 9 weeks post op. (Photo)

Thank you for your question. You’re very
early in the recovery phase from breast implant surgery. Over the next
few weeks your breasts will change. Final results take 6 months. I
would expect some asymmetry by looking at your preop photo. Discuss your
concerns with your plastic surgeon.

Congratulations on having undergone the breast augmentation procedure. Generally speaking, breast implants will "drop" into the pocket that was created during surgery and massaging the implants downward may assist in the dropping of the implants after surgery (for those patients who want to help with the settling of the implants). The rate of breast implant "settling" may depend on factors such as size of breast implant pocket dissected, tightness of the overlying skin/muscle layers, and size of breast implant utilized. Normally, it takes about 3-6 months (for some patients longer) to see the final result. It is very common for one side to settle faster than the other.

Sometimes, one or both breasts implants do not settle as planned and revisionary breast surgery becomes necessary to improve the outcome. On other occasions, if the long-term breast asymmetry is mild ( understanding that absolute symmetry is very rarely achieved), patients will need to decide whether proceeding with revisionary breast surgery is worth the potential downsides associated with additional surgery.

Again, best to follow your plastic surgeon for more specifics. Best wishes for an outcome that you will be pleased with long-term.

All breasts when compared one to the other is slightly different with regards to healing, swelling, discomfort, and appearance.  This is normal.  After thousands of implants, this is exactly what I tell my patients to expect.  Most often is that there is no clinical reason, other than our ability to compare one side to the other. The photos appear fine.