What Can I Do To Fix a Botched Breast Augmentation? (Photos)

asked 9 months ago by feelingDISGUSTING in Hollywood, CA
Latest answer by Rodney A. Green, MD
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Tags: stretch marks, botched, unhappy

My surgeon and i agreed upon 600CC HP implants, he implanted 600CC MP implants. The implants laterally migrated and i got severe strech marks. I went in to see him and upon reading my chart I discovered he had implated MP not HP and he and I had specifically agreed upon HP cause they are less likely to migrate. He replaces the implants with 600CC HP and uses surgimend to fix the migration, ignoring advice of a capsulorapphy. The left breast has migrated again. How do i fix it and who's fault?

9 answers to What Can I Do To Fix a Botched Breast Augmentation? (Photos)

Let things settle for now.

It looks like you just had the revision surgery. Let things settle for 3 months or so. At that point the stretch marks may be less obvious. You will probably still want to revise the Left side and correct the bottoming out that you have developed. At that point I would do a capsulorrhapy with your own tissues, using the capsule itself. I would release the capsule above and tighten it below. The skin will have stretched a bit and you may be able to keep your current implants.... more

Rodney A. Green, MD
Cleveland Plastic Surgeon

Botched breast augmentation and stretch marks

There are three issues to be considered: 1. Implant size. Given your small preop shape, and it looks like you haven't had pregnancies and therefore any natural breast envelope stretching, 600cc is big. Worth considering at least a little smaller. 2. The stretch marks. These are very distressing for you, and are the most obvious negative in terms of your visible breast appearance. The good news is that they will fade over time, and will become pale and hard... more

Howard Webster, MBBS, MBA
Melbourne Plastic Surgeon

What Can I Do To Fix a Botched Breast Augmentation? Answer:

Bottoming out is very challenging and has a high rate of recurring. However I live in a land of large implants and I personally think your right breast is and was fine for your build. Had your left one not fallen, your shape and cleavage would have been fine even with the MPs and would have suggested stopping there. But now, I would fix you with a dermal matrix (I use Strattice) and capsulorrhapy and I suggest you go smaller, maybe 450-480. I don’t think you’ll be happy with... more

John J. Corey, MD
Phoenix Plastic Surgeon

You need smaller implants

Based on your before pictures, 600 cc implants are too large for you. You have stretch marks because of over filling. You will need 350-375 cc implant and pocket revision to fix the implant migration to the axilla. Your results has nothing to do with the imant shape.

Kamran Khoobehi, MD
New Orleans Plastic Surgeon

Breast implants are too large disrupting the inframammary fold

I think the first mistake was choosing implants that are too large for your chest and not whether HP or MP. To put a larger implant than the pocket that can be created surgically is asking for trouble. The lower pole of your left implant cut though the inframammary fold. If you are willing to settle for a much smaller implant, say about 400 cc, then you can have the inframammry fold repaired with some support.. Good luck.

Raj Chowdary, MD
Allentown Plastic Surgeon

Breast implant revision

The pictures show that the left breast inframammary fold is too low. This is a difficult problem to correct. I have helped patients with similar problems before by recreating the anatomic position of the inframammary fold by using permanent sutures secured to the ribs and a biologic mesh placed as a sling between the lower portion of the pectoralis muscle and the new fold. This also requires implant exchange to a smaller size because the current implant size has proven too... more

Jason E. Leedy, MD
Cleveland Plastic Surgeon

Stretchmarks after breast augmentation

I do not think your problem is fixable. The implants were too big and cracked the skin elements causing stretchmarks. Those cracks cannot be repaired. You actually made things worse by going to HP implants as is obvious in the photos. Where did this 600cc number come from? Did you shop for a surgeon who would do what you asked for or did the surgeon recommend the size? It sounds like you talked the surgeon into the size of implant you wanted. In that case it is mostly your fault. I... more

Aaron Stone, MD
Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon

What Can I Do To Fix a Botched Breast Augmentation? (Photos)

I completely empathize with your situation and wish I had a dollar for each time I was presented with a situation similar to yours. I hope you do not take the following as personal criticism. The responsibility for the result is shared both by you and your surgeon. Please, allow me to explain. Like everything in life we are surround by limitations. A person going to the gym once a week for an hour should not realistically expect the results of someone who goes to the gym daily and... more

Peter A. Aldea, MD
Memphis Plastic Surgeon

The too large breast implant

Your story and photos are typical of those who choose an implant by the number, and hire a surgeon to stuff it in. Your implants have caused tears or stretch marks in the breast skin, and pushed out of the envelope of the breast. Your implants have not migrated, they have extended under the breast with deforming results. Repairs with smaller implants can solve your situation. An experienced surgeon might have told you no at the start. Best of luck, peterejohnsonmd more