How Can I Tell if My Implants have Bottomed Out? (photo)

I'm almost 6 months after my lift/augment. I have two concerns - 1) my nipples seem too close together (even to coming out of bras) - could this be fixed? 2) I'm a bit worried that my right breast has bottomed out (also right in picture, due to mirror), due to how much of the implant is below/to the right (outside) of my nipple. Does it appear to you that it has? Thank you.

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Breast Implants Are Bottomed Out When The Nipple Areola Is Above The Breast

Thank you for your question. It is too early to tell if you are going to bottom out. Wait 6 months to see your final result, you may be fine. You can tell that your Breast Implants have Bottomed Out when the Breast mound is below the Nipple Areola complex and the Nipple Areola appears too high and points upward

Breast Augmentation and Lift - ? Bottoming Out

As has been suggested widely there are few procedures as complicated as a breast augmentation (implants) and a lift simultaneously, even to the extent that some surgeons have started staging the procedures (ie, they do the lift first, and then wait several months and do the implants). While I believe that the procedures can be combined this does underscore the complexity of the combined procedure and predicts that higher-than-average potential to need to have a revision at some point... more

Bottoming out? How to tell.

Since you have had a full (Wise pattern or "anchor" pattern) breast lift plus implants, bottoming out is not just a function of implant position with regartds to the breast, but the design of the breast lift. Your right lateral flap was drawn, cut, and sutured according to your surgeon's design and your measurements. It's easy for any of us (who didn't actually do your surgery) to be critical after the fact, but I'll try to word my assessment in a kind and... more

How Can I Tell if My Implants have Bottomed Out?Answer:

I feel there is bottoming out when there is a lot more of your breast below your nipple than above it and that does not seem to be the case from your pics. BUT, a simple answer to you other question is if your nipple is popping out then it is too high! While I think your nipples may be too high, I don’t feel that it is because of bottoming out but rather from higher placement. Unfortunately, it is very hard to lower a nipple, much easier to raise one.

Breast implants too low, or nipple too high

Your instincts are right, and your nipple is too high and inside after your mastopexy augmenation 'coming out of bras'. The nipple is most often at the midhumeral line, and forms an equalateral triangle from the top of the breast bone, nipple to nipple (Penn's triangle). Of course everyone is different and not 'ideal' you might look better an have an easier time with clothing if the nipple is moved down and out a bit. This is not easy to do, so seek a very experienced... more

How Can I Tell if My Implants have Bottomed Out?

Looking at your pictures, I wouldnt state that your breast implant has bottomed out. If however your nipple areola complex shows in your bra or bathing suit, then the implant may be sitting a little low, or the nipple areola complex may have been placed a bit high. I agree that your NAC look close together. These issues can be improved with revisional surgery, relocating the NAC more lateral and suture fixation to place the implants higher in the pocket. Good luck! more

Breast Augmentation/Breast Lifting Results?

Thank you for the question and pictures. Both of your concerns are visible in your pictures. Both can be corrected with revisionary surgery if the concerns are significant enough. For example, the positions of the nipple/areola complexes can be moved laterally to some degree. Sometimes reducing the size of the areola may also be helpful for patients in your situation. Permanent suture repair (capsulorrhaphy) may be helpful to correct the right breast implant displacement... more

Bottoming out after Mastopexy-Aug

First, I'm not exactly which is your "right" after your explanation with the mirror. That being said, it looks like the breast on the right (as you look straight at the photo), what I would normally consider your anatomic left breast. It may be that your nipples are a bit too high, but not by much, and it is very difficult to lower a nipple without leaving a visible scar above it. I would suggest that the implant is actually too low and towards the outside (down and out). If it... more