Breast Implants: Q&A
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Symmastia or Not?
I’m really shocked about the answers of my first question: My Implants are under muscle, silicone 380 CC. I have read a lot about Symmastia but I’m not sure if I have this because I can touch my chest when I lightly press in the centre and I can see my cleavage if I contract a little the muscles.
I decide not to go bigger but I want to change the implants because they are PIP. Do I have symmastia or no ? is this grave or difficult to repair ? would Thongbra help after the revision ?
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Symmastia
Yes, it appears that you have symmastia. It is moderately difficult to correct, but it can be done when your PIP implants are replaced. A Thong bra would definitely help to support the repair. Good luck!
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Symmastia?
Thank you for the question and pictures.
You clearly have medial breast implant malposition ( implants too close to the midline of the sternum). True “symmastia” where the breast implant crosses the midline and communicates with the other side is quite rare. Regardless of the semantics, correction of the implant malposition is possible with an internal suture technique (two layer capsulorrhaphy) and reverse image capsulotomy ( opening the spaces on the sides of...
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Do I Have Symmastia?
Thank you for this challenging question. I am sorry you are going to need a revision of your breast augmentation. Symmastia is a condition where the soft tissue of the breast bridge over the sternum, therefore by definition, you have symmastia. Interestingly, when you flex your muscles, you are able to separate your breasts, but unfortunately they go back to a symmastia position once your muscles are in a relaxed position.
There are several procedures that will...
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Breast Implants - Symmastia, Silicone Gel
It looks like symmastia - at rest, your implants touch (ie, the skin over them touches in the midline). That is essentially the definition of symmastia.
Correction is not impossible but it can be tricky and you, most likely, would have to agree to go with smaller implants, or at least a different profile (ie a narrower base). In general, though, inserting smaller implants is one of the basic tenets of symmastia repair. You may need to have some acellular dermal matrix...
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Synmastia
I would agree that this appears to be the diagnosis. The surgical correction can be straightforward but does rely on the quality of your body tissue and the minimum size implant you are willing to accept.
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Treatment for symmastia
You absolutely do have symmastia. It certainly is not 'grave' but can be somewhat difficult to treat. The pocket needs to be opened out to the side and closed next to your breast bone. Wearing the 'thong' bra can be helpful after your surgery. If you have PIP implants, you definitely should have them removed and, if they were done in the US, they should be changed by your surgeon at NO cost to you as PIP implants were never approved for use in the US.
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Symmastia
It sure looks like symmastia where the pockets are too close together. The pockets can be closed down a bit sometimes as well with strattice and you may be better off with smaller implants. An exam woudl be essential.
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