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Tubular Breasts Revision - How Do I Correct This?
I had a tubular breasts augmentation 1 year and a half ago.Since the beggining, I noticed something was wrong and my surgeon asked me to wait until 6 months post op, but one month after my surgery I had to leave the country so he couldn't do the follow up.I didn't write him either because I was a little depressed about my breasts.Now I am determined to have a revision and I am looking for a new surgeon but first I'd like to understand what happened. Thank you for your precious help
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Marfromperu
in France
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Tuberous / tubular breast revision: there is a solution
There are several things that create the undesirable aesthetics. Firstly the implant base width appears to be too narrow for your chest wall dimensions. Secondly the inframamary fold needs to be lowered. Thirdly, you have undesirable lateral inferior stretchning that is very common with dual plane placement. Placing breast implants under the muscle creates a few aesthetic problems. This is the reult of releasing the inferior portion of the pectoralis major...
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Breast asymmetry can be corrected.
Hi.
It is true that we don't know what was done, but it does not matter.
1) You need correction of the tubular shape of your right breast, with release and expansion of the lower half of the breast. This is difficult and often mishandled. The correction can be done through the areola. Actually, you have a mild tubular deformity, perhaps because already partially corrected by your first surgery.
2) The right breast implant is too high.
3) You need a good lift of your...
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Breast revision surgery
First of all, you look quite asymmetric although your arm positions are different and this may be creating an illusion. Second, your nipples are too low, called ptosis. Your surgeon should have not just placed implants without talking to you about a lift. The lift would have not only brought your nipples to the correct position, but also decreased them in size.
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Need picture of situation before operation
Dear lady, although it is hard to judge the symmetry with your arms in different positions, it indeed seems like the lower part of your right breast is still too tight.
Making a plan for correcting this is very hard without pictures of the situation before the correction. Most likely the implant on the right needs to come down a bit more, the gland needs to be expanded/scored, and you need an extra lifting on the left breast, possibly also a slight reduction on that side.
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Belgium Plastic Surgeon
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Tubular breasts
Thank you for the post-operative picture but without the pre-operative picture it is hard to know what was done or is happening. In general tubular breast cases can be very difficult to correct. You usually need to perform both an augmentation with a peri-areolar mastopexy with radial scoring of the breast gland. It appears from your picture that your left breat may require another mastopexy and possibly a smaller implant to achieve symmetry. Good luck.
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Tubular Breasts Revision - How Do I Correct This?
You provide a photo, but no photo of what you looked like before surgery. It appears that your right breast is naturally smaller than the left. You have a variety of options to improve your breasts, but it is a bit lengthy to go into everything- I recommend that you consult with a few Board Certified Plastic Surgeons. If I were performing your surgery, I would discuss with you mastopexy to lift the breasts as well as revise the implant pockets so that there is not a...
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Tubular breast correction
The way i see it you have 2 problems.
1.The tubular breasts with obviou lack of fullness of the inferior pole of the right breast.
2. left breast ptosis with the nipple pointing down .
your correction will require expanding the inferior pole of the right breast and allowing implant migration downward thus the nipple will be pushed up.The left breast will require nipple areolar position adjustment to bring it into alignement with the new position of...
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Revision in a tuberous breast
The thing that distinguishes a tuberous breast is constriction of the skin envelop and herniation of the nipple areola. There are many degrees of constriction, however your breasts are asymmetric though not tuberous. The smaller breast is limited by the tightness of the breast fold which is unlikely to relax further, but the capsule could be opened to encourage the implant to sit lower and a lift would look nice. The larger breast needs a smaller implant and a lift to bring the nipple...
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Breast Asymmetry and Tubular Breasts
These cases are challenging and often patients (and surgeons) have unrealistic expectations. Sometimes the surgery involves implants with stretching of the lower part of the breast on the smaller side. It often requires two surgical stages to accomplish this. Also, it often is necessary to reduce or change the position of your larger breast to help match. I would really recommend meeting with more than one Board Certified (by the ABPS) Plastic Surgeon who has some...
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Tubular breast surgery revision
It looks like you need a little more of a release at the inferior aspect of the breasts below your nipples, and perhaps slightly smaller implants that fit your frame a bit better. Tubular breast surgery is extremely challenging, and it's not unusual for patients to require more than one procedure to fully correct the problems. In addition, many tubular breast patients tend to be asymmetrical, which adds to the complexity of the procedure. If you choose to undergo a...
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Tuberous Breast surgery
The traditional surgical approach for tuberous breast augmentation involves scoring any cords in the radius of the breast to release any constricting bands. I prefer to place implants in the submuscular plane, but opinion in this regard differs among physicians. It would be valuable to examine your pre and post op photos. To make the best assessment, an exam is necessary as well. In general, the inframammary fold is a difficult anatomic region to manipulate. ...
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Tuberous breasts
With the arms not being at the same position it is ahrd to comment about asymmetry. What happens with tuberous breasts sometimes, is that the lower pole is not released enough or the implant used is too large, and even when all this is taken into consideration, you may still get that double bubble look.. You may want to have a revision to address this ridge in the lower pole, etc.. An exam would be key!
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