There looks to be a faint smell of milk from the nipples and a very slight white flaky residue, nothing major at all, Im just courious, the milk ducts look big but the nipples look in good colour and over all everything feels good. They are a little inverted at the moment. Time to see the doctor, or let things settle down?
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The recovery from a simple saline implant removal is 3-5 days. While complete healing may take upwards of 4-6 weeks, most patients return to most activities of daily life with a week post op.With regards to a lift, following explant, there is bound to be some degree of deflation and skin laxity....
Each insurance company has their own guidelines for what they will cover. Some will cover ex-plantation of implants due to complications from a rupture, but they don't include new implants, this is because it was done originally for a cosmetic procedure versus reconstruction of the breasts...
Unfortunately, I don't think there is a single answer to your question. How much your breast tissue will retract back and form a nicely shaped breast after implant removal depends on many things: The quality of your skin, stretch marks, how big the implants were, how long there were...