Normal breast augmentation side effects?

I have recently had breast augmentation.on my left breast dropped right away and milk leaked from the insision. The right breast never seemed to drop. my dr said i was lactating this has been 12 weeks nom. I now have to see a breast specialest cause my left breast is now hard and higher than the right one. one of my insison scars is sucked in and a deep maron color and now seem to be blistering. is this abnormal. I haven seen any Dr in like 6 weeks. I see the specialiest this friday but the blistering on the scar is odd My Dr thinks i may have a patuatary disorder dose this happen often?

3 answers to “Normal breast augmentation side effects?”

A: Breast Implant Complications

Farbod Esmailian, MD

It is very difficult to say what is going on from what you are telling us.  However, what I can say that none of it sounds or is a normal part of breast augmentation.  It sounds like you are having breast hardening or capsular contracture. I would recommend seeing a board certified plastic surgeon... more

A: Breast augmentation side effects

Steven Wallach, MD

Drainage from the incision is more likely fat necrosis or an infection. From your description of the scar I am not sure if you have a full thickness loss of skin at the scar or you are just decribing the color. Blisters at your incision site is not routine at 6 weeks unless steristrips caused them. I... more

A: Traci, It's very difficult for me to know what exactly...

Shahram Salemy, MD

Traci, It's very difficult for me to know what exactly is going on without examining you, but a couple of thoughts come to mind. Having fluid leak from your incision may be a sign of a low grade infection - this would not be enough necessarily to make you sick, but it would affect the implant. Implants that... more

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