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What Went Wrong Here? Implants Too Low, Asymmetric Nipples and Excess Skin.
I had a breast augmentation done 5 months ago to get the fullness i lost from having children and breastfeeding. From day one I haven't been happy with the results but my PS kept telling me to give it time. Well I am completely healed and I feel they've settled completely but I HATE the way they look. They look way too low on my chest, one nipple i higher that the other and I have excess skin on my left breast. What went wrong here? My plastic surgeon seems to think everything is fine.
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Natee_007
in Ft Campbell, KY
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Asymmetric breasts after breast augmentation
It is impossible to fully answer your post because you did not post a frontal view of before surgery and the details of your surgery (implant position, surgical access etc.) are unknown. The photos show asymmetric breasts with the left nipple further from the midline and lower than the right, the left breast implant positioned further from the midline than the right implant and visible upper edges of both implants. On side view the left implant's center is above the level of the nipple...
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Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon
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Unhappy with appearance?
It's hard to completely answer your questions because the only pre-op photo you posted is the one from the side. It's also hard to comment on your 'happiness' without understanding the conversations you had with your surgeon before hand. From the pre-op photo it looks to me like you would have benefitted from a lift together with implants. I'm not sure if this was part of your pre-op discussion. If you can describe what you don't like at this point...
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Breast Augmentation San Diego
Nothing "went wrong." Regarding your nipple areola asymmetry, look closely at your pre-operative situation. The nipple areola complexes were likely at slightly different levels. Never expect perfection but improvement. You said you wanted to restore the fullness you lost from having children and breast feeding. Seems to me from the photos, this objective was soundly accomplished. Your nipples are lateralized, and the surgeon could not change this...
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You probably could have used a breast lift
Just looking at the side view of your left breast, but not seeing a frontal view or right sided view, I speculate that you have a moderate amount of drooping of your breasts from multiple pregnancies. I think that you would have benefited from have a breast lift along with the breast augmentation. The frontal view of you postoperative is fairly normal and probably as good a result as can be expected without a breast lift.
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Revisionary breast surgery
It also looks to me that you have implants placed over the muscle. I prefer placing implants under the muscle for the best long term results. I would suggest that you discuss things in detail with your surgeon and see what his/her recommendation is for revisionary surgery to achieve your goals.
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Sagging breasts
If your breasts were and sagging a bit before surgery and likely asymmetric, they will be after surgery unless a lift is performed in an attempt to balance them.
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Unhappy at 5 months
My guess is that your expectations are different than your surgeons. i tell all patients" what you give me is what you get only bigger... unless we change the shape of your breast". you dont show a preop front view so i cant tell what you were starting with. you can have secondary surgery at this point... go explain what you dont like.
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Appearance post augmentation
It is hard to tell from the photos, but you look like you have saline implants over the muscle. You are thin and did not have too much breast tissue to start. your breasts were ptotic or slightly droopy before the procedure.
options as I see it.
1-redo the procedure with submuscular silicone implants( if I was correct that you have saline over the muscle),with an uplift. That would give you a more natural appearance in my opinion.
2-do an uplift to even out the areolar positions...
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