After my Breast Augmentation my Breasts Are Flat when I Lay Down!? (photo)

Question

I had my breast augmentation in December of 2011. So its almost been 7 months since my surgery!! My right one has dropped and my doctor agreed and we are setting up an appointment in September 2012! But now i have noticed that both look flat when I lay down. Also I though my cleavage would be a lot closer. So I'm a little disappointed but hopfully it can be fixed. I went from a 36b and now wearing 36d. But to me they don't look like d's. I received 375's gummy bear round implants. Also when I flex my right arm my breast indents and it looks deformed. I'm so disappointed. I love them in a bra but I hate them naked. I actually like my breasts more before my surgery!! Can you sugges what happened to my implants. They are gummy bear gel implants and they shouldn't lose there form.

David Shafer, MD, FACS · Answer

Yes, it appears that the pocket for your implants is too wide, so when you lay down, the volume shifts laterally.  To correct this, you may need placement of Alloderm or other acellular dermal product to help narrow and reinforce the pocket. 

	 

	Good Luck.

Vincent N. Zubowicz, MD · Answer

The pictures demonstrate an excessively large pocket for you implants. The volume of the implant falls into the lateral extent of the pocket and off the chest wall. If you want this corrected, it will require another operation.. There are different strategies to deal with the problem.

S. Larry Schlesinger, MD, FACS · Answer

Obviously, your plastic surgeon is the best one to diagnose what is going on with you, especially since he or she has the advantage of a face to face evaluation. That being said, it appears that your breast implants fall too far into your armpits which gives the flat appearance. There are several ways to correct this. My favorite is the placement of ADM (a cellular dermal matrix). This can close the pocket off to armpit and keep your implant from sliding so far to the sides. Also, it would appear to me that your right implant has possibly fallen a little lower than desired. I think it needs to be raised with a technique called a capsulopexy. All plastic surgeons unfortunately find these problems inadvertently occurring, and we all have our techniques for correcting them.

Neil J. Zemmel, MD, FACS · Answer

Thank you for the pictures.  It appears that your PS may have made the pocket to wide so that when you lay down the implants fall to the sides.  It is possible with a revisional surgery to "sew/ stitch" the capsule laterally to close that extra space so your implants do not shift as they do now when you lay down.  I would recommend returning to your PS, and maybe getting a second opinion.  I hope this helps.

	Kindest regards

	Neil J. Zemmel

Darryl J. Blinski, MD · Answer

Thanks for posting the series of photos. In my internet opinion your pocket was over dissected laterally. The indentation on flexion is the pectoralis inferior border attached to the undersurface of the skin that becomes apparent in action. Yes you will need additional revision surgery. In detail a capsularraphy laterally, fat grafts to the pect. border. Seek in person evaluations.

After my Breast Augmentation my Breasts Are Flat when I Lay Down!? (photo)

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