Why do I still have a painful severe discomfort in my left breast that hurts and spasms from the outside to the back ribs?

Thank you for your question and congratulations on your surgery and new job!  I typically recommend my patients to have no heavy lifting or working out for 4 weeks.  I don't necessarily recommend taking 4 weeks off from work but my recommendation would be to see if you can go on light duty.  I w...

Hi Garciagettingbetter, I am sorry to hear about what you are experiencing. You should visit your plastic surgeon right away for proper assessment and intervention. Daniel Barrett, MD, MHA, MS Certified, American Board of Plastic Surgery Member, American Society of Plastic Surgery ...

Thank you for your question.  I typically prefer the moderate profile implants as I do think that the high profile do look more torpedo like and offer less cleavage.  That being said, with a 445 cc or larger implant I suspect that you will have a very significant amount of cleavage regardless o...

You are right that textured implants tend to "settle" or "drop" less than smooth implants.  I would wait about 6 months after the surgery, and if at that time you are still noticing some asymmetry, it would be worth discussing a revision with your surgeon.  

There are numerous advantages to placing breast implants under the pectoral muscle. However your return to heavy weight lifting may take up to three months with this procedure. If you were to place the implants subglandular (on top of the muscle) you would return to working out much sooner but...

Judging by your photos, it does appear to me that the one side is sitting much higher than the other.  My concern here would be that there is a hematoma (collection of blood) that is causing one side to be higher than the other.In general, the implants are compressed initially which causes them ...