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You can always expect quite a bit of weight gain after anesthesia. This often lasts about three weeks after surgery but can certainly remain beyond this. You can expect your weight to normalize over time. The weight of the implants themselves is a bit more than 2 pounds.
About two pounds for the implants. The rest may be water weight from residual swelling. Hang in there!
You can attribute just over two of your five pound weight gain to your 505 cc implants. Each implant weighs a fraction over 1 pound.
Sientra silicone gel breast implants weigh 1 gram per 1 cc which would be 1010 grams or 1 kilogram or 2.3 lbs. Weight gain after surgery is initially from water retention, but over the first month likely related to decreased activity from the recovery process. In general, this is improved as your self-confidence is bolstered and you feel better.
A 450 cc implant weighs one pound. So you have a combined weight of a little over 2 pounds added to your body. You are still healing and maybe you are retaining some water weight, also. Best wishes!
Hello and thank you for your question. Honestly, a formal in-person evaluation would be needed to determine the best treatment. There are several reasons for this: 1) Bra sizes vary based on the clothing store (for example, Victoria's Secret tends to upsize everyone by a whole cup size) 2) Most...
Textured implants are designed to adhere to the tissues, whether they are teardrop-shaped or round. Adherence is particularly important for teardrop-shaped implants, since teardrop-shaped implants would look really weird if they rotated upside down, for example! That means they must be placed in...
Thank you for the question. There are pros and cons to the placement of breast implants in the “sub muscular” position versus the "sub glandular position”. The vast majority of breast implants placed in the "sub muscular" position are really being placed in the "dual plane" position ( parti...
