How Early Can Capsular Contraction Start and What Are the Symptoms?

Your plastic surgeon is probably right.
Although capsular contractures following breast augmentation  can occur just about anytime, most women start having symptoms around three months after their breast implant surgery. This is because it takes some time for a capsule to form and then to scar down (contracture). Therefore it is probably too early at 10 days to be concerned about this problem. Your signs and symptoms are most likely from muscle spasm although other factors could also cause this. Your plastic surgeon should be able to sort this our in short order.

Signs and symptoms are going from a soft breast in good position to a hard one that looks hard and round like a ball usually after 3 months that tends to ride up your chest and can eventually be painful.(i.e. hard, deformed, displaced)

 

Thank you for your question.  Capsular contractures develop when the thin layer of scar tissue around ones implant is heightened and it constricts and tightens around the implant.  While capsular contractures can theoretically develop just about any time after implantation, it is very rare to see a capsular contracture develop in the immediate post-operative period if there are no other underlying issues such as infection.  In the immediate post-operative period, patients may find that one implant settles or "drops" a little faster than the other and that the firmness, which is generally the result of swelling, seems to improves day by day.  I would recommend following up with your board-certified operating plastic surgeon to discuss your concerns.  A physical examination should quickly and easily determine whether this is just part of the normal healing process or if there is something else going on.  

Thank you for your question.A capsular contracture can start as early as the first month. It will feel tight and painful, the implants can look asymmetric.

Although capsular contracture can happen any time after the surgery, it is most commonly apparent around 3-4 months time.  At the early phase there can be many other reasons why one side has dropped faster than the opposite.  Swelling can be a cause as can the muscle being tighter on one side than the other and so forth.At this point the best advice is to continue with follow ups with your plastic surgeon and wait and see how things shape up.Hope that helps.

Congratulations on your procedure. Capsular contracture typically takes several months to start forming. One breast will start to feel more firm than the other. In severe cases the breast with the contracture can become painful and appear higher and tighter than the other side. It's important to remember that breast implants take a full six months to settle fully. You can have areas that appear flat a deflated at the bottom of your breast and it's just because the implant hasn't settled fully. It goes away with time. Over the next several months your breast should become more round and full. If you have concerns, reach out your plastic surgeon for specific answers.

It's quite early into your healing. Hence, it's not likely you are experiencing capsular contracture. Your #healing will continue for 2-3 months for the early period. This includes some #swelling, bruising, malposition, color differences and sensation will be abnormal. Scars will also be changing.
But, it can be up to one year see your final result. Your doctor may require you to move or massage the implants within the breast pockets during the #postoperative period. (#Textured implants do not require breast massage.) 
Severe capsule contracture probably occurs in less than 15% of augmentation patients. Every woman has a breast capsule around their implant and this is a normal phenomenon. The capsule itself could be as thin as Saran Wrap but may also become calcified and thickened. As it thickens and shrinks, the patient may develop a feeling a firmness of the breasts and in its worst situation, the breast may become painful and abnormal in appearance, achieving a very round, hard, and uneven appearance. There may be distortion and possible breakage and leakage of an older implant, but may also include a newer #implant.
Saline implants may deflate spontaneously. When the patient has significant #symptoms, complete or partial leakage of their saline implant, or concerns regarding silicone leakage, it is recommended that the implant is removed and exchanged. 
You must have patience as you heal, but if there are any causes of concern, ask questions of the doctor or the nursing staff

Fortunately it is very unlikely that you've begun developing capsular contracture 10 days after breast augmentation surgery.  It usually takes at least a couple of months for a well developed capsule to develop first.  It is also very common for one implant to settle sooner than the other side.  This is not usually a concern. Hopefully your Plastic Surgeon is readily available to answer your questions and address your concerns through the healing process as well. 

Sometimes there are signs of tightness that are concerning as early as one week after surgery.   There is no way to predict who is going to be tight, but I find that the patients that are committed to a good outcome can work through the tightness and prevent capsular contracture.  On the other hand, the patients that do not help themselves, do not do the massage the way they should, and end up with capsules that they should not have developed.  So in part it is now up to you!

Capsular contracture can occur at anytime following breast augmentation surgery. Most cases become apparent three to four months following surgery. The incidence of capsular contracture continues to slowly increase as long as patients have breast implants.
It’s unlikely that you have a capsular contracture. In the immediate post-operative period, breast firmness is usually the result of swelling and not capsular contracture. In most of these cases, the firmness resolves with the passage of time and massage.
If you’re breast firmness fails to respond over the course of time to conservative maneuvers, you may have a capsular contracture. This can result in breast firmness, breast distortion, and pain. Consultation with your plastic surgeon should clarify this issue.

To form a "capsule" is normal, and it's simply a term for the normally occuring scar around the implant. Contracture, or tightening of the scar around the impant is unpredictable, and at 10 days after the surgery, I think it's way too soon for you to be concerned about the capsule contracting. You have to trust your surgeon and speak with his/her office for further advice.