I had my breasts done September 27th. One had dropped nicely. One has not. They are both soft not hard. One sits a lot higher making the nipple point down. I have been massaging and rolling up a tight tube top to put pressure on the top of the one breast. Nothing is working and it looks hideous! My surgery was over 8 grand and I really can't afford a revision. What do I do? Will it still drop after a month and a half? Also the one that hasn't dropped I can see my veins through.
2 photos
Answers (11)
From board-certified doctors and trusted medical professionals
MOST RECENT
August 5, 2018
Answer: Six weeks post op. Will the implants drop?
Your new implant sliding against the stretched moist tissues causes a friction rub (sound) that can be felt as well as occasionally heard. This is termed "bourdonnement" and was definitively described in the plastic surgery literature: "Bourdonnement and other benign temporary breast implant...
Preoperative pictures would be helpful to assess any asymmetry that existed before surgery. In general, symmetry can probably be improved, but you do not want to violate the breast imprint and create a double bubble.
Your final results following a breast augmentation are mostly present; including "dropping of the implant", when implants are below the muscle, within the first 3 months for most and certainly by a year. Breast implants initially after surgery when placed in a submuscular position often give...
