I had another consultation with another surgeon today they said they can fix my uneven breasts by doing a breast lift on my larger breast, and placing a silicon breast implant on the smaller of the two. Then they would make the nipples the same size. I'm just concerned that the might look different because one has an implant and the other does not. I asked this but my doctor said they should look similar. From seeing the result of this, what do other doctorss think about the look of the breasts from this procedure?
September 23, 2009
Answer: Treating breast asymmetry Breast asymmetry is very common. I often tell my patients that breasts can be more like "cousins" than "sisters". It sounds as if you have signifcant differences between your two breasts in terms of size and shape. This is a challenging problem that can be corrected and often requires two different operations on each breast. You can have a breast reduction on your larger breast so that it is smaller and matches your other breast. If you want the size of your breasts to be the same as the larger one than you must place an implant in your smaller breast. When you do this, the size will be the same, but your larger breast will be slightly more "droopy" - this means that you will need a breast lift on the larger breast. It sounds like the plan your surgeon has made with you is a reasonable one - assumming that you want your breasts to be the size of the larger one, and not the size of the smaller one.
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September 23, 2009
Answer: Treating breast asymmetry Breast asymmetry is very common. I often tell my patients that breasts can be more like "cousins" than "sisters". It sounds as if you have signifcant differences between your two breasts in terms of size and shape. This is a challenging problem that can be corrected and often requires two different operations on each breast. You can have a breast reduction on your larger breast so that it is smaller and matches your other breast. If you want the size of your breasts to be the same as the larger one than you must place an implant in your smaller breast. When you do this, the size will be the same, but your larger breast will be slightly more "droopy" - this means that you will need a breast lift on the larger breast. It sounds like the plan your surgeon has made with you is a reasonable one - assumming that you want your breasts to be the size of the larger one, and not the size of the smaller one.
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Answer: Breast asymmetry surgery must address size and shape If your breasts are significantly different before surgery, they will remain somewhat different after surgery. This is normal. Do not expect perfect symmetry. The decision to have implants on one side or both is simple. Do you want your larger side to be even larger? If you do, then you should have implants on both sides with the smaller side having a bigger implant obviously. If you don't want your larger side to be even larger, then do not put an implant on this side.
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Answer: Breast asymmetry surgery must address size and shape If your breasts are significantly different before surgery, they will remain somewhat different after surgery. This is normal. Do not expect perfect symmetry. The decision to have implants on one side or both is simple. Do you want your larger side to be even larger? If you do, then you should have implants on both sides with the smaller side having a bigger implant obviously. If you don't want your larger side to be even larger, then do not put an implant on this side.
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