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Wounds that are infected are usually best allowed to drain to minimize the potential for an abscess formation.
Yes, if the wound opened at this pont, it is better to allow it to heal naturally because technically the exposed area is contaminated.
2 comments.The majority of plastic surgeons, myself included use buried dissolving sutures which do not need to be taken out. Leaving in external / removable sutures in for more than 5-7 days will leave permanent "train track" sutures. This suggests to me that your surgeon MAY not have been Plastic surgery trained.I agree with Dr. Khoobehi. It is extremely uncommon for a breast augmentation incision to open after suture removal unless there are OTHER factors at play which impede healing ; infection, smoking etc.
If your incision opened because of infection, then you need to leave the incision open till it closes from inside. It is unusual for an incision to open after 2 weeks unless there is a healing problem, smoking or infection.
Mammography can still be performed with breast implants in place. Mammography technicians are trained to use specialized techniques for women with breast implants that help to image the breast tissue around the curved surface of the implants. Be sure to let the mammography provider know that you...
250cc implants compared to 350cc implants will have a narrower base width, less height, less projection, and about a third less volume. The issue is really what the proper dimensions are for a given patient's breast and what effect that will have, not how many cc's volume. It's a bit like...
It sounds like you had breast reconstruction, and if so, your tissues are thinner than most people. Palpability of the port is possible in thin patients.
