Breast is Very Soft but Not Dropping?

Breast implants may drop and settle at unpredictable rates. The most positive sign of the surgery is the fact that the breasts are still soft, indicating that there are no palpable signs of capsular contracture. 

Hello,

Without your before and after pictures, it is hard to provide you with an accurate opinion.

Nonetheless, implants drop at different rates even within the same patient. So it is important that you have a little more patience since you are at 11 weeks post surgery and your recovery process is ongoing.

Final results are not achieved before 6-8 months post surgery.

Meanwhile, I encourage you to follow your surgeon's instructions (massage, wearing specific bras/straps, etc.) to provide yourself with the best post-op ambulation possible hence a commendable outcome.

 

Best of wishes.

Dr. Sajjadian

Hi, it is common to see an implant lag behind the other for several weeks but i recommend that you follow up with your surgeon and get evaluated, since you may benefit from implant massage or from wearing a breast strap/band.

I recommend you go over your pre operative pictures with your plastic surgeon because it is very possible that your left breast was higher than your right to start out with.  If so, the implants may never achieve total equality of positioning.  Also, sub muscular or partially sub muscular implants tend to drop less over time than sub glandular ones, but the saline fluid inside may be pushed upward due to muscle pressure, and given time and the use of an ace wrap over just one breast may cause the fluid to drop to the bottom of the implant. 

 

If the breast implant folds were similar pre operatively, then a scar band may be holding your left implant up, and time and pressure may loosen this and allow the implant to reposition downward.   

Each implant may respond differently in the pocket.  Give it some more time, but remember no two breasts are exactly the same.