Breasts feel tight and flat after breast lift. Will they project more once settled, relaxed and not so compacted? (Photo)

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I had a breast lift with fat transfer to the upper poles and a tummy tuck 17 days ago. My breasts are very tight and look flatter and smaller than I had imagined, they feel very compacted. (One is bigger at the moment, with more swelling, it needed more work than the other.) I wonder if they will project more or just deflate/flatten even more once swelling goes down? Does this look normal? (Tummy is extremely swollen from the TT and I can't stand straight yet so slouching in the photos.)

Carmen Kavali, MD · Answer

It's far too early to evaluate your results.  Time is a plastic surgeon's friend, and it's a plastic surgery patient's friend.  Be patient, and don't worry just yet. It's too early.

Jourdan Gottlieb, MD · Answer

It is a bit early to expect to see something like the appearance you can expect in 3 months.  With your arms elevated in the photos, the view is not a standard one because the raised arms also raise the breasts, and tend to de-emphasize the lower pole fullness. I see nothing that would bother me in the photos. Patience. All the best.

Brooke R. Seckel, MD, FACS (retired) · Answer

Baseline your photographs you look perfectly appropriate for 17 days.During the breast lift skin is removed and the breast is tightened and compacted.  Typically the breast shape changes dramatically over the next 3-4 months as the transplanted fat and breast tissue settles into the breast pocket and creates more lower pole fullness beneath and below the nipple areola.  Please follow closely with your plastic surgeon.

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