I just had my boobs redone and I'm very upset how they turned out. I previously had saline 360 cc round implants under the muscle put in almost 10 yrs ago. Then I had a baby and breast feed which made my skin stretch and a little saggy so I had them redone 6 days ago with 500 cc high profile silicone implants hoping they would fill out my loose skin and look a little perkier. Now they look same but just bigger. All same things I hated about them are still there. Should I have gotten a lift?
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April 16, 2013
Answer: Concerns after Revisionary Breast Augmentation?
There is no reason why you could switch back to larger implants, but I would strongly hold off for several months before making an impulsive decision. It is so common for patients unhappy with size to become content over the course of a few months that unless there is a question of infection or...
Hi AlisaKotova,
Lateral capsulorrhaphy defines placing sutures in the lateral pocket to prevent the implant from migrating laterally. If your implants are, in fact, sitting laterally and you don't have much cleavage, I have found that lateral capsulorrhaphy is...
It's not unusual for patients to come back and wish that they had gone larger once everything has settled from their initial surgery. My dad, who was also a plastic surgeon, used to tell me that a cup size was about 150-200 cc's. That was a pretty decent rule of thumb, however, every...