My Breast Implants Are Too Close Together, Should I Be Worried? (Photo)

While your breasts are spaced a bit close together, your results look pretty good. As a matter of fact, many patients would love to have the cleavage you have! However, if you are unhappy with the results, revision surgery would be the most effective solution to creating a larger space between your breasts and a smaller size. Best of luck.

Symmastia is a condition which can occur when the implants are too close together. Patients often refer to this as a “uniboob.” Also, it is still quite early into your post-op healing stage. Therefore, what you may be experience is swelling which can be mistaken as #symmastia.  If you are not satisfied with your #final #results or if there are any concerns, it's best to consult with your plastic surgeon to further discuss your #options.

It's not unusual for women to be concerned about the size and position of their breast implants following breast augmentation surgery. With the passage of time, swelling and muscle spasm slowly disappears and many of these patients are ultimately happy. In some cases, after an initial period of adjustment, patients are also happy with their implant size.Although your pictures suggest some improvement with the passage of time, you still have several persistent areas of concern. These include implants that aren't centered beneath the nipple areola complexes, inadequate lateral breast fullness and exaggerated cleavage. These findings are consistent with implants that have been positioned too far medially. This gives the impression that the nipple areola complexes sit almost on the side of the breast.Expansion of the lateral breast pocket and possible closure of the medial breast pocket would, hopefully, address most of your concerns. These maneuvers would center the implants beneath the nipple areola complexes, diminish cleavage and improve breast contour. In addition, lateral positioning of the implants might decrease the apparent breast size.If you're still concerned about these problems six weeks after surgery, it's reasonable to consult your plastic surgeon. Your surgeon should be able to formulate a treatment plan that addresses your anatomic findings and achieves your aesthetic goals.

   I must say that your breasts at 3.5 months in the 4th picture look very good and the lateral portion of the pocket expanded a noticeable amount from previous pictures.  See how it goes for another 3 months.   Kenneth Hughes, MD Los Angeles, CA

i understand your concerns and I agree. There is not really anything you can do to get the implants to move further apart. You should avoid bras which intentionally push your breasts together, and perhaps wearing a bra 24/7 for another 3 months might help further enlargement of the pocket.

The photograph demonstrates will volume distribution will of the breast implants favoring the medial half of the breast much more than the lateral. This suggests that the implants are placed to immediately which would explain the close approximation on the chest wall. More than likely this would require surgical correction.

I see a distinct separation between your breasts which means that it doesn't look like you have symmastia (uniboob). Yes, they're spaced very close together, but this allows you to have maximum cleavage. If that's what you wanted before your surgery, then your results are what you requested. If not, then you should go back to your surgeon to talk about this. You can have another procedure done to reposition the implants.

This really depends on what you and your surgeon agreed upon before the surgery.  If the goal was to increase the volume for cleavage, then the goal was achieved.  You do not appear to have synmastia (the breasts are merged together) so I don't think you need to remain concerned about that now.  Follow up with your surgeon if you desire a revision.  Best wishesFor more information, please go to my website at:WirthPlasticSurgery.com

I do not think you should panic. Symmastia is when the cleavage is destroyed and the two breast pockets become one like a tube top. This is unlikely to occur but keep a close eye on if the cleavage is being eroded away over time. My sense is that the skin will relax and the implants will be fine. Dont rush to have anything revisions until a year out. You can always downsize the implants if you don not like the size, but that is a separate question from the cleavage issue.

The usual distance between the breast is about 3 cm.  The pectoralis muscle originates along the lateral border of the sternum.  In order to get submuscular implants this close to the midline then the muscle must have been released up to at least the mid portion of the sternum.  There is no problem as long as you like the implants this close together.  What you do not want to happen is for the two implant pockets to erode into one another.  This condition is termed synmastia.  At this point you are fine but in the future if you notice the implants getting even closer together then let your surgeon know.