800cc looks small - 1 day post-op (photos)

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I had surgery yesterday and I got the biggest cc u can In silicone gel , they are square like on the top and swollen please tell me they'll get bigger,

Emmanuel Mallol Cotes, MD · Answer

Thanks for the question. In my practice, after performing a BA I recommend to my patients to limit the movement of the arms for two weeks. After that, you can move your arms taking care and always with common sense. 
In this regard, it's not advisable to carry heavy weights to prevent the implant out of position, and allow the formation of the physiological capsule around the implant, also to avoid pain and breast swelling.

Kind regards

Jed H. Horowitz, MD, FACS · Answer

It may be too soon to determine the final result. Typically, it's best to wait 6  to 12 months depending on the reason for #revision.  Matters such as sagging or drooping  and size change will not improve with time. As with all cosmetic surgery, results will be rewarding if expectations are realistic. With any surgical procedure, there are some risks which your doctor will discuss with you during your consultation. If you do decide on a revision to #increase your implant size, the #pocket will need adjusting and a lift may also be necessary to better #support the new implant. Additionally, a mesh for further support may be helpful depending on the #implant size and skin #elasticity.

John Paletta, MD · Answer

I would listen to the advice of the others who've already commented. It's impossible to tell anything after a day. You're going to be far too swollen which alters the appearance and shape of the breast. It's difficult to tell how big you are at the stage until the swelling improves also looking at yourself from above give you a misrepresentation as opposed to looking in a full length mirror.  I can assure you that you will look different two weeks from now and more so two months from now.

Ramiro Morales, Jr., MD · Answer

Thank you for your question and pictures.  The breasts won't get bigger.  And you are right, that is the maximum size.  However, as the breast skin and the muscles stretch, the breast will take on a much more aesthetically pleasing shape and will thus may appear to be bigger than they are now.  You can't make any judgement about size until 3 months after the surgery.

Megan Jack, MD · Answer

Please please please please do yourself a HUGE favor and take a deep breath, relax, and wait.  Patience is key while you are healing from breast surgery and nothing is as they appear ESPECIALLY so early after surgery.  You simply cannot assess size, shape, symmetry, etc until at least 2-3 months after surgery because you are swollen, the muscles are tight, and everything needs to heal and settle.  My experience is that the majority of the time the implants "ride high" or sit high up on the chest early on in the healing period, and as the tissue softens, muscles relax, and swelling resolves they will drop down into a more normal position.  Rest assured and follow your surgeons instructions.  Just give it time. . . .

Darryl J. Blinski, MD · Answer

Dr Rounder is an excellent senior breast PS. Allow 3 months of healing time before determining if you went to large. I doubt he suggested that volume after personally and professionally knowing him for 37 years. If you are so conflicted, the first question was the high riding effect, this question is being to small... Maybe you need t allow healing the. Besides you obtained the largest pre manufactured size from the implant company. If you desire larger than a special order implants needs to be personally produced just for yu....

Tom J. Pousti, MD · Answer

I'm sorry to hear about the anxiety you are experiencing after breast surgery. Given that you are very “fresh” out of surgery,  it is quite likely that you are experiencing significant “emotional ups and downs” unnecessarily. In other words, it is much too early to evaluate the outcome of the procedure performed; your breasts will undoubtedly change over the course of the next several weeks/months.  The vast majority of patients with your concerns at your stage in the recovery process, turn out to be much happier two to three months after the procedure was performed.

I routinely ask my patients to wait at least 3-6 months before evaluating the end results of the breast augmentation surgery. This waiting time allows patients to (usually) physically and psychologically adapt to the new body image. There is definitely a physiologic and "psychological" (body image)  adaptation process that occurs, at differing rates for every patient, for patients who undergo any type of aesthetic surgery, including breast  augmentation surgery.  Understandably, patients often experience significant emotional "ups and downs" around the time of surgery.

In other words, it is much too early to evaluate the outcome of the procedure performed; your breasts will undoubtedly change over the course of the next several weeks/months.   Do your best to stay emotionally even keeled. I would suggest continued patience and continued close follow-up with your plastic surgeon.

Best wishes for an outcome that you will be pleased with longer-term.

800cc looks small - 1 day post-op (photos)

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