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Edge/ridge/hump/step off at Top of Breast Implants

fern123May 17, 2012
7 wks ago I had PIP implants replaced with silicone round textured moderates 310g remaining subglandular. (Orig surgeon said when trying to go submuscular they looked awful as breasts a bit tuberous) Before BA was a pointy A cup Since surgery (with capsulectomies) I can feel the top corner edge (top and armpit area) of both implants - a slumped edge that visibly creates a hump in the slope. Its a kind of flat step at the top corner . I'm horrified and it is not improving. Please help/advise

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Dr. Steven Wallach, MD
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Answered on May 18, 2012
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Dr. Howard N. Robinson, MD (retired)
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