Hello! This is a follow-up to my previous question. I am 38 and recently had 20 yr old saline implants removed along with a lift. My skin lifted off my sternum a bit with the original implants, which my initial surgeon attempted to stitch down with little improvement. Now that I don’t have implants, I’ve been told to give it time but am wondering if I should get a second opinion about how and when this can be fixed. The photo is from 1 month p/o explant/lift. What can be done to fx the middle?
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Breast augmentation simply pushes the existing breast tissue outward. Every woman is asymmetric and 1 breast will not match exactly the opposite breast. Following pregnancy, there will be volume loss and the breasts will change again. What you're seeing may be the underlying muscle or extra...
A lot of how the initial surgeon did the dissection was important along with if you have a capsular contracture, you could have a neuroma, along with malposition of the implant; along with the implant sitting on the nerve, among many other reasons that could account for pain. So when your...
