I had BA/BL 4 months ago in which my crease was moved a lot further down. It has shown the slight shadowing since about week 2 when swelling went down. While my right breast is dropping and forming a nice crease, the left breast isn’t at all and is now starting to form a bubble and doesn’t seem to have much shape at all. What could this possibly mean? Thank you
Answer: Double bouble deformity Your surgeon elected to lower your fold and when this is done the old fold often can be seen and if the implant settle further then you get the result you have now. One can go back in and release some of the old fold and repair the current fold to a higher fold with sutures usually but occasionally a supporting tissue matrix is needed which ads about 2500$. Let us know what you and your doctor decide to do please.
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CONTACT NOW Answer: Double bouble deformity Your surgeon elected to lower your fold and when this is done the old fold often can be seen and if the implant settle further then you get the result you have now. One can go back in and release some of the old fold and repair the current fold to a higher fold with sutures usually but occasionally a supporting tissue matrix is needed which ads about 2500$. Let us know what you and your doctor decide to do please.
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CONTACT NOW Answer: Poor result after BBA Hello and thank you for your questions and photos. Unfortunately you seem to have just had a very poor technical procedure performed with the poor result that goes along with it. I'm sorry to say that you will likely need a revisionary procedure from a surgeon that has experience with difficult revisionary breast surgery. A new fold can be recreated but it is a much more difficult procedure than the initial surgery. I would recommend that you seek a consultation with a different plastic surgeon in your area who is board certified and experience with breast revision surgery.Best wishes!Daniel Brown, MD, FACSBoard Certified, American Board of Plastic SurgeryMember, American Society of Aesthetic Plastic SurgeonsMember, American Society of Plastic SurgeonsCastle Connolly Top DocReal Self Top 500
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CONTACT NOW Answer: Poor result after BBA Hello and thank you for your questions and photos. Unfortunately you seem to have just had a very poor technical procedure performed with the poor result that goes along with it. I'm sorry to say that you will likely need a revisionary procedure from a surgeon that has experience with difficult revisionary breast surgery. A new fold can be recreated but it is a much more difficult procedure than the initial surgery. I would recommend that you seek a consultation with a different plastic surgeon in your area who is board certified and experience with breast revision surgery.Best wishes!Daniel Brown, MD, FACSBoard Certified, American Board of Plastic SurgeryMember, American Society of Aesthetic Plastic SurgeonsMember, American Society of Plastic SurgeonsCastle Connolly Top DocReal Self Top 500
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Answer: BA results Dear KG2302,it is hard to tell for sure without an examination. If you are considering a surgery, I would suggest you to consult a board-certified plastic surgeon. Only after a thorough examination you will get more information and recommendations.Daniel Barrett, MD
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Answer: BA results Dear KG2302,it is hard to tell for sure without an examination. If you are considering a surgery, I would suggest you to consult a board-certified plastic surgeon. Only after a thorough examination you will get more information and recommendations.Daniel Barrett, MD
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Answer: Breast fold doesn’t look right? Such blunting of the lower fold can occur when an attempt is made to lower the fold and make it even with the other side. If the fold was lowered and then secured with suture it could eventually round out, however, after 4 months I would’ve already expected this to have happened. At this point, it would be best to discuss with your surgeon and see what the options are. A fold revision on that side could be considered.
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Answer: Breast fold doesn’t look right? Such blunting of the lower fold can occur when an attempt is made to lower the fold and make it even with the other side. If the fold was lowered and then secured with suture it could eventually round out, however, after 4 months I would’ve already expected this to have happened. At this point, it would be best to discuss with your surgeon and see what the options are. A fold revision on that side could be considered.
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Answer: Double bubble From your photographs, you have what we would call “double bubble”. A double bubble forms usually when some attempt is made to place an implant whose base diameter vastly exceeds that of the native breast thus necessitating a lowering of the fold. When the attachment of the skin fold remains attached to the muscle fascia, and the implant is in a plane lower than that, two bottoms appear. The upper one is where the old crease was. The lower one represents the bottom of the implant. The repair of the situation will oftentimes necessitate removal of the large implant and placement of a smaller base diameter implant, usually with the addition of some type of an ADM such as Strattice or Galaflex.Sometimes it's possible to just reinforce the bottom of the pocket with the native tissues that are already there by creating a flap over the bottom of the pocket and fascia overlying the muscles. Your plastic surgeon will be your best resource here. Hope that is helpful.
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Answer: Double bubble From your photographs, you have what we would call “double bubble”. A double bubble forms usually when some attempt is made to place an implant whose base diameter vastly exceeds that of the native breast thus necessitating a lowering of the fold. When the attachment of the skin fold remains attached to the muscle fascia, and the implant is in a plane lower than that, two bottoms appear. The upper one is where the old crease was. The lower one represents the bottom of the implant. The repair of the situation will oftentimes necessitate removal of the large implant and placement of a smaller base diameter implant, usually with the addition of some type of an ADM such as Strattice or Galaflex.Sometimes it's possible to just reinforce the bottom of the pocket with the native tissues that are already there by creating a flap over the bottom of the pocket and fascia overlying the muscles. Your plastic surgeon will be your best resource here. Hope that is helpful.
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