August 22 I had saline implants 350 cc filled to 390 cc sub-muscular inframammary placement. After the surgery, everything was fine except for my right breast was more tender. Now at 12 days, they have both dropped to some degree but my right one is noticeably higher than the left. Also, at 7 days I noticed a small bruise at the end of the incision on that breast where a stitch appeared to be coming undone. Now, at 12 days the bruise has spread slightly and the stitch has come out.
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September 12, 2013
Answer: Nothing to worry about 12 days after surgery.
Almost every woman has one breast that is slightly bigger or smaller than the other. Sometimes this is a very notable difference and sometimes it is minute. 25 cc is a small amount, but often just enough to balance the chest wall on a patient that has a slight volume asymmetry.
One of the most widely recognized factors in capsule contracture is blood around an implant, and the only reliable way to clear all of the blood from around an implant is to open the pocket and physically remove all of the blood and wash the tissues. Depending upon when the bleeding...
Back in the day, all plastic surgeons in the 80's did closed capsulotomies. Closed capsulotomies were ways of squeezing hard on the breast in order to tear the capsule, which then led to an immediately softer breast, with also potential bleeding which would lead to even a harder breast...
