This May will be 2 years since I had my breast done. At almost a year I noticed they were dropping and my right more than my left. I'm scheduled to redo them on the 26th. I want to prevent this from happening again. I workout almost every day and cycle alot of the weekends. My doctor mentioned at my last consult that mesh under my implant was a possibility. What are the pros and cons of this? It's hard to find specific information on the web. I do not want them to drop again. Thank you
Answer: Bottoming out Your question is very valid. Corrective breast surgery can be very trick and unpredictable. I would agree that it appears as though you have bottoming out or "inferior implant malposition" of your right breast. I would agree that using mesh as a "hammock" near your fold would give additional support to your implant and may lessen the risk of this recurring. Several mesh materials are available. I prefer to use Seri graft in these cases. Overtime this mesh will dissolve and structural support of your own collagen will remain to aid in providing support. Without mesh your natural capsule will probably restretch over time. A smaller implant may also be needed to lessen the weight on your lower breast skin. I hope this was helpful. Best of luck.
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Answer: Bottoming out Your question is very valid. Corrective breast surgery can be very trick and unpredictable. I would agree that it appears as though you have bottoming out or "inferior implant malposition" of your right breast. I would agree that using mesh as a "hammock" near your fold would give additional support to your implant and may lessen the risk of this recurring. Several mesh materials are available. I prefer to use Seri graft in these cases. Overtime this mesh will dissolve and structural support of your own collagen will remain to aid in providing support. Without mesh your natural capsule will probably restretch over time. A smaller implant may also be needed to lessen the weight on your lower breast skin. I hope this was helpful. Best of luck.
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April 8, 2016
Answer: Internal bra for recurrent bottoming out Bottoming out occurs as a result of inadequate support of the implants by the body's tissue envelope. This is especially likely with larger implants as yours appear to be. The idea of using mesh such as GalaFLEX to create an internal bra is to reinforce the tissues and add internal support. Exercise will not strengthen the tissues that support the implants.
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April 8, 2016
Answer: Internal bra for recurrent bottoming out Bottoming out occurs as a result of inadequate support of the implants by the body's tissue envelope. This is especially likely with larger implants as yours appear to be. The idea of using mesh such as GalaFLEX to create an internal bra is to reinforce the tissues and add internal support. Exercise will not strengthen the tissues that support the implants.
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April 7, 2016
Answer: What are the pros and cons of using mesh to fix and further prevent bottoming out? I am sorry to hear about the complication you have experienced. I think your concerns are appropriate; your breast implant does seem to sit quite low on your chest wall, consistent with breast implant displacement ("bottoming out”). I think you will benefit from revisionary breast surgery which will likely involve capsulorraphy ( internal suture repair). This procedure serves to reconstruct the lower poles of the breasts and prevent migration of the breast implants too far inferiorly. Associated issues with positioning of nipple/areola complexes should improve with this operation. Generally speaking, the use of acellular dermal matrix or bio synthetic mesh for patients in your situation may be helpful occasionally. This material may be helpful as a supportive matrix and help with the breast implant displacement/malposition you are experiencing. I usually recommend their use depending on the patient's anatomy ( for example quality/elasticity of the involved skin) and past surgical history. You may find more information about specific pro's and con's on the Mesh manufacturer website. You may find the attached link, dedicated to revisionary breast surgery (demonstrating many cases of corrective surgery for patients with "bottoming out" of breast implants) helpful to you as you learn more. Best wishes.
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April 7, 2016
Answer: What are the pros and cons of using mesh to fix and further prevent bottoming out? I am sorry to hear about the complication you have experienced. I think your concerns are appropriate; your breast implant does seem to sit quite low on your chest wall, consistent with breast implant displacement ("bottoming out”). I think you will benefit from revisionary breast surgery which will likely involve capsulorraphy ( internal suture repair). This procedure serves to reconstruct the lower poles of the breasts and prevent migration of the breast implants too far inferiorly. Associated issues with positioning of nipple/areola complexes should improve with this operation. Generally speaking, the use of acellular dermal matrix or bio synthetic mesh for patients in your situation may be helpful occasionally. This material may be helpful as a supportive matrix and help with the breast implant displacement/malposition you are experiencing. I usually recommend their use depending on the patient's anatomy ( for example quality/elasticity of the involved skin) and past surgical history. You may find more information about specific pro's and con's on the Mesh manufacturer website. You may find the attached link, dedicated to revisionary breast surgery (demonstrating many cases of corrective surgery for patients with "bottoming out" of breast implants) helpful to you as you learn more. Best wishes.
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April 7, 2016
Answer: Pros and cons of using mesh for implant support Repositioning a malpositioned implant can be a challenging process, especially in a case as significant as yours. There are many variables that can lead to this problem -- implant size, soft tissue strength, implant texture, and surgical technique all contribute to final position. You appear to have a reasonably large implant and to have undergone some sort of lift at the time of your original surgery, so I will presume that your tissues are fairly soft and their strength compromised. In cases like this, the placement of some type of supporting material can help reduce the risk of recurrent malposition. Products like Strattice, Flex HD, etc are collagen meshes made from various animals. Other materials can be used, as well. SERI is made from silk, for example. In all cases, the benefits are better support for the implant long-term and perhaps better soft-tissue coverage to hide rippling and palpability. The downsides are not insignificant, however. These products are expensive and challenging to use correctly. They add to surgical complexity and operative time, and can introduce other deformities if not expertly placed. I would also state with relative assurance that your skin envelopes are very different, and that some sort of mastopexy will be necessary at the time of implant repositioning.Of note, it appears in your photo that your right breast is significantly larger as well as being lower. If this is actually the case, you may have fluid around your implant which can further complicate matters.Make sure that your surgeon has extensive experience with complex revisions, as yours is not an easy case, but with proper care you should be able to achieve a significant improvement in breast shape and symmetry.
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April 7, 2016
Answer: Pros and cons of using mesh for implant support Repositioning a malpositioned implant can be a challenging process, especially in a case as significant as yours. There are many variables that can lead to this problem -- implant size, soft tissue strength, implant texture, and surgical technique all contribute to final position. You appear to have a reasonably large implant and to have undergone some sort of lift at the time of your original surgery, so I will presume that your tissues are fairly soft and their strength compromised. In cases like this, the placement of some type of supporting material can help reduce the risk of recurrent malposition. Products like Strattice, Flex HD, etc are collagen meshes made from various animals. Other materials can be used, as well. SERI is made from silk, for example. In all cases, the benefits are better support for the implant long-term and perhaps better soft-tissue coverage to hide rippling and palpability. The downsides are not insignificant, however. These products are expensive and challenging to use correctly. They add to surgical complexity and operative time, and can introduce other deformities if not expertly placed. I would also state with relative assurance that your skin envelopes are very different, and that some sort of mastopexy will be necessary at the time of implant repositioning.Of note, it appears in your photo that your right breast is significantly larger as well as being lower. If this is actually the case, you may have fluid around your implant which can further complicate matters.Make sure that your surgeon has extensive experience with complex revisions, as yours is not an easy case, but with proper care you should be able to achieve a significant improvement in breast shape and symmetry.
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Answer: Against periareolar ¿mastopexy? The so called periareolar (yes, it happens around the areola) mastopexy (it can't be named as pexy or lift) popularized by Benelli and Goes few decades ago is the most frustrating novelty and progress in cosmetic surgery (followed closely by endoscopy).Essentially these are the flawed features of the periareolar mastopexy in the best hands and correctly executed:-flattened breast, "fried egg"-shaped-"sun beams" around the areola due to the folds made to encircle a large circular edge downsized to a tiny periarolar edge of the wound-overtension of the scar, leading to hypertrophic scarring of awful cosmetic quality, if not keloyd-this overtension enlarges the areolas looking like cookies, furthermore elongated vertically most of times-cutting away sking all around the areola leaves the areola in the same place, this means no uplift of NAC at all-no glandular work, no reshaping, no support, no lift is achievedYou are not the first and will not be (unfortunately) the last to become victim of the seducing "scar-less" uplift. It is not a matter of finding the "best surgeon" to perform it, it is question of finding a surgeon who does not practive this technique.The solution is not a mesh or any other "creative" or miraculous solution, you just need a BREAST LIFT, a normal one, a real one, well executed and indicated, with inverted T scars (Wise pattern), and better implants: wider, anatomical shaped, macrotextured to provide adhesion to ribcage, cohesive gel filled, of the latest generation. In other words: a full revision.Seek other opinions, specially from surgeons expert in revision cases, complex situations and breast lift. Do travel where is required.
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Answer: Against periareolar ¿mastopexy? The so called periareolar (yes, it happens around the areola) mastopexy (it can't be named as pexy or lift) popularized by Benelli and Goes few decades ago is the most frustrating novelty and progress in cosmetic surgery (followed closely by endoscopy).Essentially these are the flawed features of the periareolar mastopexy in the best hands and correctly executed:-flattened breast, "fried egg"-shaped-"sun beams" around the areola due to the folds made to encircle a large circular edge downsized to a tiny periarolar edge of the wound-overtension of the scar, leading to hypertrophic scarring of awful cosmetic quality, if not keloyd-this overtension enlarges the areolas looking like cookies, furthermore elongated vertically most of times-cutting away sking all around the areola leaves the areola in the same place, this means no uplift of NAC at all-no glandular work, no reshaping, no support, no lift is achievedYou are not the first and will not be (unfortunately) the last to become victim of the seducing "scar-less" uplift. It is not a matter of finding the "best surgeon" to perform it, it is question of finding a surgeon who does not practive this technique.The solution is not a mesh or any other "creative" or miraculous solution, you just need a BREAST LIFT, a normal one, a real one, well executed and indicated, with inverted T scars (Wise pattern), and better implants: wider, anatomical shaped, macrotextured to provide adhesion to ribcage, cohesive gel filled, of the latest generation. In other words: a full revision.Seek other opinions, specially from surgeons expert in revision cases, complex situations and breast lift. Do travel where is required.
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