Just recently had silicone implants changed out because of a misread MRI stating a rupture. The implants were actually intact and I had a tissue mass where they claimed the rupture was. Now about a week ago I started getting two pronounced lump on the bottom of my left breast. The surgeon told me it was the implant coming through the muscle. An ultrasound showed two small pockets of fluid around the scar capsule. I am now so confused with these two conflicting results.
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I have to agree with Dr. Minitti's comments below. The wrong operation was performed. As a revisionary breast specialist, I find that donut mastopexies are often overused and result in poor scarring. I also find the repeated revisions of the donut scars usually fail. No one wants a vertical...
Some factors which contribute to the outcome of a breast #augmentation are #size, #shape, and #profile. The #profile is determined by the amount of #projection versus roundness that the you desire, as well as the #size of the implant and size of your chest. Also, the placement or incision ...
Dear Petri, Thanks for submitting your picture. From observing your picture, it appears that you have severe capsule contracture and excessively large areolas. If you were my patient, I would recommend bilateral complete capsulotomy and areola reduction (donut). That should be followed by i...