How Long Will It Take for Breast Tissue to Settle After Breast Lift Revision?

A revision like the one you need  will not take more than a couple of weeks for the first stage of swelling. It will then have tosettle into its final position in four to sex weeks. The scars as you know from previous surgery will take a year or longer to mature. I hope it helps. Luis Vinas MD

Yes, it is definately too early to "panic"... I agree that you should wait 3-6 months from the surgery before you make a decision, however you may still need a revision since there is still quite a bit of asymmetry.  Good Luck

Be patient.  As your surgery was in January, you should almost be "settled" by now regarding your final result.  Some persistent asymmetry is not at all uncommon.  Discuss your concerns with your surgeon.  

Dear Much in NY!

Thank you for your question and photo. You are in the early healing phase after surgery.  Regular folllow up with your surgeon is most important.  The changes in this period can be dramatic. 

With Warm Regards,

Trevor M Born MD

It is clear from your photo that you are still asymmetric. This is excpected because you had 2 different operations on your breasts - a mastopexy with "tacking' of the tissue to the breast wall on one, and just a scar revision on the other.  You need to wait to see how the right breast settles and this can take 3-6 months. I suspect that there will still be some asymmetries though because the left breast was not "tacked" to the chest wall and will also settle a bit more and always be lower than the right. I agree with my colleagues that said they don't "tack" the breast. I do not either. I find that these internal sutures never hold up and it makes it really difficult to match the results from right to left.

As with most surgical trauma, an inflammatory phase is triggered to promote the healing, and this commonly takes 3 to 6 months to complete its work.  This is why many surgeons won't recommend revisions until after the tissues have returned to the resting state without inflammation.  With surgical tacking and infrastructure rearrangement, we hope to prevent,or at least slow, the effects of gravity from pulling on our tissues for a long term result.  In your case, you may want to consider revision if the asymmetry continues to be problematic after 6 months.  Thanks for the photos.

You are still too early one to judge whether you need an additional revision-stay up on you post-op visits and withi about 6 months re-evaluate if you need additional work done.

It is really too early to get worried since different surgeries were done on each breast.  The lift breast will initially appear higher as you see in the picture.  However, without examining you, seeing the before pictures, and knowing exactly what was done at surgery, it is impossible to give you a more accurate prediction or better advice.  Hopefully you have a follow up appointment with your surgeon to discuss your issues.

 

Good Luck.

Thank you for the question and picture.

I would suggest that you wait approximately 6 months before evaluating ( or worrying)  about the results of the revisionary breast lift surgery.  In the meantime continue to follow-up with your plastic surgeon.

Best wishes.

You had lift in one breast and scar revision over the other breast and I do think that was  a good idea especially if the second surgery is done by another surgeon. I would suggest to wait at least six months before thinking about revision