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Thank you for your question and picture. I am sorry to hear that you are not satisfied with your reconstruction. I recommend discussing your concerns again with your plastic surgeon and communicate your goals and desires. Best of luck.
Talk to your surgeon. I would recommend that you wait for a bit if you are immediately postop. You may want a different profile implant. You may need a little pocket adjustment.
There are several aspects to the breast reconstruction you had that need repair.The implant chosen may be too wide. the position of the implants and the inframammary line need to be adjusted. The implant pocket need narrowing laterally. To go from 240 cc tissue expansion to 650 c implant does not make sense.need to evaluate the skin pliability. This would require more surgery to correct. would need to evaluate what exactly was done at the first and second surgery and a plan of correction is needed
If you feel you are to large, then you are to large. discuss this with your plastic surgeon and see if it is possible to exchange the implants you have for ones that are more suitable to your frame. Good luck...
The muscle that is used to cover the expanders, when stretched can be painful. In some cases this may not get better.I have had remove expanders some times because of this and utilize dermal matrix or a flap to complete the reconstruction.For larger breasted women, I have been working on a...
Tissue expanders have a metal port which act as the fider for the magnet used to establish the location where the injection needle will be placed. This is also why a MRI should not be performed with anyone with metal inside of their body since the MRI is a also BIG magnet and can completely...
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