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More often than not this is due to attachment of the scar to the muscle. This can be diagnosed by ocntracting your muscle and watching the dimple become worse.
A lump or bump that you feel with subglandular implants can be alot of different things fromthe implants to a mass or scar tissue. Have a surgeon evaluate it.
Hi Krista,This is very difficult to determine with the information you provided in your question. A photo would be very helpful to determine what the problem is, how long ago did you have your surgery and where was the incision to insert the implant? Any new breast mass should be evaluated by a trained professional and I would recommend contacting your surgeon to be evaluated in person.
Hi. It does not sound like what you are describing after breast augmentation is anything dangerous. It is just a deformity. Ignore it if it is minor. If you find that you really dislike the look, I am sure it can be revised.
Your breasts are constantly changing. Even without surgery, they will not remain the same. Therefore, it is not reasonable to expect that one surgery will take care of it. As plastic surgeons, we would love the ability to mold the breasts out of a mold and create a perfectly symmetric and...
Breast Implant Rippling most often occurs when there is insufficient soft tissue coverage due to little overlying body fat and breast tissue. Implants placed beneath the muscle help to minimize this phenomena but the lower and outside breast (as pectoralis muscle is no longer present), towards...
A surgical bra is unlikely to significantly change the shape of your breasts. Your implants will generally keep themselves up and the goal is to let them drop.
I would try a 300 cc sizer on and then wear different bras to assess and predict the final cup size. There is no definitive method of predicting your final cup size but these methods do allow you to estimate.
It can take up to 9 months for swelling to resolve and the implants to settile following breast augmentation surgery. Although each patient and situation must be assessed individually, I would generally wait at least 6 months, in my opinion, prior to considering revision.
IT sounds as if you have two different processes going on: the firmness present for over a year and the pain from a fall 6 days ago. You could have a hematoma or muscle pull and should discuss this with your surgeon
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