Are my Implants Just Healing Very Slow? (photo)

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i was asymmetrical before surgery ( right was bigger) I got 720 ccs teardrop saline unders 4 weeks ago. my left breast is looking good, but my right breast is not! the implant is still high, nipple lower and breast tissue at the bottom where as my left breast is completely filled out by the implant. I am doing the massaging my ps said to. he says that because i went so big on my frame(i am a size 2)they take longer to heal but im still nervous.something wrong? or is my right just healing slow/

Tom J. Pousti, MD · Answer

Although your concerns are understandable,  I would suggest that you continue to exercise patience and allow for approximate 6 months to pass before evaluating the and results of the procedure performed. Your plastic surgeon may have recommendations such as massage or displacement exercises and/or the use of a bandeau,  to help the higher breast implant “settle”.
	Generally speaking (for the benefit of other ladies considering breast surgery), patients undergoing breast surgery should understand that some degree of breast asymmetry is the rule, not the exception immediately after surgery and longer-term as well. In other words,  helping patients achieve realistic expectations in regard to symmetry after breast augmentation is an important part of the preoperative “teaching”.  Patients who are seeking absolute symmetry and/or “perfection” should not undergo breast surgery.  
	Best wishes.

Jeff Angobaldo, MD · Answer

Thank you for your question and photos. Your results look good. Your also very early in
your recovery from breast implant surgery. Over the next few weeks your
breasts will soften and change. Final results take 3-6 months. Discuss your concerns with your
surgeon and follow his instructions. Best Wishes

Jerome Edelstein, MD · Answer

Please wait until about three to four months after your surgery to assess your results. By this time, your breasts will have taken on a more natural contour, where the lower breasts become softer and rounder. Natural tissue expansion occurs to allow this to happen, with the help of gravity. Please wait until at least your fourth month to consider revision surgery.

Jeremy Hunt, MBBS, FRACS · Answer

Four weeks post surgery is too early to comment on the result that yuo can expect in the longer run

	I agree that there is a difference between the left and right sides, and we all hope that this settles with time.  Now is not the time though to assess the differences and assume there is a problem

	Give it time and stick to yuor surgeons post operative instructions

	Jeremy  Hunt

Marguerite E. Aitken, MD, FACS · Answer

Minor asymmetries before surgery frequently lead to differing rates of healing after surgery.  The left implant being the larger implant is heavier and may settle faster than the right.  I support post operative bands to help keep implants relatively even in the post operative period.  Depending on the implant, I also recommending massage maneuvers to help the implant shift.  I would contact your surgeon and express your concerns and certainly be patient for your final result.  It takes times and your result will be quite different 6-12 months after surgery.

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