Four months after breast implants, is shooting pain and tenderness normal?

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I am four months post op. Have 300cc silicon under the muscle. I still feel tenderness/numbness in nipples and the lower part of breasts (the incision is under crease) At times I feel itchy around the incisions and then there's shooting pains at tms in both breasts, esp on sides. When will I feel totally normal...like forgetting I have implants inside my body? Would my breasts soften any further? Is this the final shape that I see at four months? Sorry, too many questions. Thank you in advance.

Michele A. Shermak, MD · Answer

Hello!These symptoms are not unusual. You did not mention if you are massaging your implants. If they are round implants you may massage them and see some relief in the discomfort you have. It takes a full year for implants to settle. The first 4 months are the time you can get the greatest impact in modulating outcome. Talk to your surgeon. Hopefully your symptoms will resolve!

Jaime S. Schwartz, MD, FACS · Answer

I appreciate your question.
  
I would recommend that you discuss this question with your surgeon as every surgeon has their own respective post op protocol for his/her patients.  Your surgeon is your best resource as he/she is most familiar with your medical history and how you are healing at this time.
  
The best way to assess and give true advice would be an in-person exam.
  
Please see a board-certified plastic surgeon that specializes in aesthetic and restorative plastic surgery.
  
Best of luck!
  
Dr. Schwartz
  
Board Certified Plastic Surgeon
  
#RealSelf100Surgeon

Winfield Hartley, MD - Account Suspended · Answer

It sounds like your nerves are still "waking up" from surgery which is a process that can last many months.  While some women are back to normal after a few months it make others a year or more for the sensations to normalize.  It is worth an appointment with your plastic surgeon to make sure that everything is on track, but continue to be patient.  No two patients are ever the same.  Best of luck.

Four months after breast implants, is shooting pain and tenderness normal?

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