I’ve had my left nipple pierced for over a year, and it varies from getting the occasional infection here or there, depending on whether or not it’s that time of the month for me. Usually that’s when it tends to get slightly infected. But what I am noticing is that, my left breast implant is feeling a bit harder than my right one...which is odd, because I originally had more breast tissue there, and they’ve always felt squishier and softer than my right. Had my implants for 6 years.
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It would be hard to determine a seroma based solely on photos. What you are experiencing may just be swelling which is normal at this point in time. Your best course of action would be to schedule an appointment with your surgeon for an in-person examination.
Sorry to hear about your asymmetry. It is difficult to make a diagnosis just by looking at your picture. Though rare at 19 weeks, it is possible that you have a capsular contracture. Your PS should evaluate you in person and make recommendations such as massaging techniques, Singulair, Vita...
At 6 weeks you are about 35 percent settled, shaped, softened, dropped and fluffed. "Drop and fluff" refers to the fact that as the skin stretches and the muscles relax, the implants move down and out slowly – about 1 percent a day. It’ll be about six weeks before they even begin to settle down,...
