700cc under the muscle. How long before my right breast catches up with my left? 9 weeks post op. (Photo)

Thank you for your question. You’re very
early in the recovery phase from breast implant surgery. Over the next
few weeks your breasts will change. Final results take 6 months. I
would expect some asymmetry by looking at your preop photo. Discuss your
concerns with your plastic surgeon.

All breasts when compared one to the other is slightly different with regards to healing, swelling, discomfort, and appearance.  This is normal.  After thousands of implants, this is exactly what I tell my patients to expect.  Most often is that there is no clinical reason, other than our ability to compare one side to the other. The photos appear fine.

It can be different from one side to the other without any particular problem.  It can take 6 months for things to even out.  If it is necessary, sometimes we see the patients every week to make sure that things are healing the way they should and to reinforce the massage techniques.  

Congratulations on having undergone the breast augmentation procedure. Generally speaking, breast implants will "drop" into the pocket that was created during surgery and massaging the implants downward may assist in the dropping of the implants after surgery (for those patients who want to help with the settling of the implants). The rate of breast implant "settling" may depend on factors such as size of breast implant pocket dissected, tightness of the overlying skin/muscle layers, and size of breast implant utilized. Normally, it takes about 3-6 months (for some patients longer) to see the final result. It is very common for one side to settle faster than the other.

Sometimes, one or both breasts implants do not settle as planned and revisionary breast surgery becomes necessary to improve the outcome. On other occasions, if the long-term breast asymmetry is mild ( understanding that absolute symmetry is very rarely achieved), patients will need to decide whether proceeding with revisionary breast surgery is worth the potential downsides associated with additional surgery.

Again, best to follow your plastic surgeon for more specifics. Best wishes for an outcome that you will be pleased with long-term.

Thanks for sharing your
photos. I encourage you to speak directly with the plastic surgeon who
performed your procedure. Based on your pictures, I think you have a pretty result. It is hard from a 2-d photo to see the
nuance. It is rare to have perfectly
symmetrical breasts, and I like to tell my patients to think of their breasts
as sisters, not twins because there will always be small
differences. Please also remember
that when going from very small to much larger it can take six months to
a year for the breasts to really settle.
Your skin also needs time to settle and there can be huge
differences in how the breasts settle out. I also encourage you to speak directly
with the plastic surgeon that performed your procedure. Best of luck.

Breasts are never exactly alike and the difference between your two breasts is well with in the normal variance of breasts. They will continue to change for months and even years b/c 700cc is alot of weight and will continue to stretch the skin envelope. Wear a good support bra to help them look good longer. Good luck. 

Each breast is different, and as such will respond differently to the implants.  It can take 3-4 months for the implants to settle.

Event though the same surgery is performed on both breast healing often occurs at different rates sometimes this is attributed to increased muscle mass on the side of your dominant hand.  It may take up to 3 months or more before your final breast shape is present.  You do have some differences between your breasts in the preop photo.  Which is something I spend time discussing with patients.  Best of luck.