Will my nipples and breast look better?

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I had my silicone implants removed. I didn't want any implants and wanted minimal scars. The doctor performed a donut lift,I also have incisions under my breast. My nipples look horrible and my breast are ssi saggy. I'm 5 months post surgery. My right breast also looks bigger and the nipple is flat and pleated,the left is not pleated. Will my breast look better or is this my permanent result?

Stuart A. Linder, MD, FACS · Answer

The surgery that would have corrected the severe skin laxity would have probably have been better a full or formal mastopexy. Your breast show signs of grade 3 skin laxity that is best tightened using a full lift or an anchor scar.

Shwetambara Parakh, MD · Answer

Sorry you are not happy with the results, while the breast may change somewhat for upto a year after surgery, it is unlikely there will be any improvement in the saggy appearance. A vertical lift with a lollipop scar will go a long way to give you the appearance you want. Most of your breast tissue is below the nipple and this needs to be elevated and positioned higher. Good luck !

Steven Wallach, MD · Answer

The breasts will likely change a bit more, but what you are seeing now is probably close to the final result.

Alan M. Engler, MD, FACS (retired) · Answer

Most likely not - at 5 months you are more or less at your final result (which can take up to 6 months, or even longer in some cases, but the issues you're bringing up are not likely to resolve on their own).While it's understandable that you did not want the incisions and scarring of a more formal mastopexy (vertical or inverted-T), the trade-off is the combination of problems you're noting now: pleating, flattened appearance, still with some ptosis.But, in view of that, you have a nice result (ie, within the range of what this procedure can do).  And you still have the option to convert to a more formal mastopexy if you decide that what you have now is not aesthetic enough.  There are no perfect answers so you have to decide which of the options you'll be the happiest with or, depending on how you look at it, the least unhappy.  You should of course discuss this with your own plastic surgeon.Sorry, but I hope that this helps and good luck.Dr. Alan EnglerMember of #RealSelf500

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