30 yo female. 5’5” 140 lbs. 360/375 cc Natrelle implants put in Oct. 2020 along w/ mastopexy. Good skin elasticity. Decent amount of breast tissue before implants. I am planning on having an explant soon (I am experiencing symptoms of breast implant illness.) Wondering if there’s a big concern of nipples inverting after an implant removal if the removal is done with a second stage mastopexy. Is this a common side effect after explant or not seen too often?
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Your very large implants are too large for your frame and have stretched tissue so you have some symmastia. You would do much better going down in size and repairing that area if needed.
Bacteria, especially Staph, live in nipples in all women, especially in those who have breastfed children. This is why before surgery, antibiotics are prescribed and are continued a while after surgery. For Future surgery, antibiotics will be used and hopefully you will do very well.
If you have neck, back and shoulder pain now and plan to get pregnant then the pain will get worse. The best option at this time would probably be explantation and lift. If your implants are totally submuscular then you can use a circumareola approach to remove the implants and lift the...
