Implants changing 2 years post-op, is this normal?

You have an excellent result. The changes you see are typical and doesn’t indicate any particular problem

Hello,This is a common issue, especially after placing the implants under the muscle. The muscle will constantly push the implants down and laterally. Sometimes even wearing a lot of support won’t completely stop this from happening. Placing the implants above the muscle can decrease the chances of this happening but any implants placed still will be affected by gravity so they almost always want to move downward and laterally. You have a couple options which would include tacking the pocket laterally to move the implant back to where it was, doing this plus using a mesh to reinforce everything, or switching to on top of the muscle.Hope this helps!

The changes that you mentioned occurring with your implants are not medically concerning. The weight of the implants and the forces of the body create these subtle changes. If they become concerning return to your surgeon for an evaluation.

There are a myriad of reasons for what may be causing your asymmetry 2 years out. It is normal for your breasts to change (gravity, sleeping position, weight change) and these changes do not necessarily affect both breasts equally. . If this is something that bothers you I recommend sharing your concerns with your surgeon, but as you mentioned, and I think most would agree, you have a great result.

Breast asymmetry is common and understanding your candidacy for breast. Augmentation is an important part of maintaining high patient satisfaction after the procedure. Women who have breast to sit wide on the chest, Wall will have this amplified with augmentation. The same is true for breast that have nipple divergence.
Most women and men have a left breast that sits higher on the chest wall than the right side.
If you included before pictures, it would probably show that you left in from memory fold was about half an inch higher than on the right before your procedure.
I do not recommend surgeons attempt to lower the infra mammary fold to compensate for natural asymmetry.
Currently your left infra mammary fold is currently lower than the right, and your left breast shows more breast volume below the nipple rather than above.
This is technically referred to as the implant bottoming out.
You are still at an early stage of bottoming out, but this may continue to happen without intervention.
I’m not sure if you’re contemplating having revision surgery at this point.
I think your breast look fine for right now, but if you do the pocket on the left side, should probably be reinforced and closed up at least slightly.
Correcting bottomed out implant pockets is not always easy or straightforward.
Make sure your provider has ample experience treating this condition.
To make an accurate assessment regarding the outcome of a plastic surgery procedure we generally need a complete set of proper before, and after pictures, access to your previous operative report and an examination.
I’m making some assumptions here Based unlimited information.
These are just assumptions, I could be wrong and different providers may have very different opinions.
For now, I think your breast look great, and you should probably leave good enough alone.
I suggest taking a set of standard pictures once a year and monitor if they are changing based on comparing pictures.
It’s also not a bad idea to have follow up with your provider.
Best,
Mats Hagstrom, MD