After a mini gastric bypass surgery 3 years ago and subsequent massive weight loss, I had multiple procedures to get rid of the excess skin. I had a belt lipectomy, this went really well! After a few months I had a breast lift. Then a few months after I had breast implants. Unfortunately soon after they bottomed out. After 6 months, my surgeon advised me to have another procedure to add a mesh to support the implants. I went ahead but soon after the implants bottomed out again! What is wrong?
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Answer: Addressing Recurrent Bottoming Out of Breast Implants After Multiple Surgeries
With breast feeding, you are at higher risk of mastitis, or breast infection, which will not be good with implants and mesh. You still can breast feed, but you must be very particular with nipple care and cleaning.
Hi - it is difficult to make an accurate assessment on these photos, but your case is likely to be relatively complex as it involves revision surgery and likely a combination of implant exchange and uplift. This can be carried out in 2 stages if required, or may be combined. I would consult a...
To make an accurate assessment on the outcome of a plastic surgery procedure we need as much information as possible. In particular we need to see proper before and after pictures.
If you’ve had more than one operation, then we should ideally see before and after pictures of each of the p...