Is there something wrong with my implants position? (Photo)

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I am post surgery 10momths and I found my implants in a weird position. And not looking as natural. Can anyone tell me if they are capsules, or malposition? How can I fix it and how much it would cost? And I’ve always found my implants siting low but my surgeon insisted that it was okay. Can anyone tell me if they are too low or still in a okay position? And if the implants are too big for me? I have 330ml motiva ergonomix2. Pictures are pre, 4m post, 10m post(now)

Gary M. Horndeski, MD · Answer

Implants are held by the skin envelope.  Unfortunately, your skin envelope is stretching and your implants are bottoming out.  The weight of the implants is exceeding the mechanical strength of the skin to hold them up and they will continue to move down the chest wall.  You will need smaller implants and also plication or repair of the pockets inferiorly and laterally to prevent inferior and lateral displacement.

Best Wishes,

Gary Horndeski, M.D.

Leland Deane, MD, FACS · Answer

The implants are too large, I feel, and you are 'over-dissected'. This leads to the nipple being too high on the breast and the skin from the areola to fold being over stretched and elongated. There is no easy fix but you would need smaller implants and a pocket revision.

Initially, I take pains not to overstretch the tissue of the lower breast, which can lead to this 'bottoming out'.

Hope this helps.

Connie Hiers, MD, FACS · Answer

Your implants have bottomed out from the weight. they are too heavy for your tissue to support. I would suggest going down in size and possibly using mesh to help support the implants and tighten the inferior pocket..

Michael S. Kluska, DO · Answer

Unfortunately, you have migration of your implants, which is called dropout or bottoming out. This happens when the pectoral muscle has been completely released from its distal attachment or your implants are on top of the muscle and the pocket inferiorly was made too big. Correction, for this is a procedure called capsulorrhaphy which tightens the inferior pole of the breast With sutures and can be further enhanced using a product called Renuvion. Recovery from this is approximately 3 to 4 weeks.

Mark Eberbach, MD · Answer

Based upon your photographs, your implants are exactly where they belong. They have not moved and are sitting precisely where they were placed.

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