A had a revision done on my breast lift plus implants 25 days ago. 4 days ago I removed 2 sutures from the spot in the picture. I sent pictures to my PS and was told to keep it clean, put neosporin on it, cover with guaze. It was a scab and now looks like yellow tissue. I see my PS in 1 week. Should I request to be seen in person sooner? Does this look infected? Or like it is on its way to healing? I do trust my PS but honestly I don't want to go in early if 1 week would be fine.
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May 29, 2013
Answer: Stitch Abscess after Revisionary Breast Surgery?
Dear Tinyangel,
The fake but natural is an interesting concept. Upsizing to 475cc HP implants will definately achieve your D cup upper pole fullness, but will NOT look very natural. Good luck!
A 300 mL silicone implant outwardly looks the same as a 300 mL saline implant. The large the implant the more likely contour irregularities are to be seen with saline implants and they tend not to feel as natural the silicone gel.
Sometimes, when patients undergo revisionary breast surgery to downsize breast implants, closing off the breast implant pockets on the sides will help decrease the appearance of “side breast”. This procedure, capsulorraphy ( involving the use of internal sutures), serve to prevent the mov...
