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Fever and pain are the main indications of an infection around an expander. I hope you have already called your surgeon and been seen. This is not an emergency but I would not put it off until tomorrow. Good luck. I hope the expander is not infected but you need to have your surgeon evaluate.
Please contact your surgeon. A temperature and pain associated with you tissue expander based reconstruction signs of infection which require immediate attention.IV Antibiotics maybe necessary if there is going to be an opportunity to salvage the reconstruction.
Fever and pain with expanders is not a good sign. You should speak with your surgeon and probably need to be seen in person to make sure you do not have an infected expander.
Sounds like you need to call your chosen operative surgeon TODAY! Something not right from your detailed description. Please call him now.
As you have a good early appearance. Cup sizes vary by chest width and how full the breasts are and until you are truly healed, you won't get an accurate sizing. Focus on healing and achieving a symmetrical look to your results as that is more important to us rather than 'what cup size' you h...
I am sorry to hear that you are having problems after your surgery. If the excess skin is coming from the end of your scar then this is what Plastic Surgeons refer to as "dog ears" and this usually can be easily revised with a small surgery under local anesthetic in an office, but...
In general if your BMI is greater than 34 then implant based reconstruction is associated with higher complications so I tend to look at other options for those patients. Another problem is the limited size of implant that provide appropriate size and shape with larger breast sizes. You can ...
