Hi. So I'm 17 days post-op. I have 350 moderate plus mentor silicone textured round implants placed in a dual plane position. I'm just wondering what the likelihood of these implants softening further to be able to manipulate them together in a bra is? I had widely spaced breasts and was very flat chested before. I've been measured at a 32DD now.
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Mentor Xtra gel is slightly overfilled to yield less rippling compared to regular gel. However, rippling is not often an issue unless the implant is placed over the muscle, in a very thin patient, or in revision surgery. Therefore, the Xtra volume isn't often necessary. In regards to what...
Your should have been given an I.D.card after your surgery, you will want this information for the future. Your doctor may retire and you will not have the needed information should you need a revision in the future. Contact the surgeon's office, if they don't have the card they can give you the...
In that you should never experience a loss of volume but implants can rupture and if this happens, the knee jerk reaction is to switch them out for new ones. But gel is cohesive now so it all sticks together and should not disseminate into the surrounding breast tissue if the shell fails ...