The yellow fluids have not stopped since my surgery. It has lessened to spots on my bra at 4 weeks. My ps says that it is normal with this type of operation. I am concerned with the rippling that was present right after surgery. Ps said that will go away. I'm not so sure about that. My skin is cracking red and raw. It feels very scaly and as if I have a very bad sunburn. I am scared to touch my own breast! Is this normal?
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February 7, 2014
Answer: Post op breast augmentation and lift concerns
Thanks for your question. Sorry for your problems. Although your arms could have been extended and the nerves stretched, that would be very uncommon to result in such dramatic problems. I actually tape the arms and place the hands across the lower abdomen to avoid this and reduce traction on the...
Thank you for the question and pictures. In order to achieve the outcome you are looking for, you may benefit from the use of larger breast implants and/or adjustment of the breast implant capsules (capsulorraphy). Internal suture “repair” of the capsules will allow the breast implants to ...
Options to correct this include scar
band release (rigottomy) with fat grafting or open release of the scar tissue
between the muscle and skin (capsulotomy). The first option involves harvesting fat from another part of your body
and grafting it to the scar after the scar has been released...