When Will my Breasts Look Normal Again After Implant Removal?

Generally speaking, your plastic surgeon who has had the benefit of examining you ( especially characteristics such as breast skin elasticity) will be your best resource when it comes to predicting how your breasts will look after breast implant removal. Once breast implants have been removed, it will take several months to see the final outcome of the procedure performed.

 For the benefit of future patients considering breast implant removal,what the breasts will look like after explantation  depends on several factors such as: the quality of skin elasticity (the better the elasticity the better the skin will bounce back),  the size of the implants used (the larger the implant the more trouble you may have with redundant skin), and the amount of breast tissue present at this time (which may have changed since the time of your breast augmentation). 

Life experience since your breast augmentation procedure, such as pregnancy or weight gain weight loss, will  potentially influence the factors discussed above. If you take these factors into consideration and apply them  to your specific circumstances you may get a good idea of what to expect after the implants are removed. 

Best wishes; hopefully you will be pleased with the outcome of the procedure performed.

Since the implants were not  too big and were not in a long time, there is a good chance that the skin will shrink up, but it can takes months to see the final results.  I have my patients wear a compression bra or sports bra as much as possible after surgery to help swelling to go down faster and allow skin to contract.

         The smaller the implant and the less the amount of time it has been since placement, the greater the chance the return to the preoperative state.

 

 

 

Kenneth Hughes, MD Los Angeles, CA