I am one week post op now and both my breasts have a slight double bubble effect. Can people please advise if this will resolve? I have attached before photos also.
June 4, 2017
Answer: Double Bubble Hello, Contrary to other respondents on this post, this will not resolve, and it will likely get more prominent as your tissues relax and the implants drop further under your native inframammary fold. Your native fold is not merely 'a tight band', but instead represents a transition from chest tissue to breast tissue, a substantial change in tissue thickness. The two recommendations to 'tape up' or 'strap up' or wear an underwire bra will not overcome the forces of this implant pushing the fold off of your chest. But if it did, your nipples would be looking downward, the problem this surgeon may have encountered if he placed them in their proper position initially during your surgery. This all happened because your surgeon thought he could get away with large implants to avoid performing a breast lift, something you should have gotten. Instead, he just opened up the pockets too low (something surgeons call 'lowering the fold', but in many cases like yours just separate the fold from its natural attachments on your chest), to try to get the implant under your sagging breast tissue and nipples. If your doctor isn't an ABPS certified/ASAPS member surgeon who is a revision breast specialist, you should visit a few who are. Best of luck!
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June 4, 2017
Answer: Double Bubble Hello, Contrary to other respondents on this post, this will not resolve, and it will likely get more prominent as your tissues relax and the implants drop further under your native inframammary fold. Your native fold is not merely 'a tight band', but instead represents a transition from chest tissue to breast tissue, a substantial change in tissue thickness. The two recommendations to 'tape up' or 'strap up' or wear an underwire bra will not overcome the forces of this implant pushing the fold off of your chest. But if it did, your nipples would be looking downward, the problem this surgeon may have encountered if he placed them in their proper position initially during your surgery. This all happened because your surgeon thought he could get away with large implants to avoid performing a breast lift, something you should have gotten. Instead, he just opened up the pockets too low (something surgeons call 'lowering the fold', but in many cases like yours just separate the fold from its natural attachments on your chest), to try to get the implant under your sagging breast tissue and nipples. If your doctor isn't an ABPS certified/ASAPS member surgeon who is a revision breast specialist, you should visit a few who are. Best of luck!
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June 4, 2017
Answer: Double bubble Ask your surgeon if your right inframammary fold was lowered. It appears that it was. Sometimes you see the double bubble in cases like yours. The implant will continue to descend over approximately three months. Nothing to do now, but you may need a revision in the future if this doesn't resolve. You should follow up with your surgeon and follow their recommendations. Good luck!
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June 4, 2017
Answer: Double bubble Ask your surgeon if your right inframammary fold was lowered. It appears that it was. Sometimes you see the double bubble in cases like yours. The implant will continue to descend over approximately three months. Nothing to do now, but you may need a revision in the future if this doesn't resolve. You should follow up with your surgeon and follow their recommendations. Good luck!
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June 4, 2017
Answer: 1 week postop. Will my double bubble resolve itself? Thank you for sharing your question and photograph. In order to accomodate your implant your surgeon lowered your original breast crease and this is contributing to the double bubble effect you see. With time this should stretch out and resolve but only time will tell. Hang in there and allow your results more time to mature.
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June 4, 2017
Answer: 1 week postop. Will my double bubble resolve itself? Thank you for sharing your question and photograph. In order to accomodate your implant your surgeon lowered your original breast crease and this is contributing to the double bubble effect you see. With time this should stretch out and resolve but only time will tell. Hang in there and allow your results more time to mature.
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