Breast Implants Appearance After Surgery

Breast Implants Appear High and Nipple Position Low

: At 2 month post op, the muscles have relaxed and breast appear fuller. Patient has great cleavage and nipple position has centered.

: After surgery, the patient did not have any cleavage or bottom breast rounding. Implants were high and tight on chest wall.

Breast Implants Symptoms:

Breast Implants look too high on chest
One side usually higher than the other
Nipples facing downward
Breast tissue hanging down over the implant
Breast Implants appear small and flat but high on chest

Causes:

After breast augmentation the breast implants are placed under the muscles of the chest wall. The muscles are normally attached to the 6^th rib. However, order to allow the implants to drop this attachment is released. This allows the muscle to slowly separate from the rib. The implant, then, drops into this expanding space much like a trap door opening. This process can take up to 4 months to complete. In patients with tuberous breasts it can even take longer. Until this “trap door” opens up, the breast implants have no where to go but up to the collar bones. This is why it appears so high. Until the implant drops, there is a separation of the implant and the breast tissue. The implant is high on the chest and the breast tissue remains low making the breasts appear long and unusual. This separation will go away when the implant drops. Until then, the nipples will face downward and the breast tissue will hang below the breast implants.

The muscles are not used to something underneath them so they try to resist stretching. In fact, they are so strong that they flatten the implant. This compresses the breast implants upward and makes it look smaller than it is. As the muscles relax, the implant will pop outward and appear bigger. The entire process is called “Drop and Pop”.

Treatment:

Sometimes no treatment is necessary. The implants will Drop and Pop on their own. However, massage is usually necessary. Actually, the massage is more of a squeeze and hold to help open the “trap door” and push the implants down. Invariably, one implant will be higher and more tense than the other and will need more massaging. This is usually the side that was higher before the surgery. Often, the higher one will change during the post op period. It is important to not wear a support bra during this period unless instructed otherwise. Sometimes, a bandeau is helpful to push the implants down in between massaging. Massaging varies but usually is 1 minute each breast every 2 hours while awake.

More Examples of Breast Implants After Surgery:

: This photo was taken one day after surgery. Notice the right side slightly higher than the left. Patient has no side breast rounding

: At 4 month visit, breast have dropped and rounded out.

: 1 day post op- implants are high and distorted in shape. The patient is slightly hunched over due to chest tightness.

: 4 months post op- breast have dropped and rounded out. Patients posture has also improved.

: 1 day post op- Implants appear high and tight. The position of the nipples is low and facing downward.

: 5 months post op- Implants have dropped and taken a more natural shape. Notice the nipple position has centered.

: 1 day post op- Implants are high and have a square appearance. Notice the nipples appear to bepointing downward.

: 5 months post op- Implants have dropped and popped. The breast have rounded and the nippleposition has centered.

: 1 day post op- The implants are high and verycompressed. Breast appear small and flat.

: 5 months post op- Implants have settled down and breast have rounded and appear fuller.

: 1 week post op- The implants are high and squareshaped. The nipple appears to be at the bottomof the breast

: 8 months post op- The implants have dropped andthe nipples have centered.

: 1 week post op- The implants are high and nipples appear low.

: 2 months post op- Implants have settles and nipple position has centered.

: 1 day post op- Implants appear high on chest. Notice the nipple position is low and nipples are facing in downward direction.

: 10 weeks post op- The implants have started to drop and pop. Notice the nipple position has centered as the implants dropped.

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