Before and after left breast revision in a 60 year old breast cancer survivor. Her left implant had rippling and was “bottomed out”, sitting lower than her other side.
A revision removed and replaced both implants with slightly more cohesive gummy bear (8th generation) silicone gel breast implants. These devices have additional cross linking of the silicone molecules and a more stable form, benefitting women with reconstruction results that have rippling. They are very subtly stiffer than those that are normally used for cosmetic breast augmentation (less crosslinked silicone), but are not the most stiff devices – which are often too stiff inside the body.
Her left inframammary fold was reconstructed with long acting sutures that hold their strength for over a year. Postoperatively, she avoided aggressive exercise for a month and experienced discomfort and a feeling of tightness under her left breast for less than two weeks.
Follow up photos are shown three months after surgery. Her breasts have greatly improved symmetry and her ripping is gone. No additional foreign materials such as mesh were required to reconstruct her left breast fold.
*All photos are actual patient photographs and are for illustrative purposes only. Individual results may vary.
