Did you know that over 300k breast augmentation procedures take place in the United States each year?
If you have decided to get a breast augmentation procedure, you should research the surgeon, cost, and procedure. However, you should also research when you can expect to see full results.
Read on to learn about what to expect from your breast augmentation results.
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Wait For Your Breasts to Drop and Fluff
As you research what to expect after your breast augmentation surgery, you will likely come across the term drop and fluff. Drop, and fluff is a term used by plastic surgeons to explain the process your breasts have to go through to achieve the desired look.
Before your breasts drop and fluff, there’s a chance what you see in the mirror will not match what you pictured in your head. During this time, your breasts might be too high and seem out of place, but that is completely normal.
The Drop
As the term suggests, your breast implant needs time to drop and lower into place. Right after the surgery, patients experience tissue constriction, which results in the implant sitting high and flat.
Once the tissue adapts to the implant, it relaxes the implant will begin to fall into place. The breast will begin to appear more natural once with process occurs.
The Fluff
Not only does the implant need to fall into place, but it also needs to take its shape. The fluff happens when the implant begins to take a natural shape and resembles a natural breast.
Before the fluff happens, many patients feel their breasts are too round or slightly unnatural.
Giving Your Implants Time to Settle
If you want the best breast augmentation results, you must give the implant time to settle.
The reason your implants need time to settle into place has to do with the surgical technique. During the more modern natural breast augmentation surgeries, your surgeon will place the implant right below the pectoral muscle.
In previous years, the early technique involved placing the breast implant right above the muscles so that the only protection would be tissue and skin.
Although the modern technique achieves a more natural result, it does tend to sit higher on the chest. Also, it takes a lot longer for the muscle to relax because it’s placed under it.
Breast Augmentation Recovery Timeline
Now that you know the importance of settling your breast implants, you should also learn about the timeline.
Although the results vary from patient to patient, most breast implants take six months to settle. However, some patients start to like the results of their breast implants at around three months after surgery.
Implants also take a lot longer to settle in younger patients because they have denser tissue. Overall the healing process varies from patient to patient.
Expect These Breast Augmentation Results
Now that you know what to expect from your breast augmentation results, you’re ready to decide if this is the right decision for you.
Remember, after a breast augmentation surgery, you can expect your implants to take about 6 months to drop and fluff. However, the results vary from patient to patient.
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