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I hear a lot of questions and talk about how long will it take for implants to settle or drop ~ and a lot fear when one drops faster or more than the other one following breast augmentation. Although we all have to wait for the implants to settle into the bottom portion of the breast envelope and that wait period varies from patient to patient, I think we must also consider what the breast envelope was like before surgery. This is another reason I love the High Five System of measurements that Dr. Tebbetts uses to evaluate a breast during consult with a patient. When we measure a patient preoperatively, we can show them and document all the measurements of the breast. Inevitably, the breasts are different. No two breasts are exactly alike before surgery – -so they won’t be the same after surgery either. Nor will they heal/settle the same. So if your right breast envelope was smaller and tighter to begin with, then it will certainly be the straggler in the settling game but it may also always be a little different than the left because it was smaller to begin with. Does that make sense? Most women know that their breasts are different ~ not all, but most do. So when you can objectively measure the breast and show the patient the difference preoperatively then they know the differences that exist and what they surgeon is dealing with then post operatively there are no surprises. I have always found, that if it is a surprise, it is a problem! Honesty, once again, is the best policy and the best way to have happy patients! By the way, Dr. Tebbetts feels like the breast implants aren’t really where they are going to be for at least six months. It’s hard, because you like what you see so quickly after surgery – but they are still changing, softening and settling for a long time. Remember, they don’t get bigger or smaller – - they just keep getting better! About the Author: Terrye Tebbetts is one of the most knowledgeable women in the world about breast implants, with 27 years of experience educating patients and 11 years as a patient herself. For more information about breast implants or breast augmentation Dallas surgeons, please visit www.thebestbreast.com.
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