Double bubble breast

Specifically, double bubble happens when an implant drops down behind the natural fold (inframammary crease) where the lower breast meets the chest, rather than forward into the breast. Most patients who opt for breast augmentation are very happy with their. However, there are some circumstances in which patients are not happy with their new breasts.

Late double bubble can occur with normal aging and descent of the breast , and can usually be corrected with new lower implants and a breast lift (mastopexy) to lift the breast tissue and the nipple areolar complex so the implant and the breast are superimposed and the double bubble is eliminated. It’s part of your breast anatomy. Double Bubble Breast Implant Complication.

The double bubble effect is one such complication that may develop after breast augmentation surgery. If you have double bubble deformity, revisionary breast surgery with Dr. Boyd can correct the issue and restore a more natural and pleasing breast appearance. Photo) I had a breast augmentation days ago with 3cc right and 3cc left saline under the muscle.

I think I am getting a double bubble and the shape is different. How can I correct my double bubble? I have a naturally occurring “double bubble” in. The only time I have seen double bubble occur is when it is necessary to release the IMF with a constricted or tuberous breast.

The implant falls below the breast producing the double bubble.

In standard breast anatomy, I have not seen it and it does not have to occur, ever. Underneath your breast you have a natural fol or crease, called the Inframammary Fold (or IMF). Specifically, a double bubble happens when an implant drops down behind the natural fold (inframammary crease) where the lower breast meets the chest, rather than forward into the breast.

The best way to describe it, as if there is a crease causing the breast mound to appear as two. This issue can be corrected with breast revision surgery. Sometimes after breast augmentation, a ridge of breast tissue develops below the nipple.

With revisionary breast surgery, Dr. Schlechter can correct double bubble deformity and create a more natural-looking and pleasing breast appearance. A double bubble is corrected via breast surgery revision. There are several situations in which we see double bubbles. In one case, a double bubble deformity occurs when a crease is presnet across the bottom of your breast implant, between the nipple and the inframammary breast fol and causes the implant to bubble out.

Double-bubble breasts – you don’t have to live with it. As with many breast deformity cases, double-bubble correction is a challenging, yet extremely rewarding type of revision breast surgery performed frequently by our doctors. The “ double bubble ” deformity is when the breast tissue descends instead of the implant.

This may occur with age, loss of weight or pregnancy. In this case the breast tissue falls and therefore the implant now gives more fullness in the superior part of the breast. The double - bubble deformity is one of the most common problems in breast augmentation, with or without mastopexy. Classically, open techniques have been used to treat this deformity, including elevation and reconstruction of the inframammary crease or parenchymal scoring.

Thank you for your questions.

This is a condition where the implant and the native breast are in completely different anatomical levels. Routine subpectoral mammary augmentation in women with a small breast lower pole deficiency often in poor late with the appearance of a double - bubble deformity. It is quite common with the transaxillary and transumbilical approaches due to the long distance between the incision and surgical site. Linder repositions the implant and.

A: The ‘ double bubble’ problem after breast augmentation is not a rare phenomenon. It is the result of changing or lowering one’s existing inframammary or lower breast fold. This is often necessary to accommodate the size of a breast implant and to prevent too high of an implant position, resulting in excessive upper breast pole fullness.

Mesna can repair double bubble deformity in several ways. Through this opening, he can place small sutures to lift the implant and tighten your breast tissue. Since it is not a normal shape, it is termed a “deformity. When a breast implant is inserte the patient’s own breast tissue and skin is stretched outward (forwar anteriorly). The double bubble is a term that often gets tossed around in breast augmentation circles, and it would not sound so frightening if it was better understood.

In cases of mild breast sagging or a tight, constricted breast , it is often necessary to lower the breast fold as part of a breast augmentation. This is an excellent case example of a patient with severe encapsulated superior retropositioned implants with a double bubble deformity with an overhanging of the nipple-areolar complex. How is double bubble repaired?