Augmentation incision scars
All ways to place a breast implant into the body result in some access scar. The scar’s location is usually under the breast, or around the areola, or in the armpit. The length of the access scar for breast augmentation depends on the plastic surgeon. Scars can be well concealed using all access incision; while sometimes the position, orientation, and length of the scar make it less likely to be concealed. The woman’s genetics also play a role in how well the scar will heal after the breast implants have been placed.
An example of well healed inframammary fold or breast crease access incision scars from breast augmentation. This is a 3 centimeter scar.
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This is another example of inframammary incision access incision scars that have been expertly placed. She has gone on the heal without any thickening, or widening after her breast augmentation.
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This is a fair skinned woman with inframammary fold access incision scars. The redness will resolve over time.
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This is an example of the 'under the breast' or inframammary incision scar. This is a woman of darker color. She has healed without keloid.
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This is an example of a suboptimal healed inframammary fold access incision scar for breast augmentation. It is just a bit retracted or dented in. She has declined any additional surgery for scar revision.
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This woman had a breast augmentation done elsewhere several years prior to coming to the office. She requested the old scar to be revised. Note that this length scar is much longer than Dr. Brown's incision. This is the length of incision that previously had given the under the breast incision a bad name. The lines denote where the older scar will be cut away and then resewn together.
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This is another photo example of how well the inframammary incision scar for breast augmentation heals.
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This is an example of an inframammary scar that is used to place breast implants.
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This women demonstrates a periareolar incision that is used for breast augmentation. This is a suboptimal result that shows distortion of the lower half of the areola
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This woman of color had a periareolar access incision used for her breast augmentation, which was done out of the country. She had previously had them taken out. She was for a secondary breast augmentation. This access incision was not reused for the reinsertion of new breast implants.
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She has had a periareolar access incision used for her breast augmentation. Note how the lower half of the areolas are distorted. She was for a secondary breast implant exchange and areolar scar revision.
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Armpit access incisions for breast augmentation can be placed up and down, or sideways. This is an example of the up and down incision.
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This woman has a low and side to side armpit incision from where her breast implants were inserted. It does not hide in her armpit. She also has a breast implant infection on the underside of that breast.
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