What Is Double Bubble?
Despite its somewhat lighthearted name, double bubble is an unsettling complication that sometimes worries my Montreal breast augmentation patients. This complication generally happens after a breast augmentation surgery in which the implants are placed behind the pectoral muscle rather than in front of it (known as a sub-muscular or an “unders” placement). Why does a double bubble develop? This complication is most likely to occur when the patient already has a significant sagging of the breast tissue or her breasts are tuberous (a congenital abnormality where breasts don’t develop normally), when the implants are too heavy and/or not properly placed (IE, they’re too high). If the implant is too heavy or improperly placed, the breast tissue sags below the implant, which creates a look of two separate breast creases. In other words, the implant falls below the breast which produces the double bubble effect. One “bubble” is caused by the…
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