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Breast Implant Removal Complications

I was explanted 5 weeks ago. My crease line incisions along with some of my cleavage muscle tends to push in (cleavage line) and pull up (incision)...

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Implants Were Removed 2 Weeks Ago, and my Nipples Are Caved in

I'm 28yrs-old and i had BA 5 months ago. 2 weeks after surgery when i went to follow up, my PS said, it seemed there might be blood in my left...

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What Are Symptoms of Necrosis of the Nipple?

I had saline implants for ten years,they recently found a lump and a biopsy was done, Thank God it was a fibroadenoma. I got scared after the whole...

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1 Month Post Breast Implant Removal, One Breast is Hard, is Something Wrong?

I had my breast implants removed a month ago and I'm really concered. My left breast is bigger than my right which is typically normal, but the...

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Breast Implant Removal After 25 Years

Well, the time has come for my implants to come out. I've had no problems with them at all until about two weeks ago when I noticed slight...

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Complications from Explanting?

Hi and thank you for any answers in advance, My original implants were put in over 11 years ago 330cc Saline Teardrop implants Unders, replaced April...

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Explant a Complex or Simple Operation? (photo)

Is explant of breast implants a very complex of fairly simple operation? I have slight bottoming out on my one breast. I had 330cc HP placed 7 months...

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Should I Remove Both Implants Due to Strep G and Staph Infection?

I had BA under muscle 8wks ago. The right wound opened. I have been on various antibiotics. It was the size of the top of a pencil, it is now the size...

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PIP Removal?

I have PIP implants and am having them removed without replacement. They are 245cc overs. I wanted them removed en bloc but a surgeon I saw said he...

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How Long Do I Let an Infection Try to Clear on Its Own, Before Knowing It is the Implant?

I had nipple recontruction using my own skin after a bilateral mastectomy.One side tookthe skin graph fine the other never worked and it got infected....

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