Has anyone had breast implants, been unhappy, and had them redone within 6-12 months? Did they turn out better or worse?
By Renee in Florida on 06 Jul 2012
I had saline over the muscle breast implants that were 15 years old, and I developed ripples on the left breast. I decided to have them redone with silicone under the muscle (requiring a breast lift.) My boyfriend wanted me to go a little bigger so I ended up with 600cc silicone implants over the muscle instead of under, and I have terrible ripples on both breasts, and needless to say, I hate them. (Apparently, I was not specific enough with my PS because I never would have gone that big and over the muscle if there was any chance I would develop ripples. I paid extra money for the breast lift so that he could put them under the muscle.) My breasts are "quantity" not "quality." I went from 36C to 34DD. I am scheduled to have them redone in a month, and I am having my original size (350cc) replaced, a revision of the lift, and going under the muscle. (The revision is costing me $6000.) Can anyone share their revision experience with me? My boyfriend is afraid that I will hate the revision just as much, and now I am scared.
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I'm sorry to hear about your disappointing experience.
I am 5mo post-op and have to have surgery again for capsular contracture. Also, my surgeon didn't estimate enough for my asymmetry so we're going bigger on the right side. However, I am going to go bigger on both sides but only by 50ccs. Figure if I'm under for the capsulectomy, I may as well do it.
I'm interested in other people's revision stories as well...
No, we didn't really talk about it. I think I may go up 75 though based on this conversation, and my comment about (realizing that 200ccs equated to about 1 cup jump on me). I don't really want to be a bigger cup than I am now (36DD), I just want to fill it out a little more. So I'm thinking 75-100 would help me do that.
I'm not positive exactly when my size stopped shrinking post-op. I know I liked how they looked right after, and that's what I'd like to achieve post-swelling after revision. I think they are still changing and settling a little bit, 5 months out.
But rough estimate, I'd say they more or less stopped getting smaller about 3mo out.
As for how big you should go, I can only say this: you went too small the first time, right? So maybe take the plunge and go 75-100cc up instead of the 50, because the problem before was being too conservative. That is exactly how I feel about my situation too... 50 sounds like such a big number but in the cc world it really isn't. I've read way more stories of women saying they wish they'd gone bigger than women saying they wish they were smaller (at least once the swelling is all settled).
My Dr. said it is not worth doing back in for on 50 cc as that ( in his opinion) is only a 1/4 cup and that 100 cc is a half a cup but I am feeling like 100 cc would be more than a half cup and after reading what you wrote it would be 2/3 cup and that might be too big for my frame and do not want to be a D! to clarify, your doctor has said that 150 adds a full bra cup size?
If it helps: I went up 2 cup sizes with 400cc implants. So, roughly 200ccs per cup, give or take. I do think it depends on how wide your chest is though, and the profile of the implant. I'm really broad-chested so mine don't project as much an HP implant would on someone smaller.
I'm sorry you're not happy with your revision. Rippling definitely does tend to happen more with over the muscle implants and 600cc is pretty large. The larger you go, your chances for complications increase. Are you going with the same surgeon for your next revision?