Holly, It is somewhat difficult to get a grasp on your situation and present condition. If, by testing positive for pseudomonas, you mean a culture of fluid coming from your incision site, then you may have merely a wound infection. Wound infections can be superficial or deep, and the deeper it is,... more
Help with healing from breast augmentation?
I've had breast augmentation almost 3 years ago and since then I've had Capsular Contracture which made me go back into surgery twice. The first to fix it and the second to then replace the implant. Now I've been testing positive for psuedonomas and been given antibiotics but it has not healed. I have a large strawberry look on the top, it's constantly burning and I can't move to fast because of the sensitivity. Can someone please advise what I should do now? I can't go through another surgery!
4 answers to “Help with healing from breast...”
A: You likely need to have your implants removed.
Holly, It is difficult to tell for sure without reviewing your entire clinical course and performing a physical examination. However, if you have a chronic infection of our implants / implant pocket with pseudomonas, then you likely need to have your implant removed and need treatment with antibiotics to... more
A: Need careful decision making
Hi- I agree that without seeing you it is difficult to determine your best course of action or make recommendations. Given the problems you have had and the nature of the current problem, it may be that you will need to have them out- but I would find another well trained and board certified plastic surgeon... more
A: It sounds like you need your implants out for good
Certainly without seeing you and caring for you there is no way to be terribly helpful. However, if you have had multiple problems with capsular contracture and are now dealing with a Pseudomonas infection, it may just be that the only recourse for you is to have the implants removed and be done with them... more
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