I Had Under the Muscle Memory Gel Implants on Jan. 8th 2013. They Looked Wrong from Right After Surgery? (photo)

Still in pain as well as they still look terrible.After Doctor was mean & unprofessional & found a reconstruction dr to remove drains & stitches. I never felt so humiliated in all my life. I was a 600 cc above muscle before & wanted to go 700 cc & he put in 500 cc with no warning. So I'm deformed looking & smaller. This has been a night mare. Why am I still in so much pain & why do I look like this- Please help me. I can not go on looking so deformed & in such pain. Please tell me if I have any options.

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5 Doctor Answers | Asked by Cc1211 in Breast before recent surgery photo

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Subglandular to Submuscular and Decrease in Volume

A switch from subglandular to submuscular is the reason for the increased pain, common after submuscular. In addition, the implants will have to drop when the muscles begin to relax. Massage can be helpful with this. In general, the switch from subglandular to submuscular and the reduction in implant volume tends to make the breasts look droopier.

Revision Breast Augmentation

I can tell that you are very upset and hurting. But I do want to give you hope! If you switched from over the muscle to under the muscle (which I'm guessing you did from your story and the use of drains) then that is why you have more pain. Lifting up the muscle stretches it and dissecting the bottom is uncomfortable. Some women feel a little pain and some are really uncomfortable for a couple of weeks - it's just different for everyone. Right now your implants... more

Unhappy right after surgery!

One early post-op photograph and your obviously-upset description (key words: "looked wrong," " looked terrible," "mean and unprofessional," "humiliated," "deformed," "nightmare," "deformed & in such pain") are insufficient to try to be of assistance. There has been (and still appears to be) a significant gap in your surgeon's and your ability to convey and/or understand what was requested, what was done (and why), and just what to expect. Assuming you had surgery by an... more

New implants?

Sorry that you are unhappy. It is difficult to know exactly how to respond without having more information. I think the first thing you need to do is talk with your surgeon.

Steven Wallach, MD

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Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

They Looked Wrong from Right After Surgery?

Sorry to hear about your course and your dissatisfaction. There is not quite enough info to go on here. For example, I don't know why you had the repeat surgery. If it was primarily to get larger implants, this is really hard to understand! What would be most useful to the surgeons here at Realself would be to see some pre-op photos,and better post-op photos. These appear to have been taken from above and would be more useful to us if taken level. Certainly getting you at... more

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Cc1211 30 Jan 2013

I asked dr before surgery to go larger so I wouldn't be in between bra size & had this done because I was switching from saline solution to silicone for a more natural feel. I told him I wanted to keep same look as I had & he gave me smaller implants size. On his report he put in 500 cc when I had 600 cc in both. I'm gonna try to add my before pics to my after so u can see why this is so up setting. I had & have an itchy skin rash on & around scar sight. This has been nightmare since I woke up from surgery.

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