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What Kind of Reaction Did I Have to my Adj. Implants?

asked 10 months ago by Curious Texan
Latest answer by Richard H. Tholen, MD, FACS
Question viewed 101 times
Tags: 4 months post-op, pain

I'm 22, 5'9', and healthy. I had adj. breast implants placed 4 months ago. Since then I have experienced chronic debilitating muscular chest pain. It has now traveled into my back. One of my insicions ruptured, after 3 months, and GUSHED clear fluid. I had one implant removed a month ago and recently the second. My surgeon made me feel like it was all in my mind but said he would replace them a year after surgery. I never developed a fever, pus, or chills. Why did this happen to me?

1 answer to What Kind of Reaction Did I Have to my Adj. Implants?

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This was NOT a "reaction" to your implants.

I am sorry to hear of your surgical misadventure; this is certainly an atypical saga for the vast majority of skillfully-performed breast augmentations by ABPS-certified plastic surgeons. But complications and troubles such as yours are not solely seen in so-called "cosmetic surgeons" who do not have full training in plastic surgery and may claim board-certification in boards that have nothing to do with plastic surgery, or even by "bogus" boards designed to essentially... more
Richard H. Tholen, MD, FACS

Minneapolis Plastic Surgeon

www.mpsmn.com

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