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“27 Years Old, 5'3, 145lb, 500cc Implants - Capsular Contracture Twice”

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Spent: $4,500 in Tustin, California

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Updated 24 Aug 2009

Posted 9 Jul 2009

27 years old, 5'3, 145lb. 10/01/08 got 500cc smooth,high profile saline implants, submuscular, peri-areolar incision, from a board certified PS. Got capsular contracture within the first month.

Both breast didnt drop, both very hard, and the left was higher & harder. My PS told me to massage & take ibuprofen everyday. It didnt help it.

Six months later on 04/15/09 I got revision surgery by the same PS. I got capsular contracture again within a month.

Its been 3 months now & Ive been massaging & taking ibuprofen as told, still not better. Im not in any pain, the ibuprofen he says is for anti-inflammatory reasons. I started taking vitamin E everyday as well to see if it would help. I also gained 20 pounds from being depressed, staying home, not wanting to go outside from being self conscious.

I dont know if I should wait a couple of more months to see if they get better or get a second revision from a different PS, as soon as possible.

This review is the subjective opinion of a RealSelf member and not of RealSelf, Inc.

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I do not recommend my PS. He is always in a hurry, answers questions short, & isnt very informative.

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morena 11 Jul 2009

what an -------. did u research his ratings to see if he had other complaints? i did that with my obgyn surgeon and found out that he butchered and almost killed other patients. my obgyn surgeon is the reason i had to ultimately get cosmetic surgery...i say u go to websites and see what other patients have to say about him. had i done that with my obgyn surgeon before i took him on as a doctor, i probably would not have had to get cosmetic surgery to bein with :(

jaxs 11 Jul 2009

I just checked him out this week & the only complaints he had were that hes always in a hurry & is arrogant. The first time I got capsular contracture he didnt even tell me I had it. He just kept saying "OK everything seems fine, come back in a month". I had to ask him why did they look like that & then he had the nerve to say "Oh its not life threatning, its just capsular contracture". What a jerk!

kcchick 11 Jul 2009
i just wanted to wish you good luck...i had implants and a lift done recently and had so many questions. this site is awesome and hopefully you will get some great answers to direct you to a resolution!
morena 11 Jul 2009
well...i mean...i duno...from what i can see, it looks as if he did not take into consideration that one bag should have been bigger than the other. most breasts are naturally not the same size, but to the untrained eye, especially if the breasts are small, its usually not noticable. as a professional, he should have known, and cared. go to the rating sites (anonymously) and put his unprofessionalism on blast. maybe u can save somebody else from him. and i will cross my fingers for u that u ultimately find a doctor sympathetic to ur situation and is willing to do a fix for u for cheap or probono...
jen3584 14 Jul 2009
go see my dr. see if he can help you. he's a fixer of bad jobs. Dr. Tom Pousti, free consult, see what he says. My friend had the same problem and he fixed her up good as new :D
jaxs 15 Jul 2009
Thank you! Ill check him out.
ars1315 24 Jul 2009
Has anyone had a breast augmentation done by Dr.Bradley Calobrace from Louisville, KY?
wanna 21 Aug 2009
sorry that happened but the name of the doc would have been a HUGE help
jaxs 23 Aug 2009

His name is {edited}

Edited by Sharon: We've added your provider information to the top of the review. Thank you!
Violetta 12 Sep 2009
Once capsular contructure occures it is more likely that it will come back again and again. Maybe your body really does not want implants??
SLG 16 Sep 2009
Definitely. Go to another PS and get revision surgery. It will help you so much.
Truman 21 Sep 2009
Thanks so much for posting your story and photos. I appreciate learning as much as I possibly can (good and bad) from women like you before I make a decision about implants... Good luck to you. -T
tanyab713 15 Mar 2010
omg!!! I have my surgery date on the 31st of this month!!!! with this dr. idk what I am going to do now...=( that is my fear one breast bigger than the other because one of mine is slightly smaller than the other and they told me to get the same size because it is natural??
jaxs 16 Mar 2010

If I was you Id cancel my appointment and go somewhere else. When I went for my second redo surgery I was looking at the before and after picture albums they have while I was waiting. I had seen them before but never paid close attention & I told my husband OMG! Look! Most of these girls have one bigger than the other! Thats when we realized that it wasnt my body like he said its him thats doing a bad job. Of course his excuse is "Everyone has one breast slightly bigger, no ones perfect". He told me it was capsular contraction but other surgeons told me its not, that he put in the wrong type of implant shape, size, and placement. Read what the real self doctors replied to me here: http://www.realself.com/question/breast-implants-capsular-contracture-revision-surgery. If you decide to still go to him, I hope your one of the patients who are very happy with their results because I am now so very depressed that I never want to leave my house.

tanyab713 16 Mar 2010
omg I feel terrible that you are soo unhappy =( !! and its funny that you said that about one being bigger than the other because that is exactly what I was told!! because of you I am really considering leaving my deposit and running to the other surgeon I was going to go with. But thanks so much for your post, I may just run. I was also going to do lipo as well. But now I am totally re-thinking it all. I am deeply sorry you are unhappy with your results, but you are defintely doing a good thing by warning us all and I thank you. Now I understand why all the pixs on his sites, the girls are sideways!!! Again thank you and best of luck to you.
tanyab713 17 Mar 2010
ohh out of curiosity,do you have a preop pix? and is 500 cc the implant size he actually put in you? or was it a smaller size that he filled to 500?
jaxs 17 Mar 2010
Unfortunately I myself didnt take a before picture. I was thinking of calling and asking if theres any way I can get a copy of the before picture he took but I never did. He put 500cc saline, high profile the first time and used the same ones the second time still keeping them at 500cc each. I didnt know anything about implants so I just let him choose what he thought would look best for my body type/size.
tanyab713 17 Mar 2010
im sure if you ask you can obtain a copy, i mean its your body ya know? I wonder why he did that because what he recomended for me me is totally different and we are about the same built, my shoulders may be a bit wider though. He suggested the tear drop shape but I said no so they are inserting a moderate profile saline implant, 420 bag and filling it to 500ccs. Anyway, again thats so much for sharing your experience it helps and also spreads awareness. Best of luck to you !!!

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