“1 Year of Being Disfigured Due to an Infection in One Breast Implant - Colorado Springs, CO”

The infection was present after 4 days of drainage. My doc was concerned because the implant was visable..hopefully your hole is just on the surface and not all the way down to the implant. I do not wish what I went through on my worst enemy. It was very character building though.

@ espresso No the whole did not close it got bigger in a week. Yes it did drain the yellow/pinkish fluid. The Nurse told me that I had a seroma and told me to let it drain on it's own. Then I went back in a week later and seen the Dr. and he said that it needed to be stitched up so he put in 2 stitches and then a few days later he had to put in 2 more because a hole had opened up beside that. So I have had stitches in it for about 2 weeks and he is going to leave them in until April 25th. Well my dr is saying that I'm having a healing problem because I don't eat that much but I don't think so. I would think that I would have a problem all over. I also had a tummy tuck and breast augmentation at the same time and had 1 seroma come up on my hip but everything else is healing just great. This just has me really stumped and frustrated. What was the blood work done for? My incision is the same. Did your wife have swelling at the top of her breast or any sloshing sound? I have been on antibiotics for 2 weeks so we will find out how everything is going to go from here. Today is my last day for my med. Thanks for responding to my post. I haven't found anyone with the same or similiar problems.

@SWallace29, that sounds pretty familiar. In the case of my wife, her surgeon was telling her to massage them, and her left side was particularly painful. He initially said they were just settling in, but once the hole opened up, he first put in a few stitches (which reopened within a week, if memory serves) then when it stayed open and continued to drain the clear/pinkish fluid (I don't recall it ever looking yellowish), we called on a Sunday I think it was, 2 days before Christmas. He called back and said to meet him at his office first thing next morning. We didn't know until we chatted with his nurse that the purpose of the meeting was to have the implant removed. Very disappointing. But glad that it healed up nicely and got reimplanted after 3 more months. The bloodwork is standard procedure for any surgery, at least as I understand it. Also worth noting: After getting reimplanted, she avoided massaging it. Her surgeon commented that it was dropping quickly, and was very satisfied with that. He asked her if she was massaging it (because those were his standard orders), she said she was (even though she was not), and ultimately it still dropped into place, zero issues. So her right side was issue-free and massaged, her left side had issues, was explanted and reimplanted, no massage after reimplantation, and was at least as successful in dropping as her right side. This is one reason (albeit anecdotal) that I'm unconvinced of the so-called benefits of massaging the implant. Oh and before I forget, she had standard antibiotics after the original surgery, antibiotics trying to get things under control (prior to explantation) and a more aggressive course of antibiotics for her final reimplantation, although I don't recall whether she started to take them just prior to that last surgery or not. Also worth noting is that sloshing post-op is normal, and will subside, as is the swelling which is typical of breast augmentation surgery. While swelling is normal, tenderness and excess warmth should decline. Definitely keep those stitches covered as per the surgeon's orders, changing gauze as you deem fit. If he says to wash the area, wash it, if he says to leave it alone and keep it dry, do that. Make sure that you are clearly communicating to him, and he to you. I remember asking what the deal was regarding needing to scrape the proteins off the inside of the implant pocket, and being told (I think) that those proteins have a tendency to stick with the implant, which is why the implant needed to be removed. I'm not trying to frighten you, just want you to be aware of possible outcomes. If an explantation is in your future, find out who bears the burden of the costs for the explantation and subsequent reimplantation. Get that info ASAP. Let me know how it goes.