Boobs After Explant - Dallas, TX

You're in good hands. My insurance would not approve my explant. I've still on the fence about hiring an attorney, don't want to waste money. Would love to see your pictures. I didn't have another kind of health complication. One had ruptured and I was feeling a burning pain. Congratulations for making the decision to get them out. One thing is for sure, you are going to feel so much better.

Glad to hear you are going with him. Scars take time to heal and fade. Mine were red and strange looking after the surgery. 3 months later my eyes are drawn to them when I look at my breast. I guess it’s important for us to let them heal and not judge them for a year. I know it’s harder said then done. I wanted the incisions in my crease too, decided to let Melmed work his magic they way he is most comfortable doing it. If you reduce the size like me, make sure you have a say in what size the new nips will be. Best to draw them out at consult, or right before surgery. Take a bottle cap and trace around it to see what size works for you. Once you find an acceptable size, bring it with you the morning of surgery and have him use it as a template. I do have sensation in my nipples. 50% more after the explant. I was hoping some would go away and it did. I still have more than before and very happy with that.

Surgery outcome is so particular to the person. Melmed did my surgery and I'm not happy with the appearance... yet. Just being patient. I was a 34C to 34A. Supposedly had a lift, but it doesn't look lifted - all the tissue is at the breast bottom. No scarring around areola, but the stitching around the top was too tight, and I have creasing- it's obvious when comparing it to the areolar bottom. I sent him photos and he said to do deep massage ... Sensation is good, which is most important !!! I know it's my health that's most important, but I want to look decent too.

You're right. There is no sure way to know the outcome 100%. To me it's like being pregnant. No way to know if your stomach will shrink back to normal until it does. Some stomachs go back, some don't. Some get stretch marks so bad that they lose the weight, yet have hanging skin. One thing is for sure, you don't see plastic surgeons (at least I've never heard of it) trying to do a tummy tuck after delivery. Maybe one reason is because we need our stomachs to shrink back so they can see what they are dealing with. Most of us want the "fixing" done at explant. A lot of us have had implants longer than 9 months. Your implants were in 25 years. Our implants thin out the natural tissue due to presser and gravity is supposed to do its thing over 25 years. Sorry, probably a bad example. There are many pros to doing a lift with the explant (not having to look at saggy boobs, one surgery cost less, less recovery time, etc.) , but waiting 6 months once they shrunk should be considered. It makes sense that most the tissue is at the bottom. Mine too. We no longer have an implant to fill the upper pole. Melmed does lifts, but not the invasive types we are all used to seeing. I'm talking about the vertical kind. Have you considered a vertical lift? I'm really sorry you are not thrilled with the outcome. I'm glad you don't have scarring around the areola and sensation is good. Smart idea to send him photos and get feedback. Thanks for posting images so folks can see your results as they try to decide if explant is right for them.

I was a large A, small B.