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34 Y.o. Breast Implant Exchange, Bilateral Capsulectomy and Mastopexy - Houston, TX
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Dr. Vitenas and each member of his staff have made...
alliecat1116July 21, 2014
WORTH IT$21,500
Dr. Vitenas and each member of his staff have made me feel at ease from the beginning and continue to do so. I was born with a tubular breast on my right side and my breasts were uneven. I had a breast augmentation in 2005 from another surgeon who placed saline implants above the muscle and put them in through my navel. I was pleased, but over time they began to harden and the right one started moving up toward my collar bone which made my nipples increasingly uneven. Pain began a few months ago to where I was unable to continue exercising. Dr. Vitenas told me I had developed capsular contractures. He informed me of his treatment plan, which included pre-draining of my implants (which terrified me, but understood the reasoning and trusted his judgement), then surgical removal of saline implants, removal of scar tissue, implant exchange from saline to silicone under the muscle, placement of strattice, and a lift, as I wanted smaller breasts. To me, this was a lot of surgery and I was so scared, but was comforted by Dr. Vitenas and all his staff. Surgery went well and I am recovering well. Pain was very much controlled and removal of drains was not as bad as I had imagined. I could not be more pleased with the symmetry of my breasts, nipples, and the scars are not an issue with me. I am not even 3 weeks post-op and feeling good, pain is minimal, just a little tightness at this point. I know the best is yet to come. I highly recommend Dr. Vitenas and his staff.
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July 24, 2014
Hey guys, so I saw my surgeon yesterday at 9 days post-op. He is pleased as the incisions are clean and dry, no signs of infection,phew. Now I just have steri strips on the scars. Again I only saw my boobs lying down. Later that day, I did have a look. Hmmm. I think actually, my left breast is gonna look pretty good, but my right side, where I had a tubular deformity, looks pretty weird to me. Not a nice shape :( My surgeon said to be patient, give it time for things to settle. I will see him in 3 weeks. However, I am not convinced that my right breast is ever gonna look normal without further surgical intervention. This makes me feel pretty low. Even though I was prepared for the fact that I may need more surgery, u kinda hope u don't right?
July 24, 2014
I feel the same that my left will look great, the right (tubular one) is a little more cone shaped than the other, but my nipples are even and I am trusting that it will look better over time. And I am pretty sure it will be unnoticeable once I am wearing a bra. Hang in there!
July 25, 2014
Wow allliecat1116,we are in the same boat then! Yes I too believe that my nipples appear to be at the same height. However on my right side,the nipple is not centered on the new breast shape,so it looks odd. I believe this relates to the distance between the nipple to IMF,as it seems much shorter on the right side. Yes time is all we have right now x
July 25, 2014
Always kinda hope that this is it the last surgery I'll ever have. You always want to "love what you see" and not have to wait and see to know if you'll love them or not???? Not sure I made sense...
July 25, 2014
I totally get u. I didn't know what exactly to expect, but I guess I did expect my abnormal breast to finally look normal. I kinda peeked again earlier,and actually I'm not even sure that my nipple is the same height :(
July 27, 2014
totally makes since! It has been so weird as I have literally changed breast sizes 3 times in a little over 3 weeks. With my initial implants, the deflation (4 days pre-op), and now my new size. I am getting more used to my new shape by the day! How are you feeling?
July 27, 2014
I will try and post a pic of me pre-op and show you how uneven my nipples were. I was so self conscious, now I am going without bras and wearing stripes! Big change!
July 24, 2014
Really glad to be able to share this experience with you all! It helps the mental recovery :)
July 25, 2014
You didn't mention implant sizes from first and second surgery. How come you chose to downsize? Why not avoid lift and stay same size?
July 25, 2014
I was a very large D some bra places said I was a DD. I was around 330cc in left breast and 500cc in right breast. They always felt too big, cumbersome and kept me from being as active as I wanted, also clothes just never fit the right way. I am now a C cup and love the size.
July 25, 2014
True and the scars will fade. I have some ptosis in R breast which I assume is from years of wearing my purse and one shoulder strap and on my R shoulder however due to my hypertrophic enlarged scars I refuse to do lift since it is not major droop
UPDATED FROM alliecat1116
25 days post
Pre-op
alliecat1116July 27, 2014
I have been asked about my previous size and why I chose to go with a smaller size and lift. I found a pre-op picture taken just before my implants were deflated. As you can see, the capsular contraction on the right was moving up toward my collarbone and my nipple pointing down and to the side. The scars from the lift and my smaller size were definitely worth it to me.
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