Reviews you can trust, from real people like you.
How it works
- Our highly-trained Review Moderation team evaluates all reviews before they're published to ensure they're written by people like you and not a member of a doctor's office.
- This multi-step process takes up to 24 hours from review submission to publication.
- Doctors can't pay to have reviews removed or hidden.
- Reviews are only removed at the reviewer's request or if they violate our Terms of Service.
If you have questions or believe we should re-evaluate a published review, let us know.
Sort by:
*Treatment results may vary
I have found this site so helpful and other...
I have found this site so helpful and other people's stories have helped me to make the decision of an explant; so I thought I'd write my story here as well.
I have wanted a BA for years. I had several friends and family members who had gotten them, and I was always jealous of their beautiful new boobs! I was still having kids, so I wanted to wait until I was done with that part of my life. At 30, after having 3 kids and my husband cheating on me (which lead to a divorce), I finally decided I needed to do something for myself and get the BA I had always wanted. I mean, I needed to feel good about myself, right?! I am 5'7" and 113lbs; my bra size before was 34B. I got 380cc silicone implants, under the muscle in February 2014. I part of my reason for choosing the surgeon I went with was because of her price. She was not a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon, and this was my first big mistake. I was told by her that I did not need a lift. To make a long story short (and because I have already written a review with the details for this surgeon), the surgery went bad. I have nerve damage on my right breast that shoots over to my armpit, and my bicep is completely numb. The pain coming out of surgery on that area was incredible; and no painkillers touched it. As the months went by, and my implants dropped, my left breast was clearly distorted. They both hung low and I was told by the surgeon that she mis-measured and I actually should have had a lift!! I would NEVER have done the surgery in the first place if I had been told I needed a lift. I don't want those scars and I'm deathly afraid of that particular surgery.
I went to another surgeon to have a 2nd opinion. (Dr. Michael Edwards). He has an amazing reputation and is BOARD CERTIFIED. I couldn't believe the difference of my consults alone! The amount of pictures and measurements he did. I knew within 10 minutes that no matter the cost, this was the surgeon who would be doing my revision. So, in May 2014, I had my left breast revision done. He did a beautiful job. However, for some reason, almost 4 months later, I'm still having pain in part of the area that the permanent sutures are. He had really tried to get me to do a lift, as they cosmetically would look better, but I refused. Although the surgeon fixed the cosmetic areas that were obvious, the implant now sits lower than the other, which again, can only be repaired with a lift. It wasn't foreseen that it would end up this way, so I don't blame the surgeon, but I am still absolutely adamant that I will not have a lift to fix this problem. I still have a lot of pain in the right side, along with the pain in my left side; and I also have shooting pains when I sleep on either side, depending on how the implant is sitting. I am DONE!!!! I had the idea to have them taken out, and found this site, which helped to finalize my decision. The surgeon (I'm going to Dr. Edwards again), is pretty certain I will be unhappy with the results. I don't want saggy small boobies again, but I am quite sure I'll be happier with them than with the chronic pain I have now (hopefully the explant will end the pain....this is something the surgeon doesn't know and will not give me any guarantees). So, we shall see! I'm nervous, but excited. I am now into this over $14k, and am back to square one. The vacations I could have taken with that money.....
Anyway, I'll post updates. My first surgeon has refused to give me my pre-augmentation pictures, so I don't have any to post. I'm actually very worried that they will be much saggier now than before.
I have wanted a BA for years. I had several friends and family members who had gotten them, and I was always jealous of their beautiful new boobs! I was still having kids, so I wanted to wait until I was done with that part of my life. At 30, after having 3 kids and my husband cheating on me (which lead to a divorce), I finally decided I needed to do something for myself and get the BA I had always wanted. I mean, I needed to feel good about myself, right?! I am 5'7" and 113lbs; my bra size before was 34B. I got 380cc silicone implants, under the muscle in February 2014. I part of my reason for choosing the surgeon I went with was because of her price. She was not a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon, and this was my first big mistake. I was told by her that I did not need a lift. To make a long story short (and because I have already written a review with the details for this surgeon), the surgery went bad. I have nerve damage on my right breast that shoots over to my armpit, and my bicep is completely numb. The pain coming out of surgery on that area was incredible; and no painkillers touched it. As the months went by, and my implants dropped, my left breast was clearly distorted. They both hung low and I was told by the surgeon that she mis-measured and I actually should have had a lift!! I would NEVER have done the surgery in the first place if I had been told I needed a lift. I don't want those scars and I'm deathly afraid of that particular surgery.
I went to another surgeon to have a 2nd opinion. (Dr. Michael Edwards). He has an amazing reputation and is BOARD CERTIFIED. I couldn't believe the difference of my consults alone! The amount of pictures and measurements he did. I knew within 10 minutes that no matter the cost, this was the surgeon who would be doing my revision. So, in May 2014, I had my left breast revision done. He did a beautiful job. However, for some reason, almost 4 months later, I'm still having pain in part of the area that the permanent sutures are. He had really tried to get me to do a lift, as they cosmetically would look better, but I refused. Although the surgeon fixed the cosmetic areas that were obvious, the implant now sits lower than the other, which again, can only be repaired with a lift. It wasn't foreseen that it would end up this way, so I don't blame the surgeon, but I am still absolutely adamant that I will not have a lift to fix this problem. I still have a lot of pain in the right side, along with the pain in my left side; and I also have shooting pains when I sleep on either side, depending on how the implant is sitting. I am DONE!!!! I had the idea to have them taken out, and found this site, which helped to finalize my decision. The surgeon (I'm going to Dr. Edwards again), is pretty certain I will be unhappy with the results. I don't want saggy small boobies again, but I am quite sure I'll be happier with them than with the chronic pain I have now (hopefully the explant will end the pain....this is something the surgeon doesn't know and will not give me any guarantees). So, we shall see! I'm nervous, but excited. I am now into this over $14k, and am back to square one. The vacations I could have taken with that money.....
Anyway, I'll post updates. My first surgeon has refused to give me my pre-augmentation pictures, so I don't have any to post. I'm actually very worried that they will be much saggier now than before.
3 Days out, and feeling great!
Well, the explant happened on Tuesday. It was done under general anesthesia and I had to have drains. The drains I was extremely apprehensive about. They actually didn't bother me too much while they were in. I only had them in for 48 hours. The removal was really quite painful.
I only took pain killers for the first day. I am pretty sore, but nothing that's unbearable. Although my breasts are really pretty saggy and look horrific when I'm leaning over (without a bra/shirt on), I am so happy I had the implants removed. I had so much chronic pain before, and it's mostly gone! I have no more shooting pains when laying on my sides. The pain on my right shoulder/bicep is still there, but isn't quite as severe....the numbness hasn't changed in the bicep, and I honestly don't know that this part will ever go away. The pain under my left breast I'm not sure about, as I have a new incision and sutures there. The surgeon did take the permanent sutures from the reconstruction surgery out (because I requested him to do so), so I'm hoping that will be completely gone once I'm healed from this surgery.
I'm really hoping my breasts fluff and all the extra skin will shrink down. I'm pretty self-conscious of this now, but at least I have MUCH less pain.
I only took pain killers for the first day. I am pretty sore, but nothing that's unbearable. Although my breasts are really pretty saggy and look horrific when I'm leaning over (without a bra/shirt on), I am so happy I had the implants removed. I had so much chronic pain before, and it's mostly gone! I have no more shooting pains when laying on my sides. The pain on my right shoulder/bicep is still there, but isn't quite as severe....the numbness hasn't changed in the bicep, and I honestly don't know that this part will ever go away. The pain under my left breast I'm not sure about, as I have a new incision and sutures there. The surgeon did take the permanent sutures from the reconstruction surgery out (because I requested him to do so), so I'm hoping that will be completely gone once I'm healed from this surgery.
I'm really hoping my breasts fluff and all the extra skin will shrink down. I'm pretty self-conscious of this now, but at least I have MUCH less pain.