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York Jay Yates, MD
Board Certified Plastic Surgeon
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Implant removal and reduction

I am post op 5 days now and am having an issue with my nipple turning black.

I started my journey 6 and a half years ago at 32...

I started my journey 6 and a half years ago at 32 with severely droopy breasts. I had always been large chested but with the birth of my son became "gianormous" going to a 36 GG. After losin weight and no longer breast feeding I went back down to a D. Unfortunately, when I was 24 my boyfriend planted the seed in my head by asking me if I had ever considered a boob job. I hadn't and up until that moment did not notice or think there was anything wrong.
Over the next 7 years I "noticed" that I had a very large amount of extra skin at the top of my breasts. I became more and more self conscious in swimmy suits as I could grab a handful of skin and after letting go it would kind of stay there. Ugh!
When I met my husband he could care less but wanted me happy. I made an appt (foolishly) and booked the surgery the next day with a surgeon who told me that I wouldn't be happy unless I had implants. I was a D when I walked in and a Full D when I walked out. The problem is at the time NO swimming suits, dresses, shirts, etc fit me. I felt so self conscious with the size that although I loved the perkiness of my breasts I hated the size. I had 390cc silicone put in each breast.
A few years later my husband decided that we wanted a "ours" baby. Had to go through years of grueling invitro and finally ended up pregnant. Things could not have been any better except that we unfortunately found ourselves in preterm labor at 28 weeks.
The agony I went through Gavin our son early was so traumatic for me. Seeing him struggle and in pain. Because of the previous lift it took me two hours to pump an ounce of milk. Knowing that is what he desperately needed for his little immune system, I pumped what felt like... 24 hours non stop.
My breast filled up with milk and I could not access it. I felt shame, guilt, remorse and every other feeling imaginable. My breast quickly grew so large that I was some wil ordering sizes to accommodate.
This time, I didn't lose the weight and for two years struggled with back pain I had never experienced. Inflammation that was debilitating. No one could give me answers for what my body was going through. I felt like I had fibromyalgia, lymes disease, arthritis, ... Over night all I felt was pain in every part of my body. hATED moving. I changed my diet, dived into essential oils, cut our all synthetics, went to physical therapy, acupuncture, chiropractic. I felt like there was not a leaf turned that I did not go for trying to figure out what was wrong with my body.
Until I read about explant. Until I came to this site and read story after story identical to my own. I am not completely convinced that the implants were my problem but I had to find out!!' So I researched, went to a few consults and then decided on my dr.
My dream was to be a size C and at the last minute I de used to add liposuction of my abdomen and flanks. I am so glad I did as my body is super resistance to fat loss. I turned 40 this year.

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Board Certified Plastic Surgeon
2121 N. 1700 W., Layton, Utah
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Getting in and getting the staff to answer my calls and emails almost had me looking elsewhere. I was super discouraged that it would take three plus days to hear back from Lyndsey. However, I kept pushing forward and I was so glad I did. I lOVED Dr Yates nurse, Tonya. She made me comfortable, valued, important and delivered the most amazing professionalism. I am so grateful for her. Dr. Yates wrote to me personally by email prior to the consult to answer my questions and concerns. He is personable and I couldn tell immediately that he values his work. I trusted him immediately. From the second that I was lucid in the recovery room I had tears in my eyes and could not thank him enough. He delivered exactly what I wanted and assured me that he was also impressed with the results. I am only day one and I will update my review but so far my gratefulness exceeds words. Thank you so much Dr. Yates for taking care of me and doing your best job with me.