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Ruptured Gel Implants Removed and Replaced with Natrelle Style 20 450cc with Strattice - Lubbock, TX

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I had 30 year old silicone 425cc implants removed...

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WORTH IT$8,000

I had 30 year old silicone 425cc implants removed because they had ruptured and were calcifying. Removing the plasterlike goo took my ps 3 hours. He then replaced them with natrelle style 20 (high profile) 450 cc smooth gel implants. He went through the areole. He was able to lift them some by cutting the areale out in a crescent, then cut around it to make it smaller and round and replaced it. I didn't want a lift as I didn't want a scar going up my breast. I am very happy with the results. He placed strattice to help hold them in place and to give my thin breast tissue more padding. The strattice is also used to keep them from sagging in the future. The following pics were taken 4 weeks and 3 days postop. I also had a mini tummy tuck and flank lipo. Wow does lipo hurt like hell. I did not have much pain with the ba. The only pain I have had is the very tender to the touch skin above the crease line and the outer half of each boob. Periodically I get sharp pains from the muscle/strattice as the new implants were placed under the muscle. My old ones were placed in through under the arm and above the muscle. He went up 25cc from what I had before and used high profiles so they I would have more lift. The old ones were very saggy. I am extremely pleased with the results. My nipples are higher and the boobs don't sag. I started using strattice sheets at 4 weeks so its only been 3 days. I wear them 12-16 hours during the day and take them off when I sleep. I sleep in a platex 18 hour bra with no wires. Very comfortable in fact I wear the bra nearly 24 hours as I don't want the boobs to drop so much.

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UPDATED FROM Great2BMe

Saw my ps today and he said everything looks great...

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Saw my ps today and he said everything looks great and not to play golf until 2 months postop as I swing the club very hard and we want the strattice and muscle tissue to do well. He snipped off the ends of two sutures, one on each breast. We are both pleased that they lifted. I don't have before pictures but he does and he said he would give me copies I could post on here so everyone can see the before pics and how bad they used to look and how much they have lifted without doing a lift.

Oh, by the way I am 52 1/2 years old and by old boobs were a mess 30 years later. Sagging, with dimpling and ruptured.

Now they are beautiful! I go back in 3 1/2 weeks for my 2 month postop.

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May 31, 2012
Hey great~I'm so sorry you had a bad experience with breast implants. I hope the new ones bring you many years of happiness. Thanks for sharing your story:-)
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June 1, 2012
Hey, I enjoyed the hell out of them. It was just way past time to replace them. No regrets. My real boobs were very saggy after two kids. I was 22 when I had the first ba. They were very good to me
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May 31, 2012
30 years was too long to keep them in. I was way overdue. My moms had hers for over 60 years now
May 31, 2012
Have always wondered how long implants typically last?? My mom had hers 40 years and they looked fantastic!
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June 1, 2012
OMG those older gels are so scary! I am so glad they were able to get it out!
Congrats on your new boobies! Looks like you got good projection~
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June 1, 2012
Me too! I enjoyed my first set and my new ones look pretty close to the same. no one will even know!
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I will post BEFORE pics in 3 1/2 wks. I forgot to...

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I will post BEFORE pics in 3 1/2 wks. I forgot to take any so I'm getting them from my ps at my next postop visit. It will then be exactly 2 months. He is so great I just got off the phone with him. He called to see how I was doing. I found some info at justbreastimplants.com regarding golfing with big boobs and will have to change my swing.

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