Silicone Subglandular Revision for Capsular Contraction with Subglandular Mentor MemoryGel Smooth Round Silicone - Marietta, GA

I am 65 years old and on my third pair of silicone over the muscle. I live in the US and under the muscle seems to be the standard now. My story is under KIWI6. It will be more than a year before you see your final result. They will also change as you gain and lose weight. My first two sets were the old kind of liquid silicone. The first set felt heavy to me and it took my brain a while to adjust to them. They eventually felt like a normal part of me. The second set was larger but still felt normal. This last set are the gel silicone and they feel very heavy. I don't like them at all. We only discussed size. Nobody told me they would be heavier. They feel fake to me and I am always aware that they are there. They feel like I am wearing something heavy on my chest and I wish I could just take them off for a break. I use to go braless all the time. But, with these breasts, it feels like I am wearing a bra all the time. They are uncomfortable with or without a bra. I wish I had been given the option of the liquid silicone. I have started developing CC but I expected it. Original surgery at age 30. They told me they would last forever. They just didn't know. It is a lifelong commitment and will probably require more surgeries in the future. Nothing else could have boosted my self-esteem more. I was totally flat chested. I felt inadequate. I didn't want to be big, just normal. At 65 years old, it is obvious that I have had something done or wear a fake bra. I don't care. I will tell anyone who asks that they are implants. I have gained about 35 lbs since my first set and the breasts appear softer than when I was young because I have more natural fat. I use to lift weights and they didn't hurt until I had very little body fat and my muscles got very tight. I had CC and it was painful. Not severe just uncomfortable. My last set had obvious CC but they didn't feel as uncomfortable or foreign as the silicone gel. The only way I can get relief is to cross my arms and hold them. I'm still glad I did the first 2 pairs but I might have not had the last surgery done if I had known how they would feel. They had CC but they weren't uncomfortable. They were still intact. After 2.5 years, my brain would have incorporated the weight as part of my body if it was going to. I can only describe it as if you were holding your arm straight out to the side and you can feel the heaviness and are aware of its presence. When I hold out both arms, the sensation of heaviness is about the same from fingertip to fingertip all the way across my arms and chest. I can let my arms down and that heaviness goes away. But, I can't do that with the breasts.

I hate the gel. It feels like I am wearing a bra (even though I don't) and feels much heavier than the liquid. They feel like a heavy attachment on my chest. My body/mind never assimuated them as part of my body like the lighter weight liquid. The Dr. doesn't seem surprised. No body told me they were heavier. The women getting them for the first time have nothing for comparison. The gel is suppose to be safer but my liquid implants were still intact after 22 years. I developed capsular contracture and with my advancing age I thought I should get them replaced because surgery is more dangerous in old people. I may be starting to get the capsular contracture again. I expected I would. I will post new pictures eventually.

After 1 year, I still had discomfort in two areas on my left breast. This is the one where I previously had the worst capsular contracture 2 surgeries ago and now. The combination of the Singular and 2,400 (6 x 400mg caps) helped and the discomfort went away. I'm not sure how long I took it. I injured my self and had to take an Hydrocodone for a while. I started having double vision and they had to do an MRI (very expensive on Obamacare) because they had to rule out a stroke. It was a combination of the medications. I discontinued the Singular and Vitamin E and the double vision went away. The ER Dr. didn't figure it. They discomfort returned but not as bad maybe because more time had passed. I recently saw another plastic surgeon and he said you shouldn't take the Singular over 6 months because it can be hard on the liver.