Breast Implant Removal - Palo Alto, CA

I'm 47 and have had implants since I was 19. I've had capsular contracture and problems from the beginning, I originally had saline, and replaced those with silicone, over the muscle in 2006. I'm going to have them removed, along with the capsule. Depending on how I look, I might do fat transfer. So nervous!

Had the removal yesterday morning. I was crazy nervous! Thinking of all the worst. Got to surgery center. They quickly got to getting me ready. I tried to keep it together. When Dr. Greenberg came in to mark me, she was wonderful in calming me down. They started an IV and wheeled me in, last thing I remember I was chatting with Dr. Greenberg about kids birthday parties and then I was out. Woke up groggy with a bit of pain, but not much at all. Came back to hotel room, took one Tylenol and napped off and on. I kept waiting for pain but I'm so shocked, hardly any pain at all. Why did I wait so long to have this done? I've got drains but they are really not a big deal to empty. I've posted before pics as well as ones from my first day. I'm tightly bound with an ace bandage and that comes off on Thursday at my appt. with Dr. Greenberg. To anyone considering this, do it!! The pain so far is minimal. And I'm looking forward to not wearing hard, huge, domes on my chest. I also have a daughter who is 11. I want her to see a mother who is confident about herself as she is. Thank you to all the women who posted their removal stories here. It helped me decide on finally doing this. And the first hand accounts were invaluable. We are not alone!