Hello girls I am 65 years young from Topsfield , Massachusetts had 30 year old implants explanted on September 9 2016. What a wonderful thing i did for myself to get rid of these awful implants. What was i thinking 30 years ago. I guess it was the thing to do back then ,thought was way to flat. However I was scared nervous had anxiety the whole nine yards but threw all that I didn't have second thoughts I did it. Well let me tell you its been 4 days now an I feel great. no pain just had to be careful how I slept. Have to sleep on my back and at an incline. if you don't have a recliner prop up plenty of pillows don't lay flat. I'm still in recovery and in a surgical bra. But i can see my new real breast their little soar but no real pain at all. Went threw surgery with a breeze. Hopefully the drains will be coming out on Thursday really no big deal it will be nice to be drain free their just annoying. Cant wait to buy new bras I'm more excited about that than anything else. If you ever decide to explant make sure you take care of yourself during your recovery listen to the doctor. relax don't do any pushing pulling reaching or lifting get plenty of rest any your recovery will be quicker. Take advantage an pamper yourself it will be worth it. Ill keep you girls informed on my recovery. LOL Carol Updated on 15 Sep 2016: Good morning girls. well today I go see Dr. Shafer At 10 this morning. Hopefully the drains will come out. My right has hardly no fluid the left just a little Ill let you girls know how it goes. Wish me Luck. Carol
Beverly Shafer is a remarkable woman and surgeon. I had breast cancer that resulted in a mastectomy and reconstruction from tummy tissue, along with a lift of the other breast. It was an extensive surgery with a longer than expected recovery. Dr. Shafer was attentive, caring, real, and a blessing during a difficult time. I highly recommend her.
Bump Gone - Boston, MA
Hi, My name is Tanya I am 35 years old and I am FINALLY doing this! I have never had any kids and don't plan on it. I am much more career orientated. For as long as I can remember I have wanted to do this for myself. I have always had the belly pouch,big butt and small boobs. I was born with a condition called hypopituitarism, which basically means that my body dosent make enough female hormones to allow me to have children or have any type of metabolism. Since I was 13 I have been a cereal dieter. I have tried EVERYTHING, the strictest crazy fad diets to 3 hours a day at a gym and NOTHING gave me the results I wanted. I plan on getting a full TT, Breast implants and lipo in various areas. I have had Lipo on my chin and declotage and it wasnt bad at all. (I know that what I am planning will be MUCH worse). My consultation is December 9th, and I will post my surgery date as soon as I can! I am so extremely I found this website so far ahead of my surgery time, and really look forward to this life changing event!! I will post more "Risque" photos later on. Any advice you can offer will be greatly appreciated! Updated on 8 Dec 2011: Ok, Today is the Consult Day!!! Im So excited!! I will be back on later to let you all know how it went!!! Updated on 8 Dec 2011: So, I just got home from my consult and I scheduled my surgery for March 28th 2012 and Im sooo excited!! im going with the silicone gel "Gummy bear" inplants (full D) , a full tummy tuck, and lipo on the hips, inner thighs , mons pubis and arms! THE WHOLE DEAL!! I cant wait! The hardest part right now is Quiting smoking and loosing as much weight as possible (2 weeks before Chrismas EEEEKKKK)!! She said the more weight I lose before surgery the better results, so Im going to try my best! Im still just trying to make this all real in my head! I have soooo many questions, yet I cant think of any at the moment, any advice that anyone will be willing to offer will be much appreciated! Updated on 12 Dec 2011: So, for the past couple days my mom is making me feel bad about doing this, saying that im going to be in the worst pain of my life and that its going to kill her to see me in such pain, and she really is kinda freaking me out. (she is still healing from her abdominal lipo and breast implant replacement that she had 4 months ago). She remembers how miserable I was when I had to have emergency surgery for a kidney stone and is trying to tell me the pain is worse than that, and I cant believe that (she has never had a kidney stone). Yes I know its surgery, and yes I know I will be in pain, but for some reason, I think that its basically just surgery on skin and not internal organs that it wont be that horrid. Can anyone out there do a little pain comparisons for me please? I would really appreciate it! bye bye 4 now! T Updated on 22 Jan 2012: Its becoming more and more real everyday. I keep catching myself staring at myself a lot longer after a shower, squishing in my stomach to envision what I will look like once its gone and I am definitely super excited about my surgery, but also extremely nervous about recovery. I'm shopping for a recliner right now, and I an also looking for a private nurse to hire for a couple weeks to help take care of me. I just don't want to be a burden on my mother or my roommate, and I want to make sure I have all the help I need, without driving friends and family crazy. Surgery is in about 65 days and I know I have to stop smoking at least 6 weeks before so I am taking baby steps, I have smoked for so long, but I know how important quitting is for so many other reasons besides surgery so I went down to Ultra lights and smoke about half as much as before, next week I plan on going down to a quarter of what I used to smoke, It just is soooo hard because I also would like to loose more weight before surgery and quitting smoking and losing weight are hard enough to do one at a time but doing them together seems virtually impossible. If any one has any tips , I would love to hear them! Updated on 27 Jan 2012: Ok so i switched to "American Spirit" ciggarettes and they are supposed to be all natural, and I have only been smoking 5 to 6 a day.. HUGE because up until a week ago I have smoked a pack a day for the past 20 years! I am feeling pretty confident that i actually can quit! Im working on collecting all the things I need to make recovery as easy as possible. Im so excited!! Updated on 8 Feb 2012: OMG!! So my PS had a cancelation and called me today, and moved my surgery up to Feb 15 instead of March 28th!!! OMG I CANT BELIVE IT!! 1 week from today!! SO MUCH TO DO!!!! Getting my b4 pics tomorrow!!! Updated on 9 Feb 2012: I got my before pictures taken today... Still pretty scared to post them they'll probably get put up once I have after pictures! I talked my mother today and she calmed my nerves because she does went through all of this a few months ago minus the tummy tuck. Wow ... this really is happening ...pretty sure I have everything I need.. I've read what to do before a tummy tuck and all of the other lists out there but if there are any items that you wish you had before your surgery or during your healing process please let me know what they are I am willing to get pretty much anything to make this an easier process for me! talk to you all soon XO XO Updated on 9 Feb 2012: good grief all this talk of quitting smoking is only making me want a cigarette more!!!!!!!!! Updated on 13 Feb 2012: wow! The day after tomorrow!!! Went to my pre-admission testing today, paid the hospital bill, and got cleared for surgery! Im going to be staying 2 nights and secured a private hospital room! Im sooooo excited, and yes totally nervous! Updated on 15 Feb 2012: It's 6 am! Surgery day!!!! Here we go!!!! Please pray for me.
I regret ever trusting her with my body. I paid a whole lot of money to end up with a ton of loose skin after a tummy tuck with breast lift and LOL implants. I have a dogear and a roaming implant that i have to put back in place ALL DAY LONG. She made the pocket too big. The implant slides across my cleavage to the other side and all the way back into my armpit, so I look stupid and feel uncomfortable all day long. She put in the implants I WANTED AND PAID FOR. Then she took them out and put in such small implants that she shouldn't have even bothered. Then the ones she put in belonged to the hospital, they weren't the ones I paid for, so even though I paid for implants I got a bill yesterday from the hospital for 2500. I'll be shelling out another 20k to have a skilled surgeon fix this. I'm so angry that she saw what my body looked like on the operating table and she gave up and sewed me closed anyway. It's inexcusable. It's obliterated my sex life and my self esteem. Oh and my wallet. I'm going to have to pay another surgeon to fix what she did to me and I'm so angry and humiliated to look at my own, now useless body. And she never refunded me for the implants I bought that she didn't use I tried to add a video of the implant roaming and a picture of the dog ear, the loose skin, lousy stitching and the only bra I can wear that keeps them in place. It cost 100 bucks. I can only afford the one. My pics and video are too large but if you message me on FB or through bustmob I'll send them Updated on 9 Jun 2020: You can see in the video, the implant is too small and the pocket is way too big. The implant goes completely across my sternum, and back under my armpit. Where it makes fart sounds, so that's fun. That's worth 20k alone, no? I have to keep a surgical bra on, with the straps crossed in front, to try to keep it in place. Obviously wearing a bra like that shows in everything I wear and is embarrassing. It also chokes me, so my options are choke or hold my boob with my hand in public I can't begin to express my anger and I feel it every waking moment of my life.
I went to this doctor following reconstruction with an infected nipple. She told me it was my fault for not caring for it properly. I did not feel any empathy or get any instructions from her on how to take better care. I left feeling shamed and scolded. I was in pain and very vulnerable and felt so much worse after leaving her office. I would not recommend this doctor to anyone.
My experience with Dr. Shafer was a complete nightmare. I would seriously caution anyone considering going to her for surgery. She seems rushed, unsympathetic and at some points I felt like she was just down right mean. I don't think she had any bedside manner and zero empathy for what I was going through. She may be a brilliant surgeon but my impression is that its all about the money and nothing to do about caring for the patient. I was taken off of my Tamoxifan and during my follow up never told me to restart taking it. That reaked havoc on my emotions! I was upset and was speaking with my husband in one of the rooms for only a few minutes, she opened the door and said - you have to go, we need this room. She never told me after giving me wound vac treatment that 3 x a week, sponge would be removed (painfully) from my chest!! I had no idea and on the first appointment with the Visiting Nurse, I thought I was having some barbaric ritual performed on me!!! When I went for my follow up, Dr. Shafer put the wound vac dressing on incorrectly and instead of sucking the sponge, my tissue was being sucked. Painful!! The doctor and nurse separately asked me, "who did this," appalled! They were surprised it was Dr. Shafer. I am still so upset about how poorly I was treated at a very difficult time. I am so happy to be back with my kind, professional and understanding surgeon at Mass General.
At age 50 when gravity takes over your body, even though I am size 2-4 and 110 Ib, I wanted breast lift without implant and partial thigh lift. On the initial visit, Dr Shafer and her assistant came into the room with an instant camera. After she explained the procedure, they both left without taking any pictures ( THAT WAS A RED FLAG SHE DOES NOT WANT PICTURES OF BEFORE AND AFTER AND I SHOULD HAVE RUN OUT OF THERE AS FAST AS I COULD). To be fair, I am happy with the breast lift (for now), but the partial thigh lift with minor lipo are horrible. After two and half years, the scars are still very red, uneven, and bumpy (developed fibroids under stitches) and ugly. The minimal lipo areas are also not smooth and are bumpy. At the post-op visits, her answer to my disappointments was " you are one of those people who do not heal well", and her solution for her lousy lipo job, she is planning on doing minor lipos in her office in the near future and when that happens, she will do the touch up for $500.00. I never went back to her. I hate to look at my legs in the mirror, I have not worn shorts or short dress since the surgery because of the loose skin along my inner thighs down to three inches above the knees.
I got my first filler and it was perfect. I wanted more thereafter. The origional doctor didn't want to add more, so I went to another. They now look horrible! This 2nd doctor injected me with restylane and numbed me so much that the right side of my lip isn't fully back to normal in 3 weeks. My lips have visible lumps and feel horrible to me. I would do this again, but only with the recomendation of the best in Boston. I spent top dollar too. I went back, and the doctor said they are just fine. LOL. I want the lumps out so badly. Does anyone know what I can do to get them out? Thanks! Mass. Burbs Updated on 12 Feb 2011: I finally found a new Dr. in NH for lips, she's unreal! Mine came out beautiful! She's a dentist not a dermatoligist.Dentists are by far better for the job! Dr. Schaffer? agai, a total rip off. Keep away for lips!
I have 42ddd and am going to be going to a c cup.....I have had alot of back issues, and am wanting to get healthy and in shape!!! I am very upset tonight, as I had a date for February 22nd......and they called me this morning to say that they have an emergency breast cancer patient that needs my spot.......I am compassionate about that....however, this is my journey...I am so angry that I finally have taken control of a health issue in my life (I had battled infertility, numerous surgeries etc....until a hysterectomy) so I had no control of my health issues, I had a plan of how I forsaw things would go....have had my pre-op testing and was starting to relax a little......now they have scheduled me for March 28th, which I feel is pretty unacceptable.....6 more weeks to wait, I know I am sounding like a baby....but Im so aggravated :(
