I have nothing but positive things to say about this outstanding surgeon and his team. He performed breast explantation surgery on me, and I am grateful to be on the road to recover. This is a dr that does not “phone it in” on any day. He gives his 100 percent to each and every surgery, and works diligent to do a flawless (and safe!) removal for each of his patients. Surgery with him is worth every penny, and every mile I traveled to get here. The best breast explant specialist.
Dr Chun is not only the expert in explant en bloc but he also performed a lift as well. I was nervous about scarring but his meticulous skill has made me incredibly happy. He was incredibly attentive with his aftercare and when I emailed the office a question post-op, the staff got the message to him right away which Dr. Chun personally emailed me about. He called every-time he said he would to check-in and he was just an amazing surgeon. I am SO glad I made the choice to have him for my surgery. He is extremely knowledgeable. I am thrilled with my results and I would recommend him to the highest degree!
You can find my other journey for implants and see all of those old pics, but that was then. Now, I have pain, difficulty taking deep breaths with the implants, aesthetically they do not look good anymore because the breast tissue is falling off of the implants (waterfall effect), and I have had increasing autoimmune/gut/infection issues. I have also been told that I have capsular contracture by my first consultant. There is literally nothing about them that makes me want to keep them in and I am almost 60. Therefore, I'd rather get them out before I get any older. I will be getting mastopexy which is what I should have had in the first place looking back. I got implants to fill the upper pole. Very typical. I wish I hadn't. In time, I could have just had mastopexy which is a reshaping of the breast and tightening of the skin. I will really need that after these big 425 high profiles are removed. I was already heading towards flappy pancakes 7 years ago. Add in the expected stretched skin and I could be in fruit-roll-up territory. I am thrilled with my second consult who does 400-500 of these per year, for over 2 decades. I want his experience and those results to help me. Dr Jae Chun is well known and well regarded. Dr Chun and the office have been outstanding, and I am very much at peace with my decision. Updated on 6 Jul 2021: Doing great! Listening to my doctor's restrictions since I needed a lot of muscle repair and have very thin muscle tissue. Being extremely careful to not tear it. I feel lighter than I have in years and stronger. Breathing is amazing without the implants. I don't think plastic surgeons adequately prepare people for what submuscular implants will feel like, at least for a lot of us. I would suggest strapping 2 lbs of weights tightly to your chest with an ace bandage for several days and see how you feel before getting implants. Fill some socks with rice that weigh 1 lb each if you need to. That is a lot of weight under your skin and breast tissue, let alone under the muscle. Posting some pictures at last. Healing is going well. Get to start the scar treatments after the 30 day call this week. Updated on 4 Oct 2021: I love my small breasts now. So much better than the artificial and failing/sagging implants. Plus, I can breathe. Everything is healed and I'm waiting for my scars to fade to white as they did with my implant surgery. No pain. I can sleep in any position and do anything now. The process was so worth it.
In May 2020 I had explant surgery with Dr. Chun, decided to write here to express my GRATITUDE to Dr. Chun and his team. At the beginning I thought maybe a doctor who's been practicing for so long is a little neglecting, but my experience was exceptional. So much care, immediate responses, and a beautiful result. Feeling blessed and forever grateful to be his patient.
Dr. Chun did an amazing job! I couldn't be happier! Follow his instructions to a tee and all will be well! BII symptoms disappeared immediately after surgery. I had a weird body odor, rashes, fatigue, and a heaviness on my chest. My eyes became bright and white afterwards, as well.
Like most women here, I have resorted to this site and to other women here for answers and so it's my time to share my journey with everyone in the same hope that I can be of help to other and enlighten other women about explanting. I had gone through two breast implant procedures, if I can recall one was in 2003 and 2005. On 2003 went for a 34 C implant, not sure how many CC's was that but I developed capsular contracture right away and I wasn't happy with the outcome of my surgery! I felt like this Doctor from La Jolla did a notch job and he didn't really care much about giving his patients great results that they'll be happy with and can live with! I still remember my Surgeon's name but I'm not sure if I should mention his name here. On 2005, I underwent a second implant revisions with another La Jolla Surgeon whom I still remember the name but not sure if ahold mention his name here either. But he did a better job than the first doctor. Overtime I did develop capsular contracture again even though I told this Surgeon that this was my main concern as why I did a revision. I don't remember being given a straight forward answer about CC and if and when I will get them again! Well I did, over a long period of time, my right side developed sever CC, it because so hard and painful and it just because unbearable over time. I also noticed that I have developed a foggy mind, meaning I tend to forget things more. I've also developed vertigo which I've never had experienced prior to getting implants. I can't concentrate well, I always feel fatigued or tired with lack of energy and interest over things. I started feeling depressed about everything for no reason. I'm a very active person and I like to work out and this is also one of the reasons which led me to explant. There are times during my HIIT Classes at F45, I would feel like blacking out and fainting in the middle of my classes! Even when doing hot yoga classes I'd feel the same way. I always have to catch my breath and struggle with my exercises and I've just had enough! I'm 5'4", 115-118 lbs prior to explant. Updated on 30 Aug 2019: My explant surgeon is Dr. Jae Chun. I’m very happy with my decision choosing him. I feel so confident in his work that I didn’t even bother consulting with any other explant surgeons after meeting with him. I also came across an Insider Article that he was featured on July 2019 & that really made me feel safe about my choice. Also, Dr. Chun only does explant so that’s another factor I considered heavily. Actually, I consulted with another Surgeon in La Jolla but he recommended to deflate first my implant and then insisted that I get a smaller implant because he said I will not be happy with my results if I’m going from a 34D to a small A. I had 375cc saline implants on both. I told this Doctor about my concerns with BII and Capsular Contracture but he dismissed them all and still insisted of deflating my implants first then doing another breast augmentation with smaller implants. I really don’t want anymore implants, they just hurt my back, too heavy to carry as you get older especially when you’re an active person. Plus I don’t want to be in my 50’s or 60’s having to worry about explanting. And who knows what health condition you’ll be in over time, I want to be in a healthy condition and still be able to have the surgery before it’s too late. I’m not sure if I have BII but I do feel depressed at times and show lack of interest on things when I don’t remember being this kind of person at all. Also, I never used to vertigo and didn’t know what that was until I’ve been getting them after my implants. On RS I didn’t really see much reviews from women with my same physical attributes, I mean from being a 34A Pre-implant to a 34D Post-implant. Of course I achieved this through two surgeries. First was back in 2002 or 2003 with 325-350 cc saline implants, I got to 36C. Second was in 2005, I went to a 34D with 375 saline implants on both. Plus I’m doing an explant, I want it be done right and have the all capsules taken out because they might harbor “unknown” things that who know what it will do to my body later on. These capsules form because your body is protecting it from foreign objects and what ever else it’s protecting your body from. This is just my opinion and what I’ve gathered researching medical write ups. I have severe capsular contracture which happened on both of my surgeries so it’s best that the capsules are removed. Here’s my boobies prior to my Surgery on August 27, 2018. I got so busy with work that I’m jut posting these now while resting after my surgery. Updated on 30 Aug 2019: My surgery went well and Dr. Chun and his staff were amazing! The nurses and anesthesiologist were all wonderful and they made me feel comfortable the entire time. Dr. Chun made sure that I felt comfortable during the surgery and he answered all my last minute questions and just took all my fear and nervousness away! Although Dr. Chun said that he’s never seen any worst rib cage deformity as my implant capsules have severely sunken to my rib cage, my capsules got so hard and thick that they started digging into my rib cage! Which makes sense because I’ve been having a hard time breathing when doing my HIIT classes or even hot yoga classes! Sometimes I’d almost black out or faint during my classes but I tried so hard for that not to happen cause I’d didn’t want to be embarrassed or cause a scene so I’ll just moderate the exercises or slow down during my workouts...but it’s been hard! And I can feel my chest tighten up every time I try to breath hard/deep and catch my breath. My rib cage marking are even obvious on my capsules! This was one of the main reasons why I wanted to explant on top of the health reasons and very severe capsular contracture!
I am officially done with my explant and lift surgery. Thought I would share my journey for anyone still on the fence about getting it done. Back in 2012 I was newly finished nursing my second child. We were taking a break from having more children so I decided to get implants to help get more volume. I was always a 34C before kids and after a very deflated 34B. I was talked into getting 550cc silicone under the muscle to prevent a lift. I liked them at first, I was a 34D. But after they fluffed I was a 34DD. Kind of big and I started not liking them. Within 6 months of getting the implants, I gained 10 lbs. didn’t change my diet and I was still in my 20’s. A few years later I wanted the implants out as i was starting to have some pain in them but I didn’t want them back in, then I got pregnant with my third. I knew I wanted one more so I waited. After breastfeeding and nursing my boobs were ginormous. Maybe a E/F, depending on the brand. So between the size and the pain, I wanted them out sooner than later. I talked to a couple of surgeons and they said I needed to be done nursing to book a consult. So I quit nursing my last baby and booked an appointment with Dr. Chun. I called in November and my consult was in January. I only consulted with him because he only explanted and I did NOT want to get talked into getting new ones. He agreed I needed a lift and my surgery was booked for December 2019. A couple months later I got a call to have it moved to August 20th. I then put myself on the last minute list since I’m kind of local. I finally got that last call for Wednesday, June 5th!!! The day of the surgery I was so nervous i felt i could almost pass out haha. Dr. Chun kept telling me I would be okay. The staff at the surgery center were amazing! I had a nurse who was filling in that day and she was still great. Surgery took a little longer as my muscles were detached on both sides. I woke up feeling pretty good, sore, but not too bad. I took 1 Tylenol the whole time! I’m now 2 weeks post op and I have felt amazing everyday. More energy already and the acne that was on my face for 3 straight months is gone too! I know the price is a little steep, but it was VERY important to me to go to THE best and I feel Dr Chun is. He gets the entire capsule out and his incisions are meticulous. Very happy with my decision.
Dr Chun listened to exactly what I wanted and executed flawlessly. I came in to have my breast implants removed and a lift. I was very nervous to go back to a smaller size chest but ultimately just wanted a beautiful and perky shape. I couldn’t be more happy with my results.
After having 3 different consultations in San Diego & 1 with my original Dr in Newport Beach (who tried to talk me into getting new implants), I was lucky enough to get a referral from a friend about Dr. Jae Chun. After my consultation with him I left his office feeling there was no doubt in my mind he was the right Dr for me. Great staff whenever I saw them or had to call them during my 6 months of visits etc.... I had 30 yr old Silicone Implants under the muscle the Dr Chun removed COMPLETELY! I started feeling better almost immediately the day I came home. Back to work 6 days later. I made the best decision of my life by choosing Dr Chun to take care of me & removing my Toxic Bags. I feel amazing....;-)
He is an amazing dr who actually cares for his parents. Hes changing lives, saving them, one en bloc explant at aa time! So many drs do not believe in breast implant illness, which is masking people more sick while waiting to find someone to help. He is the standard in breast implant illness explant.
