Richard H Milner, MD, FRCS

I'm 8 days post op, sutures removed tomorow , my natural breasts look amazing ( not keen on the sports bra 24/7 for 6 weeks but going with it) , pain free , only taken 2 paracetamol since the ex plant , been doing reiki healing , I had 34DD implants for 16 years and never liked them , heavy and very unattractive, I will post pictures after the sutures are removed. Do it ladies ????
Do it girls ,

Updated on 10 Jul 2016:
Morning from the uk , I'm 12 days post op, just taken off my sports bra so rather wrinkles, I know one looks larger than the other , but that's just bad photography ????, oh and it's upside down ... But you get the idea . Be out and proud. Lots of love ????????

For years I have wanted to regain full natural breasts , my fear was the anchor shaped scarring and finding the right surgeon .
I visited Mr Milner three years before finally deciding to go ahead . I consulted with two other surgeons but knew he was the surgeon I was fully confident in .
I went ahead with the operation in January this year , I was admitted to the private wing at the Rvi and was operated on in the afternoon after seeing Mr Milner . The operation took 3 hours .
The next morning I was reviewed prior to discharge . My first reaction was what have I done as my breasts looked really small , however as swelling settled over 10-12 weeks implants seemed to move into the new pockets and changes over these weeks were remarkable . I was reviewed 3-4 times by Mr Milner who answered all my questions at each stage of the healing , settling process .

After a few years if soul searching I plunged straight in and had breast augmentation in 1998. Everything seemed fine until I began experiencing
pain in the left breast (2006). I was examined by one of the Transform consultants, and short of telling me I was imagining things, I was told not
to worry and to go away and forget about it. The pain never left but I was
Able to cope day to day. In 2011 the PIP scandal broke so I therefore
contacted Transform again to enquire if my implants were in fact the dreaded
PIP variety. I was told that the Pips had not been used by the until after 2000,
however they would check anyway.... In early 2012 I received a letter from
Transform informing me that implants were in fact PIP and referred me for a scan.

Surprise surprise the breast I had continually complained about had within it a ruptured PIP implant and the radiologist also suspected silicone leakage into my lymph glands in the left arm pit... Transform duly offered to remove the implants free off charge and also offered a cheaper uplift if I required such.
So I decided that I would have the implants removed and not replaced.
Then out if the blue Transform wrote to me doubling the price explaining
that due to the age of the implants I was not entitled to have reduce rate surgery. I was appalled by this and got absolutely no where with them.. So I have eventually found a charming specialist who has bundles of experience in
Both Private and NHS ... So it's D day on April 10th 2013 and I'm rather scared and apprehensive about the visual outcome... ( I clearly had implants in the first place as I didn't like the look of my self). However I keep telling myself that health is the important thing here. I just don't relish the pain, and just to add insult to injury I've developed a rather painful connective tissue disease and have terrible hot flushes just to keep life interesting !!!... So if anyone out there can offer me any comforting words I would really appreciate it..



Updated on 18 Apr 2013:
Hi Ladies, thank you so much for the many words of encouragement and differing opinions ( as it helps to flag up questions that you previously may not have thought of.) Well I am now 7 days post op, and feeling absolutely fine. I was dreading that moment when you come around from the anaesthetic and the pain starts creeping in. This just did not happen, the cocktail of drugs ensured that I had no sickness, no pain and just felt comfortably drowsy, drifting back into the real world. I was aware that once the drugs wore off the pain may return, but thankfully I remained pain free. The lovely attentive nursing staff, helped me get ready the following day and I was able to have a look at the healing finished result... (although the wounds were all taped up) I was pleasantly surprised at the lack of bruising or swelling. I also did not require any drains which was also a bonus. On leaving the hospital I was given a bundle of aftercare advice, 24 hour telephone numbers for questions or emergency queries and a date and time to return for the removal of the stitches.
Since returning home I have not experienced any pain to speak of, the only thing of note is the itching around the wound sites. I am hoping that once the stitches are removed that will ease considerably. I can also feel a lot of nerve activity around the nipple areas ( and ladies that have experienced that tingling sensation when the breast milk is coming in will know what I mean).... I am still a little unsure of the complete finished look, as I am still strapped up, however I remain un-phased at this stage with the change in size. I was not particularly big pre- op, but over the last few years I felt that I was starting to look matronly having gained a little too much weight. So not only have I got rid of some nasty sub standard leaking implants, but I have also gained a more youthful looking chest area. This has also given me the impetus to trim down all over, and hopefully return to a healthier, fitter regime. Although the drive to have the implants removed was from the fact that they were those nasty PIPs, I now feel so liberated because I know that I will never have to worry about what I put willing into my body all those years ago. Even though I am a very "body conscious" I feel that the removal of the implants, has had such a positive psychological effect that it outweighs any doubts over the changes to my shape. Hopefully come Friday when I have the stitches removed, I will upload some photographs .
The final comment I would like to make, is just a great big thank you to the Newcastle Nuffield Nursing staff ......they were tip top, as well as the very talented Consultant Anaesthetist, and ultimately the very lovely and professional Consultant Surgeon.

I can't actually believe it's finally happening. I looked into this 5 years ago but didn't have the money or support from my husband, who said at the time I didn't need it and still saying it know, but he didn't lose his figure, he didn't have to accommodate 2 growing babies that destroyed my figure that I worked so hard for! Of course my babies were worth it and 'every Mam has a belly like yours' but I don't want it and I'm now in a position to pay to have it corrected. I feel like since my kids, now 14 and 10, I want to feel confident on the beach, I want to wear the latest fashions without a tunic to cover my mum tum!! I've always kept fit but nothing will shift this bulge, as you can see from the pictures. I had a treatment years ago which heated the fat from the outside while a cannula sucked our the melted fat from inside, forgot now what it was called, the heat outside the shin was meant to shrink it but tbh I wasted £4000 on 2 goes and it left me with lumps either side of my bb. My surgeon reckons I only needed a mini with no mr but I told him, ' if I'm doing it, I want the full shabang' and that's what I'm gonna get, fingers crossed. X

Updated on 2 Apr 2017:
Omg can't believe I have my surgery tomorrow, can't wait to see the results, I just hope it's all I hope it to be. X post more tomorrow with pics

Updated on 3 Apr 2017:
Excited bit scared but can't wait. Admitted at 12 and hopefully first down at 1.30pm. Can't wait to see some results. X

Updated on 3 Apr 2017:
All done, pain. It too bad at all just the tightness that's the main problem. On a morphing drop which is wonderful. Cannot recommend Mr Milner enough, no photos as yet just the drawn on one, catch up tomorrow x

Updated on 4 Apr 2017:
Feeling and been sick, just waiting for the second dose of anti sickness to kick on, not nice wrenching with this procedure, also hiccups are a nightmare and burping like my old grandma xx

Updated on 4 Apr 2017:
Best I could get at the min x

Updated on 5 Apr 2017:
Don't feel in much pain, just the tightness of the muscles, my blood pressure keeps dropping so gonna get some iron tablets, Mr Milner been in this morning gonna remove 2 of my drains this morning, any one else have problem with heartburn? X

Updated on 5 Apr 2017:
Not too bad at all, dressings also changed. First photo x

Updated on 5 Apr 2017:
See where the moles on my right ended up!!

Updated on 6 Apr 2017:
So after having out my last 2 drains I can go home, looking forward to it, maybe not the 2.5 hr journey home though!!! I'll update in a week or so, probably when I come back for my follow up on good Friday. X good luck to those going soon and happy healing to those who have been xx and to those who are not sure 'just do it' xx

Updated on 7 Apr 2017:
Don't be scared, finally went this morning from Monday, been twice actually! Over the moon lol, still going to take the senna while I'm on the co codomol. Bit uncomfortable in bed last night but not too bad, only thing is my daughter came down with a sickness bug!! Hubbys work well and truly cut out xx

Updated on 9 Apr 2017:
So my good friend came over to see me today and I took the binder off for a couple of mins to take some photos x

Updated on 11 Apr 2017: