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Woot Woot!!! Great Doctor with and outstanding and supportive staff!!! I have been looking for the right surgeon for two years. I kept looking back to, and finally chose, Dr.Sheryl Young. I needed a surgeon who would approach my surgical needs from a woman's perspective, and could help me envision my overall goals. Safety is her number 1 concern as well as the most desirable outcome and results for her patients.This review is after my first of three planned surgeries.I am very ecstatic with the results to date.
Dr. Young was wonderful. She made me feel so comfortable, and was very professional. Her staff is great, they are so caring, and were readily available to answer any of my questions. I was and am still very happy with my results and experience. I highly recommend Dr. Young, and have to friends and family.
I have been going to Dr. Young for years..botox and filler then eyelid surgery and most recently an arm lift. Dr. Young is THE BEST. Every aspect is explained and i have had nothing but the most positive experiences. She is an excellent surgeon and her "crew" is wonderful. I would go nowhere else!
Dr Sheryl Young is amazing! I contacted Dr. Young after massive weight loss. She performed a panniculectomy first and removed 35 pounds. She guided me carefully through every step and I had a beautiful outcome. She explained the procedure and recovery time very thoroughly and answered all my questions before, during and after the surgery. The second procedure was a breast reduction, I was a 58K and now a 36 D. Again, she was thorough, listened to what I wanted and added her expert advice. She made sure I understood what I would experience surgically and during the healing process. Dr. Young and her staff were always available to answer questions and made sure I knew all questions were important and none of them stupid questions. I was always treated with kindness and respect. The procedures have drastically changed my life. Four years ago I weighed 507 lbs and today 175 lbs. I believe my procedures helped my mobility and they gave me the opportunity to reach my goal. I will always be grateful to Dr. Young for her expert advice, her surgical skills and her friendship. I am glad she is my physician and my friend.
She is a very skilled and excellent doctor! Her nurses Karen and Dana are knowledgeable and friendly. I have had several procedures done and I would not go any where else for my treatments. They take the time with you that you need to make sure you are receiving the right treatment for you.
I am very thankful for all the insight with these reviews. It has helped in many ways to read about the different experiences. I had my surgery on Dec 6 the day before was my 50th Birthday, happy birthday to me is what I said. I had been wanting this for a long time. Was tired of the neck, shoulder and back pain. The biggest issues for me were finding bras, swimsuits and shirts that I could actually wear. What frustrating experience to find something you don't over explode in. Well it has been a little over a week since my surgery and so far it has been great. I haven't returned back to work yet, will do that on Monday. Still get a little tired if over doing it but feel great. Hope that is normal though. See my PS tomorrow morning so looking forward to her letting me know how I am coming along. Thank you to everyone who participates it is great . Updated on 16 Dec 2016: Well had my week checkup today with PS. It went great! She says everything looks wonderful. Her words were you are looking amazing, makes me think it has been 3-4 weeks in instead of 10 days. Made me feel good. I failed to let everyone know that before I was a 34/36 DDD/F and should be a C when everything heals. Haven't really tried any new bras on yet still swollen. Excited to see what the future holds in that category. Updated on 16 Dec 2016: Thought I would share a few photos. Updated on 31 Dec 2016: It has been 3 weeks and 4 days since my surgery and I am feeling pretty good! Still tender but getting better each day. My doctor used glue and no tape so that is good. Most of the glue is coming off nicely. I had always wished that could wear sports bras but now really wanting to see what a normal bra fits like. I am getting very anxious to try some on. I know it will be a bit before the real size is determined but I am very curious. How long was it before everyone started wearing a regular bra? Would love to hear back from others on this. Hope everyone has a very safe and Happy New Year! Updated on 20 Jan 2017: It has been over 6 weeks since my surgery and I feel great! I am so happy that I did this for myself. My neck and back don't hurt consistently and that is a big plus. I feel so much better. I want any of you out there that are thinking about this to know that yes it is a personal decision but it is truly what you want it is wonderful! I should have done it a long time ago.
I am a 35 year old mother of three. After my second child I lost post baby weight and then some. After the third I again lost baby weight but the sagging skin and stretch marks will not leave. I work out 4 days a week and am in good shape but get discouraged when my shirt rides up or when my skin falls forward when doing push ups. I had breast lift and augmentation a year ago and had such great results its time to fix the tummy. Had consultation with previous dr. and she agreed tt is the right option. Updated on 2 Mar 2011: starting to get some anxiety about whether this is the right time to have the tt. Night before last five year old was in our bed. Last night three year old had wet pjs and ended in our bed. Trying to get three year old used to not being carried. My husbands great but it will be a challenge for him. Next year I will be working part time so it really should be this year. just nervous. Updated on 2 Mar 2011: I am not wanting to tell everyone that I am getting a tt. I could see my kids going to school and announcing it in share time! So does anyone have any suggestions on what to say? Hernia repair? I have to have help with my kids as all my family is out of state. Updated on 4 Mar 2011: I have become a little obsessed with this website. I feel excited to see so many women look so beautiful in thier after pictures! Giving birth is such a gift but the stretch marks and stretched muscles are so depressing. It will be great to fix this. Updated on 7 Mar 2011: I will be traveling to Florida 7 weeks after my tt! Has anyone traveled after thiers so soon? Dr. said bar any compications should be good to go! The trip was scheduled for 6 weeks after but was able to push back one week! So nervous and so excited! Updated on 11 Mar 2011: I feel like I'm in the "nesting" stage of a pregnancy. You know when your getting closets cleaned out, making meals to put in freezer etc. One question I do have, and would love others input is that I noticed in pictures a lot of scars seem straight across while others are much more V like. I am going to call today to ask my dr. which she performs. I asked about bellybuttons at appt. but not that. Updated on 18 Mar 2011: 25 days till tt! Pretty excited but have been having trouble sleeping. I worry what if I gain this weight back? I know in my head that I never had this problem even at a bigger size before, that the saggy skin and stretch marks are from preg. but still worry. I would hate to go through pain and $ all for nothing. I am glad to get to put these thoughts out there as I have not told anyone except my husband! Thanks BRAVE tummytuckers! Updated on 20 Mar 2011: 23 days till my surgery! I still have not gotten guts to take pics. but I know I will want them for after. My husband is supportive but I am afraid he doesn't quite understand the length of the recovery. When I try to talk to him about he kida shuts down as he is very squemish. However he did watch three C-sections without problem. I almost told a close friend (no one knows) but I chickened out. Updated on 20 Mar 2011: Just thought of something. I am a stay at home mom with active kids and am slightly worried about keeping up with them in recovery and remembered I used to take my daughter to the childcare at the gym (2 hr. free) and sit in the lounge or cafe and read or email whatever after last c-section. I think I will become a lounge lizard again! And my kids will burn off some energy! Yeay me! Updated on 23 Mar 2011: I just scheduled my pre op appt. for April 1! I will be talking to Dr. about adding Lipo for thighs. Nurse said since its a second procedure its Half price! Funny! Updated on 26 Mar 2011: 17 days to go! Starting to get really excited! I think my husband is too. I just hope he really understands the length of recovery! Picked up my three year old today for first time in so long, I've been trying to get her out of the habitso she won't be shocked when I can't! She's really doing well with it! Need to post before picks! Updated on 29 Mar 2011: Two weeks from today! OMG!!! I watched another Tummy tuck on internet! So disgusting but really helpful. I ordered a bikini yesturday. I have NEVER worn one! I was a 12 always! Then after three kids a 6! Wierd huh? I always thought at this size I should be able to wear a two piece but I didn't figure on the stretch marks,weird belly button, and muscle issues. Updated on 29 Mar 2011: Trying to be brave and upload photos! Updated on 29 Mar 2011: Trying to be brave and upload photos! Updated on 1 Apr 2011: I had my Pre op today. Got my prescriptions. Same ones I used for breast lift/aug. so I know I should'nt have any reactions to them. We discussed lipo for my inner thighs and she said she could do it same time as tt but would reccommend waiting as they are getting new equip. at thier facility for Slim (not smart) lipo. She said it is a laser type. They will be only facility in Kansas City area to have it. She said advantage is they use local so your awake, its done in their building, and its supposed to help shrink the skin so your not saggy after the lipo. The down side is I would'nt be able to do this same time as tt. It would be several weeks later, but the cost is about $1500 less!! I am very excited as my surgery was going to be the second of the day but the other person rescheduled so I got moved up!! Less time for anxiety! 11 days to go!!! Updated on 3 Apr 2011: So the day after I pay the doctor my husband takes my hand and says, honey I wonder if this surgery is a bad idea! Seriously he did! He is worried I am taking the easy way out and wonders about the cost. I feel the same way about the cost but know its not really gonna be easy at all. I have lost the weight before through Extreme dieting. I could not maintain this however. I am not unhappy about my weigh really just my saggy tummy. The loose skin and wrinkles didn't leave, just got worse. I am worried about gaining the weight back. I work out four or five days a week and eat pretty healthy. I just always return to this size. I am having lots of doubts. Updated on 15 Apr 2011: Four days post op. Feeling better daily. Medication helps with pain but make me sleepy. Saw results at Dr office. Love small Bb but lowerbelly is swollen. Seems more swollen on one side then other. Seem normal?
I wanted a little "lift" and Restylane did that for me. I will probably do it every year! It just makes me feel better.
Dr. Cheryl Young did breast reduction surgery on me and I was horribly disappointed. She promised me from the beginning that she would continue to do work until I was happy with it. Once the surgery was done, and my chest looked like empty balloons and Has ever since she Refuses to do anymore and I’m embarrassed and wish I had never had the procedure. It looks like my only option is to go get implants now. I went to see her due to a gynocomastic situation Where I developed breast tissue after having had a beautiful developed muscular male chest.
Like so many ladies on RealSelf I found this site while digging online for explant information. It has been such a reassurance for me every time I have any doubts or questions, that I feel an unwavering need to pay it forward. Just got off the phone with my fiance, and I let him know I was posting my boobs online, he said, "That's great!" Not exactly the response you would expect from your significant other for posting nudie pics for the public! But he catches me looking at boobs on here ALL the time! He knows how helpful this site has been. I haven't had much doubt that implant is the right decision for me. But every time I read a review on here, and I see ladies with imperfect breasts typing that they can live with the imperfections to be free and natural, it reassures me even more that regardless of my outcome, I will not regret this decision. For the last 11 years I have had a love hate relationship with these big boobies. I remember the first time I saw them after my augmentation surgery. I HATED them! They looked like giant balloons, so unnatural! As time has gone on, and after having my daughter 5 years ago, they did settle in some, and they look somewhat more natural not sitting so high. I can't say that I have hated these boobs every day. It's been an interesting ride. I've felt elated to fill out a swimsuit top, and more recently, I've felt embarrassed that my breasts fall out everywhere and (to me) look so obviously fake! I’ve been excited that I fill out the breast area in tailored clothing, and disappointed that some of my favorite clothes look inappropriate with boobs falling out everywhere, or just fit so tight in the chest that I feel like I can hardly move. When I was young, 23, I wanted big boobs so bad because I am a pear shaped figure –ALL BOOTY! And I just felt so disproportionate. Now, I realize that the top is not supposed to match the bottom! Everyone is built differently, and I need to accept that my body is ‘All about that bass’ – in the words of Meghan Trainor. Everyone needs to accept and love their body as uniquely theirs! I am so tired of seeing all plastic! Sometimes it is obvious, and sometimes it is not. But it makes everyone look the same, and it makes anyone who is all natural feel not good enough that we don’t fit in society’s perfect mold. But who actually does?! No one! Not even celebrities who have to pay to look like they do. Whether they talk about it publicly or not, I bet at least 90% of them have had surgeries. And for the parts that still don’t look 100% appealingly perfect, there is Photoshop and CGI. These same celebrities are losing their own sense of self. They are being told that who they are naturally is not good enough, and that leads so many of them to serious mental disorders –as we all know. Seriously! I want so badly to see some naturally beautiful women in the media. It’s time we started accepting flaws, but instead of seeing them as flaws, looking at them as attributes that make up a truly unique person. Point being, I have SO many personal reasons I want to take these things out of my body. I have been so blessed in that, I have not had any noticeable health issues from my implants. I have only ever had to have one surgery 11 years ago when I had them implanted. I don’t have a capsular contraction or a faulty implant now. And, I have to honestly say I think my implants look pretty damn good. So, I’m sure you are wondering, why would I want these things out? I made myself a long list of reasons why I want them out. That way, I can come back to it and look at it after the implants are removed. I know I will most likely have moments where I think, “Aww damn! I don’t fill out this top anymore… why did I want to get rid of those big fake boobies again?” And I truly believe that having this list is going to be very therapeutic for me. A reminder from my past self (who is currently living with these implants) of all the reasons I wanted to have them taken out. So, here is my list: 1. Foreign Objects I’m a so much more of a health nut now. Why would I want anything in my body in which my body feels that it must build a protective capsule around to protect itself? I am not a doctor, but my line of thinking is, if your immune system is constantly expending some amount of energy defending itself from a foreign object you chose to place inside of you, then it has less ability to defend itself from everything else. Hence, the implant health issues so many women experience. 2. Continued Surgeries Why oh why put my body through more stress of elective surgeries? 3. Looks They look too big to me on my frame, I get looks down my chest from guys all the time (never used to with the little tatas), I’m embarrassed over the way I look in a swimsuit, afraid that people can tell they are fake. 4. Uncomfortable when working out I can feel them when I do certain chest or ab exercises, and running is so much harder than it used to be. I gotta strap these bad boys in with the tightest most uncomfortable compression bra, and even then, if I am not in the upmost running shape, I feel completely dragged down by them. 5. Back Pain I have to stretch and keep my core strong, otherwise I experience back pain I never had pre-BA. I want to stay strong anyway, but they are contributing to the issue, I believe. 6. Loss of Sensation I had such AMAZING sensitivity pre-BA. That is one thing I am really hoping to regain. I discussed this with my doctor, and she said I most likely would regain the sensitivity! WOO HOO!! All these years I have thought, "Well, that's it! I made this decision, and I'll never have that sensual sensitivity again." So I was nervous to even bring up that question with her, but she just said, unworried, it will probably come back. Oh, how I hope so! The regaining of sensitivity is just one item on my wish list. 7. Breast Feeding I was capable of producing milk with my first child, but I felt so engorged, yet there was not enough milk produced to satiate her. I am curious to try breastfeeding again after explant, and see if my production increases because I would think I will have more storage room for milk! 8. Pictures They look so huge in pictures… sometimes I feel like it even makes my head look disproportionately small. 9. Clothes The battle for well-fitting clothes will always continue, but I am excited to wear some things again and not look so slutty! 10. NO BRAS Um yeah… remember how you could just walk around the house with no bra holding up the girls? I can’t do that anymore. They are too heavy. Can’t wait have the weight lifted! 11. Sleeping On my stomach! Yay!! Even side sleeping sometimes feels weird… they are just always in the way. 12. Hugging Mine don’t feel cold, like others have described, but they are just hard and in the way. Always having to move them around so they don’t get squished between my fiancé and I. So, there it is. I could go on about all of this forever! A couple other quick notes I wanted to mention. My surgery date is 5 days from now with Dr. Sheryl Young. I love having a lady doctor. She has been amazing! I wouldn’t say her views align with mine on everything, but what is important to me is that she listens. For example, she is not opposed to breast implants, but when I told her I want mine remove, she did not argue or press me for why. So far, I am really happy with her, and I will update once the procedure is done. I am going under general anesthesia and I have to have my drains in for 6 days (Ugh… it was the soonest available appointment). We are leaving the capsules in, as it is Dr. Young’s belief that the body should reabsorb the capsule it made over time. I believe this is probably true, and it could be a more difficult surgery to remove it. Since I haven’t had any health issues, I am ok with just leaving the capsule in. I’ll update as soon as I am feeling good enough after my surgery. Best wishes everyone! Updated on 25 Oct 2017: Dr. Young and staff were amazing! I highly recommend Sheryl Young if you are in the Kansas City area. I feel so great! Light, just like others described. The pain is a constant ache, but pretty minimal. This is the day after surgery, and I have already switched to Ibuprofen. I'm also VERY happy with the way they look right now. I can't believe how great they look considering this is only day one! This is like a dream come true for me. I get my drains out Friday morning, and then I will post update pics for these upcoming days when the drains are gone as well. Best wishes and best of luck on your own journeys everyone! Updated on 26 Oct 2017: Post op day two. Lefty is looking bigger and more fluffed than righty. They were never noticeably different sizes pre-BA, so I am hoping this is all part of the healing process, and they will even out when they are more fully healed. Updated on 28 Oct 2017: Well, today is day 4, and not much change. I am still asymmetrical, which is concerning to me, because I never was pre-BA. Lefty is still bigger than righty, and I would love if they would both end up like lefty. I had my drains out yesterday, and a bunch of fluid came out with the left drain, so I am hoping it is my breast tissue and not swelling inside. Nothing else has drained out since, and lefty still looks the same. Righty is still small, nipple is dented in, and so is upper pole. Really hoping for the fluff fairy on that one! For anyone who has gone through this, how long do you think it took for the fluffing to come take your indentations away? Also, as of yesterday I broke out with this itchy rash all across my neck and abdomen. I mentioned it to the nurse, and she thought it was from the surgery prep fluid they use across your body. I think she is right. I have not used any other new products. My skin is just extremely sensitive to everything, so I am not overly concerned about it, but I will be much more comfortable once the rash goes away. My incisions are also itching like hell, but I want to give it one more day for the tube opening to heal before I try to pull the tape off of them. I shouldn't expect perfection on day 4, and I really don't! My life has been so stressful this week. I am in the process of selling my house, and my fiance and I are having major issues (I'd rather not go into all that), so I am having to reevaluate where we are at, and scramble to find a new place to live in two weeks. All these other stresses while I am trying to heal are not helping my state of mind over imperfections in my breasts. It's just a hard time for me. I will say, I still do not regret doing this. It's hard to be patient and hope that everything in life will work out over time, but I'm still happy my chest feels lighter while I wait..ha! Updated on 28 Oct 2017: Updated on 2 Nov 2017: Well, it's been 9 days since my surgery, so I wanted to post a quick update, as I've made huge changes physically and mentally since my last post. I will post pictures from today separately from my mobile device in a following update. My breasts are still asymmetrical physically, but mentally this bothers me less and less. I am cracking jokes about my beautiful boob and my granny boob! I am hopeful that my granny(righty) boob will perk up, and they might possibly even out if my beautiful boob has swelling within it, or the granny boob decides to fill in some. I have a follow-up appointment with my PS on Monday, so I will ask her about these things when I see her in person. I am not in any pain, however, so I don't think I have much to be concerned with. If that changes after I go to my appointment, I will post again. Unless I find out some radical news, or have something pertinent to share, I think I will stop updating my review for awhile, and let my body heal. After some more significant time, I will post again, so that others can see longer-term changes. I hope this will be helpful for others explant sisters! It is still early on in my healing process, so I do expect more to change, but even if my body were to stay exactly as it is today, I am SO happy with my results. I feel so fortunate for how my breasts have turned out already post-op. I HAVE to tell you though, even better than how I look is how I feel. Because of how I feel, this is the BEST decision I have ever made. I have regained quite a bit of sensitivity. I think this will only continue to improve as I heal and my body makes all these reconnections. It is hard to describe, but I just feel as a connected whole, and not like there is a foreign object disconnecting my chest from my nerves. I will continue to share sensory changes in my future updates, but I have had a couple people ask me, so I wanted to make sure to share that sensitivity is most definitely already better than it was with implants. I used to wake up almost every morning with back pain. The other day, I woke up and thought, "WOW! I have not woken up with back pain one single day since my surgery." I wore high heeled boots all evening on Halloween night, and took my daughter trick-or-treating up and down our hilly neighborhood, and NO back pain. NONE. Usually high heel boots would kill my back. Just to be free of that ever-present weight up front is WONDERFUL! Oddly enough, the tummy bloat I had almost constantly, unless I just worked out or was starving, is now never there unless I eat a giant meal. It's like my body repositioned how it is carrying my weight, and it doesn't need the extra bloat up front anymore. I've also lost 4 pounds. I don't know for sure if this is coincidental, since I tend to lose weight with stress, and I have been stressed this week, but the weight hasn't come back even though I've eaten too much food and sweets, and I'm having PMS. Also, with PMS (and this could be coincidental timing as well) my face is usually a hormonal acne nightmare, but my face is clearer now than it has been in a long time!! Just a timing thing with my skin or could it be because my immune system can now focus on clearing my skin? Perhaps time will tell. Either way, I am loving it! And, I do hope I'm making my immune system stronger by having removed the implants, if only for health reasons that are not cosmetic. I've just noticed so much that is BETTER without implants. Things that I didn't even realize were bugging me before are feeling better. Some of it, I have no way of knowing if it is because I removed my implants. But other things, like regaining sensitivity, no back pain, and the lifted weight are just making me feel so good, and I know without a doubt are because of explant! I am one happy explanter! I'll post some pics from today in a separate update coming next, and then I'm signing off for awhile. I hope my journey has been helpful. From my experience, I would say, if you are considering explant, DO IT!! If you end up feeling as good as I do, cosmetics won't mean a thing compared to how good you will feel. Updated on 2 Nov 2017: Updated on 17 Jan 2023: 5 years after explant. I’m currently a new breastfeeding mama. The human body changes constantly throughout life. What my boobs are today will be different next year. 100% happy that I chose to remove My implants. I prefer my general more athletic build - stronger all over with smaller boobs! But this is my body right now. Self acceptance is one of the greatest lessons to learn in life
Hi! Thank you for this question. Congratulations on your weight loss. You should return to see your plastic surgeon. Looking at you photos, without an examination, I would likely recommend an implant and possibly removing some skin. I would have a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon examine you and make you a plan to correct your breast. Best of luck! Dr. Sheryl Young
Hi! This is a difficult question to answer because it depends on you post op expectations and how you feel about scars. If your expecting a high round breast you probably need a lift. This can be done in 2 separate surgeries if your not sure. You should discuss this indetail with your surgeon. Good luck!
It is very normal for implants to remain high a month after a breast augmetation. Please follow your surgeons protecol. You might consider serial photographs to help you follow the implants postitions. Sometimes its hard to tell they are slowly falling when you see them daily. Good luck!
Thank you for your question. This decision should be made in a consultation with your Board Certified in Plastic Surgery Surgeon. I like to discuss this with my patient. Depending on the complexity of the surgery, sometimes local anesthesia is appropriate. If your a person who can't stay still, I would recommend a general anesthetic. Please discuss this at your consult.
Thank you for this question. I would not recommend having any elective surgery including a breast augmentation with an elevated White Blood Cell count. I want only the best out comes for my patients. I think this would put you at increased risk for a post operative infection. Please see your primary doctor and have this worked up. Best wishes, Dr. Sheryl Young, MD
