53 year old breast cancer survivor. No mastectomy, a lumpectomy with wide excision. Had silicone implants 9 years ago. The right one encapsulated. Finally I am scheduled for my revision in one week. I cannot wait. I've been in pain for 5 years not knowing what was wrong. My PS says he's going to have to use slightly larger implants due to the pockets expanding. That's fine with me! I'm...
1978 had allergan implants. They lasted 28 years without any problem or incident. 2007 had a revision with mentor implants. Had nothing but problems. The implants folded inside my breasts and it could not be detected with an MRI or a mammogram. It is sad that i had to have surgery to see what the problem was. I replaced mentors implants once again with Allergan. I would think Mentor...
I needed my 16yr old saline implants replaced, my right one had been steadily losing volume thru the years, but my original plastic surgeon was located in New Orleans (I am now living in PA) and the hassle and expense of traveling to back there was too much. I also was a small D cup and wanted to be larger. I found Dr. Adam Hamawy of Princeton Plastic Surgeons in Princeton, NJ here on RealSelf...
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