25-34 year old woman treated for Breast Implants

This 26-year old patient was interested in breast implant revision surgery and breast reconstruction. The patient's history was extensive.... she had injections of silicone gel into the breast in 2001 --this procedure is still experimental and not FDA approved in the United States. In January 2009, the patient had the silicone which was injected removed from her breasts which required that almost 95 of her breast tissue also be removed. She was left with no breast tissue and very thin skin. In the same month, the patient had breast augmentation surgery with saline breast implants performed by her surgeon in Los Angeles which left her with extensive rippling. Within the same week, she had breast augmentation revision surgery with the same surgeon, this time the surgeon overfilled the saline implants. The patient complained that her breasts didn't look like breasts and were round, fake and asymmetric. After several consultations via e-mail and phone conversations the patient decided to fly into the San Diego office. Understanding the patient's concerns about rippling and her skin being too thin to hold such a large breast implant, Dr. Pousti discussed using AlloDerm and reducing the size of the breast implants. In order to achieve her desired look, Dr. Pousti removed her current saline breast implants, performed internal sutures, an internal bra was created, to correct the pockets and therefore correct the breast implant placement on the patient's chest wall, and used AlloDerm to reconstruct the areas where the patients skin was thin. Her saline implants were removed and replaced with 375cc smooth, round, moderated plus profile, silicone-gel breast implants, made by Mentor Corporation.