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Is it normal for one breast to have shooting pains but the other is fine? I had a BL with implants 16 days ago.

May 29, 2017
Asked By:cherylb108a in United Kingdom

I had an uplift and implants 16!days ago now however the day i was released from hospital I took a reaction to the dressing tape and broke out in loads of water blisters I had to have the dressings removed and redone a week later I went back only to find out I had a reaction to that dressing also and more blisters appeared now the blisters have dried up but I have a constant shooting pain in my left breast I have 375cc silicone under the muscle implants

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