What will my breasts look like after implant removal? How much will a lift help? Fat transfer? (Photo)

Your breasts may retract nicely and you can be fine. If , however. You are not happy with your breasts after removal, than you can consider a breast lift. Either way, you will feel better and be more proportionate. Thank you.

Thank you for your question. Please do some research on breast implant illness as the signs and symptoms of joint pain and extreme fatigue are symptoms of BII. It is difficult to tell a patient what they may look like after and depends on multiple factors such as age, height, weight, size of implants, and how many sets of implants were inserted.

Dear jaydubb,
it is hard to tell for sure, but there is high chance that your breast will return to pre-surgery size. You might also have saggy breasts, so breast lift will probably be an option. If you are considering surgery, I would suggest you consult a board-certified plastic surgeon. Only after a thorough examination, you will get more information and recommendations.
Daniel Barrett, MDCertified, American Board of Plastic SurgeryMember, American Society of Plastic SurgeryMember, American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Hello @jaydubb, thank you for your question. In case of an explantation with capsulostomy, the surgical procedure would imply a breast reconstruction, because taking out the volume that the prosthesis gave will require repositioning of the tissues. In this way, you would achieve an aesthetic result you would be happy with. If what you want is to do an explantation with capsulostomy is not convenient to have fat transfer to breasts in the same procedure, it is advisable to wait 3 to 4 months to avoid the fat to die or risk of infection. In this case the incision would be periareolar in a L shaped to avoid making a T. The best course of action is to consult one or several board certified plastic surgeon for more information and options tailored specifically to your needs. Best wishes!

Alan Gonzalez MD, FACS. American Society of Plastic Surgery Member (ASPS), International Federation for Adipose Therapeutics and Science” Member (IFATS), American Society of Plastic Surgery Member (ASPS), Colombian Society of Plastic Surgery member (SCCP)

If undergo explant alone, your excess skin will hang and you will be dissatisfied. The technique I recommend is explantation and lift using The Bellesoma Method. The implants are removed, your breast tissue is reshaped creating upper pole fullness, elevated higher on the chest wall and more medial to increase your cleavage. Vertical scars are avoided, nipple sensation (in 95%) and the ability to breast feed are maintained if not injured during your previous surgery. Later, fat transfers can be performed if additional volume is desired.

Best Wishes,

Gary Horndeski, M.D.

Since you were an A to start and these implants have thinned and stretched your own tissue, you will be much flatter and will sag. You might consider exchanging them for smaller smooth implants that are less heavy and full. Do remember you were not happy with your breasts prior to surgery and may not be happy once the implants are removed. Fat can be added if you have donor fat. Fat is not placed where the implants were, but in your actual breast tissue. Since you were small to start and implants have thinned and stretched your tissue, you may not support much volume of fat.

You can elect to have your implants removed at any time. Since you have had them in for several years and had little breast tissue to begin, you will likely be left with loose, sagging breasts once the implant volume is gone. If you are wanting smaller breasts you may want to consider smaller implants. Fat transfer to the breasts can lead to microcalcifications which can interfere with future imaging studies.

The more you believe that your implants are making you sick the more likely, you are to have vague, non-specific symptoms.
For those who strongly believe in implant illness, the chance of having increased symptomatology is very real.
For those who don’t believe in the correlation Symptoms are typically far less.
If you went from an a cup to a D cup with implant augmentation, then most of your breast is implant.
Removing the implants will leave you with a deflated A cup breast with skin excess.
Fat transfer is unlikely to give you anything in comparison to what implant augmentation can deliver.
You probably have very little tissue to graft fat into and your skin envelope is most likely stretched out from the previous implants.
It’s a free world and patients have the right to do what they want.
I personally believe breast implant illness is a psychosomatic illness that is a psychiatric condition without proof that it exists as a real medical condition.
As as usual with these type of conditions, there are no tests and removing the implants only works if patients believe it it does.
If you talk to those who have a strong belief that implants make women sick, then it is likely they will persuade you to remove your implants.
If you talk to the millions of women who are happy with their implants and have no illness whatsoever, then they’ll probably tell you to keep your implants because implants make most women very happy.
No one can make this decision for you.
The worst thing you can do is remove the implants change your mind and get re-augmented in the future.
Best,
Matt hagstrom, MD