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Saved my Life. Atlanta, GA

UPDATED FROM j322
3 years post

Ruptured implants

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Most plastic surgeons and doctors, in general, will tell you that it's not possible for breast implants to make you sick. Yet there are tens of thousands of us on social media that can testify that they do make us sick AND we get better once they are removed.

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Susan Kolb, MD - Account Suspended

Susan Kolb, MD - Account Suspended

Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

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I’m so sorry to hear the trouble you had to go through. Thanks for sharing!
UPDATED FROM j322
2 years post

Ruptured implants removed saved my life

Even though other doctors, including the implanting surgeon, told me it "was not possible" for implants to be making sick or for them to be ruptured - this is what Dr Julian Gordon in Dr. Kolbs office removed from my body. He was scraping silicone from my ribs. I will forever be grateful to Dr's Gordon and Kolb for giving me a chance to have a life again after 15 years of slowly dealing health that was denied by numerous other doctors, including many plastic surgeons. BTW - I'm pretty sure it was the mammograms I was told were safe for implants that ruptured them.

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How much was your Explant surgery?
Just under $10k I also had a fat transfer.
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I've waited to write my review because I was...

I've waited to write my review because I was initially so sick from the candida fungus, mold and silicone toxins that I had to give myself some time to get my feet back under me. I am beyond pleased that I somehow found my way to Atlanta and Dr Susan Kolb and her office. While Dr Julian Gordon did my explant surgery, Dr Kolb has been there every step of the way to help heal my body from over 15 years of being slowly poisoned by first saline implants that were moldy, leaked into my body in 2006 and were replaced with silicone (although I didn't discover they were moldy until I read the surgical report in 2011 when trying to figure out why I was so sick - the implanting surgeon never told me he found mold).

After years of primary, specialists and surgeons telling me there was nothing wrong with me - Dr Kolb and her work finally gave me some answers. It was easy to make the decision to schedule with her. My enbloc explant was done on 4/30/15.

Dr Kolb emailed and communicated with me prior to my even scheduling with her office and has always responded to my email inquiries promptly then and since then. Dr Gordon helped me to feel at ease and responded to emailed inquiries as well.

While getting the implants out was the first step I knew I had a ways to go and can happily report that at 4 months post explant, with Dr Kolbs expert help and guidance, I feel I have a chance at life after 15 years of going from active and healthy to completely disabled, unable to work and feeling each day as though I was dying.

I will forever be grateful for Dr Kolb's work to reveal the truth about breast implants, help women heal from this devastating illness and can highly recommend her and Dr Gordon as experts in this field.

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Hi there, and welcome! Thanks for sharing your experience with us. I hope you'll get lots of support from the community. Do you have any before and after photos you'd be willing to add to your review?

You know…I don't think I remembered to take "before" explant because I was so sick and all I could think about was getting them out. I should have added to my review that I had cancer 1999 which I why I got the implants to begin with.

So as far as after photos…I am completely flat with no breast tissue; my ribcage is deformed because if the weight/pressure of the implants on my ribs. I decided I was done and not willing to go through any more surgeries and to learn to appreciate my body as is. All I want is to feel healthy again. I survived the cancer just fine but the implants have taken the last 15 years of my life and I'm not done yet.

So photos…I'm not sure in my case that is applicable. What you would see is how the implants deformed my ribcage mainly.
My PS took a picture and yours may have taken a digital one too. I plan on getting my BEFORE picture back for my final BEFORE & AFTER post. Seeing these photos on RealSelf gave me the courage to explant. I will be forever thankful for knowing what to expect.
What an awful experience. I can't believe the doc didn't tell you about the mold! I guess it cuts into their business. Hope you are feeling much better soon. Sending healing blessings to you....
Thank you; yes. It has been a nightmare but I am starting to see light at the end of the tunnel :)
I am hopeful to feel the same way as you. I have a ruptured silicone implant and I am scheduled for surgery with Dr. Kolb for Tuesday. I have no doubts in her abilities but am trying not to get my hopes up with my illness recovery- I feel like my life has been taken away from me. All I desire is my health. I can't afford the recommended lift bc my insurance won't cover the explant, but I'm ok with this. I pray that I will feel better. What symptoms did you have- which ones went away? Thanks :)
Just one thing nobody's having any idea here that candida fungus comes through bodily contact during sex, or sitting in public whirlpools and so on and so forth???? Yes if someone gets implants and becomes more attractive in the eyes of men (or women;-) and her self esteem sky rockets and having more intimate contacts and public swimming pool interactions then with that getting infected and reinfected constantly with fungus. But medically speaking candida or any fungal disease has nothing to do with silicone implants since all life on this planet are carbon based (that's include bacteria, fungi and viruses) and those can't interact with synthetic molecular chains what silicone gel implants have. Mold in salines are verifiable since saline is the same as the primordial sea from what all life evolved or the pregnancy water in the womb so it's the perfect nourishment for that. Of course I don't doubt anyone's personal experiences just their conclusions about it. So if it really helps then congratulations are in order! However the unconscious mind is still a mystery to the most of us so is many aspects of the human body so who knows exactly what's the real reasons are responsible?
My explant was 1 year ago 9/11 I can totally agree with you that these implants are toxic. I have so much energy now. My life is back. Congrats to you. My people deny that implants can sause sickness but there is no doubt that mine caused my sickness. Honestly I was better within days of the removal.