30 Years Old Having 10 Year Old Saline Implants Removed - Birmingham, MI

Thank you! How long do they want you to be smoke free before your surgery? you can do it, just keep a positive attitude, and maybe pick up a package of suckers :)

4 weeks before and after. If I can do that, I hope I never smoke again.

Hello, My ps told me to give up smoking..have smoked for 40 yrs sad to say.. and kept putting off giving up smoking until I woke up one morning and said that's it ..cold turkey !! they tell people its hard to give up but it is not,it only takes 72 hrs and you are a non smoker just ignor the voice in ur head that keeps telling you to have another one.Good luck ,if I can do it anyone can do it,I smoked like a chimmey. I am waiting to have mine removed after 28 yrs,last 7 yrs of pain and suffering ..loss of vision fibromyalgia ..you name it silicone in the lymph nodes in my arm pits.. I need to get well,I am 58 yrs old and feel so unwell. Mine are both ruptured and excapsular,the silcon is through my chest. So have a go,72 hrs and you wont believe how easy it was..All the best .GOD BLESS. Kathy.

Very encouraging Kathy, thank you for sharing. My health is also a wreck, including serious autoimmune issues. When is your surgery? Jody

Yes also have autoimmune disorder, and also related to me that I may have giant cell arteritis which maybe causing my vision lose in one eye which is permanent. The pain in my temples is so bad and scared of loosing sight in both eyes...all related to the body rejecting the silicon in my body..ir is all a nightmare. I went to the public hospital and was with a breast surgeon and after saying I didn't want a replacement or lift he has put me on a wait list for a plastic surgeon which I guess is better than just a breast surgeon..so hoping not too long as I have stopped smoking 4 wks now. But with this new eye thing happening if it is not treated I can have a stroke and am now worried about any operation...It never seems to end..I met a lovely lady while waiting for my appointment at the hospital and she has all the same symptoms as me..fibromyalgia but had not been treated for anything..and her memory was really bad..worse than mine if that was possible and she was in pain all over.I cant understand how these doctors know how ill these implants will make us and yet continue to deny it. Good luck with smoking, just 72 hrs and you are a non smoker,and your body will heal so much better. I was going to go private with a ps but was worried if anything else went wrong I would be transferred to the public hospital anyway, I will wait for my appointment to talk to doctor on his procdure on removal as I want the capsule out and en-bloc to make sure as much of the silicone is out..so I can try to recover. I am in Australia and the system here is a little different , I can have them removed if they are ruptured in the public hospital free but if I want to replace it will cost $ 3,000. And if I go private it will cost about $ 16,000. I will keep you updated my friend is our age as well and had implants for 28 yrs ago and so sick as well. I will post photos as well when I get my op .. god bless....

it was awful, made it completely obvious that they were fake. I was concerned about how they would heal after removal too, hopefully they will look symmetrical once my skin tightens up. My doctor said that everything should heal up nicely, so that was reassuring too! I just realized my after shots are flip flopped from before because I took them in the mirror..whoops! did you talk to your ps about it? Did they think it will heal up nicely?

These were saline implants.. placed in 2004. Not sure what you're talking about.

Thank you!

Thank you, and good luck with your removal!

I meant "really small" as in your body frame/chest wall. I have a small chest wall to

I haven't heard of using a breast pump to help the tissue fluff! I already have one packed away with the kids baby stuff, I'll have to google it later, thanks!

i read it for the first time on this site and it seems to work for a lot of people i've also read that if your nipples are kind of caved in you can use something called a breast shield and keep it in your bra, mothers who are breast feeding use it to keep their nipples perky if they get sucked in.

Thank you for the awesome compliment! I never thought of it that way, it really is great to have them both pointing in the same direction again!!!