Disastrous Surgery - Medpor implants can not be removed

yes I was thinking this -- kind of looks like Amy Smart, who modelled before acting. The trying to smile does look painful.

Yes. I went back and had a very invasive surgery which included a full coronal incision. I told him I wanted everything out. Nothing is out. I don't know why? I think he tried to carve things down but left each implant in. I think that because of the kind of implant he uses, it's almost impossible to get them out.

thats very strange. I def regret my surgery. It has been a little over two years since I had the implants removed and I am still considering having one last surgery to further reduce the some of the bulk in orbital rim area which is where my implants were originally placed. I could tell he removed the implants but I have this layer close to my eyes and I believe it is implant left over or scar tissue. It looks kind of strange when I smile sometimes. I wonder if a lot of the bulk in you face is scar tissue now rather than left over implant. Hope you find a solution

Hi Steve85, Thank you. I'm pretty sure it's implant. It's hard and I can feel the edges. If I have them removed I'm so afraid I will have sagging skin everywhere which I'm sure will happen. I just need to be able to smile normally again.

Thanks Ruz!

I agree with Ruz. I hope you manage to find someone to remedy this. Please keep us updated on your progress. My face looks similar when smiling due to fat grafting gone bad. In this day and age, anything permanent in the face that cannot be reversed easily should be avoided and doctors should be more responsible. I would like to see fat grafts and porex implants discontinued.

fillers drag the face over time because of no support thougj

Hi, I can't see your email. You need to send me a private message.

I was on some website where it was talking about how Brad Pitt has a negative under eye vector. If I were a man, I'd much rather look like Brad Pitt with sharply defined features that move normally than to come out looking like Alicia Douvall (who coincidently is rumored to have also been a patient of Dr. Yaremchuk's). I couldn't smile normally either, but I would have just left the cheek implants in place if Dr. Yaremchuk hadn't also torn out all the fat from my face, damaging my nerves and making me look like skeletor.

From your pictures, it looks like sorta the same thing as me, where you had fine features, which were coarsened/worsened.

Was it filler in the temple area, or was it implant? Or was it perhaps one of those permanent fillers? If it was filler, do you know what kind (around the temples I mean.) Or was it all diffferent implants? Why did he do as he liked and put additional implants or filler in -- I thought a person selects what they want done and that is it? Since it would then cost more to put more implant or filler in, I mean -- why would he have done that? Sorry to ask so many questions, and I am truly hopeful that something can be done for you. You are still pretty I think, but I can understand how frustrating this must be.

Hi, Nadia. I can't speak for Chloe, but in my case, I think he just didn't care enough to actually listen to me. During the consult, I showed him a steroid induced depression on the back side of my arm, but then I woke up with fat injected into the middle of one of my armpits (pics are included under my review). I think he has a financial stake in some medpor-like company, too, so maybe he gets them gratis or at reduced cost. After getting my op report, I discovered he recycled a nasal implant onto my R. mandible body, which is how I ended up with permanent nerve damage and a joker smile. He told me during the post op that he took out "a little fat" and I didn't even realize how terrible that was until around a week out when my face started resembling my 60+ year old mother. I was VERY reluctant to proceed with surgery when I showed up for the consult, but because the surgery was prepaid and scheduled for the next day, he even concealed that he'd be cutting my eyes. I guarantee I wouldn't have proceeded because my eyes were one of my best features, previously. Now they look like s*#t and are hooded with under eye bulges. He's not a good person. And it seems like he's done similar things to many, many people. There's even a different plastic surgeon that's known to repair all the botched Dr. Yaremchuk patients. The messed up thing with Chloe is that she was told the implants were removed and spent a small fortune on removal, but then you look at the x-ray and clearly there's been some lapse in communication between what the doctor is saying and what's acutally being done. I hope all goes well with you and whatever it is you're searching for...

I had cheek implants at the same time as my rhinoplasty. They turned out great. Subtle, but very good improvement. People would comment that they never noticed how pretty my bone structure was and chalked it up to the rhinoplasty reducing the focus from my larger nose that had been reduced. I still looked like me, but just a better version. People would look at me and say "There's something different but I don't know what it is. You look so amazing". I told some people I was having my nose done, but never told anyone about the cheek implants. People always tell me I look like Shania Twain. Do I? Of course not, but I sure love to hear that. I think it is 1% what you already have to work with and 99% the skill and expertise of the surgeon. My doctor uses subtle, conservative techniques. I didn't want to look "done". Never give up on corrections of botched procedures. There are doctors out there that can help you.

You looks better than Shania!