Breast Implant Removal with lift and fat transfer after 20 years, 65 years old

After several interviews with different plastic surgeons to inquire about breast implant removal (I had hated them from the moment I came home from surgery years ago), I felt very unsure about what to do since each surgeon had basically stated or implied that I would not be happy with the way I looked unless I put in new, smaller implants. I was fed up with the heavy weight on my chest from implants. At times, the weight was claustrophobic. Clothes in my size often did not fit because my implants were way too large (and the reason I hated them is that they were double the size I had said I wanted.) I new I was fortunate to have never had problems, and I had even had a gynecologist say he didn't think I should "mess with them" if I wasn't having problems. When I was at the point of thinking I was ready to look deformed with 2 big folds of stretched skin hanging over my rib cage, I made one more appointment with Dr. Smith since another doctor (being seen for non-cosmetic purposes) mentioned that Dr. Lane Smith did reconstructive surgery. I am so grateful that I went to see Dr.Smith. He took the time to listen to my entire story and was honest about what my breasts would look like after years of my thin skin stretched over BIG, above-muscle implants. But then, unlike any other doctor, he suggested alternatives - not just implant removal, and not only a lift (which would have left a thin person like myself as flat chested as an elementary school kid), but a total reconstruction with a fat transfer. I was afraid of the pain because my initial implant surgery had been incapacitating for a couple of weeks, but to my surprise the major reconstruction with Dr. Smith (removal and replacement of my nipples, along with fat transfer) was less painful. I would urge women to try a fat transfer before they get implants!!