Mentor Memorygel 650cc HP

I am a year and a half post revision! So far everything has held up great. I am still having some issues with my right breast, it still feels like the capsulorraphy has been partially pulled out. I never followed up with my surgeon about this because everything was holding up great. Recently I have noticed it looks a little flat on that breast right on the bottom of the breast. I definitely need to contact my surgeon and see what he thinks. Overall I am very happy and love my results! Sorry it has taken so long to do this update. Also, don't mind the tan lines lol. I had just gotten a spray tan and hadn't rinsed it off in the photos lol so the tan lines look pretty intense! Just a reminder this is an update for the revision I had. I had bottomed out from my primary BA with a different PS. The revision consisted of the following: larger implants: Mentor Memorygel 650cc HP, galaflex mesh placed on the lower poles of my breasts, pocket repair, and a capsulorraphy/internal bra/suturing.

Here is a photo of one year after my primary BA with Dr. Alexander (Las Vegas, NV). And a two other photos 6 months after my revision BA! You can see my implants were completely bottomed out, the IMF scars are visible and my nipples are "stargazing" (pointing upward and not sitting on the breast mound). My original PS made my scars so long and because I bottomed out from him over dissecting my pockets and lowering my IMF's, it caused the scars to become even worse. When the weight of the implant is pushing on the scar, instead of the scar being hidden in the IMF without the entire weight of the implant sitting on it, it causes the scar to not heal properly. I ended up having keloid scars, which I had never had in the past. My scars look so much better after my revision. I know they look bad compared to other women who have an IMF incision, but for me they look amazing considering what they looked like before my revision. I had no IMF's and my breasts looked so sloppy. After having my revision BA with Dr. Colgrove (Atlanta, GA), I am so happy and my self-esteem has been restored. I am truly so grateful to have been a patient of Dr. Colgrove's. I really didn't think the revision was going to work, I kept telling myself that it wasn't going to be successful. I just didn't want to get my hopes up and I really didn't think my complications could be fixed. I know Dr. Colgrove put in a lot of work to repair my over dissected pockets and raise my IMF's. It took 3 hours and 45 minutes of surgery to revise my primary BA. Even though it was stressful because there were a couple complications that were out of anyone's control on my trip to Atlanta. Like having a fever the day I was supposed to have surgery, not being able to have the IV placed because I am such a difficult stick, having to have a PICC line placed just to have the surgery, and having to reschedule the surgery to a couple days later. I would absolutely do it all over again and I really am so happy and grateful that Dr. Colgrove performed my revision BA!

Here is my 6 month update. Again I have subglandular 650cc HP Mentor Memorygel implants with galaflex mesh placed on the lower poles and pocket repair/internal bra/internal suturing (whatever you want to call it, Dr. Colgrove simply said "pocket repair" but I do feel he performed a capsulorrhaphy). Everything has held up really great and I am so happy with my results! I do wish I had the upper pole fullness I had when I was one month post-op but I knew that I was going to drop and fluff and lose a lot of the swelling and upper pole fullness. The galaflex mesh is really amazing, the soft tissue is even thicker than it was 3 months ago and it feels so strong. Recently I did notice that on my right breast it feels like a piece of the internal suturing may have come undone. I have contacted my PS and will be consulting with him to make sure it is ok. It can be difficult because I am across the country and I can't just hop on a plane to go see him in person. I try to be as transparent as possible as far as the good and bad. So far everything has been really great, the only concern is the internal suturing/internal bra becoming partially intact (but I still have to consult w/the PS). My scars are healing really well. I know for most of you looking at them you will probably think they look awful lol but compared to how they looked before my revision it is night and day. Before my revision my scars were really wide and keloid scars because I was bottomed out and the pressure of the implants was making them look horrible and my original PS made them very long. Dr. Colgrove went through the same IMF incision and he did an amazing job at fixing my botched scars. Because my original PS made the scars really long there wasn't anything Dr. Colgrove could do to make them shorter. Since Dr. Colgrove lifted my implants and supported them with the capsulorrhaphy and galaflex mesh, it took the pressure off the scars which made it so they could heal. I have been gently massaging the scars with scar gel and it really seems to help. Hopefully my videos upload, I had to lower the quality of some of the videos to be able to upload them. Hope this helps! Feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions! Sorry it took me so long to do this update.