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Breast Implant Exchange with Lift and Strattice
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Breast Implant Exchange with Lift and Strattice
Tough100541September 5, 2025
$41,000
When searching for a Dr to fix a botched benelli lift, I could not find a single review or photos with realistic expectations of what I could expect to look like, so I hope this helps someone! I ultimately chose Dr Salemy from word of mouth and his amazing reviews. My initial consult made me feel like I was in great hands. I had sticker shock when the care coordinator told me my surgery would be a total of $41,000, but I’ve had such a horrible experience from my previous plastic surgeon, I wanted to invest in what will likely be my last breast augmentation. I’m so excited to move forward and finally have pretty boobs again
July 12th
My pre op appointment was today, I’d really like to be a perky C cup, and Dr Salemy assured me that that’s a realistic outcome he could give me. The plan we ended up with is an implant exchange taking out my old 415cc implants and replacing them with 200-250cc implants, size depending on what looks right when he’s operating. He’s also performing a full lift which I clearly need, and using strattice which acts as an internal bra to hopefully prevent sagging in the future. My nipples got botched by my previous surgeon trying to preform a benelli lift, so I’m really excited for Dr Salemy to make them tiny again, I kept asking him to make them as small as possible lol. I will have to have drains, which is I’m dreading the most. I pass out from IV’s and the thought of having drains attached to me for possibly a week or longer is just icky. That’s the only way I can explain it, it icks me out and thank god I’ll have someone to take care of me and deal with them.
July 20th
I had an anxiety attack today over my surgery. Primarily over the price I’m paying and not being able to have a clear idea of what I’ll look like, simply because there’s not any before and after photos that look like me. It’s really hard to find reviews with strattice as well, I ended up calling the office and the nurse set up a phone call with Dr Salemy. I can not tell you how stupid I felt after the phone call, because of course he told me everything he had already explained. I don’t know what I was expecting him to say differently, but anxiety doesn’t operate rationally. I know I’m in great hands, and I’m going to have to relinquish control over not having a crystal clear picture of my post op body. It’s all easier said than done lol
July 30th
SURGERY DAY! My anesthesiologist was a real life angel. She was so incredibly kind, thoughtful, and thorough. As she was going over everything that as about to be done, I couldn’t help but start crying. I was so anxious, I’m not my best self when I’m getting IV’s, and all of my anxiety leading up to the surgery just came out and I couldn’t stop it. She was so gracious and told me she actually likes it when patients cry because it’s a release that needed to happen. I don’t care if she was telling the truth or not, she said exactly what I needed to hear in that moment and I’m so grateful for that. Her and the lovely nurse talked to me until I was completely out. I woke up with a burning pain, and I was very nauseous. I was also freezing, my poor mom had to drive me home with the heat blasting in the middle of July hahaha
July 31st
Day 1 post op, and I’m not feeling too hot. The nausea is intense, no matter how much zofran I take. I went in for my post op appointment, and Dr Salemy wasn’t there for it. I don’t know if that’s normal or if he was needed, but I had a couple questions that my nurses couldn’t answer. I was so nauseous that I had them pull the curtain down while they were taking care of my dressing because my drains and my boobs looked freakish lol. They switched me to a different pain med that I respond better to, oddly oxy makes me feel wide awake and I can’t get good rest.
August 3rd
4 days post op and its the first time I actually took a look at my new boobs, all things considered, they look so good! They’re smaller and perky, and my nipples look tiny again. The drains are the worst part for me personally. Like I said, ick. I almost passed out when my mom had to squeeze the tubes and empty them. We now have a system where I close my eyes and she turns on the faucet so I don’t hear anything lol, it’s kind of pathetic. I’m counting down the days until they’re out of my life forever
August 6th
7 days post op, and the drains are GONE! I cannot explain in words how weird it felt to have them pulled out, it wasn’t painful, just weird. Like a snake is moving around your pec muscle. Dr Salemy spent all of maybe 2 minutes with me, his foot was literally out the door as I was trying to ask questions. One of my nipples is a bit oblong, but he assured me that will even out. Also, where the lift was done on my left breast pulls my boob up in an odd way and I just wanted to know if that will round out as well, which he said yes it will. Those were the 2 questions I could squeeze in before he was gone. And you know what? I don’t care. I’m so grateful for him giving me my body back, his incisions are CLEAN, like microscopic thin, and if my boobs heal beautifully, I don’t care if he can’t pick me out of a line up.
August 17th
18 days post op, this is the part that sucks for my anxiety issues. I know it’s totally normal for each boob to heal at different rates, and that’s something I have to tell myself daily hahaha. My left breast isn’t rounding out as fast as my right, and my nipples are in two different zip codes, but it’s totally normal (I say to myself for the 50th time). It’s so funny because I’ve read hundreds of women’s experiences of breast lift with implants, and they all say the same thing - you want to freak out because you’re asymmetrical, even though you knew it was going to happen.
August 26th
27 days post op, my incisions around my nipples look so so good. I’m still healing at different rates, my left breast is my golden child. It’s round and perfect. My right is the one with the elongated nipple that Dr Salemy said would even out, and the shape of my boob is so boxy. I’m trying to be patient and read other women’s reviews who have had lifts with augmentations so I can kind of match up where they were at when they were 27 days post op too. It’s actually the most helpful tool I have for not freaking out. I’m also having a small t-junction breakdown on each of my boobs, the nurses told me it was very common with lifts. Im keeping the area dry and changing my gauze 2x a day to help it start to scab over. The nurses also told me at my 1 week post op too change my micropore tape every 3 days, but it was ripping off my scabs, so I only change them about 1x a week now.
September 2nd
34 days post, there’s a dent in my left breast, am I allowed to freak out yet? My problem boob has a noticeable dent in it. It’s always kind of been there, but as I’m healing it’s getting more pronounced. The shape of my breast is still so boxy and angular, and my nipples are not evening out. My 6 week appointment is in about a week, and from what I can tell from his before and after on his website, I should be pretty rounded out by week 6. Unless some magic happens between week 5 and 6, I’ll be disappointed to say the least. I’m doing my best to stay positive until I see Dr Salemy, because there is quite literally nothing I can do about it right now. Im SO scared I’m going to need another surgery that I’m going to have to pay for, and I can’t afford it. If I spent $41,000 to have one wonky boob I will actually hate myself for doing this. That’s a down payment on a house flushed down the toilet. It looks like I may have capsular contractor? Which Dr Salemy made it seem like that was extremely unlikely if I got strattice, which I believe was an extra $6,000. I’ll go crazy if I keep trying to diagnose myself, so for now I’m anxiously waiting for my 6 week appointment.
July 12th
My pre op appointment was today, I’d really like to be a perky C cup, and Dr Salemy assured me that that’s a realistic outcome he could give me. The plan we ended up with is an implant exchange taking out my old 415cc implants and replacing them with 200-250cc implants, size depending on what looks right when he’s operating. He’s also performing a full lift which I clearly need, and using strattice which acts as an internal bra to hopefully prevent sagging in the future. My nipples got botched by my previous surgeon trying to preform a benelli lift, so I’m really excited for Dr Salemy to make them tiny again, I kept asking him to make them as small as possible lol. I will have to have drains, which is I’m dreading the most. I pass out from IV’s and the thought of having drains attached to me for possibly a week or longer is just icky. That’s the only way I can explain it, it icks me out and thank god I’ll have someone to take care of me and deal with them.
July 20th
I had an anxiety attack today over my surgery. Primarily over the price I’m paying and not being able to have a clear idea of what I’ll look like, simply because there’s not any before and after photos that look like me. It’s really hard to find reviews with strattice as well, I ended up calling the office and the nurse set up a phone call with Dr Salemy. I can not tell you how stupid I felt after the phone call, because of course he told me everything he had already explained. I don’t know what I was expecting him to say differently, but anxiety doesn’t operate rationally. I know I’m in great hands, and I’m going to have to relinquish control over not having a crystal clear picture of my post op body. It’s all easier said than done lol
July 30th
SURGERY DAY! My anesthesiologist was a real life angel. She was so incredibly kind, thoughtful, and thorough. As she was going over everything that as about to be done, I couldn’t help but start crying. I was so anxious, I’m not my best self when I’m getting IV’s, and all of my anxiety leading up to the surgery just came out and I couldn’t stop it. She was so gracious and told me she actually likes it when patients cry because it’s a release that needed to happen. I don’t care if she was telling the truth or not, she said exactly what I needed to hear in that moment and I’m so grateful for that. Her and the lovely nurse talked to me until I was completely out. I woke up with a burning pain, and I was very nauseous. I was also freezing, my poor mom had to drive me home with the heat blasting in the middle of July hahaha
July 31st
Day 1 post op, and I’m not feeling too hot. The nausea is intense, no matter how much zofran I take. I went in for my post op appointment, and Dr Salemy wasn’t there for it. I don’t know if that’s normal or if he was needed, but I had a couple questions that my nurses couldn’t answer. I was so nauseous that I had them pull the curtain down while they were taking care of my dressing because my drains and my boobs looked freakish lol. They switched me to a different pain med that I respond better to, oddly oxy makes me feel wide awake and I can’t get good rest.
August 3rd
4 days post op and its the first time I actually took a look at my new boobs, all things considered, they look so good! They’re smaller and perky, and my nipples look tiny again. The drains are the worst part for me personally. Like I said, ick. I almost passed out when my mom had to squeeze the tubes and empty them. We now have a system where I close my eyes and she turns on the faucet so I don’t hear anything lol, it’s kind of pathetic. I’m counting down the days until they’re out of my life forever
August 6th
7 days post op, and the drains are GONE! I cannot explain in words how weird it felt to have them pulled out, it wasn’t painful, just weird. Like a snake is moving around your pec muscle. Dr Salemy spent all of maybe 2 minutes with me, his foot was literally out the door as I was trying to ask questions. One of my nipples is a bit oblong, but he assured me that will even out. Also, where the lift was done on my left breast pulls my boob up in an odd way and I just wanted to know if that will round out as well, which he said yes it will. Those were the 2 questions I could squeeze in before he was gone. And you know what? I don’t care. I’m so grateful for him giving me my body back, his incisions are CLEAN, like microscopic thin, and if my boobs heal beautifully, I don’t care if he can’t pick me out of a line up.
August 17th
18 days post op, this is the part that sucks for my anxiety issues. I know it’s totally normal for each boob to heal at different rates, and that’s something I have to tell myself daily hahaha. My left breast isn’t rounding out as fast as my right, and my nipples are in two different zip codes, but it’s totally normal (I say to myself for the 50th time). It’s so funny because I’ve read hundreds of women’s experiences of breast lift with implants, and they all say the same thing - you want to freak out because you’re asymmetrical, even though you knew it was going to happen.
August 26th
27 days post op, my incisions around my nipples look so so good. I’m still healing at different rates, my left breast is my golden child. It’s round and perfect. My right is the one with the elongated nipple that Dr Salemy said would even out, and the shape of my boob is so boxy. I’m trying to be patient and read other women’s reviews who have had lifts with augmentations so I can kind of match up where they were at when they were 27 days post op too. It’s actually the most helpful tool I have for not freaking out. I’m also having a small t-junction breakdown on each of my boobs, the nurses told me it was very common with lifts. Im keeping the area dry and changing my gauze 2x a day to help it start to scab over. The nurses also told me at my 1 week post op too change my micropore tape every 3 days, but it was ripping off my scabs, so I only change them about 1x a week now.
September 2nd
34 days post, there’s a dent in my left breast, am I allowed to freak out yet? My problem boob has a noticeable dent in it. It’s always kind of been there, but as I’m healing it’s getting more pronounced. The shape of my breast is still so boxy and angular, and my nipples are not evening out. My 6 week appointment is in about a week, and from what I can tell from his before and after on his website, I should be pretty rounded out by week 6. Unless some magic happens between week 5 and 6, I’ll be disappointed to say the least. I’m doing my best to stay positive until I see Dr Salemy, because there is quite literally nothing I can do about it right now. Im SO scared I’m going to need another surgery that I’m going to have to pay for, and I can’t afford it. If I spent $41,000 to have one wonky boob I will actually hate myself for doing this. That’s a down payment on a house flushed down the toilet. It looks like I may have capsular contractor? Which Dr Salemy made it seem like that was extremely unlikely if I got strattice, which I believe was an extra $6,000. I’ll go crazy if I keep trying to diagnose myself, so for now I’m anxiously waiting for my 6 week appointment.
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