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1 Month Post Explantation

Today i am 1 month post explantation and i would love to say that i am better or even that i have had some improvement but i have not. Yesterday i stayed home all day and then in the evening i went to a sauna and steam room to try and sweat out some toxins from my body. The steam room i only lasted a couple of minutes because it started off my cough and i felt like i couldn't breath but i lasted about 40 minutes in the sauna. It wasn't an infrared sauna and i will be trying that soon but it really is going to be a chore because i didn't enjoy it at all. Today i still woke up with my arms and legs aching as if i run a marathon and the lethargy is still always there. The leg/arm pain is the worst thing ever and if i could jut cure that i could live so much better but i really don't know whats causing it or if it's inflamation or if my muscles are damaged in some way. I have been on a vegetable/fruit juice only diet for a few days which is hard for me because i am craving food so bad but i will keep it up a little longer. I am taking different supplements too. The list so far is Bromelain, grapefruit seed extract, probiotic, choline & inositol, chlorella, omega 3 fish oil and and i have ordered monolaurin which hasn't arrived yet. When i finish the juice cleanse i will be on a non gluten diet, but at the minute there is no gluten in the fruit/vegatable diet and theres no improvement so i don't think that's going to help much either. I am starting to wonder if silicone is what made me ill or if it was something else. I moved into a new flat in july and i got ill in november, i remember my saliva being thick at night when i first moved in and i felt like i couldn't breathe clear. Back then i had no other symptoms but i am starting to think it could be the building making me ill. I live on the top floor and have had 3 roof leaks since i've been here and i have had problems with mold which to the eye is all gone now except some damp on my bedroom wall that just looks like the wall is wet but no mold. In all honesty i have no idea what's causing this (my boyfriend has not got sick and he lives with me). Either way i am putting in for a transfer to move because i really want to try everything i can to get better, but that will take months anyway. I think of a million things it could be that's causing this, like the building i live in or that maybe the silicone has spread throughout my body and that's why i am not getting better, or that maybe the surgeon didn't remove all the capsule when he removed them. But i just know that i am not getting better and the thought of living like this forever is not good. I am 30 years old and i feel 90, i know this is a really depressing update but i can't pretend that i am getting better when i'm not. I have a great boyfriend and family, i wouldn't swap anything in my life, i am so happy with it. But this illness keeps me from doing all the thing a normal person would do without even thinking about it and it is really upsetting to think i might be stuck like this forever. I would go back to my doctor and ask him to test me for more stuff to find out whats wrong with me but i really don't know what else i can be tested for. I really hope i have not had the implants taken out for nothing because i was happy with my boobs before the op, but it's done now and theres no going back. They are healing up ok, the scars look clean and i still have some soreness in the breasts but that will ease up as time goes by. I hope u are all feeling better and improving alot better than i am. I will update again at some point if theres any change.

16 days post op

I am 16 days post op today so wanted to give a quick update.

The fluid in my breast has gone down abit and i can't hear the water when i walk now. My breast are still tender, especially the right. It feels bruised to touch and a little like i have sunburn. The scars are dark brown scabs, the surgeon put glue over them after my op so i think thats why their brown but the scabs are falling off gradually and it doesn't look infected, the scars are starting to itch now too so i guess thats the healing.

Health wise i can't say i have noticed a dramatic improvement just yet. I have ordered some fluconazole which i will take daily for 3 months (i spoke to someone who had hers done by Dr Kolb and she was given them so i am going to take them to see if they help) I have also heard about supplements called thytrophin which apparently help with silicone toxicity and thyroid dysfunction. They are from a company called standard process but they are impossible to get in the UK so if your from USA look them up and they might help you.

I can't wait for the day when i update on here to say that all my health problems have dramatically gone, so i am looking forward to the future, i just hope that day will eventually come.

5 days post op

I am not feeling so great today, i was feeling good for a couple of days but my headaches over the last couple of days seem to be back to how they were when i first got ill. My phlegm is back to being thick and my dizzyness is back too. I am wondering if it's the fluid thats building up in my breast because i sound like a water bottle when i walk, and my scars are wet where its leaking out a bit, but i rang the nurse and she said fluid build up is normal. I wish they would of put in drains because ive read it makes a warm environment for bacteria to grow. But now i am wondering if i will be like this forever. I should really try and think positive but today i just can't. If any of you had a problem with fluid build up or if you think it could be causing my return in symptoms please reply, thanks.

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Specialist Registered Plastic Surgeon
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