51 Year Old with Busted Implants - Dallas, TX

Thank you dear for the well wishes. I looked at your profile and I must say you are so brave to do the revision and it looks like it paid off! They look amazing. I had such a tough time with the surgery and recovery period that I would rather eat glass than do a another surgery. I will learn to live with the new way that things are. I keep reminding myself that the old implants were getting to be very unattractive....but they were so comfortable. Lol. By the way your scars look wonderful, wow. I keep waffling between using something and just letting nature do her thing. My husband is the only person who sees them and he doesn't seem to care, sometimes they bother me, like why won't you go away already!!
You have everything to be positive about and I thank you for lifting me up today as well. Take care:)

Thank you. Yes we all need to focus on the good things. I am sorry that you have to have the revision but you deserve to feel great about them and at this point you and your doctor both know exactly what has to be done. No guess work. Our bodies all react differently to this process and I have read that doing a breast lift no augmentation at the same time is the hardest surgery in the plastic surgery business. Glad I didn't know this before hand. Hang in there we will all be with you and cheer you on when you decide to do the revision !

Why are u having a hard time with these? Just curious? What has been the hardest? You have had implants, so is it the scars, the swelling? You are your iwn wirst critic bc they look super! Are they under or over?

These implants have been completely different from the others, probably has a lot to do,with my age. The scars are horrible, the healing period was very difficult and is still in progress, for an impatient person this is a nightmare. I am not unhappy with how they look right now, providing they continue to heal, if I thought I was stuck with this look forever I might cry. Beyond the outer appearance however is the more important inner feeling. They just don't fit with my body. I cannot go without a bra, even at night, due to the "creepy" feeling of my skin stretching. This is ongoing and I fear I will bottom out if I don't keep a bra on 24/7. The vertical scars are painful towards the end of the day because they are bearing the full brunt of the weight of the implant. I have zero upper pole fullness, somehow I don't remember that type of heaviness in my lower pole with my former implants. I just think that for the future this is a bad bad thing, my skin is not going to get better as time goes by and I think the weight of the implant is going to drag it down. Now, I have seen really bad results and I know that mine are not, but they aren't effortless like my former implants, there is a everyday battle with pain and discomfort, mostly just discomfort nowadays. Thank you for the compliment and yes we are hardest on ourselves. If they would just be super comfortable in my body I think I wouldn't care so much what they look like and that has been the hardest thing about this journey.

As you said, we are aging and our skin is thinning, but our doctor's know that I have to believe that mine wouldn't have suggested 350s if he didn't think my body could handle it. That being said, I don't know why mine are sagging already. I would like to think it's because the pockets are just a little too big for the implant. I feel that is why my right one is under my armpit. I think if he could tighten up the side pockets and then tighten up underneath them, mine would be fine.

I actually do like the way they feel and I don't think they feel heavy at all. I am unhappy with my look when I'm naked. As you can see from my pics ... not very pretty. They look fine in clothes except my right appears larger and hangs lower near my side/armpit and it's noticeable so I have to be careful with what I wear. I'm really hoping he sees what I see and agrees I need a revision. I know he wants me to be happy with them.

I was lucky because I had zero pain, my scars are healing wonderfully. I couldn't have asked for better as far as that goes. I just don't like how they look - which, that being said - I would have gladly endured pain and a longer period of time for the scars to heal, to have them look pretty.

I don't think my issues are anything that can't be fixed relatively easy. Especially my puffy areola! My gosh if we could easily fix that quickly I'd be thrilled. It adds to the cone shape. They would look more rounded if they were flat and seamless with my boob. I just have to be patient. One more week! :)

Yours really do look good though. Nice and even I think. I think you will be just fine! Will continue to follow your progress and keep positive thoughts for a continued beautiful result for you!! :)

Thank you. I would never get a revision so I am trying to deal with them as they are. My other ones were probably like this or worse but I never paid hem any attention. I seem to be obsessed with these

Feeling more confident day by day. When I had mine first ones done I was like you, I took to them like they were custom made for me. Yours are fabulous! These new ones have been a challenge but we re making peace daily.