Breast Implant Removal and Lift - Columbus, Ga

No I'm doing general anesthesia because there is so much repair to be done. Best of luck to you tooo

Hi kfl... I to have had implants in for a long time, 19 years. I wanted to ask if you have been advised to have a lift at the same time as explants.. My ps said my breast skin is very stretched from having implants a long time and has recommended a small breast lift at the same time as explant

My ps said i have no breast tissue left. (Totally obvious and never had much to begin with.) He's not convinced i will be happy with the "deflated tent" and i MAY want to opt to put smaller implants in down the road - 6 months or so after giving them a chance to recover. He said everyone ALSO gets a small amount of indention in their muscle/rib cage from years of pressure against the chest wall - which causes the indention after explantation. the only way to resolve that is through volume - meaning more implants. I am positive i will not get new implants, but i am also comfortable with waiting to see how 6 months or even a year plays out in the end result. At THAT point - if i just am not comfortable with the way i look and feel, i will get a lift. A lift will look like a flat chest - maybe even slight indention on me since there is no breast tissue - but at least the nipples will be in the right spot and i will look closer to a 12 year old - and not a 55 year old post explants. The bigger deal about waiting is simply to see how the 6-12 months play out and having to undergo 2 separate surgeries. But if there is nothing there... and you KNOW you don't want more implants... i really don't see the total rationalization to wait - if you KNOW you won't want new implants - even just smaller ones. And you are positive about that. I am positive. But I am also patient. I truly believe you could go either way. Do a lift now... or wait to see if you can be happy with the results 6-12 months down the road, and if not - do it then. I have seen pics of women who did the lift after explant - but the ones i've seen all had decent breast tissue left - and they all looked fantastic. For those of us with very little fat, and no breast tissue - it's a little different. For you... I think you could go either way. just ask yourself 3 questions: 1. can you live with "deflated tents" (as my ps called the look) for 6-12 months while you adjust and 2. will you ever want to put new implants in - smaller or not and 3. do you mind going thru a 2nd surgery if you want a lift at another date? The last thing just to add... not knowing your before pics - if you had decent tissue of your own before the implants... heck - go for the lift. the pics on this sight for girls who did explants with lift look really good as long as they had breast tissue of their own.

Hi thanks for your reply... My ps says I have very little breast tissue even less than I had before, which wasn't a lot. I think the only benefit of a lift is to place the nipple a bit higher in line with the mammary fold. I am feeling that I want to wait and see what happens to my breasts after explant. I am sure that I don't want anymore implants. Deflated tents oh dear...... Think I will have to be patient x

You're so right! Thanks for the kind words. ☺

I will! I'll post pics along the way.

Wow! Incredible price! I was quoted 5k for removal up here in VA.

I know!! He is really inexpensive but does great work

Thank you so much for your post. I too wish they were never invented. It is awful what society has done to us women. We feel like we have to get implants or other surgeries to look normal or feel good about ourselves. I wish I could warn women everywhere what getting implants can do to you emotionally and physically. Yesterday after my consult I was confused as what I should do. I have been praying all morning asking God to give me peace and help me make the right decision. Right after I prayed just now I decided to check my Realself page and read your comment. I feel it was God telling me through you to go ahead with the procedure. So thank you. This will be my 5th and final surgery to my breast! Ive had so many problems with them from pain from scar tissue to the implant itself extruding through the skin. I regret getting them. If only I would have known all the problems that come with them. I thought it was a one time operation when I first got them. Women need to know that once you decide to get them you better start saving for the rest of the surgeries or for an explant later down the road and not to mention the emotional trauma that comes with having to remove them.

Yes, the original surgeon told me, "You'll be the hit of the nursing home!". He told me they were forever. I never thought to ask if a shelf life has come to light for these things. My gynecologist and general doctor never told me to have them checked or replaced. They bothered me because they were hard and one hurt and burned sometimes but I just thought that's my reality and nothing I can do about it. Finally, I got the courage to look removal up on the computer and this wonderful forum popped up. Thank God. I had to pray about it and just think about it a lot before deciding to do it. And then deciding what doctor to select, that took more time and thought. The whole thing is pretty much all-consuming right now. Will you tell your children if you decide to explant? It looks like you have a wonderful figure, Jackie. That is a real blessing at age 55! I wish I was in as good shape as you are. I'm not horrible but I could definitely lose 10 pounds. When fears of how you'll look seep into your mind, take heart in knowing that our beauty is not shown to others just through our breasts. Women can have beautiful hair, hands, feet, stomach, bottom, neck, etc. I just wish boobs were not such a big deal in the U.S. But we women have done it to ourselves, I suppose. Take care.

Yea I plan on telling my 16 year old son lol..its going to be awkward but I think he already knows I have them from all those hard hugs hahaha. He will be the one taking care of me while hubby is working.

Yes, I' think I'll tel my son too. You're right, I bet my son may know too. Ugh. He'll have to watch my daughter for 2 or 3 nights while we go to Dr. Feng in Ohio. I just hope my 14 y.o. daughter can keep quiet about it with her friends!

:) Thank you

And I think I may just drive back to GA to see Dr. Cochran. (We moved out of state). Best of luck to you!

Thanks.. he told me he could take them out in office under local (awake) for $200. If I just wanted removal under anethesia (no lift) it would be $600 but I want the lift so its going to be $1600.

You too honey!! Thank you

Thank you!