Breast Lift With Saline Implants - Downers Grove, IL

Yes I have seen a few cases with it being on the tummy tuck. Most cases it caused by either somebody being a smoker or the skin was pulled too tightly when being snitched up. My dr says he didn't have to pull my skin right so he was shocked that it happened to me but yes it is a long healing process.

Glad to here she put you at ease. Everybody is different and so is every doctor. Just do what It is your ps is telling you to do because it is their responsibility to see you all the way through to the final results. My husband is in the military so we are moving to Guam this month and I'm not going to be able to see my ps any more but he has it set up for us to do phone appointments and emails until I'm completely healed and them do my scar revision when I come back for free. I have read up a lot about necrosis and most of everything I have read they have the patients go through the debriding process to remove that dead tissue in order for new skin cells to migrate and also keeping the wound moist with either hydrogel or saline soaked gauze. I hope you have a quick recovery though which ever step your doctor takes you in. Keep me updated. I will try to post pics as I go.

Thank you this past week has gotten easier since I'm seeing a difference.

I'm in the doctors office as I type this and it's been 8 weeks since surgery an I still have open wounds that have slowly been closing. My ps says that it's should all be healed within 4-5weeks then I will have to do scar revision which he is covering 100% for me. Right now I am using hydrogel(medline brand from Walgreens.com) twice a day with clean bandages. It helps keep the wound moist for the new skin cells to grow. I will try to post some updated pics tonight so you can see. It's very discouraging but keep your head up it will get better just give lots of time. How long has it been since surgery for you?

It's been three weeks... I actually made an appointment with my dermatologist tomorrow to get a second opinion. It all started with a small blister full of fluid and it just went chaos from there. I am just so scared that it may turn to staph infection or something more serious. I've been keeping it clean wit hibicleanse and using triple antibiotic ointment three times a day.. I did a breast reduction because of back problems but now I wish I would have just kept dealing with that instead of this :( . What PS did you use? What state?

It started that way for me. As soon as I saw the blister of fluid come up I went straight to my dr and he removed the blister and started me on silver sulfadizine cream which is for sever burn. What it does is protect from bacteria and infection. I would ask your ps for a prescription for it. I was on that for about 4 weeks going to the dr twice a week to have the wound debrided (removing the dead tissue) and once that was over I started hydrogel to start the skin re growing process. My dr told me not to use antibiotic ointment because of the greasiness. I haven't had any type of infection with the process my dr has been having me do and have noticed a huge difference although its taking forever. My plastic surgeon is located in downers Grove Illinois. He has spent a lot of time with me even when I felt like crying every five minutes bc of this. Just whatever you do try not letting it get to you like it has me. I searched every where online for people going through this and couldn't find anything about it the. I came across necrosis which is what this is called and you can read more about it if you would like just by googling it. Also if you are a smoker your at a higher risk of this happening to you. It only happens to 2-3% of people so if you do smoke quit it now bc it will make the healing process longer and maybe even cause more complications. Hope this helps. Any other questions feel free to ask and if you can post a pic so I can see

Thank you and yes I don't leave anything out. My left implant dropped right away just the left wants to stay high for now. I can't do the massaging like most people do because of the wound but I just need to not stress about it and let time do its thing

That's right...your body can only heal so fast, and you worrying will not help! Let your body work and do not overdue it!

I asked that and he said no. He said everything is healthy in the area just a matter of skin growing back.

Thank you so much. I decided to start documenting things because its a really difficult to go through something like this especially when time is not your friend. It's nice to read stories and know that everybody heals differently.