Implant Removal with Fat Transfer - Huntington Beach, CA

time will help with scar tissue/necrosis resolving, and also with the development/proliferation of new reconstructive techniques. i hope you get a lot of money. i was just browsing your doc's site, another cosmetic* surgeon doing procedures that should be left to plastic* surgeons. it's really positive that you wrote this review. i hope you have supportive people in your life to talk to about this. your body is more than your breasts. you are more than your body. none of this is permanent. i hope you're managing, xx. (pm me any time btw)

Oh I am so very sorry, Kumquat said it very elegantly. I am sure this can be resolved in the right hands and with time and healing but that doesn't make the present feel any better. Be well and PM me any time for moral support, you must be devastated.

Your story saddens me. I also had many problems with my cosmetic surgery. My issues are on my face. Hard to cover up. I did not trust my initial surgeon after (A Board Certified facial Plastic Surgeon In Peoria, IL) I asked questions about my facial plastic surgery, he "danced" around the issues I was worried about. Like totally visable scars on the center of my face, extremely hollow eyelids, pixie ear lobes. I had to have many consultations and have two seperate surgeries to get things where they needed to be and my eyelids still are not good and I have drooping lids. I feel your frustration.. it does not matter what body part is operated on incorrectly, it affects every aspect of our lives in a negitive way when all we were trying to do is make our selves more positive. We are the ones who lose sleep at night, not the doctor who messes us up. How much money do we have to waste on bad cosmetic surgeons? Any cosmetic surgeon of any specialty can advertise that they are "experts", that means nothing. Anyone can "advertise" anything. I learned this the hard way. You can't trust ad's and web sites or fancy facial rejuvination guides. You have to really research these doctors because malpractice in cosmetic surgey is so hard to prove. None of them ever end up with "malpractice" history. Even thought they have not provided proper patient care. They are negligent and looking for another surgery and more money and not worried about the patient. They will not suffer for that but we will. I hope in time that you will have your beautiful breasts again... be patient... (I'm sure you are sick of hearing that by now)... but do and in time the right situation will come along and will make everything okay. Besides you are a beautiful person inside and that is all that truly matters to the outside world.

I'm so sorry to read this. Thank you for warning others about this PS.

Bella, I am very sorry for your pain. Are the photos you posted today how your breasts look now? I was confused b/c they look so different than your last photos? So, I was not sure if they were photos after the implants were removed. I am so, so sorry that you have to go through this.

Aw :( have you consulted another doctor.. or a lawyer? Your most recent pics look like a lot of scar tissue was left behind after the explant.. maybe connecting the nipple directly to the chest wall.. and the fat transfer concealed that for the first little while.. then it all got absorbed our turned into cysts. I'm really sorry that that happened. Your doctor should have known better than to do both procedures at once. Please talk to a reconstructive surgeon though. I don't know what your financial or insurance situation is, but I know you need to take concrete steps to improving your situation.. either through surgery or litigation or both. I would hope your doctor would want to just settle something like this out of court.. paying enough to get reconstructive surgery from someone who knows what they're doing. Best of luck.. try to remember that the shape of all flesh is transient.

my right breast looks excately the same!!! - but I'm only 2,5 months after operation - and still being told it will soften. Don't think it's changing to the better at all though :-(
I'm really interested in your story - how you are now, how your breasts look and what you did? thx

I had my 20 year old implants changed to new ones and a lift. One of the old implants had ruptured. Apparently it was too much for this old body (I'm 64) and my boobs wouldn't heal right. My surgeon opted to remove the new implants. My boobs look like deflated now, from C cup to A cup only I am still healing from the lift 4 months ago. I have the hard rocks inside my boobs but I can't feel any pain because I no longer have any feeling below the nipple. The doc says the hard tissue is from fat necrosis and will take up to 6 months to go away. I just have to be patient. In a year I can go back and get fat transfer done so they won't look all shriveled up. Or maybe implants. I don't really want implants again.

I'm not sure what your insurance is but maybe your PS can write a request for reconstructive surgery. That's what my plan is.

Best of luck to you <3

I can see why in these photos. I’m so sorry.

Bella, Thank you for sharing. I know you are upset so I don't want to minimize how you feel. But, I really think that your 11 month photos look nice! My husband does too! I have showed him 9 million boob pics at this point and he says your 11 month out photos are in the top 5%. ( so not to be weird but just to give you a man's point of view since you are worried about dating) I can only see the one liposuction scar so I am not sure how they all look. Why do you have 10 scars on each leg? Is that what you are saying? I can't see your face but you look like a beautiful girl!! I am very honest so believe me that I am telling the truth.

Bella, I think your11 month pics looks really good. Like amelia girl I have showed my hubby a million boob pic and he says they don't look bad at all. So now you have 2 of our hubbys giving a thumbs up.

In My Experience With The Fat Transfer Has Been Hell. I Wish We Never Did It. We Wanted To Do This Versus Implants Because We Thought It Was Good Good What Ever Happend. My Fat My Body What Could Go Wrong. Boy We Were Wrong. We Kept Going Back To The Same Doc. Over And Over And Over Again With No Cure. We Decided To See A Breast Cancer Specialist, Biopsy, Center Of Disease Control Alot Of Money, Time, Hearthache, Pain And Still Going Thru This. Wish We Never Did It In The First Place. I Love My Wife Just The Way She Is And Was. We Live In The Dallas Fort Worth Area.

Thank you for your review. I was considering dr accetta for my fat transfer. I'm from NYC and had a phone interview with him. He was nice and his staff was too but after I read a couple of bad review on Yelp, I decided to wait. Thank you for your review. Now I know he is a great salesman but not a great doc.

I am so sorry for you bella, I am ur age and i cant even imagine what your going through, thank u for sharing ur story, it takes alot of strength to do so. I hope that all of this would be over for u soon.