Saline to Silicone Implant Revision

I sorry you are seeing ripples in the cleavage area. Thanks for your empathy. It does suck to see many other people get decent results and then to have mine come out so bad. Guess I better start saving up money for yet another revision.

Was the $8500 a combination of your revision plus initial surgery? I hope your doc will give you a major discount! Dang... My doc is suggesting for me to wait another 3 months and he can take some fat from belly and transfer it to my inner left breast area where my ripples are. He said it would help cover up the ripples because I'm currently lacking breast fat and tissue in the area I'm rippling. But that's another $2500-3000 and it's only a small area of transfer. I asked if he could take more fat outta my belly, but he said that would pretty much be lipo and would cost extra $$$ LOL. Worth a shot. Has he suggested that to you before?

Girl, the $8500 was the revision surgery alone with the promise that he would correct the rippling lol. My breasts look pretty darn good standing up straight, but feel beyond fake and look super fake as soon as I bend over. My doctor mentioned doing a fat transfer as well, but it was going to cost me another $5,000 or so. I don't have that kind of money and feel he should have been more open to doing what needed to get done to provide the results he "promised". In any regards, if I am going to get another surgery, it certainly will not be with him. He did my initial surgery and revision. At this point I might as well count my losses and go to someone who will get them done right. I had a consultation with another doctor and feel much more confident in his abilities to provide better results.

In your case, the only advice I would give is if your doctor is already going to have you paying how many thousands of dollars for a problem they should just fix out of pocket since it is so soon out of the initial surgery, you might want to get some second opinions/price quotes elsewhere. That sucks having to drop that kind of money so soon after just getting you implants done, sorry gal.

OMG that is so much money spent for not being happy. I really wish you the best of luck with your new doc and next procedure. And thank you for the advice! I will try asking my PS to correct me for free but I'm pretty sure you and I know these plastic surgeons don't work like that...hahaha. I will be following if you ever update in the future! <3

When you say they feel beyond fake, is it because you feel the rippling ? Or do they feel firm? I had rippling in one breast and recently had a revision only to still have rippling (not as bad as before). But I was very clear with the doctor that I didn't want anything to change with the look or feel of the breasts and if it did I would prefer to deal with the rippling. They look almost exactly the same but they are so much more firm which is really bothering me. Ugh.

But your breasts do look really good! I'm sorry that the rippling is making you get yet another surgery.

Yes, it is because you can feel the rippled implant. There are parts of the implant you can feel that there are no ripples which isn't a big deal, but the rippled areas clearly do not feel anything like breast tissue. That sucks that your implants are more firm after the revision. Maybe they will soften up more in time?

I had slight rippling with my old salines. The feel of the silicone gel & salines is about the same when standing up. I have little breast tissue, but both are soft. Here is the think when I bend over, the silicone gel implants feel horrible, much worse than the good old salines. I can seriously feel the entire implant (mine are under the muscle), especially the left one. It is nasty & not sexy. My left implant is also in my armpit, that did not happen with my salines. When I lay down, both vanish & all I have is sternum (makes me feel deformed), again, didn't have that with my salines. I really hate these implants. I don't think there is anything that can be done. I had the same PS do both surgeries. I was wondering if a higher projection implant would help. I hope he can fix this mess.

Thank you for you well wishes. Also, it is nice to know I am not the only one going through the never ending boob job lol. I hope the fat grafting does the trick for you ;)

You know...I have been having to research prophylactic nipple sparing mastectomy surgeries--which may seem way off topic, but bear with me. Rippling is a very common after effect. To correct these rippling defects, surgeons almost always go back and do fat transfers to camouflage the scalloping. Now these women have almost zero tissue (other than skin) covering the implant--sometimes the implants are not even under the pec muscle...and I have seen wonderful results after they have the day grafting done! Really. What I am saying is if women with very little fat tissue can get good results from fat grafting--then you my dear, should be able to most certainly :) Do not go back to the PS you have been seeing. Seek out a plastic surgeon who not only does cosmetic surgery but also has reconstructive breast surgery experience. Many plastic surgeons have specialty interests. Just my two cents, I hope it helps.

Thank you so much for this information and advice! Once I get some savings together I will look more into this procedure ;)

No, but I am going to try the fat grafting method as that is the biggest problem. I just don't have any breast tissue left on the sides of my breast to cover the implant and therefore the ripples.

Will it help to go down in the size of the implant?

Unfortunately you can still ripple with the gummy bear implants.

I have rippling with 300cc gummy bear implants :(

That is exactly what I am experiencing! Thank you so much for sharing because I have not found anyone else that this has happened to. Also, I am glad to know that everything settled for you eventually as that gives me hope. My right breast has an upward slope and it seems directly related to some internal scarring near that area. I imagine as I continue healing that will soften up.

Thanks Tropigal. I am also glad you are doing better. I read your most recent update and think your breasts actually look a little larger than before your revision. Were you hoping to be a lot bigger?

Thanks lady! I needed to hear that. They are a tad. I went from 450 saline to 575 silicone. I'm thinking I should've went 625 or 650. I see a slight difference but not a noticeable difference. I guess my head is telling me "I paid this much money to look the same?"

That is right, I totally forgot that we had almost the same stats. Yeah, going up to 575 from 450 is only going to be a slight difference. That is what I noticed for myself as well. However, for me I am happy I didn't go any bigger because I can still fit into my old clothes, bras, and swim suits. My shape is just completely different.

I think for you, if you did go up to 650 you might want to go to a surgeon that can create more of an internal bra in your pocket revision because one thing I noticed is that your implants dropped a lot from week 1 to a month out. If they were bigger and heavier that would be that much more added weight on you breasts tissue and skin which means the potential for more complications down the road if not done absolutely right. Do you think you have dropped to much? My problem is the exact opposite in that I haven't dropped enough lol

I have the textured silicone in and they feel better than the saline implants.

Hey girl ! How are things going now that you are Fee months down the road

Hey GirlNGreen, thanks for checking in. Things are okay, but I really need to do another update. I will get some new pictures and info up in the next few days. Good news is that all the pain and discomfort is completely gone, the implants feel like they are just part of my body. They also look amazing in clothes and so-so without clothes depending on the angle. The bad news is a revision surgery is probably likely as my right implant is still sitting higher than the left and causing a weird dent looking thing in my boob. Also, I can feel the implants a lot on the outer edge and crease part of my breasts. I heard with textured implants it can sometimes take up to a year for things to soften up seem more "natural". I am not quite 3 months post-op yet, so maybe there is a chance these problems will resolve a bit. Hope you are doing well!

Hey GirlNGreen, I had a doctor's appointment today and my doctor did notice the bottom of my breasts do appear a bit flat. They have improved since the 16 day pic so that is good, but are not rounded out yet. He feels there is a really good chance that they will round out and be even once I am fully healed, so right now we are just playing a waiting game. I am healing finally and doing much better once I stopped taking the pain meds. They were making me kinda crazy and like I was in a complete fog. Now that I'm feeling back to normal I can see that Dr. Stridde did an amazing job with the surgery, and the riding high of the implants was all just part of the healing process. How are you doing?