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Ready for a Change.

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Back in 2008 I had a Breast Augmentation (at the...

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Back in 2008 I had a Breast Augmentation (at the Plastic Surgery Group) and now looking back I probably should of just had a lift, but for the first couple of years everything was fine with them and I enjoyed them for the most part. After a few years one of my implants started to leak so I had to have them replaced. Luckily they were still under warranty, but I wanted to have my areolas reduced this time around and I wanted my breast smaller also, I wanted to go from a "DD" to a full "C" or a full "D" (which is the size I wanted when I first went in to have them done back in 2008). I had larger areolas before and didn't really think that with getting larger implants would cause my breast to stretch even more and cause my areolas to get even BIGGER. When I first had the corrected surgery (done by a different Dr. then the 1st time) done I was very pleased with the results. My areolas were smaller and looked great and my breasts were firmer and perky again. And then the swelling went down and some of the perkiness went away. The stitches that the Dr. used did not hold very well. I had some pull apart and left huge keloid scars around my areolas, I finally finished healing and soon after my areolas started to stretch again due to the weight of my breast. Now I have huge horrible scars all the way around my areolas and they look even bigger than they did in the beginning. I have been horrified with the way they look, I don't even want my husband to see them or even touch them. I hate looking in the mirror at them and wish I never would have touched them from the beginning, they absolutely look disgusting now. So many times I have just cried thinking what did I do to myself. I finally got up enough courage to go see my Dr. back in October and he looked at them and was defiantly not happy with the results and offered to do a revision surgery for me at a small cost, I don't know he even understood me in the examining room from all my crying trying to tell him how unhappy I was with everything. I had to think about it and talk it over with my husband and see what his thought on it would be but deep down I wanted this done so bad and I think my husband understood and knew how these scar bags on me made me feel, I just wanted to feel sexy in front of him again. I just want this to be the last surgery that I have to have on my breast. I have been watching the other stories on here for a while and see everybody else's positive outcomes and just hope that I will have somewhat of the same outcome. I'm not asking for perfect but anything has got to be better then what I have now.

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Mark Mandell-Brown, MD

Mark Mandell-Brown, MD

Board Certified Facial Plastic Surgeon

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February 26, 2016

Thank you for sharing your experience. Hoping you find support in the community.

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14 days post

Surgery Number 3

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Well I'm going under the knife again!!! These scars just have to go. Will be doing a full anchor lift this time to make the breast smaller and try to make the areolas smaller again. This time he will be using a better stitch (the quill stitch). I will be going for a full "C" to a "D" hopefully, anything to get rid of these sloppy looking "DD's" and get rid of all the scars around my areola's. The scars have made them look wider than what they were originally.

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14 days post

Pics of DD's before surgery #3

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Before pics. Getting ready for surgery #3

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