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Breast Reconstruction After Implant Infection - San Antonio, TX

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5 months post

Reconstruction with fat transfer

ms optimistAugust 7, 2016
WORTH IT$8,500
I wasn't sure if I'd ever be comfortable looking at myself in the mirror again. Thanks to my amazing doctor Dr. Baumholtz I feel normal again . He is amazing and I am forever grateful to him. He recommended fat transfer procedure would be the best option for me. I trusted him and I couldn't be happier with my decision. His bedside manners and the love he has for his patients is beyond any words I can describe. These pictures are after 4 1/2 months of doing reconstruction surgery with fat transfer.

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Michael Baumholtz, MD, FACS

Michael Baumholtz, MD, FACS

Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

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Replies (4)

Susan Barnett
August 13, 2016
What state is your dr in. I think he did a awsome job. Im not happy with mine im so embarrassed to let my husband see me. I look so ugly. My dr was very nice but im very unhappy with his work. I have alot of pain and discomfort everyday. I get so depressed by the way i feel and look.
ms optimist
August 13, 2016
In Texas. I understand how you feel. Just know that it can get better. For me I was there and I wasn't sure what to accept. I did research but what I mostly found was reconstruction due to breast cancer. There wasn't much for me to go by since there wasn't much about reconstruction due to infection. I'm extremely grateful for having found my amazing doctor. Best of luck to you!
Trinity75
February 18, 2018
oh my gosh, what an ordeal, and they look wonderful now X
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Naye10
November 14, 2018
Who was the first surgeon ?????????
PurpleFlower89
January 16, 2020
Who was the first surgeon, that’s terrible?

Happy for you now though, glad you’re healthy and your breast look fab.
UPDATED FROM ms optimist
5 months post

Recovery

ms optimistAugust 7, 2016
After having both implants removed and being on a wound vac for 5 wks. (Most painful thing I've ever experienced) I was on my road to recovery. I was on a leave of absence from work for 3months

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lucyg15
December 2, 2018
So sorry you went through that! But I’m glad he was able to fix them
lucyg15
December 2, 2018
Who was your first surgeon if you don’t mind sharing?
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5 months post

Infection

ms optimistAugust 7, 2016
This is how I showed up to the emergency room. The previous doctor who had originally done the exchange of my implants said this was normal and with antibiotics I would be fine. When I showed up to the ER I was admitted and scheduled for an emergency surgery to have my breast cleaned out and have tissue removed

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Susan Barnett
August 13, 2016
That happened to me to it was awful i know what you went through honey. Im glad your doing ok. God Bless the dr that helped you.
ms optimist
August 13, 2016
Thank you. Hope all is better with you as well.
squires
August 25, 2016
I had the same thing just happen to me and my breast looks so bad they blamed me for smoking and that it was my fault. Even after I've had 9 drain tubes put in and he popped my implant from putting in a drain tube. My breast looks stuck to my chest and my nipple is still there
ms optimist
August 25, 2016
So sorry to hear. I know it's tough.. but just stay positive things will get better
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Michael Baumholtz, M.D.
August 18, 2017
Dr. Baumholtz is so happy with your results after your trauma. We would be happy to get your approval to share our after reconstructive results. Love, Baumholtz plastic surgery team!!!!
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