Pip Removal ( 310cc) and Replacement with Allergan Naturelle(360cc) - Scotland, UK

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I had a breast augumentation in 2004 which took me...

  • 9 May 2012
I had a breast augumentation in 2004 which took me from a 34b to a 32dd, loved them and never had any problems until 8 years later the PIP scandal broke (for those of you who dont know, PIP implants were discovered to be made with substandard silicone for use in matresses and industrial products and were not of medical grade silicone and also found to be more prone to rupture). I decided i needed to have them removed so this year (march 2012), i had these replaced with Allergan Naturelle implants(FDA approved), lucky for me i had no rupture or gel bleed and the implants were intact . Pip implants were meaured in CC while Allergan are measured in grams so PIP's seem to come up bigger than most implants and were also said to be overfilled so i went up 50cc bigger to remain the same size which I seem to be. The implants i had before were a High Profile and the ones I have now are Moderate profile, i quite like the 'fake' look but now getting used to my more modest looking breasts. Im only 7 weeks post op so the right implant is taking longer to drop than the left which is worrying me at the moment but this seems to be changing every day

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Specialist Registered Plastic Surgeon
132 Bath St., Glasgow,
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  • 9 May 2012

I found the doctor really nice and helpful initially at the consultation and got a good feeling from him. On the day of my surgery, he seemed in his own world and asked if i had any questions which i didnt. When i came round, he seemed very curt when i enquired to how my op went then i seen him the next day, he had a quick feel, said everything seemed fine, he'd see me in a 8 weeks and that was that. He took a while to get back to my concerns via email but when he did, he was informative but made out my breast wasnt dropping because I chose to go bigger...when he advised me to go bigger at the consultation and although i didnt want to be any bigger, i didnt want to be smaller either but knew i needed those extra CC's to make up for the pip's being overfilled. Not had my aftercare appoinment yet(which is coming up) so cant comment on that yet but hope this helps any UK ladies as i know PIp wasnt an issue in the U.S.