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Inspira Implants for Reconstruction - Williamsport, PA

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Hello I wanted to write a review on the allergan...

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katie820
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Hello I wanted to write a review on the allergan natrelle inspira implants. I was diagnosed with breast cancer in oct 2015 at 28 I was advised to get masectomy on my infected left breast and my right to prevent future reoccurance as breast cancer runs very strong in my family. I was able to do a skin sparing/nipple sparing on my right breast and skin sparing only on left. After healing from breast implant swap from expander to final implant i will be shating my nipple from right as it is large enough to do so amd a skin graft for areola. My doctor only uses natrelle brand implants,and I saw the new inspira she'll is filled more and that there were 2 types if cohesive gel to choose from. With being so young I wanted to be sure that my breast looked as normal as possible after this huge tragedy. I must add I was very small chested a flattee 32b with a small frame I weigh 100 lbs with bwd of 11.5 I chose the high profile to give me some upper pole fullness I never had and I wanted the 295cc responsive but she was not able to fit the 295 cc so she placed the 265 cc high profile responsive (SRF)265. So far in love the inspira it looks nice and I still have some dropping and fluffing to do. They feel nice and soft and can barley tell they are not natural. I can not wait to do my nipple reconstruction. I also would recommend this type of implant to any one especially women with little best tissue or woman like me going through breast reconstruction. I will upload some pics of progress.

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Nathalie Lavallee Harris, MD

Nathalie Lavallee Harris, MD

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March 22, 2016
I too had reconstruction using the inspira and I am 6 mos out and very happy with this implant and just want to send hugs to your on your recon journey.
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April 24, 2016
Thank u very much:) good luck to u too!!
April 13, 2016
Thank you for your review. How long after the implants were placed did you need narcotic pain medication? How long till you could lift heavy things? ( I had a tough time with pain after my double mastectomy/TE placement so am hoping the implant placement isn't as bad.)
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April 24, 2016
Sorry it took so long to reply been super busy. But the masectomy pain was much worse than the implant swap. I was on pain med and muscle relaxer for a week. The worst pain was going from semi laying down position as u shouldn't lay flat on back to standing up. My fiance had to help me up for about 4 days after surgery I didn't lift ne thing heavy for about 2 3 weeks
April 25, 2016
Thank you for replying! That is reassuring to know not as painful as the mastectomy.
April 13, 2016
I meant to also tell you that you look wonderful!
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April 24, 2016
Thank you very much. I haven't been logged in awhile been super busy with my wild child lol
April 25, 2016
Lol! I got one of those, too !
May 7, 2016
Hi my recon surgery is 2 wks. Dr found undected tumor subareolar on the right after nipple biopsy. Don't knw if they can save it And found out too the tumor MRI detected turned invasive. My question is what is " shating nipple" in your post?
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May 7, 2016
My right side was able to be saved so my nipple not areola was pretty large so they were able to take half of it and share with the other side. But I wouldn't recommend it as I just had the sharing done on 4/25 and I am very disappointed. My skin graft came out beautiful for my areola reconstruction but the half nipple they took not so much. My nipple on right that was able to be saved is ok but the half they took to put on right looks like not all of it will survive. So upset that I took from my right side. I did not want just a tattoo or skin flap for nipple but she said we may be able to use a new thing called a cylinder under skin. Good luck to u sorry to hear u are dealing with this
May 7, 2016
Im so sorry the nipple surgery wasn't a success, nothing we're going through is a guarantee.(incredibly frustrating) Thankyou for your advice. I feel overwhelmed with the new findings but I am taking an active role with the drs( lots of questions/ options) my own reading. Best of wishes to a better recovery.
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May 7, 2016
Thank you:) my thoughts are with u. The best thing we all can do is fight the monster that got us all into this n have the strength to make all these tough decisions
UPDATED FROM katie820
3 months post

Inspira 265 high profile

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1.5 month post op

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May 7, 2016
They look really natural. I was also a 32B. Would you estimate that you are a C or D now? Do you ever feel you need to wear a bra? ( I have not been wearing one with my TE and that is about the only silver lining in this cancer experience).
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May 9, 2016
Victoria secret measured me at a 32c then said I was 30d but since they don't sell 30 band width that the 32c is the sister size. I still wear a sports bra as my suergon instructed me to wear a sports bra for at least 2 3 months post op. But sure enough after I will be going bra less lok
May 11, 2016
Thank you so much for replying. Just want you to know that your positive spirit really comes through. So grateful for your posts.
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May 9, 2016
Very sad to read your story...hope you are feeling ok and doing better...you look really good. I got natrelle inspira UHP 12 days ago and I do love them
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May 9, 2016
Thank u so much I am a little better just stressed :( hoping for things to get better to get this behind me as I'm sure it's how we are all feeling.
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6 months post

Had revison 8/16/16

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So ladies sorry it's been so long since I have updated! But I had so e complications with my previous implants and surgeon!! I found a hard spots on my breast and knew that it was the ADM they added at last surgery to help cover the implants folded and created a hard spot also my implants had a huge gap between them. I brought these issues to my surgeons attention and she said that she though the hard spots was OK and the gap is fine and that was best result I was gonna get!! So I went to a surgeon at Geisinger in Danville named Dr.Joseph DeSantis and he said that he seen the problems I was referred to and he could fix it and not only the issues I seen he said theta I appeared she didn't even center the impmants behind my nipples there was more implant on the sides of breast. Also after I healed I didn't really care for the inspira implants as they were kinda hard didn't really have any movement. So on August 16 the I went in for surgery and Dr DESantis marked me up and said that we were gonna use between 300 350cc Mentor Memory gel implants and either high profile or moderate plus. He would use his discretion during surgery as he would use sizers and would sit me up n see what looked the best. He decided on 350cc high profiles. As he said that looked most natural and that the moderate plus was to wide and didn't give me enough projection. During surgery he removed scar tissue (capsulectomy) and opened pocket to accomodate the new implant. And let me tell ya these implants are far better than the natrelle inspiras they are softer and squishy now at 5 days post op than whatvthe inspira were 5 months post op. I think that had to do with the implants themselves and the way the surgeon placed the implants. I am so very happy with my results!!!

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