Before and After pictures

Reconstruction  ::  Breast implant replacements

This patient had breast implants for 28 years before they were replaced.

She was never happy with the results but because she was very young, didn't like to go back to the English surgeon and complain.  As we all know, children come and go, along with husbands and we all struggle for money until everyone leaves home and we can finally spend money on ourselves.  So the patient decided to look for some replacements.

The surgeon was shocked to see that the implants had migrated upwards.
 

These implants were never positioned correctly and have also migrated over 28 years
 

What the surgeon did
The implants encapsulated shortly after being put in, but the patient could not afford to do anything about it at the time.  The patient saw her new French surgeon for a personal consultation and then arrangements were made for surgery to take place in January 2006.

The implants were removed and the breast had to be re-modled by placing the new implants under the musscle.  The old implants were placed under the gland and were very difficult to remove.  It was very hard to remove the implants especially as the silicone had ruptured in one breast, causing Axilla (hard dissection with the axilla vessels and nerves of the arm).  The old implants were liquid silicon but have now been replaced with cohesive gel, which will not leak.

Instead of the surgery taking 1 to 2 hours, it took nearly 4 hours, to ensure that all traces of silicon were removed and to ensure the patient has new breasts that look like women's breasts.
 

10 days after
surgery and making good progress
 

Telephone Linda Briggs
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