Re: Re: I'm new...looking for good explant PS - western Wa Stat

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To and everyone who replied,

Thank you all for the advice on choosing a PS. I had an appt set

with Dr Melvin in Portland ,OR for July 8. I switched to the Dr's in

Bellingham, WA when I discovered that he doesn't always remove the

entire capsule. My implants were textured and sub-muscular, so there

may be some scraping necessary. According to Dr Helen office,

their practice does total capsulectomy and will remove other foreign

material around the capsule if they find any. I have a consultation

with them on July 7. They have a Dr M Whitney, who

apparently was previously an instructor at Harvard and written up in

the Boston Magazine as one of the 20 top Dr's in Boston in 2003.

I'll let you know if he ends up being sympathetic and thorough.

Sounds good from talking with the scheduler.

Thanks again

Sharon

Lynda <coss@...> wrote:

I would not go to anyone who does not make a habit of removing the

entire

scar capsule. There is usually much residual silicone in the

capsule. Besides, the capsule and implant should be removed in one

piece

so that silicone is not released into the body.

Lynda

At 01:43 PM 6/12/2004, you wrote:

>Word of caution regarding Dr Melvin, he did not remove the entire

>capsule on a few women I know who went to him, now they were not

>sick, so he felt it was fine to leave it behind, however, if you are

>sick and use this Dr I would get it in writting that he will remove

>all of the capsule not just part of it, and that scoring is not

>acceptable. He does not actually believe in implant illness and esp

>not from salines, so just use caution. Some women don't care about

if

>the Dr believes in the illness or not, they just want the implants

>out, which is ok, as long as they do it write. The problem is unless

>you get it in writting, who knows what they will do in there.

>so please please make sure to get this all settled first before you

>use this PS.

>Personally I did not like the fact that he felt implants were safe

>and that he felt capsules were safe to leave behind. Results come

out

>better cosmetically when the capsule is left behind, so this could

be

>part of why his patients, at least the one I have seen, look good.

>hugs

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>In , " jadebreaks " <jadebreaks@u...>

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> > There is a doctor Melvin in Washington who did explant surgery

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> > woman named . He does an internal lift and looks

> > wonderful! If you go to the explantation.com website and get

photo

> > permission you can see her after pictures (the best I've ever

>seen)!

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> > If you need any help feel free to email me. jadebreaks at ureach

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> > Jade