Re: YOUR OPINIONS ON LIFTS AT TIME OF EXPLANTATION, PLEASE

[Guest guest]

My PS had intended to do the lift after removing the implants, BUT,

they had grown into my chest wall!! She had to literally tear them

out of me!! She had to STOP do to so much trama the implants had

caused my tissue!! I had the second surgery to do the lift 7 months

later, this last March, and I still hurt! After EXplant surgery my

doc ordered another MRI to compare and be sure it was all out.

So, make sure you have a GOOD surgeon...and don't be surprized if it

takes you 2 surgeries. It just depends on your circumstances...how

long they have been in, etc.

Best of luck and GO FOR IT!! GET THOSE DUMPS OUT OF YOU BEFORE YOU

get sicker and sicker!

xxx in Ca

> Based on what I've been reading, the body goes thru a lot, just

> getting explanted from the implants (mine are silicone, PS thinks

> they are probably ruptured due to severe CC...so probably be a lot

of

> digging silicone out of my chest at explantation). So my question

is

> this, isn't it subjecting the body to additional trauma to get a

lift

> when explanted? I'm not into having SharPei boobs, but if that's

the

> best ticket to faster healing from the explantation, I'm tempted to

> either skip the lift or get it later. It just seems to me that

> cutting away a lot of skin and repositioning a nipple is adding

> physical insult to a breast that's already injured by having an

> implant, a scar capsule, and likely clumps of silicone cut out of

it

> and the neighboring tissues/muscles/nodes. I'd love to be told I

> won't need a lift, but do NOT expect that to be the case. I'd

rather

> get it all done at once, and be done with it, but really wonder

about

> the additional abuse to my body of a lift. YOUR OPINIONS/EXPERIENCE

> ON THIS MATTER, PLEASE! Thanks!!!!

[Guest guest]

Do you lose any size when you do a lift?

[Guest guest]

You shouldn't lose tissue, but you may lose size. I guess it depends on how much skin is taken? I don't think I lost any tissue, at least that is what my doctor told me. My breasts seemed smaller to me, but the truth was they were just way perkier.

PattyArmalias@... wrote:

Do you lose any size when you do a lift?

[Guest guest]

Ann, I complelty know where you are coming from. I had mine almost 10 years, and knew sadly, I would need a lift. However, I was so sick, and worried about the whole nipple repositioning issue, so I opted to find a surgeon that would try to do a lift , other than a lollipop. Maybe i was being extremly causouss, but my intuition told me no nipple lift, it just didnt sit well with me. I would be the one, that had infection, or worse neurcrosis.

Somehow, the way my breasts were , the size of my implants (never too large, I only went up a cup and a half- from a small b to a full c ) my ps was able to do a lift , with the excess skin up and under through my original crease under the brests.Its hard to explain. I only have one scar, under my crease, and its wonderful. No scars now. She took a pic of me in surgery with one breast without the lift up, so I would know I needed one. I am glad she did it, and love the outcome. I also thought the lollipop would be too tramatic on my body at the time, and asked if I could get away without one, to forgoe any lift, and otherwise to do one (different lift preferred) if needed. (My pics are uncer julie's)

If you can get away without a lift, I would. However ,if you are going to look realy bad, I would think long and hard about this. Perhaps it is hard on your body all that cutting, and pulling, and removing, and the an additional procedure, such as a lift-but then again, you are already under the knife and under anthesia. Will going under for another surgery, with more future dosages of anthesia, be more tramatic? Who knows? Think about it, pray about it, Ann. Its a tough call, and only you can make it. Love,

>From: "ann53ie" <ann53ie@...> >Reply- > >Subject: YOUR OPINIONS ON LIFTS AT TIME OF EXPLANTATION, PLEASE >Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2004 03:07:58 -0000 > > >Based on what I've been reading, the body goes thru a lot, just >getting explanted from the implants (mine are silicone, PS thinks >they are probably ruptured due to severe CC...so probably be a lot of >digging silicone out of my chest at explantation). So my question is >this, isn't it subjecting the body to additional trauma to get a lift >when explanted? I'm not into having SharPei boobs, but if that's the >best ticket to faster healing from the explantation, I'm tempted to >either skip the lift or get it later. It just seems to me that >cutting away a lot of skin and repositioning a nipple is adding >physical insult to a breast that's already injured by having an >implant, a scar capsule, and likely clumps of silicone cut out of it >and the neighboring tissues/muscles/nodes. I'd love to be told I >won't need a lift, but do NOT expect that to be the case. I'd rather >get it all done at once, and be done with it, but really wonder about >the additional abuse to my body of a lift. YOUR OPINIONS/EXPERIENCE >ON THIS MATTER, PLEASE! Thanks!!!! > > > >

[Guest guest]

Hi , Your post really hit home with me. My biggest hesitation

about a lift is cutting my nipples out and repositioning them! I lost

enough feeling in them after getting the implants, 17 yrs ago. I'm

hoping not to lose more, and to maybe regain some once the pressure

of the implants is off of the nerve endings. I read your post about

Dr Kolb doing your surgery. I'm glad she listened to your concerns

and did well for you. I hear a lot of good things about her. The main

reason I decided to go to Dr Feng instead of Dr Kolb, was because of

the ultrasounds for silicone, and Dr Feng's particular attention to

the nerve endings, etc. via her microsurgery techniques. We'll see

what happens. I will definitely be asking Dr Feng about the

alternative you got, avoiding the nipples being cut out/around. Your

news was encourageing! Thanks so much! Ann

[Guest guest]

Thank you, , so much! It really helped to know I'm not the only

one with Nipplephobia!! Your remark about necrosis struck a nerve

with me too.... There were some pics of Jenna, who got explanted by

Dr Feng who developed necrosis afterwards...... Oh my! NOT something

I want to think about, and if avoiding a lift reduces chances of

complications afterwards, I'd be tempted, although VERY

depressed....! It's been a major step to look at NO replacement

implants for me. I thought saline would be the safe alternative til I

started reading on this site, and others. Sure made for an unexpected

turn of events planned, for me, along with MUCH saddness. I loved the

implants when they didn't hurt and didn't make me sick. However,

those days were very short-lived. I'm trying to get geared up to be

more health-oriented for detox purposes. I've been a heavy-hitter on

antioxidants/vitamins/minerals etc for YEARS. Husband and I both

wonder what shape I might be in after 17 years of silicone if I had

NOT been using the natural stuff. Can't wait to sleep on my stomach

without 2 hard boulders underneath! Can't wait to go outside in the

cold winter weather without having 2 freezing blobs on my chest!

Never heard anyone talk about their implants being really cold and

making them cold, but mine sure do. I had wondered if the saline

would be better or worse. Guess it won't matter now, for me. Regards,

Ann

[Guest guest]

I think there is always a small possibility of not needing a lift at all - I know most women do but you never know. Everyone's skin is different. I went from a AA/A to a C with my implants. I had them in for seven years - I also went through a pregnancy and breast fed for nine months and my breasts were absolutely huge then - a DD. I thought for sure I would have to have a lift after all of that stretching and the amount of time I had my implants and thought my doctor was whacky when he said that I didn't need one. I listened to him as I really didn't have the money anyways for the lift and after a few months when I "fluffed" I looked fine. I have a few stretch marks and a very small amount of drooping in my left breast. I am glad I listened to the dr and did not go with a lift as in my case it would have been a waste on money. I know I was pretty lucky there but I am sure there are a lot of women who don't need one. Maybe it is because I was so small chested to start with? I am not sure.

Who knows - maybe it won't be necessary at all? Yor doctor should be able to tell.

hope this helps.

shari

[Guest guest]

Thanks a bunch, Shari. I really appreciate your sharing with me. Glad you didn't need a lift! Hope I don't! Sincerely, Ann Re: YOUR OPINIONS ON LIFTS AT TIME OF EXPLANTATION, PLEASE I think there is always a small possibility of not needing a lift at all - I know most women do but you never know. Everyone's skin is different. I went from a AA/A to a C with my implants. I had them in for seven years - I also went through a pregnancy and breast fed for nine months and my breasts were absolutely huge then - a DD. I thought for sure I would have to have a lift after all of that stretching and the amount of time I had my implants and thought my doctor was whacky when he said that I didn't need one. I listened to him as I really didn't have the money anyways for the lift and after a few months when I "fluffed" I looked fine. I have a few stretch marks and a very small amount of drooping in my left breast. I am glad I listened to the dr and did not go with a lift as in my case it would have been a waste on money. I know I was pretty lucky there but I am sure there are a lot of women who don't need one. Maybe it is because I was so small chested to start with? I am not sure.Who knows - maybe it won't be necessary at all? Yor doctor should be able to tell. hope this helps.shari

[Guest guest]

-I just wanted to add that I was very very flat before implant also.

I was only a 34 B after implant. I was told that I didn't need

anything at all done, but my skin now droops under my breasts. I will

need to get if fixed (if its possible --which I think it is).

So in light of shari's experience and mine, it is a very hard thing to

know, I guess. You will have to weigh the pros and cons and go with

your gut feeling. I think that is right more often than not!

Kathy

-- In , halvey70@a... wrote:

> I think there is always a small possibility of not needing a lift at

all - I

> know most women do but you never know. Everyone's skin is

different. I went

> from a AA/A to a C with my implants. I had them in for seven years

- I also

> went through a pregnancy and breast fed for nine months and my

breasts were

> absolutely huge then - a DD. I thought for sure I would have to

have a lift

> after all of that stretching and the amount of time I had my

implants and thought

> my doctor was whacky when he said that I didn't need one. I

listened to him

> as I really didn't have the money anyways for the lift and after a

few months

> when I " fluffed " I looked fine. I have a few stretch marks and a

very small

> amount of drooping in my left breast. I am glad I listened to the

dr and did

> not go with a lift as in my case it would have been a waste on

money. I know I

> was pretty lucky there but I am sure there are a lot of women who

don't need

> one. Maybe it is because I was so small chested to start with? I

am not sure.

>

> Who knows - maybe it won't be necessary at all? Yor doctor should

be able to

> tell.

> hope this helps.

>

> shari