Re: saline support group

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Hi Piper!

It is great to hear back from you and know that you are happy with your results, especially after you were so frightened. Congratulations! It's over now and you can begin healing!

I am especially happy to hear that you are forgiving yourself of having gone through this experience and want to help others as well. You go for it, girl. We can use all the mouths that are willing. If we stay silent, others suffer.

We will be glad to be there for you as you go through the healing process. Remember to be patient as your body recovers. Take good care of yourself, and trust that you are going to see your health return over time. And be sure to write the group with any questions you may have, as some are sure to arise. Of course, I wish and pray for you a speedy recovery, and that your health returns in a very short period of time.

Keep us posted!

God bless!

PattyPiper Heart <antibarbiedoll@...> wrote:

So i worried so much i nearly made myself ill for nothing! I am small again... a tiny perky 32A... but i love it! I can't believe how good i look already. I was so worried that i would be deformed and i would be forced to re-implant or seek out reconstruction. I am nearly flat... but it feels better than having implants any day! I felt such relief as soon as i woke up... before i even saw myself! This morning when Dr. M took off the ace bandage i felt the life rush back into my body. Thank you so much for your support through this! I feel like i look as i should now. I am 21... but i look 15... which is fine because looking young isn't a bad thing :]. I'm only 5'2" and weigh 100 lbs ... so little A cup breasts fit me much better than my previous 32D! I still can't believe i did that, but i am learning to forgive myself. And you know... Dr. M

shaped my breasts into the cute round perky breasts i always wanted... i'm no longer tubular!!! They aren't even wrinkly! They look pretty good for only one day! I couln't be happier. I am so glad that it is over for me... and i would not have gotten through it without the women of the forum. Now i want to help other girls and young women who are going through similar situations the way i have been helped. It was a short 10 month nightmare... but i have learned so much. I have learned to love my body... that is the greatest gift i could ever ask for. Thanks again for everything!Piper>HI Piper,>Yes, I was afraid of how my breasts were going to look after explant, but >only because I did NOT want to go back to what I had before, which were >saggy breasts. I absolutely had hated them and it was a desperate feeling >to think I had suffered so much, only to go back to what I had before I

>even got implants. So, I definitely wanted a lift to make me more perky >and I am happy I did that.>>My breasts were all flattened and compressed right after explant. They >looked so flat to me. From what I understand, the tissue is a bit >compressed after having the weight of the implants on it, and also from >wearing a tight sports bra and compression bandage. So over time, the >breasts seem to "fluff out"after explant, probably taking about several >months to fill out. Mine definitely did. They are bigger now than right >after explant.>>As I told you, I know women who have absolutely beautiful looking breasts >after explant. I don't think you have much to worry about at all. I don't >think they will be squishy--I wish I could share with you the pictures of >the club dancer I know in CT--she had implants removed and looked just like >she did before implant--she

continued to dance! They remained perky....so >I think you have a great chance at having them go back to the way they were >before because you are so young.>Try to relax and trust that Dr. Melmed is going to take good care of you.>Patty>>Piper Heart wrote:>Where you afriad of how your breasts were going to look after explant? Did>you expect defomity? The thought of that really freaks me out. Did your>breasts take awhile to look good after explant. i mean, where they all>squishy and weird looking at first? How long did the squishy feeling last? >I>am going to see Dr. Melmed this tuesday for the explant. I really want them>out... they are so painful and unhealthy. They are the most expensive>plastic bags in the whole wor.d. my i don't want my breasts to look yucky.> >> >Hi Piper,> >Before implants, an A cup. With implants a D cup.

I had them in from May> >1997 to Feb 1998, a total of 9 months. It hit me very quickly after small> >symptoms starting showing little by little. By January 1998 I was >suddenly> >very sick, and got them out the next month. I went to Dr. Karl Hiatt in> >Mesa, AZ, and he did a proper explant (en bloc), but didn't use drains,> >which I wish he would have. He agreed that the implants could be making >me> >sick, but he still implants women, from what I understand. I would have> >preferred to go to Dr. Feng in Ohio, as she is just the best.> >Patty> >> >Piper Heart wrote:> >Hi there,> >> >What size cup were you out of curiousity? How large where your implants?> >How long tid yu have them? Who did you go to for explant?> >> >Thanks so much> >> >Piper> >> >> >>

> >From: Tricia Trish> > >Piper Heart> > >Subject: Re: saline support group> > >Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 17:18:44 -0800 (PST)> > >> > >Hi Piper,> > >My explant was actually much less painful than implant, and I healed> >faster> > >too. I had saggy breasts from breast feeding, so I did require a lift,> > >which you probably won't if you haven't had children. My implants were> > >removed en bloc, so I have larger scars at the bottom crease in my> >breasts.> > > You can see the pictures on the group under the folder called "anchor> > >scars". I had an anchor lift, which is called that because the scars >look> > >like an anchor, with the vertical one from the nipple to the crease, >and> > >then from side to side. Now they use a better technique called the> >

>lollipop, and it leaves only the vertical scar. I wish I had been able >to> > >have that.> > >> > >Otherwise, my explant was quite simple...I used twilight sedation, in >the> > >hospital, under 4 hours, with an en bloc explant. I had capsular> > >contracture, and all scar tissue was removed. I was able to go home the> > >same day, and just rested in bed for a few days and then was able to be> >up> > >and about. I did not have drains, which I would recommend, as I was >left> > >all black and blue for quite awhile. That stuff really needs to drain >out> > >of you, rather than be left in your body, so you might want to ask for> > >drains.> > >> > >My breasts look fine to me now, and my husband loves them. They are >soft> > >again and have filled out, and in fact my

husband recently told me they> > >felt bigger!> > >> > >Let me know if you see the pictures on the group, and if this helps.> > >Patty> > >> > >Piper Heart wrote:> > >Hi there, this is piper from the saline support group. I was hopeful >that> > >you could share more about your explantation with me. Also, do you have> >any> > >photos that you would be willing to share with me? I'm the girl who has> >had> > >implants for 10 months 32A before hand. Let me know. Hope to hear from> >you> > >soon.> > >> > >Piper> > >> > >_________________________________________________________________> > >On the road to retirement? Check out MSN Life Events for advice on how >to> > >get there!

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