Re: SO TRUE! Case in point...

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My original PS had to give me steroid shots because he botched up the

incision around my nipple in which attempted to lift my breast but instead

just created a really bad scar which my explanting surgeon eliminated

thankfully!

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From: " el_jeena " <el_jeena@...>

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Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 2:15 PM

Subject: SO TRUE! Case in point...

> My original P/S talked me into something I did not want and told me

> misleading things about implants. I went back and told him my

> problems and my implants were too high. He went in and pulled the

> original implants down and the entire surgery and scar healing was

> repeated. I thought I would never heal. I went back, told him I was

> not feeling well, gave him my symptoms, told him about my E.R. visit

> for hives and my racing heatbeat, etc. He gave me a huge report

> about how silicone is in our invironment and used in medicine all the

> time and is inert and that this was mass hysteria. I asked him if he

> would remove them and he said " sure " and gave me an estimated quote

> of $20,000.00 to repair my already damaged body and that I would

> still sob when I looked in the mirror and saw how I would turn out.

> He told me I was beautiful and it was advised never to remove my

> implants. I gave up and never went back. As far as he knows, I must

> be happy because I have never gone back.

>

> Then, several years later, I was on a BI forum and was pleading for

> help and suggestions about how to have my implants removed and asking

> if anyone knew of a good explantation surgeon who could help me and

> that I could afford in my area.

>

> A very sweet lady wrote me a letter informing me of the wonderful

> news that I was in luck and she lived near me and was explanted by

> the most wonderful, gifted, caring surgeon and she was thrilled with

> her breasts post explant. Guess who she told me about? You guessed

> it...the surgeon who talked me into the implants and told me I would

> be miserable without implants.

>

> Perhaps this man has done a complete turnaround. Or perhaps he is now

> using his gifts and talents to repair implanted women. Or, perhaps

> he is now " cashing in " on the cash cow breast implants have created.

> Whichever one it is, I didn't go to him to be explanted and I am very

> happy that this lady has had a happy ending. What was right for her,

> was not what I felt comfortable with.

>

> As you aptly said, they only show you the GOOD outcomes of their

> surgeries. They should be required to show you ALL of them.

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Hi Ang,

How did Gordon fix your areola? Did he reduce the size?

Pearl