Dear Dr.Kolb

[Guest guest]

I think that this is very good information and I totally

appreciate you taking the time to post it. You were one of my choices

in a PS and since I had the free ticket to Cleveland I chose Feng,

but like I said I definitely would have used you had things turned

out differntly. I value your honesty with your patients, and that you

are upfront about the risks of implants. I once asked you if you

thought that I could tolerate implants again( when I was depressed

about losing them) and you were honest and told me not to get them

with the problems I had and I appreciated that. Feng told me the same

thing, to forget about implants, which now of course I am very much

glad I did.

I think that it is great that you answer and are email savvy, sorry

to say it but some people are not email savvy and they don't check

emial often or at all. I have repeatedly said that if you want to

reach Dr Feng you need to call her office and I have also repeatedly

done this and never ever had a single problem reaching someone there.

I also called you and was surprised that you picked up the phone and

took about 20 minutes to talk to me, even though I am sure you were

busy as heck. You were kind, and very helpful, I also appreciated

your honesty in telling me that I probably was better off in getting

out the implants and not replacing, even though I was toying with the

idea that if I traded out my textured implants for smooth I might be

ok, you assured me that while that could be possible, it was not your

recomendation. However I made several calls in CA to highly regarding

breast PS's and all of them told me that I could replace anytime I

wanted. One PS told me even though I had just had the implants

removed that he felt my body would tell him if I was ready to

reimplant. That is the kind of PS I am talking about, the pro implant

PS who disregards the issues a patient has had and is willing to

reimplant them as soon as they would like. They are only concerned

with the $$$ they can make not with your healht.

I always recomend Feng, Kolb, And Huang as being the best, I do know

of someothers who have come to my attention as of lately and I have

mentioned them, they are as follows, Ahn NYC, Margueritte

Barnett of Florida, Dr.Rotatori of FLorida and Dr Shaw in Southern

CA. I have heard some mixed reviews about Shaw but all in all they

were more good than negative. I have heard that he trained Dr Feng in

medical school, not sure where but that is what I have heard.

I think you do a great service to women, I also realize that

you implant as well, and if I was a women considering implantation I

think that by going to a PS who is also an expert in the

complications and the explantation process, what better PS to implant

you than one who would know, should the need arise, how to take them

out as well. Also who better to take them out than the same one who

put them in.

I also recently met a woman who went to you Dr Kolb for explant and

she is really happy, in fact she told me she will be sending me

pictures of her breasts when she is feeling better and that you and

your staff were wonderful to her. I was so excited to hear this news

since I have been praying that I would get to see some of your work.

As I have said I used to feel that you were a hypocrite because

you had implants, but I have moved so far from the anger I once had

that I can only feel deep sorrow if I ever treated you poorly, you

are a fine example of what every PS should be I deeply respect the

fact that you help women and while I don't think implants are safe

for anyone, I also don't feel that you are wrong to have implants,

and if they are ok for you, then that is your body and you should be

able to do what you want with it without other people judging you.

I am greatly appreciative of your involvment in this group. I commend

you for the time you take to talk to patients and just women in

general and I always tell women that you are one of the best in the

business.

I hope that whatever things may have been said by me to you in the

past is forgotten and that you know you have my sincere respect and

grattidue for being a part of this group.

Love

Heer

In @y..., " Dr. Kolb " <drkolb@m...> wrote:

> The type of lift that is appropriate depends on the patient's

anatomy. Only

> about one half of patients require a lift and sometimes we cannot

determine

> this until the implants are out. The women who do not need a lift

tend to

> have smaller submuscular and noncontracted implants with the nipple

areolar

> complex in the correct position on the chest wall. Many patients

do well

> with an donut or asymmetrical donut lift as the typical deformity is

> circular as most implants are round. Sometimes a vertical lift is

needed but

> the vertical scar is more prominent than the periareolar scar.

Rarely an

> anchor lift is needed. Sometimes the patient has pseudoptosis and

the only

> solution for this is a submammary resection. The complexity of

this shows

> why plastic surgeons go through such long training periods before

they are

> board certified. For more information see Frequently asked

questions at

> www.plastikos.com. . PS. I am also a very busy plastic

surgeon but I

> answer my emails and return my phone calls except for the

occasional phone

> message that my front desk fails to get to me.

> -----Original Message-----

> From: perlesetlacet@a... [mailto:perlesetlacet@a...]

> Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 11:23 PM

> @y...

> Subject: Re: More info from Dr Fengs website

>

>

> True, the pics are blurry that's why I had asked for

clarification. I

> asked for Kolb's opinion too. I think she'd know more about this

than all of

> us combined.

>

> It's important to clarify which procedure is what as some of us

are PS

> SHOPPING. There are ladies here such as our new friend from

Iowa who

> asked for clarification and who is in search of a PS in the Midwest.

> Education helps. Sorry if I'm not PC. Now I too am confused on what

is

> considered an anchor cut. According to the PS's I've gone to, it's a

> lollipop AND a horizontal incision under the breast in the crease.

A more

> careful PS will have this horizontal line SHORTER, but a sloppy-

assed PS's

> like my implanting PS made these horizontal lines long--from one

end of the

> breast to the other.

>

> Note: Ang's breast have NO horizontal line whatsoever under her

crease --

> this is what I have been told is a true VERTICAL LIFT. If I'm

wrong, please

> Dr. Kolb, correct me. I'm just going by what I've been told by

various PS's.

> Geeeeez, had I know it would cause such a ruckus........

>

> 'Night Folks.

>

> -Marie

>