Guest guest Posted January 4, 2008 Report Share Posted January 4, 2008 Hello everyone. My name is Cristin. I live in Ontario, Canada. I had saline breast implants put in about 6 years ago now. I had them removed 1 and a half years later. It was a terrible experience. I was only 22 at the time. The only reason I wanted to have the surgery was to have my breasts look like they did before I was breastfeeding. I should have had a lift. The size was fine. The surgeon told me that implants would definitly be a better choice. Not only would it look like a lift but they would also look more full and rounded. And I listened to him. After the surgery I was in so much pain. I could not look after my daughter for a while. I would need help lieing down and sitting up long after the doctor said I would be in pain. When I finanlly removed the bandages, I was disquested. They looked terrible. They were huge and covered in veins. I cried and cried and went into depression for a while. The surgeon said that he has never seen this happen before. And that over time it should get better. I wanted them out. But then I was scared. I looked on the interenet for photos and experiences of this. They were not good. The surgeon told me that the best thing to be done was to have another surgery to make them smaller and cut out the biggest vein that was showing. I had this done. More pain. Depression. They did look a little bit better, but not much. After a little bit, the right implant would fall all the way down to the right side when I would lie down. And when I was standing, it was still moved over a considerable amount. The pain got worse. To make all of this so much worse, I started experiencing sympoms of Erythromelalgia. First in my feet, where my feet got red and all of the veins came out. As well as alot of pain. This spread to my hands, legs, arms, face. Basically my whole body. I wanted the implants out. I had the surgery to have them removed. Even though I was extrememly scared of the outcome, and whether or not there would be anything left, I went throught with it. When I saw the result, I was astonished at first, because they were alot smaller then I was used to. An A cup. I was a C 36 before any surgeries. So I was not used to this. After a couple of weeks, the size miraculously increased abit. I guess all of the tissue was pushed in and tender. Anyways I am very happy that I had them removed. I have no more pain in my breast. But I do have Erythromelalgia. Which is a very painful and dibilitating condition. The doctors dont know how to help me. I will help myself. The worst decision that I made, was the decision to have breast implants put in. Has anyone else had Erythromelalgia as a result of the implant surgery? Have a wonderful day. Cristin Filipuzzi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2008 Report Share Posted January 4, 2008 Hello everyone. My name is Cristin. I live in Ontario, Canada. I had saline breast implants put in about 6 years ago now. I had them removed 1 and a half years later. It was a terrible experience. I was only 22 at the time. The only reason I wanted to have the surgery was to have my breasts look like they did before I was breastfeeding. I should have had a lift. The size was fine. The surgeon told me that implants would definitly be a better choice. Not only would it look like a lift but they would also look more full and rounded. And I listened to him. After the surgery I was in so much pain. I could not look after my daughter for a while. I would need help lieing down and sitting up long after the doctor said I would be in pain. When I finanlly removed the bandages, I was disquested. They looked terrible. They were huge and covered in veins. I cried and cried and went into depression for a while. The surgeon said that he has never seen this happen before. And that over time it should get better. I wanted them out. But then I was scared. I looked on the interenet for photos and experiences of this. They were not good. The surgeon told me that the best thing to be done was to have another surgery to make them smaller and cut out the biggest vein that was showing. I had this done. More pain. Depression. They did look a little bit better, but not much. After a little bit, the right implant would fall all the way down to the right side when I would lie down. And when I was standing, it was still moved over a considerable amount. The pain got worse. To make all of this so much worse, I started experiencing sympoms of Erythromelalgia. First in my feet, where my feet got red and all of the veins came out. As well as alot of pain. This spread to my hands, legs, arms, face. Basically my whole body. I wanted the implants out. I had the surgery to have them removed. Even though I was extrememly scared of the outcome, and whether or not there would be anything left, I went throught with it. When I saw the result, I was astonished at first, because they were alot smaller then I was used to. An A cup. I was a C 36 before any surgeries. So I was not used to this. After a couple of weeks, the size miraculously increased abit. I guess all of the tissue was pushed in and tender. Anyways I am very happy that I had them removed. I have no more pain in my breast. But I do have Erythromelalgia. Which is a very painful and dibilitating condition. The doctors dont know how to help me. I will help myself. The worst decision that I made, was the decision to have breast implants put in. Has anyone else had Erythromelalgia as a result of the implant surgery? Have a wonderful day. Cristin Filipuzzi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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