Re: Plastic surgeon in California/Los Angeles

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I am planning explant end of this year.

Can anyone recommend a good plastic surgeon in Los Angeles, CA area?

It seems all the good PS are in the Eastcoast for the explant.

If anyone has had explant surgery in LA, CA area, please give me some input.

Thanks

Sunny

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Congratulations on your choice to explant! A very good decision. You will

certainly want to explore the options you have to find a good surgeon in

California.

Have you checked out the Dr. List in our files section?

Here is the CA listing. I don't think the information at the end is up to date

about the person who can help...but it doesn't hurt to check around. I think

you should be able to find someone close to you who can do a proper explant.

Best wishes, Patty

CALIFORNIA

Dr. Gilbert Lee P/S

11515 El Camino Real, Suite 150

San Diego, CA 92130 (858)720-1440

FAX 858.509.7738

http://www.changesplasticsurgery.com/san_diego_plastic_surgeon/dr_lee.html

DR. MARC H HEDRICK

UCLA School of Medicine

200 Medical Plaza

Los Angeles, California 90065

DR. JAMES P WATSON

UCLA School of Medicine

200 Medical Plaza

Los Angeles, California 90065

(310) 825-5510 – appointments

(310) 206-7520 – office

http://www.uclaplasticsurgery.com/james_watson.php

DR. KAMING LI

Arrowhead Aesthetic & Plastic Surgery Associates

3333 Concourse Street

Building #3

Ontario, CA 91764

Tel: (909) 481-7500

Fax: (909) 481-1857

E-Mail: info@...

http://www.arrowheadaesthetics.com/aapsa-li.htm

Does en bloc explant

Dr. Kennedy P/S

1050 B Ave. Suite A,

Coronado CA 92118 (619)437-4449

For more info, call Lynda, 1-619-755-8127 Be certain to get in writing from

him he will

remove your implants " en bloc " and do a total capsulectomy, if at all

possible. Please report any experiences, good or bad, with him.

Dr. Jae Chun P/S

1101 Bayside Dr., Suite 100

Corona Del Mar, CA 92625 1-949-644-5000

For more information on the Plastic Surgeons in the lower California area,

contact Lynda in Solana

Beach, CA at 1-619-755-8127. If you decide to fly in from another area for

explant or related surgeries, she has a beautiful seaside resort where you can

stay. She will also pick you up from the airport, take you to facility for

your explant, your follow-up visits to the P/S and see that you are cared

for afterwards to the best of her ability. She has been through it herself.

The charges are modest in comparison to the wonderful services she

offers.As a result, she also knows all the details on these four available

Plastic Surgeons!

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> I am planning explant end of this year.

> Can anyone recommend a good plastic surgeon in Los Angeles, CA area?

> It seems all the good PS are in the Eastcoast for the explant.

>  

> If anyone has had explant surgery in LA, CA area, please give me some input.

>  

> Thanks

> Sunny

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Hi Sunny,

En bloc and capsulectomy actually have the same END RESULT. That is the removal

of both the implants and the scar tissue that has formed around each implant.

En bloc would be better in the cases of ruptured silicone gel or saline

implants. It would probably be better for everyone, but it is not always

necessary.

However, a total capsulectomy is almost always necessary.

Here is the difference:

En bloc involves NOT cutting into the scar tissue (also called " capsule " ). The

surgeon uses his knife to dissect around the perimeter of the implant and scar

tissue to remove it from the breast. Picture an M & M Peanut candy with a

peanut and candy coating. The peanut would be the implant, and the candy

coating the scar capsule. This would be removed whole.

In a total capsulectomy, the surgeon may cut INTO the scar capsule, and remove

the implant first, leaving the capsule behind. He will then have to remove the

capsule separately, by possibly cutting the capsule into pieces (the anterior,

or front piece, and the posterior, or back piece.) Picture an M & M peanut

candy in which the coating is cut into and the peanut taken out, leaving the

candy coating shell. The reason a TOTAL capsulectomy is necessary is because it

means that the total and complete capsule is removed, not leaving any pieces in

the body.

I hope that has helped form a proper image in your mind of what is being done

when implants are removed.

Either procedure is sufficient in the case of unruptured implants, IF in fact,

the capsulectomy is a TOTAL capsulectomy. That word TOTAL is important when

discussing it with your doctor.

Wishing you the best!

Patty

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> > I am planning explant end of this year.

> > Can anyone recommend a good plastic surgeon in Los Angeles, CA area?

> > It seems all the good PS are in the Eastcoast for the explant.

> >  

> > If anyone has had explant surgery in LA, CA area, please give me some input.

> >  

> > Thanks

> > Sunny

> >

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