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Marianne's
Breast Implant Explant (Yes, I said EXplant!!!)
April 12, 2007
Surgeon: Chia Chi
Kao, M.D. - Santa Monica, California
Procedure:
Breast Implant removal, crease raise, areolae reduction, lift revision from
before, and right axilla tacking. Plus a little bit of fat
grafting to undereyes, chin, nasolabials, temples, brow bone, nose and Gore-tex lip
implant removal with replacement via f/g.
I spent all that money getting
everything put in and now i am taking it out.
Surgery Date: Thursday, April 12, 2007 (I refused to do it on
Friday the 13th because I am paranoid) 
Projected Re-Implant Date: 4-6 months from now, maybe.
Breasts
The dents are from the tape on the
swelling. The puckering is already smoothing out a lot more than they were
10 days ago and as soon as they close I am using scar tapes. My doc does
not use Steri-strips. He said he may need to do another lift revision but
on the areola itself during the re-implant as he does not want to disturb the
new scar tissue. He said I had a lot of slack skin and he wanted to avoid
a full anchor or T scar, so we are going to see how much skin will tighten up
naturally.
I don't have any good immediately
befores on my camera because I didn't have anyone around to take pics before my
surgery (I went it alone this time) so let me look around, or ask my doc for his.
Photos
Face
Pics - 14 days post.
You can see the
injection points (I had no breakouts prior so these are all needle
marks. The melasma on my forehead is still slightly visible. I
didn't finish my treatment regimen. My lips will go down, but I hope
the resto f everything else doesn't But it will.
I do have some slight swelling left in my buccal area, specially the right
side (I can feel it).
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