tooshae
01-14-2008, 09:41 PM
If so, are you pleased with the results? How much were they reduced? Most importantly, do you still have sensation?
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Mel52
01-24-2008, 12:27 AM
Hi I didn't personally but no one answered you. I had a lift after I had implants removed. However, back in the early 90's, I helped run two support groups for women who had implants. We all shared our experiences and did "show and tell" after surgery. Every woman was delighted with the results. Many had their nipples reduced in size. It took awhile for the scar to fade and sensation to return, but no one had regrets.
tooshae
01-25-2008, 01:14 PM
Mel, quite interesting, thank you!
How many women are we talking here....5, 10, 50? If it was alot of women, this gives me encouragment.
Thanks again!
How many women are we talking here....5, 10, 50? If it was alot of women, this gives me encouragment.
Thanks again!
Mel52
01-26-2008, 02:32 AM
40-50? We had a large group in one. Not all of them needed their nipples redone. I will guess about between 12-15. Every woman had lifts except for one after she had her implants removed and she didn't look good as her skin was just hanging. What was amazing is that many of the women never even needed implants they had alot of breast tissue but sagged from age and kids. All they needed was a lift.
The other group we had about 15 people. I can say I knew of only 1 in there who had the nipples redone. This group was started later and it was becoming more difficult to find available surgeons who were trusted to remove implants. There was a year waiting list for UCLA. I stopped going to that group because of the driving distance. The group we had near here, was with a different surgeon but had trained at UCLA. I didn't see the results from the women in this group. After they had surgery they disappeared and the gal who held the meetings at her house passed away from cancer so that group disbanded.
Alot of course depends on your surgeon's expertise. Does he/she have contacts that you can question?
The other group we had about 15 people. I can say I knew of only 1 in there who had the nipples redone. This group was started later and it was becoming more difficult to find available surgeons who were trusted to remove implants. There was a year waiting list for UCLA. I stopped going to that group because of the driving distance. The group we had near here, was with a different surgeon but had trained at UCLA. I didn't see the results from the women in this group. After they had surgery they disappeared and the gal who held the meetings at her house passed away from cancer so that group disbanded.
Alot of course depends on your surgeon's expertise. Does he/she have contacts that you can question?
tooshae
01-27-2008, 07:44 PM
Mel this info is all so encouraging...thank you! I won't be able to have this done for a while. I got implants along with a mini-lift in 2001. I am moderately pleased with the results as I was totally deflated after breastfeeding all 4 of my children. I should however gotten a full lift along with areola reduction, but I honestly didn't know at the time. My areola are the size of teacup saucers! I am NOT kidding!
When I have my redo, which I will have to put off as long as possible due to financial constraints, I want silicone implants a little smaller this time (am a DD, would like to be a very small D) as well as smaller areolas. They don't have to be teeny, but just a little smaller.
Again, thanks Mel.! :)
When I have my redo, which I will have to put off as long as possible due to financial constraints, I want silicone implants a little smaller this time (am a DD, would like to be a very small D) as well as smaller areolas. They don't have to be teeny, but just a little smaller.
Again, thanks Mel.! :)
Mel52
01-28-2008, 12:37 AM
Question, do you have alot of breast tissue but sag? Is the D size with the implants? May I suggest you see a few surgeons for a consultation? Implants don't last forever but if you only need a lift you won't need surgery again. As a girlfriend said to her surgeon "just get them high and tight" I was really small prior to implants and having children didn't change anything. However, when I had my rupture and all the breast tissue in the left had to be removed and the center of my chest had silicone so that had to be scooped out, the dr was able to move tissue up (without disconnecting it) into the breast and into the center of my chest. He could have made them even bigger by taking some underarm tissue and pulling that around. (I had gained some weight when I was ill) However, since I was under the anethesia, he couldn't ask me as it would have involved another incision under the arm. He then did the lift. My dr was not only the chief of plastic surgery but also was a microvascular surgeon and therefore was able to rebuild me. I look absolutely "normal" except for two happy face incisions under the folds of the breast.