Does anyone know someone who had breast implants and years later had them removed?What were the results?
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Here is a really good resource for everything relating to breast implants. http://implantforum.com/index.html
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I have felt more breasts than any man I know, and I hate implants.  They do not feel like a real breast.  And on top of how I feel about them, the majority of my patients wish they had never had the surgery......
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Studies show that they are not dangerous persay, but there are many complications that can occur.  Infection, fibrosis, etc. or you may not be happy with the results.  If you are going to get implants, make sure you find someone who has done a good job on friends.  In the long run, you'll most likely need another surgery as the implants may need to be altered due to sagging or you may get capsule of fibrosis that may need to be removed.  I know many women who've had implants that have eventually had them removed or replaced within several years.
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for the last time NO!  this question gets asked daily... nothing will make your breast bigger permantly accept implants or padded bras... get over it people they are the size they are.
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My Wife had it done after the birth of our son. He took after me and was broad shouldered, weighed nearly 10 lbs. She tore. She had the procedure done more as self esteem thing.  She was worried our sex life wouldn't be as good or that she was to big now etc.... It did make a difference. I was satisfied before, even better now.  She was sore for a month or more after the surgery though. No nookie for like 6-8 weeks afterwards either.-rob
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I have breast implants, which I got about a year ago.\nIt wasn't a necessity by anyone's standards, but my own.  It is something that I wanted to do for myself.  I dress conservatively, and the only people who know that I have it done is my mom, my husand, and one of my friends.  I told no one else, because like I said, it was for me.\nThe only regret that I have is that I didn't do it sooner.
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Welcome to my world!  I have considered getting breast implants too, but just don't think I could go through with it.  So what I have done is gotten the silicone bra inserts.  They have them in demi just to enhance cleavage, and they also have kinds that will give you up to 2 full cup sizes bigger.  There is also a thing called the natural bra.  It has adhesive on the inside so that you don't have to wear a bra, because it is stuck to you.  Not at all painful, but the sticky wears off pretty quickly.  Good luck.
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In my vainer days I considered having a breast reduction, but when I started doing research and found it would make them non-functional, that settled it as a no.  The body's only here for a while, anyway - better to get used to the idea we're all going to be wrinkly, saggy, and probably a little funny-looking before long anyway. :)
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Good for your wife for getting back into shape!\n\nI have breast implants, and I started with a couple of message boards and talked to 100s of women who already had them.  Try a message board.  BUT!  Have your wife go there.  They don't take kind to men, sorry!\n\nI would say the first thing is to find a GREAT doctor.  Then, she will go in for a consult where she will try on special bras and they will put in essentially water balloons.  It's the size of the balloons that she likes that will determine what size she ends up being.\n\nSeeing how she is petite, I would say getting her to a small C would be great!\n\nAnd silicone is still not approved in the U.S.  For studies only.  Mine are saline.\n\nYou can play with them as soon as she is comfortable.\n\nI would say that yes, submuscular is the way to go.\n\nSeeing how she is done nursing kids, she could go with any incision spot.  I went through the navel believe it or not!\n\nOh, you called it bum - are you in the U.K.?  Regardless, she can get saline if that's what she wants.
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yes, you can . having breast implants doesn't change anything have fun!!!
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I tell everyone this whos considering implants.  Lots of things can happen, a variety of health issues, things can easily go wrong.  It depends on the person...but it does break down your immune system to dangerous toxins/illnesses.  I wouldn't do it.  You sound as if you have no worries in the breast dept.  Natural breasts are just so much better...most men agree!  Also, breast implants usually expire after about a decade...then they are no longer safe in your body.  Do you want to be an old woman shuffling implants in & out of your body until you die?  It's a sad realization...my friend did this, she is soooooooo incredibly sorry she did it.  It doesn't feel natural..and she doesn't look better than she did before, which was natural & beautiful.\n\nGood luck, T
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yes and sometimes the implants can make it harder to detect breast cancer
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The key-hole reduction technique is very good, I had it done myself.  \n\nFor the sake of this topic, I am going to admit to having had a breast reduction when I was 23 years old.  I was quite well-endowed (something like a 36 Triple E or something like that),but my mom had insurance and I was a college student at that time living at home.\n\nThe insurance company had rules about how much needs to be removed to be covered by insurance (insurance companies WILL pay for REDUCTIONS but not enhancements).  Even now, most insurance companies will pay for reductions if there is a medical need (posture, skin problems, pain, etc) that your doctor is willing to support as a need and there is a certain volume that needs to be removed.\n\nI had 1000 mls removed from each breast (1 quart from each breast), and the minimum was 500 mls so I was double the minimum requirement.\n\nI am so glad that I had it done.\n\nSome advice:\n\n#1  Go for an A cup or B cup.  Your breasts will actually relax and get larger or rather more relaxed.  I am nearly a C cup after getting the B cup dimensions.\n\n#2  Take the recommended vitamins and medications faithfully as recommended and don't play games (I DID get infection from playing games, but even then I would still have done it again as happy as I am with the results).\n\n#3  The older a person is, the less scarring there will be.  Young peoples skin actually retracts more.. more pull on the suture, etc lines.  Older skin isn't that taut.\n\n#4  I have some fine line scarring but they have faded alot.  I just turned 40 and I would feel comfortable wearing a bikini even having had the surgery.  I have perfect shaped breasts (one slightly larger than the other.. but most women are slightly different in size, but I can wear a B cup for both sides without any difficulty).\n\nIf you are truely interested, find out from your insurance, if you have decent insurance I am sure it would cover reasonable needs.  Also, the recovery time for such surgeries have drastically reduced with improved surgical techniques.\n\nI had the keyhole style done.  I like how it turned out.  Basically the nipple is left intact, the tissue is released around it and tissue is removed below and brought up and reattached to around the nipple.\n\nHere is what one website described:\n\n"Anchor-shaped Breast Lift: \n \n For women with larger or more severely drooping, sagging breasts, the anchor-shaped breast lift procedure is more effective. \nThe physician will draw a key-hole shape above the nipple and areola. At the bottom of the key-hole, he/she will draw an anchor shape from the right to the left side of the breast. \n\nThe skin in the (upper cross-hatched) area of the “anchor” will be removed along with some excess breast tissue. The nipple and areola are moved up to the (lower cross-hatched) “key-hole,” then the skin is sutured (stitched) around the areola, vertically down to the chest and side to side along the newly created bottom fold of the breast." \n  \nThis image is about what my reduction started (before) and ended (after) at.\n\nhttp://www.beautysurge.com/digitalimaging/before_after_photos/breast_reduction_pictures.jpg
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Absolutely! Most women who have implants can successfully breastfeed. Read more info here: \nhttp://www.breastimplants4you.com/breast_feeding_complications.htm\nhttp://www.babycenter.com/refcap/baby/babybreastfeed/8680.html
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Yes, I had it done about 9 months ago. Most insurance company will pay for it if you claim you need to do it for medical reasons. Problems with your back, rashes. I had  my breast and a tummy tuck done. I will tell you this, tummy was much less painful. I would get it done all over again but the plastic surgeons underestimate the breast surgery it was painful.
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In my experience, this is not uncommon.  If you had these masses biopsied, and the pathology came back as fibroadenomas, they generally leave them alone.  They VERY, VERY rarely become cancer, and they do not harm you.  A surgeon can remove them if they get large enough to cause you pain.  Once you have breast surgery, the internal scars will interfer with the radiologist's ability to accurately read your mammograms.  Fibroadenomas get smaller once a woman goes through menopause (if she is not receiving hormones).\n\nThese sites will give you more information:\n\nhttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/007216.htm\n\nhttp://health.allrefer.com/health/fibroadenoma-breast-info.html
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I had 4 of them in my breast!! The doctor removed them, 3 little lumps a time and 1 years later. And after lab analysis they turned out to be fibroadenomas. Since then I occasionally have had lumps but they go away with medication. They're not malignant, but may grow too big and do harm. To avoid them I don't know what to do. Try and check yahoo! health, HTH!