Re: explant and breast appearance...what to expect?

[Guest guest]

Hi Christy,

Do you know if you had the 'textured' saline Mentor implants. It's

important to know this, at this point.! Please send a 'Confidential' note

to me letting me know where you live, and perhaps we can help you get these

things out with a fairly good outcome, since they have not been in too long.

If you're in the DFW area, you are really in luck, and if not, we know of a

couple of others that can leave you with a nice 'outcome', unless you were

like me, who simply developed nothing more than 2 'mosquito bites' after

going completely through puberty. I wish I had just left " Mother Nature "

alone.

Love & Blessings,

Martha M

Martha Murdock, Director

National Silicone Implant Foundation

Dallas, Texas Headquarters

----- Original Message -----

From: " Christy " <DollBaby@...>

< >

Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 12:55 AM

Subject: explant and breast appearance...what to expect?

>

> Hi, my name is Christy and I am a newly joined member. I'm 22 and had my

augmentation a year ago...350cc Mentor saline implants. I started having

panic attacks and depression, and now am having aches and pains all over the

place, but blood work showed nothing, and upon reading about all the

symptoms decribed by the women in this group, I am more than sure the

implants (and not merely anxiety) are the problem. I already spoke with my

surgeon about having them removed and he told me to really think about it

because my breasts would be less voluminous, " flatter " and " saggy " after the

explant, suggesting I may want a lift sometime in the future. Although I am

not one to let vanity get in the way of my health, I do need a little extra

push to get up the nerve to do this because the thought of having some kind

of physical " deformity " at my age is definitely unnerving. I would love and

greatly appreciate any feedback from other women who have been through the

explant as to how the !

> appearance of their breasts changed after the operation with regards to

their appearance before the augmentation. Thanks,

Christy

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Christy,

Well you sound allot like me, only I didn't even have my implants for

4 months when I started with the panick and depression and esp the

aches and pains. Do you have the brain thing too? If not, boy you are

lucky, get those things out before you get that one.

It sounds to me like you only had them put in to make them bigger and

not actually correct sagginess like me, from most of the women I have

heard of that are you ng like you and didn't have sagginess before

the operation they seem to get pretty good results with removal.

Everyone is defferent however. I had a full vertical lift and my

breasts are small, an A cup, but perky, but I do have scars and at 4

months they are still really quite obvious. I am told by a year they

should be allot less noticable.

THere are some great surgeons out there so I would love to know where

you are and then you could figure out from there who to go to. I did

love the way I looked with the implants but they completely ruined my

life and I would give anything not to have gone through this.

Well keep us posted. You do not have to end up deformed, that is def

not true

In @y..., " MARTHA " <MAM-NSIF@P...> wrote:

> Hi Christy,

>

> Do you know if you had the 'textured' saline Mentor implants. It's

> important to know this, at this point.! Please send

a 'Confidential' note

> to me letting me know where you live, and perhaps we can help you

get these

> things out with a fairly good outcome, since they have not been in

too long.

> If you're in the DFW area, you are really in luck, and if not, we

know of a

> couple of others that can leave you with a nice 'outcome', unless

you were

> like me, who simply developed nothing more than 2 'mosquito bites'

after

> going completely through puberty. I wish I had just left " Mother

Nature "

> alone.

>

> Love & Blessings,

> Martha M

>

> Martha Murdock, Director

> National Silicone Implant Foundation

> Dallas, Texas Headquarters

>

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: " Christy " <DollBaby@l...>

> <@y...>

> Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 12:55 AM

> Subject: explant and breast appearance...what to

expect?

>

>

> >

> > Hi, my name is Christy and I am a newly joined member. I'm 22 and

had my

> augmentation a year ago...350cc Mentor saline implants. I started

having

> panic attacks and depression, and now am having aches and pains all

over the

> place, but blood work showed nothing, and upon reading about all the

> symptoms decribed by the women in this group, I am more than sure

the

> implants (and not merely anxiety) are the problem. I already spoke

with my

> surgeon about having them removed and he told me to really think

about it

> because my breasts would be less voluminous, " flatter " and " saggy "

after the

> explant, suggesting I may want a lift sometime in the future.

Although I am

> not one to let vanity get in the way of my health, I do need a

little extra

> push to get up the nerve to do this because the thought of having

some kind

> of physical " deformity " at my age is definitely unnerving. I would

love and

> greatly appreciate any feedback from other women who have been

through the

> explant as to how the !

> > appearance of their breasts changed after the operation with

regards to

> their appearance before the augmentation.

Thanks,

> Christy

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Hi Christy and welcome. We're glad to have you aboard. As I read your intro I couldn't help but be more convinced than ever that my implants are the culprit for my health problems. My first symptoms were also panic attacks, heart palpitations, extreme anxiety about a year after the implants were put in back in Oct '88. And to think I was still willing to believe that this could be due to stress as the doctors told me. Up until this minute I was still doubtful to some degree but not anymore. I am due to have my implants removed May 28th and looking more and more forward to this every day. I still have the heart palpitations to this day and am praying they will go away when the implants are removed. I had my implants put in because I had no breasts after 2 kids and my PS says I will go back to exactly the same way if not less than before. Woohoo! Can't wait....being sarcastic of course but I would rather have my health than the implants any day. Yes I am vain and I do admit it quite freely. I like looking good and shapely but I'm afraid that with all the health problems I have faced over the past 13 yrs of having these things inside me I'm both willing and ready to face life without them. I can't wait to feel good again. I hope you get some answers from some of the ladies who have had their implants removed. Good luck! Jackie

----- Original Message -----

From: Christy

Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2001 11:55 PM

Subject: explant and breast appearance...what to expect?

Hi, my name is Christy and I am a newly joined member. I'm 22 and had my augmentation a year ago...350cc Mentor saline implants. I started having panic attacks and depression, and now am having aches and pains all over the place, but blood work showed nothing, and upon reading about all the symptoms decribed by the women in this group, I am more than sure the implants (and not merely anxiety) are the problem. I already spoke with my surgeon about having them removed and he told me to really think about it because my breasts would be less voluminous, "flatter" and "saggy" after the explant, suggesting I may want a lift sometime in the future. Although I am not one to let vanity get in the way of my health, I do need a little extra push to get up the nerve to do this because the thought of having some kind of physical "deformity" at my age is definitely unnerving. I would love and greatly appreciate any feedback from other women who have been through the explant as to how the appearance of their breasts changed after the operation with regards to their appearance before the augmentation. Thanks, Christy