Browse the Before & After Photos in My Breast Implant Removal/Revision Photo Gallery:
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This middle aged lady was very well served by these 17 year old saline implants until one of them leaked and deflated. She decided to have them replaced. I removed her old implants and put in new gel implants. She is pleased with her result. She’s hoping she gets another 17 years out of this set. Me too.
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I put these implants into this patient 16 years ago when she was young and very slim. With middle age, she put on some weight and a lot of that weight went to her chest. She also had some sagging with gravity. I removed her implants and did a lift. She was shocked by how much of her own breast tissue she had. But I wasn’t because I see this frequently with women in her age group. And her current breasts will require no maintenance except a good bra.
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This 60 something lady felt her 30 year old breast implants made her look matronly and she had a rupture on one side diagnosed with ultrasound. I did an en bloc removal of her implants and capsules and then did a lift. She looks years younger with her smaller and perky breasts.
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This 40 something mother of three had never really liked her implants and just wanted them out, like yesterday. I removed them and the scar tissue around them. She is shown here 3 months after removal. She is pleasantly surprised at the appearance of her chest. Me too.
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This lovely nurse decided she was “just done” with her implants. I removed them and did a breast lift. She is pleased to be nice and perky and implant free.
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This lady in her late 30’s had implants to treat her sagging following weight loss. She never really liked the look of her augmented breasts and in retrospect probably should have just had a full breast lift. I removed her implants and did a breast lift. She is pleased and very comfortable with her all natural chest.
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This slender lady in her late 50’s had suffered with firm and malpositioned gel implants for many years. She was certain she would be happy with removal and a lift as seen in the middle photo. A few months later, after a lot of thought, she decided on new implants. The third photo shows her new gel implants.
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This law enforcement officer was one of my first patients when I started practice in 1991. I enhanced her breasts with saline implant. She came back recently thinking it was time to graduate from implants. She found that after menopause her breasts enlarged and sagged. I deflated her implants as seen in the middle photo. A few weeks later, I did a breast lift. She is pleased to be small and shapely and implant free.
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This lovely recently retired veterinarian had implants that were 25 + years old. They had become firm over the years. I removed them and did a breast lift. She is okay with her smaller breasts and when she wants a little more in the upper pole the breast, well, that’s what a push up bra is for.
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This middle aged pharmacist had large saline implants put in when she was in her 20s. Years later she came to me thinking her large chest made her look heavy. I agreed! I deflated her implants in the exam room. The middle photo shows her a few weeks later after her skin has tightened up some. The last photo is after her breast lift. We are both very pleased with her result.
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This very hip 70 something retired teacher had implants so old (41 years) that I thought of calling the breast implant museum! These implants were rock hard because the scar tissue around the implants, which were ruptured, was calcified. I removed the ruptured implants and the scar tissue and gave her a set of the newest generation of implants. She and her husband are thrilled with her nice result. Many ladies in this age group think they are too old for surgery. If they are in good health, age doesn’t matter very much.
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This 40 something homemaker had ruptured implants and thick scar tissue making her breasts rock hard. I removed her old implants and scar tissue and used new gel implants. She is happy with the way her breasts look and feel.
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This patient had 25 year old gel implants on top of her muscle. They had started to ripple. I removed these 360 cc implants and replaced them with 250 cc implants under the muscle. I also added some Seri surgical mesh to the lower part of the breast to add some thickness and also help control the implant position. She is several years out from surgery and is doing very well.
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This 40 year old lady had 6 year old saline implants that looked terrific but she felt they were adversely affecting her health. I do not think breast implants cause systemic illness but I am happy to remove implants from anyone for any reason. It’s the patient’s choice. I removed her implants, which were normal and also removed the scar tissue around the implants. The scar tissue was quite tight. She has had some improvement in her health and has had a lot of relief for some chest tightness that was likely due to the scar tissue.
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This 50 something lady was on her third set of implants and she decided she was done. I removed them along with the tight scar capsule and did a lift. She is in a C cup bra and is thrilled with her all natural breasts. I’m thrilled that she’s thrilled.
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This 57 year old nurse had 26 year old breast implants on top of her muscle. Over the years they became very firm and went south with gravity. We call this a “rock in a sock’ deformity. I removed her implants and did a lift. She now has small and youthful breasts to go along with her petite frame. She is happy as is her new husband.
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This 69 year old retired teacher had breast implants that were 35 years old. They had been hard and uncomfortable for many years. She was fearful that removal would leave her looking “horrible”. I removed her ruptured and encapsulated implants and did a lift. As you can see, she looks quite excellent. It is an unusual implant removal patient who looks “horrible.”
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This 30 something civil engineer experienced some sagging of her breasts over her 8 year old saline implants. She did not like the shape of her breasts and also wanted to be smaller. I removed her 400 cc intact implants and did a lift. She is pleased with her outcome as most implant removal patient are.
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This lady had breast implants to please her ex-husband. Once her marriage ended, she realized she never did like her implants. I removed them and she had very good skin elasticity and looks quite good despite not having a lift.
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This 35 year old mother of 4 had a breast augmentation to correct her post-partum breast atrophy. She never really got used to them and after 5 years opted for removal. She decided against having a lift. She is fine with her appearance but I would really love to do a lift on her! Maybe she will change her mind.
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This young mother of 3 lost 70 pounds after her breast augmentation. She became very active and felt her implants got in her way when she worked out. I removed them and did not do a lift. She ended up quite small but pretty perky especially considering the weight loss. She has really great skin. We plastic surgeons call that “biological privilege."
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This 40 something mother of 2 had implants to restore her breasts after breast feeding. After 10 years, she decided she wanted to be smaller. I removed her intact gel implants and her scar capsule and did a lift. She is very pleased with her smaller and perkier breasts.
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This 59 year old grandmother had 33 year old ruptured gel implants. They had become very firm because of the scar tissue (capsule) that formed around them. She was too embarrassed to give anyone a tight hug. I removed her capsules with the ruptured implants inside the capsules. This is called and en bloc removal and allows the ruptured implants to be removed without any spillage. I also did a breast lift on her. She had a quick recovery and does not miss her old, rock hard implants.
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This 40 year lady wanted her 10 year old submuscular gel implants removed. She was concerned that they were adversely affecting her health. I removed her implants and the scar tissue around them. Her health did not improve much but she is fine with her smaller breasts.
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This vivacious lady presented with old saline implants. The left side had deflated and the right side had become encapsulated and malpositioned. She wasn’t ready to give up on implants. I removed her old implants and replaced them with new silicone gel implants and did a lift. She is thrilled with her full and perky breasts.
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This vivacious lady presented with old saline implants. The left side had deflated and the right side had become encapsulated and malpositioned. She wasn’t ready to give up on implants. I removed her old implants and replaced them with new silicone gel implants and did a lift. She is thrilled with her full and perky breasts.
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This 58-year-old personal shopper had five implant procedures over 20 years (including removal, replacement and revision of gel implants) by various surgeons. Three years ago she presented with a left implant that rode too high and a right breast with a “socked in” scar. Her left implant pocket was lowered and her deformity on the right was found to be a malpositioned pectoralis muscle. The muscle was put back into position on her rib cage. New gel implants were placed above the muscle and so far, so good. Maybe the sixth time was a charm.
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This 50 year old lady had deflation of her right 15 year old implant. I replaced her implants with 300 cc saline implants. She was an overseas patient and her recovery was so uneventful, she was able to enjoy exploring Seattle for several days prior to flying home.
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This 41 year old clothing designer had breast augmentation with saline implants 15 years ago in Eastern Washington. Before her augmentation, she had significant breast asymmetry and she knew that one implant was larger than the other. She presented to me with deflation on the left side. We were unable to obtain her records from her previous surgery which would have indicated the sizes of the implants. I elected to purposefully deflate the right side so I could examine her and size her for new implants. I removed her deflated implants and re-augmented her with Silicone gel implants 300cc on the left and 371cc on the right. We were both very pleased with her final result.
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This 50-year-old physical therapist had high profile breast implants for several years. She was unhappy with her asymmetry and unnatural shape. She underwent implant removal, revision of the left implant pocket and replacement with 240 cc low profile implants. She is satisfied with her more symmetric and natural looking breasts.
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This 37 year old nurse manager had 300 cc implants. She wanted to go smaller. I downsized her to 150 cc implants and did a lift to improve the shape of her breasts. She was very happy with her smaller breasts. I recently saw her at a social event and she whispered in my ear that everything was holding up beautifully some 8 years later.
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This 27 year old designer liked her overly large implants until she discovered rock climbing and discovered that they were just in the way. I downsized her to a smaller implants that not only fit her slender build better—they fit her lifestyle better.
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This 58 year old lady had implants twenty years ago. She had put on a little weight and felt her implants had become more matronly than fetching. She had her implants removed and feels very comfortable in her “own skin”. Swinging the tennis racket is a little more comfortable as well.
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This 67 year old artist wanted to enjoy her golden years implant free. Her implants were 30+ years old! I removed them and did a breast lift. She is thrilled with her result.
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This lady had really old, really ruptured and really hard breast implants. She was worried that she would “have nothing” after they were removed but did not want new implants. I removed her ruptured implants and the scar tissue and did a breast lift. She wears an A cup and is pleasantly surprised with her “cute and perky” breasts.
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This lady had really old, really ruptured and really hard breast implants. She was worried that she would “have nothing” after they were removed but did not want new implants. I removed her ruptured implants and the scar tissue and did a breast lift. She wears an A cup and is pleasantly surprised with her “cute and perky” breasts.
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This very active and fit grandmother-to-be felt her implants and abdominal laxity made
her look matronly. I did an abominoplasty, removed her 20+ year-old breast implants and did a breast lift. She feels lighter and tighter and ready for that grandbaby.
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This very active and fit grandmother-to-be felt her implants and abdominal laxity made
her look matronly. I did an abominoplasty, removed her 20+ year-old breast implants and did a breast lift. She feels lighter and tighter and ready for that grandbaby.
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This 38-year-old mother of two developed a fluid collection (seroma) around her left breast implant. This is a rare complication of breast augmentation. I have had two such patients in my practice since 1991. After drainage, the seroma recurred and she elected to have her implants removed. She is thinking of having another augmentation.
