more on expanders/breast reconstruction
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toni61,
I had my nipple done when they took out the expander and put the implant in. I couldn't believe how good the nipple looked! It was even pink and shows through when I don't have a bra on just like the real one. I am waiting for it to fade before I have tatooing done. The plastic surgeon took skin from the other side during the lift to create the nipple.
Janet0 -
Wow does it look normal. Well normal is a funny word. I had the expander, implant with silicone and a nipple with the tatoo. I need to go back on the 17th to get the tatoo done again. I had a lift on the other side. Everything looks great in a bra or without the glasses on. I feel better with my decision, but normal it is not. With the results that I have gotten I would do it all over again. I just had to realize that it would never look great or the same as it use to. Cammie0
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I've had the breast implant for 10 years now. It never looked great. Higher than the other one, ripples under the skin and still feels uncomfortable at times. I didn't have the nipple done at the time it just didn't seem important to me. I had already been through so much discomfort and just wanted to stay out of doctors offices. I look fine if I have clothes on, but don't like how it looks without. I have to use a bra filler to even out the other one. I had lost about 20 lbs during the chemo and now that I have gained it back the implant looks smaller. Just something I've had to live with and best to live with than not live!cammie said:Wow does it look normal. Well normal is a funny word. I had the expander, implant with silicone and a nipple with the tatoo. I need to go back on the 17th to get the tatoo done again. I had a lift on the other side. Everything looks great in a bra or without the glasses on. I feel better with my decision, but normal it is not. With the results that I have gotten I would do it all over again. I just had to realize that it would never look great or the same as it use to. Cammie
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Toni61, I am 6 years cancer free and had my expander reconstruction right after surgery -- it looked horrible! I was so disappointed -- hard to the touch, stiff and extremely round looking. Even after reducing my left side, the right side w/the implant still looked bad. 2 years later, the implant leaked and I had to have a new one put in. Wonders of all -- it looks great! Soft, droops like a normal breast, oblong like a normal breast and once they added the aerola, it looks completely normal -- even matches my left one. I am so pleased -- but it took time, loads of time to get to this point. Maybe that will help? Let me know how you do.0
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