It has already been 2 weeks since I had breast filler removal surgery. Two weeks ago, I felt depressed, as if I were living with a time bomb inside my body, but now I feel so happy, and even though my chest has become flat like a man's when I look in the mirror, I feel happy. Most of all, there are no scars on my breasts at all, and I had severe heat sensation and pain from the inflammatory reaction caused by the filler, but after the surgery the symptoms disappeared, and I can feel the heat sensation and pain gradually going away.
On the day of surgery, the operation proceeded right on schedule without any discord or issues. There was a spacious and comfortable recovery room used privately, so as someone who came alone without a guardian, I felt reassured.
When I lay down on the operating table, the nurse said, "Our director is really good at surgery. Don't worry." Since this was said by someone who mainly works in the operating room, I thought, "He really must be highly skilled. He will make my ruined breasts better," and I felt calmer. Soon the director came in and said, "I will do the surgery well for you," and because he seemed so reliable and I felt grateful, I teared up. When administering sleep anesthesia, he kindly explained, "The upper chest area will feel stiff, and then you will fall asleep." The moment I thought, "That is exactly how it feels," my eyes closed. When I opened my eyes, the nurse was giving me water, orange juice, candy, and so on, and said, "You really made the right choice having surgery with the director. Your condition was very bad." A little later, the director came in and said, "The surgery ended well." The frightening and painful past 10 years flashed before my eyes like a panorama, and tears of gratitude streamed down my face.
The director said that because the infiltration was severe, removal was not easy and took a long time, but he removed as much as possible. I had inflammation, so due to the inflammatory reaction from the filler, my right breast was much more swollen than the left, and the filler was messily tangled within the mammary gland tissue in an infiltrated state. There were also many hard lumps palpable near the armpit. The filler had seeped even into the subcutaneous layer just beneath the skin, making removal extremely difficult, but he said he removed not only the filler but also as much of the infiltrated tissue as possible. He took photos of the surgical process and showed them to me afterward, and seeing him remove it while checking with an endoscope, almost perfectly, made me feel that I had done so well to have surgery with him. Seeing the cleaned-up appearance with my own eyes made it feel as though all the physical and emotional suffering I had endured disappeared.
I was worried because I went alone without a guardian, but the nurse and manager took such good care of me that I did not need a guardian at all, and they let me rest sufficiently in the recovery room before leaving, so it was very comfortable and nice. After the surgery, they gave me the director's mobile phone number and told me to ask him right away if I had any questions. When I sent the director text messages with updates on the condition of the drains, he personally replied to all of them, even late at night.
For 2 weeks, I took the prescribed medication diligently, and now the heat sensation and pain have completely disappeared. My flattened breasts feel unfamiliar, but somehow I feel good, and most of all, I think it was truly fortunate and a wise choice to have the surgery done in a way that left no scars on my breasts. Even though the scars are in the armpit area and will not be very visible, the director personally checks the condition every time, does the dressing, and is managing the scars. He said the right breast had a severe inflammatory reaction, so it may be somewhat firmer and more prone to lumping, but that it would gradually improve over time. He also said the right side had stretched much more, so it could sag a bit more after surgery, but fortunately it has not sagged.
I had read blog posts from other hospitals saying that even if an incision is made on the breast, the scar remains under the breast and is not very visible, but I thought that was incorrect information that would not apply at all to someone like me whose chest has become almost flat. Also, if I had undergone surgery that way, I do not think the filler masses that had seeped into the tissue in every corner, especially the hard clumps near the armpit, could have been removed. Now, the bulging, hard lumps that had been in that area are gone.
If there is anyone reading this with fear because of breast filler side effects, as I once did, I just hope you will go see Dr. Kim Min-young at the plastic surgery clinic. In the past, when I read reviews, I suspected they might be advertisements, but this is absolutely not an ad. I wrote this myself while recalling each step of what I went through. I hope it helps someone who is in pain.