Breast Implant Removal Before & After Photos
Breast implant removal results from Dr. Gehaan D’Souza in Carlsbad. These are patients of this practice who chose to have implants taken out, photographed in matched positions before and after.
Patients arrive at this decision for very different reasons — implants that have been in place for decades, capsular contracture, a rupture, a change in what they want from their body, or symptoms they attribute to the implants. The operation is planned differently depending on which of those brought you in.
What to look for
The honest question in this gallery is what the breast looks like afterwards. Skin that has been stretched around an implant for years does not always retract on its own, which is why many of these cases include a lift, fat grafting, or both at the same time. Cases where the implants were simply removed are also here, and comparing the two groups is the most useful thing this page can show you.
About the capsule
Whether the surrounding scar capsule is removed, and how, is a specific surgical decision rather than a single standard approach. It is the question to ask directly at your consultation, and you should expect a clear answer.
About these photographs
Each case lists the patient’s age range and every procedure performed.
For options and what the procedure involves, see the breast implant removal page.
Results vary from patient to patient. These photographs show outcomes for the individuals pictured and are not a prediction of any other patient’s result.
27 patient results
Breast Implant Removal - Case 3029
46 year old female with saline implants (415 cc) causing capsular contracture from previous surgeon 20 years ago
Procedure: Removal of implants, breast capsulectomy, breast capsule reconstruction, breast augmentation with silicone implants – 415 cc Moderate Plus Profile, breast mastopexy
Breast Implant Removal - Case 3028
46 year old female with saline implants (415 cc) causing capsular contracture from previous surgeon 20 years ago
Procedure: Removal of implants, breast capsulectomy, breast capsule reconstruction, breast augmentation with silicone implants – 415 cc Moderate Plus Profile, breast mastopexy
Breast Implant Removal - Case 3027
42 year old female with silicone implants (450 cc) causing capsular contracture from previous surgeon 20 years ago.
Procedure: Removal of implants, breast capsulectomy, breast capsule reconstruction, breast lift
Breast Implant Removal - Case 3026
42 year old female with silicone implants (550 cc) causing capsular contracture from previous surgeon 35 years ago.
Procedure: Removal of implants, breast capsulectomy, breast capsule reconstruction, breast lift, breast implant replacement (270 cc Mod Plus)
Breast Implant Removal - Case 3025
32 year old female with saline implants (310 cc)
Procedure: Removal of implants, breast capsulectomy, breast capsule reconstruction, breast augmentation with silicone implants – 305 cc Moderate Plus Profile
Breast Implant Removal - Case 3024
32 year old female with saline implants (310 cc)
Procedure: Removal of implants, breast capsulectomy, breast capsule reconstruction, breast augmentation with silicone implants – 250 cc Moderate Plus Profile
Breast Implant Removal - Case 3023
62 year old female with silicone implants (300 cc) causing capsular contracture from previous surgeon 35 years ago.
Procedure: Removal of implants, breast capsulectomy, breast capsule reconstruction, breast lift
Breast Implant Removal - Case 3022
42 year old female with silicone implants (400 cc) causing capsular contracture from previous surgeon 15 years ago.
Procedure: Removal of implants, breast capsulectomy, breast capsule reconstruction, breast lift
Breast Implant Removal - Case 3021
46 year old female with saline implants (350 cc)
Procedure: Removal of implants, breast capsulectomy, breast capsule reconstruction, breast augmentation with silicone implants – 415 cc Moderate Plus Profile
Breast Implant Removal - Case 3020
46 year old female with saline implants (350 cc)
Procedure: Removal of implants, breast capsulectomy, breast capsule reconstruction, breast augmentation with silicone implants – 415 cc Moderate Plus Profile
Breast Implant Removal - Case 3019
32 year old female with saline implants (330 cc) causing capsular contracture from previous surgeon 12 years ago
Procedure: Removal of implants, breast capsulectomy, breast capsule reconstruction, breast augmentation with silicone implants – 350 cc Moderate Plus Profile
Breast Implant Removal - Case 3018
46 year old female with saline implants (415 cc) causing capsular contracture from previous surgeon 20 years ago
Procedure: Removal of implants, breast capsulectomy, breast capsule reconstruction, breast augmentation with silicone implants – 415 cc Moderate Plus Profile
Breast Implant Removal - Case 3017
62 year old female with saline implants (400 cc) causing capsular contracture from previous surgeon 15 years ago.
Procedure: Removal of implants, breast capsulectomy, breast capsule reconstruction, breast lift
Breast Implant Removal - Case 3016
52 year old female with saline implants (500 cc) and rupture of right saline implant from previous surgeon 20 years ago.
Procedure: Removal of implants, breast capsulectomy, bilateral replacement with silicone implants
Breast Implant Removal - Case 3015
32 year old female with saline implants (500 cc) causing capsular contracture from previous surgeon 20 years ago.
Procedure: Removal of implants, breast capsulectomy, breast capsule reconstruction, breast lift
Breast Implant Removal - Case 3014
46 year old female with saline implants (325 cc) causing capsular contracture from previous surgeon 20 years ago
Procedure: Removal of implants, breast capsulectomy, breast capsule reconstruction, breast augmentation with silicone implants – 300 cc Moderate Profile
Breast Implant Removal - Case 3013
33 year old female with 300 cc silicone implants that were too small for the patient from previous surgeon
Procedure: Removal of implants, breast augmentation with silicone implants – 320 cc Moderate Profile.
Breast Implant Removal - Case 3011
46 year old female with saline implants (325 cc) causing capsular contracture from previous surgeon 20 years ago
Procedure: Removal of implants, breast capsulectomy, breast capsule reconstruction, breast augmentation with silicone implants – 300 cc Moderate Profile
Breast Implant Removal - Case 3010
33 year old female with 300 cc silicone implants that were too small for the patient from previous surgeon Procedure: Removal of implants, breast augmentation with silicone implants – 320 cc Moderate Profile.
Breast Implant Removal - Case 3008
46 year old female with saline implants (325 cc) causing capsular contracture from previous surgeon 20 years ago
Procedure: Removal of implants, breast capsulectomy, breast capsule reconstruction, breast augmentation with silicone implants – 300 cc Moderate Profile
Breast Implant Removal - Breast Implant Removal
33 year old female with 300 cc silicone implants that were too small for the patientfrom previous surgeon
Procedure: Removal of implants, breast augmentation with silicone implants – 445 cc Full Profile
Breast Implant Removal - Case 3006
39 year old female with right deflated saline implants
Procedure: Removal of implants, breast capsulectomy, breast augmentation with silicone implants – 445 cc Full Profile
Breast Implant Removal - Case 3005
33 year old female with saline implants causing capsular contracture and breast ptosis from previous surgeon Procedure: Removal of implants, breast capsulectomy, breast augmentation with silicone implants – 345 cc Full Profile
Breast Implant Removal - Case 3004
58 year old female with saline implants causing capsular contracture and breast ptosis (sagging) with scar at the right breast from previous surgery
Procedure: Removal of implants, removal of breast capsule, periareolar (nipple) breast lift, release of right breast scar, breast augmentation
Breast Implant Removal - Case 3003
58 year old female with saline implants causing capsular contracture and breast ptosis (sagging)
Procedure: Removal of implants, removal of breast capsule, anchor breast lift
Breast Implant Removal - Case 3002
40 -year-old patient with right breast capsular contracture after a breast augmentation done by another surgeon.
PROCEDURE PERFORMED
Removal of bilateral silicone implant. Total capsulectomy Bilateral. Placement of 295 mL silicone implants bilaterally.
Breast Implant Removal - Breast Implant Removal
52-year-old patient with ruptured breast implants done by another surgeon and a history of capsular contracture
PROCEDURE PERFORMED
- Removal of bilateral silicone implant.Total capsulectomy Bilateral.Right periareolar mastopexy.
Placement of 325 mL silicone Natrelle implants bilaterally.
Bilateral Breast Augmentation.
