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Podcast: The La Jolla Cosmetic Surgery Podcast - With San Diego’s Most Loved Plastic Surgeons
Episode: Flat is Kind of Cool: Amie’s Breast Implant Removal
Description: Amie had her first breast augmentation with saline implants at age 21 (back in 1998 when Pamela Anderson was the “it girl") and 13 years later switched to silicone. When unexplained symptoms emerged, she wondered if her breast implants were the cause. Feeling lost, she found an online community focused on breast implant illness (BII). It was in this group where she heard about LJC plastic surgeon Dr. Luke Swistun.After her capsulectomy & explant surgery, Amie learned from Dr. Swistun that her left implant had ruptured. LinksMeet San Diego plastic surgeon Dr. Luke...