I have debated writing this review but I hope my experience prevents others from enduring the physical & emotional pain I have gone through over the last two years.
I originally went to Campanile for an implant exchange and lift. During my consultation and pre-op, we agreed on 445cc implants to slightly increase the size of my previous ones by about 25cc. While I was under anesthesia, I instead received 545cc implants , 100cc larger than what I agreed on.
Soon after surgery, my incisions began ripping open and were extremely difficult to heal. Over the next five months, I struggled with new wounds appearing, constant pain, and overwhelming anxiety during bandage changes and showers from seeing the state of my chest. This left me with significant, disfiguring scars that have devastated my confidence.
At the one-year mark, I was advised to have a scar reduction procedure with a new technique that was supposed to prevent the same issues. I trusted the team and paid for a second surgery. Unfortunately, the same complications happened again, this time even more severely. For six months, I battled painful openings along my incisions and an exhausting recovery process.
In total, I have spent two years in physical pain and emotional distress. Despite being told this was my body's "reaction to sutures," the repeated outcome made me question that explanation. I consulted with a wound care specialist plus three other plastic surgeons and each of them came to the same conclusion: explained to me that the implants I received were larger than my skin could support, which prevented proper healing and made it difficult for my incisions to close. Again, I was supposed to receive 445cc, but instead received 545cc.
I was too ashamed of my scarring to be professionally fitted for a bra for a long time, but I recently built up the courage and learned I am now a G cup, even though the plan I agreed on was to add only 25cc so I could fill out my DD bras again.
Now I must face a third surgery to downsize the implants and repair the scarring. This is considered high risk due to the number of surgeries I've already endured, but I cannot delay it because of the ongoing pain from the implant size.
After my second procedure, I was instructed to use regular gauze pads instead of the non-adherent bandages I had been told to use after my first surgery. This caused the dressings to stick to my incisions and set back my healing each time they were changed, making the process even more painful and damaging. I was later allowed to return to non-adherent pads, but by that point the damage had already been done. Unlike after my first surgery, I was also never scheduled for a six-month follow-up, even though my recovery was extremely difficult. The lack of consistent care left me without the support I expected during such a difficult recovery.
There was also conflicting information about the size of my prior saline implants. In person, with my mom present, I was told they were filled to 480cc. My medical report, however, listed them as 456cc. The surgeon who performed my original saline procedure confirmed they were filled to 420cc. After receiving so many different numbers, I no longer knew what was accurate. Regardless, none of this explains why I was given 545cc implants when the agreed-upon size was 445cc.
I trusted this office with my body, but I am now living with severe scarring, years of pain, and facing another corrective surgery that carries higher risk. read more