Explantation & Breast Reduction With Lift

Posted On: October 17, 2025 Author: The Office of Dr. Stuart Linder Posted In: Breast Lift, Breast Reduction, Breast topics, Implant Removal

Breast Implant Removal With Breast Reduction and Lift

The female patient presented was looking to have her breast implants removed and wanting to improve her breast appearance without placing new implants. During her examination, she expressed she was hoping to have a breast lift and reduction. After discussing her expectations, we agreed to perform an explantation (implant removal), mammoplasty (reduction), and mastopexy (breast lift).

Pre-Op & Post-Op (day one)

During her surgery, I removed the high placed breast implants and performed a breast reduction (removing some tissue and skin to reshape and reduce the size of the breast) and a lift to bring the breasts to a higher and more youthful position.

The post-op (day one) photo shows a drain placed to help decompress the space around the pedicle that was created as well as wearing a Linder Bra to provide support after surgery.  The patient is happy, and she has achieved a nice shape and symmetrical balance.

The video below shows the pre-op marking where I go over the implant removal, breast reduction, and a full breast lift (mastopexy) using a wise pattern anchor approach.

Transcription of video:

The implant, as you can see, is very high and it’s displaced superiorly.  It’s way up here. The question is why the implant migrated up this way. And these implants have been in for a long time, by a different surgeon, obviously.  So we’re going to remove them. We’re going to do a breast reduction lift at the same time and put drains in. She has no need for an implant any longer. We want to reduce her size and we want to remove this bump, this bubble, which is actually an implant, which isn’t helping us at all. 

So now we’re going to go ahead and  mark out our mastopexy. We really don’t need to position the nipple higher because it’s already high. She’s already bottomed down, while her full distance is really, really long.

It’s probably from here to the fold, about 15 to 17 centimeters, and the normal distance is  anywhere between five and eight. So you are really, really, really, really low. So we’ll be removing skin vertically along the fold, and then I’ll be removing some little bit of breast tissue too. Because you’re too wide, right? And they’re a little bit too big for you. So again, we may end up going around the nipple here as well, but we’re not going to be raising that. We’ll be removing the skin, we’ll be removing medial glandular tissue, and we’ll be removing all this lateral tissue. And then through the incision here, we’ll go ahead into the pocket and remove the implant and we’ll put our drain in through the inframammary.

Breast Implant Removal

I was presented with a 51-year-old female patient desiring removal of her 300cc silicone breast implants. During the consultation, we discussed her desire to remove the implants, and we determine she would be a good candidate for the explantation no replacement procedure. After removing her implants, drains were placed for seven days. The photo below show an excellent example of explantation.

Explantation Removal With Lift

A 50-year-old female came to my Beverly Hills office to have her silicone gel breast implants removed after having them for 24 years. During our consultation, she explained that her shape and lifestyle had changed over time and that the implants felt hard and uncomfortable.

During the examination, it was apparent she had formed scar tissue (capsular contracture) and that she would need a lift due to her skin laxity.

After listening to her expectations, we agreed on a surgery date. During the surgery, I removed the breast implants (explantation) and then performed a full formal lift.

The photo is six months after surgery, and she feels and looks great.

Implant Removal With Lift

I was presented with a 48-year-old female patient with a right breast silicone breast implant rupture. She also had a double bubble breast deformity and grade 3 skin laxity of the breast (severe breast ptosis, or sagging).

During the surgery, we removed the breast implants (explantation) and then performed a breast lift.

The photo is three months after surgery:

To schedule your consultation with Dr. Linder and learn more about breast implant removal, breast reduction, or breast lift, call our office at (310) 275-4513 in Beverly Hills or fill out our online contact form today.