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I had an explant with Dr. Brenner in 2021. He did a good job of removing my capsules and my scars look great. However, I am extremely disappointed and have deep regret ever going to him for 2 main reasons…
First, his bedside manner was actually abhorrent and extremely inappropriate. During my pre-op appt, he pinched my breasts and seemed “disappointed” that I had very little breast tissue to work with in removing my implants. This made me feel quite bad in the moment, but I tried to let it go. Then the morning of my surgery, the anesthesiologist was late and he came into my pre-op room visibly upset and verbally short with me about it. It was very inappropriate and disturbing to be on the receiving end of his anger towards his anesthesiologist right before going under.
Second, and this is the main reason ~ the day after my surgery, he told me he repaired my lower left muscle only. After the swelling went down, I could see that my chest was concave and I was originally told that it was because the implants left indentations in my chest wall. Which was true. However, after months of research and physical therapy, I found out that the concavity was also due to the fact that my chest muscles were not repaired properly, with my right side being much worse.
When I talked to him about it, he was extremely defensive and told me he repaired both muscles, even though I distinctly remember him telling me he only repaired the lower left side. This was my ONE chance to have normal chest muscles because I have since consulted with 5 other surgeons and they do not recommend opening me back up again because of the risk of losing muscle function. Either he lied to me the next day after my surgery, or he was so careless that he didn’t remember what he did the day before.
I do not trust that he gave me the proper care and attention to detail that was needed to have a successful muscle repair. I feel completely failed by Dr. Brenner and will now spend the rest of my life with impaired muscle function.
I have deep regret ever going to him and do not recommend him as a surgeon at all.
RESPONSE TO HIS OFFICE’S RESPONSE:
First of all, I never said I had my systemic symptoms improve. I have an autoimmune disorder due to BII and it’s actually gotten worse since having them removed. Starting off your response with a platitude like this without me ever saying this was true feels incredibly disingenuous.
You seemed to focus your response on minor details without actually acknowledging the deeper essence of what I was saying. Him pinching my breasts in the pre-op appt was not the problem. It was his very visible disappointment that I didn’t have a lot of breast tissue to work with. And him snapping at me in anger because his anesthesiologist was late right before going under is the abhorrent part. How unprofessional and actually traumatizing to do that to a patient right before going under. No excuses.
You also seem to be gaslighting me by saying memories fade. This surgery was the biggest thing I’ve ever been through. I remember very distinctly what he said to me the day after my surgery. Yes, what he said was different than what’s in his supposed documents, and that’s the point. He was either lying or careless when he told me he only repaired the lower left muscle the day after my surgery. And again, it is my right pec muscle that has the bigger issue.
Either way, my pec muscles were not repaired properly and are severed. To go on about differences in symmetry is completely missing the point.
Again, I’m very disappointed by this response and what appears to be a complete lack of care or responsibility.
If you are thinking of having breast explant surgery, Dr Brenner is seriously the only Dr to consider. From the first phone call to make an appt I felt very comfortable and when I met Dr Brenner and saw how thorough and what an artist he seemed like, that was it. I was ready to finally get past all my insecurities and I couldn't get it done soon enough. Everyone on his team was what I called 'the A Team'. So much care from ALL of them. His anesthesiologist called me a few days before and talked to me for a very long time and made me feel beyond comfortable. Then the morning of, the nurse felt like my best friend guiding me in there. This was honestly the best surgery team I have ever had and I can't stress enough the comfort level. I had been through a lot of trauma in my past and was very nervous. Before I knew it, all was done and then it was just about healing. I was still in my head about what I was going to look like so I didn't even look for a few days...And, I was so happy when I finally did,...I looked totally normal....only smaller. All my fears were gone and all I can say now is Dr B is a genius. What an artist. And he really cares about his patients. My surgery was a bilateral explant and capsulelectomies, with bilateral full breast lift. I can't thank him and his entire team enough. juliette s.
