53-year-old woman who underwent a life-threatening surgery to remove her 30-POUND breast implants celebrated her new boobs.
Despite the risk of the tissue on her bust turning black and dying during the complex procedure, a woman with 30lb breasts who was told by multiple plastic surgeons that it would be impossible to remove her massive implants, has finally taken them out.
In addition to Dee's pain, the state of her breast implants are on the verge of becoming a major medical emergency
On Sunday night's episode of E! reality series 'Botched', 53-year old Dee Stein, from Los Vegas, traveled to Los Angeles to meet with surgeons Paul Nassif and Terry Dubrow in the hopes that they would be willing to take on her 'impossible' case and reconstruct her breasts after removing her engorged and deflated implants.
'Dee's case by far in away is the most difficult, scariest, challenging, nearly impossible that I have ever seen or ever heard about in plastic surgery,' Dr Dubrow explained. Dee's old fashioned double-lumen implants were 20 years old and featured an internal lumen that was made up of silicone and an external lumen that was filled with saline.
Dr Dubrow explained that it looked like the saline part on the outside has ruptured on her left breast, causing it to deflate. 'It is days until this turns into an enormous, major medical emergency for her. The whole breast is going to die.'
Dr Dubrow agreed to take on Dee's high-risk surgery because her breasts are ruining her life and are a 'major medical problem'
Meanwhile, Dee revealed to the cameras that she had seen numerous plastic surgeons, all of whom had denied her the surgery. 'I've gone to a lot of doctors that told me that they simply cannot fix me. I totally feel like I don't have anybody else to turn to at this point’', she said tearfully.
Before and after: Dr Dubrow was able to salvage Dee's breast tissue and give her size D implants (right)
While Dr Dubrow said that most plastic surgeons would say there is nothing that can be done to save Dee's breasts, he was willing to try because not only were they ruining her life, but they were also a major medical problem. However, despite the odds, Dr Dubrow was able to dramatically transform Dee's bust.
Living the dream: Dee was ecstatic that she was finally able to live a normal life at 53-years-old