Brandi Glanville's Breast Implant Removal Surgery Revealed in New Photos
Brandi Glanville's recent operation to remove leaking and ruptured breast implants may have spared her a lifetime of pain and misery, or even worse outcomes. Shocking new images have emerged showing the former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills cast member being wheeled into surgery to address a problem that had plagued her for three years and caused a horrific facial disfigurement.
Graphic Images from the Surgical Procedure
One photo captured the fragile reality star, aged 53, being led into a room by a medical staffer holding her IV bag. She was wearing a green print hospital gown with a blanket thrown over her shoulders and her blonde hair covered by a surgical cap. Another image displayed Glanville on a gurney pushed by two healthcare professionals, though it was unclear whether she was going into surgery or just coming out of it. She appeared fully relaxed and her feet dangled over the end of the moving table, clad in gray socks.
More gruesome images showed the gooey, torn and ripped remnants of Glanville's breast implant in the surgeon's hands. New, smaller implants were placed during the same surgery in which her old ones were removed. Beverly Hills plastic surgeon Dr. Ariel Ourian was pictured holding up one of the new implants into the light during an apparent inspection.
The Long Struggle with Health Issues
Glanville revealed that her facial disfigurement was actually the result of damaged breast implants that led to an infection. She previously insisted her features were deformed by 'parasites' she caught in Morocco in 2023 while filming The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Ex-Wives Club 2. Glanville spent over $130,000 to try to fix the issue, at one point even attempting to cure herself with hair removal cream and burning her face in the process.
However, last summer she revealed she had consulted infectious disease immunology physician Michael R. Scoma in New York City and possibly found a solution. Although she did not disclose the diagnosis he gave her, she proudly posted photos of herself in his office with her face in dramatically better condition. Then she discovered the real source of the problem was a breast augmentation she underwent in 2007. She went under the knife again to have the implants taken out in what Inside Edition called 'life-saving surgery.'
Medical Complications and Surgical Details
Glanville explained that she 'definitely had a parasite,' but her implants were also 'completely ruptured' such that she 'had silicone all over my lymph nodes,' via TMZ. The silicone was 'what caused the infection in my face, and it couldn't get out because my lymph nodes were all clogged,' according to Glanville. 'I had a complete rupture on the right. A complete leak on the left,' she said on Inside Edition in the run-up to her implant removal. 'I'm feeling petrified.'
By that stage she had taken to wearing a hat because her illness had caused her to start losing hair, 'especially on the left side,' she observed. Once she arrived at Dr. Ourian’s medical establishment on what he called 'Surgery Day,' she said: 'Thank God it's here.' 'Brandi's case is really complicated. She has a ruptured implant. I don't really know what I'm gonna find when I get in there,' Dr. Ourian confessed.
Over the course of the operation - which was so involved that Dr. Ourian had to change gloves part of the way through - he extracted the mangled remains of the burst implant and then suctioned out the escaped silicone. 'It is torn, it is ripped and this is actually much worse than I expected,' Dr. Ourian said, before noting that the other implant was 'intact.' He gave her a set of 'fresh, new implants' and predicted she would be 'really happy' with the results, which included a 'lower risk of rupture.'
Recovery and Reflections
A week after the surgery, Glanville observed that 'my joints are different. I can sit down. I can get up right away. I don't have to massage my neck all day long. I've been isolating for three years. It's been hell and now I want to live my life again. I'm ready.' After the procedure, Glanville shared that she was 'shocked, because honestly, my implants I've had for 20 years almost. They looked fine. They felt fine. The mammogram said they were fine. It wasn't until I had a sonogram - I was just feeling like: "Maybe just check that too. Why not? I've checked everything else." I went to 21 doctors and I spent so much money.'
The Bravo star noted that 'there is such a thing as breast implant illness and you really should change your breast implants out at 10 years, and I just didn't do it. I'm like, if it's not broke, don't fix it. So, I learned a really, really hard lesson.' The new photo drop comes just days after Inside Edition aired a segment featuring Glanville's breast implant removal surgery, highlighting the delicate procedure that has brought her relief after years of suffering.
