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Patience is a Jedi virtue

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Shannon Larratt

…but is it a Stormtrooper virtue?

Ever since it was mentioned in September, people ask me regularly what’s going on with the stormtrooper-shaped implant. Unfortunately not much to show yet — the pictures in this entry of Damaris’s hand implant are only three months old, and it’s hard to make out in photos even if you know exactly what you’re looking at. It doesn’t help that right after getting the implant done, Damaris had the bad luck of standing next a women with certain shortcomings of balance, who grabbed her hand to save herself from a fall — “I’ve never felt pain like that before!” — and caused it to shift from it’s originally straight placement. That said, some implants can take a year or more to really show their maximum detail, so it’s not necessarily worrying. I’ll continue to update on the healing of this over time.

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Comments

3 responses to “Patience is a Jedi virtue”

  1. andersson Avatar
    andersson

    that’s why i would never do complicated implant shapes for our customers 🙂

  2. NexiZydrate Avatar
    NexiZydrate

    is it true that the simpler the design the easier it is for it to “settle” and show the design?

  3. Shannon Larratt Avatar
    Shannon Larratt

    Nexi, yes, that’s true. It’s not easier for it to settle per se, but it definitely shows the design easier because of it’s simplicity..

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