The Experience

I can't answer any questions, but it sounds like I am in the same boat! I still have my implants because i am breastfeeding, but in a year or two, i can't wait to get them out and be natural again. Have you felt good on a daily basis since the explant? Did you lose feeling in your breasts?

AHH wow me too! I just got 425cc in January 2008, and went from a 34A to a 36C/34D (way too big for my body). Then had a baby in May 2009. I went to a 36D with breastfeeding. I am weaning my baby now and can't wait to have a consult with my doctor about either having them removed or replaced with a much smaller implant! (I think if I were to have them just removed, the results would be scary.. I would not be left with my perky As, I would probably have very deflated almost As). Why did I get myself into this mess?

Well, I guess I am not the only one. I have had implants for 11 years and two children since. I have wanted to remove them for years but am scared too and right now I am also nursing. I feel like they have never been a part of my body and now I ache everywhere - whether or not from the implants I don't know but I feel like they are a total health risk. Wish I never got them and had the self esteem when I was younger to live with small and sagging breasts (I had already nursed one baby). By reading the responses to this topic it looks like a difficult decision to make and is not as easy as I thought it would be to have them removed. Any comments would be appricated.

I underwent breast augmentation in 2001 and had 350cc overfilled to 375cc, underneath the muscle. I went from an 32A cup to 32D. It was way too big- I wish I would've had better counseling on which size to get for my body frame. Well, I want to go smaller or have it removed all together, but I'm afraid of how it'll look if I don't have a replacement. My doctor said that he can remove my current implants and let my skin and muscle tighten up for a month. That way I can decide if I want to stay all natural or go back for smaller implants. He won't charge me extra for this. He also says that by doing this, it'll give my new implants (if I decide to get them) a better chance of settling into a tighter pocket and not float around and end up causing problems. It was nice having bigger breasts for a while, but I am not looking forward to the removal part. I think it's going to look really ugly at first. Oh well.... *sigh*

Once the implants are removed from a sub-pectoral insertion, how long does it take for the muscle to mend - particularly if it was placed between muscle tissue with an alo-derm sling. Was hoping to see an answer posted.