Breast Implant Removal: Stories

HI Ladies,

well i did it! The big implants are a thing of the past. I ended up getting a lift. after all. I know how stretched out i was after nursing my kids so felt comfortable with doing everything at once. I had the most wonderful surgeon and it was so refreshing for a surgeon to not want to shove new ones in. I have drains in but should be able to get them out in a couple of days. It is weird to see my real body, but i think i am going to be very happy once eveything settles. Looking forward to wearing tank tops and and not looking like a stuffed sausage. Working out will be a amazing im sure and i cant wait to truly hug people for real. I will post my before and after soon. curious to know what you all think. They are cut up but the surgeon said to give it a few months and it will mellow. anyways...anyone on the fence considering doing it...dont hesitate! I feel like i lost 10 pounds also. Good luck girls.:)

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I am so grateful for this site and the women on it. I don't know how everyone else feels but I wish I could dissuade others from implants. .." but of course if someone had tried with me I probably wouldn't have listened.

Does anyone know how to create some kind of blog for this implant removal business? I think its something women need support with and may not get it from.others.except from.here, but its kind of hard to get all info in one place.

mum1....I felt the same as you. Gotta say....I love my little boobs.....Was not sure how I would feel after all is said and done. Only wish I had done this long ago. Nice surprise of how I feel and my husband loves them much better too. Ha...He did not want me to do this. Now He seems even Happy that they are gone. Can not espress how happy I am to correct what I had done. Worth it for sure. Ellen

Every one looks so much better to me.

Got to say you do look Great lady1979. And yes thanks for shareing. So nice of you !!! Ellen

My appointment is March 12th for a consult. I want my cohesive gels out ASAP! I was wondering if many of you were able to do it under just local anesthesia? I have sub pectoral implants but my budget would prefer the local removal versus going under anesthesia.

wow lady1979, what have u been doing to them. They look well fluffed! pls share and im so happy for u, how r u and how do u feel?

Hi Girls, I'm now 2 weeks post explant and very happy. When did you ladies who explantedbfully resume normal activity? I can't wait to start working out again and my next follow up appt with my PS is next Fri. What did your PS tell you about resuming exercise or normal activity?

Thanks for any info!

mcginty....Think you will be very happy in the end. : )))

Well ladies, the decision to have my implants removed has been taken well and truly out of my hands since the right one ruptured.,,, Just waiting to see a surgeon. I'm almost relieved that they're coming out.

Looking great lady1979, if mine look any thing like yours I will be chuffed ! , what size do you think you are now ? Im trying to get my head around what I might look like when explanted, !

Congrats! You look great! Explant was the best descion i made for myself!

Congratulation's cantwaittobenaturalagain !!! You sound very happy. I also went from a 32 AA to a C ..
For sure I am 100% that I also made the right decision. Just feels so good to hear other girls are feeling the same. I also was sooo nervous of the out come. What a nice surprise. I just feel normal and they are small but look normal. Still in the fluff up stage.Not sure how long till I am healed and can lead a normal life with out these fake implants. Just really glad I dont look bad after doing such a stupid thing. Every picture on this chat, looks much better than implants. Also I am gratefull for this channel that helped me make the right decision.
Ellen

Hi Ladies, well I've had mine out since Thursday. Whew....harder than I thought psychologically but not with physical pain. My breasts look similar to how they did preimplants, and even a bit bigger. They look fine...some faded stretchmarks, some indention at the top for the one that had not deflated, and some assymetry. I have assymetry because one side is saggier and the other more pert because my saggy side always produced way more breast milk so the babies nursed mostly on that side for total duration of 3 years (1.5 year per kid). I kept nursing past a year because this got them to sleep and I was desperate for some me time. Anyway, I did feel the same emotional shock reaction as I had when I first got them put in. Crying, panic, heartsick, and shocked at how small they looked. This panic lasted for a few days. It was just that i had gotten so used to seeing these unnaturally large round full breasts that just do not occur in nature especially postbreastfeeding and on a thin woman. So I looked online at photos of small breasted women, and soon realized I now look like a normal woman rather than a booby sci fi character. plus my wonderful husband kept telling me he liked them and has always found petite small boobies to be very nice. He said he does prefer these small soft albeit saggier ones. The side that deflated a month ago has really bounced back from the concave top area it had initially. It's like there was a deep indention where the implant smashed the muscle and tissue down at the top of my breast area. But this has slowly fluffed back up. So I'm waiting now for the other side to also do this. Also, my back feels really weird and achy. I think my back, shoulder, and chest muscles are reacclimating to having those implants out and this will take time to rebuild me strength. Also, I notice I kind of bend forward and hunch and this is something I have done for the last ten years to compensate for having that extra weight in the chest cavity. It's like the muscles still are tight and compensating to accomadate the extra weight. I plan to talk to a yoga teacher to find out the best way to gently work them back to balance.
So anyway, no regrets here. I feel relieved, free, and happy to be back to a natural device free body. I'm 38 and now need to fcous on health, exercise, prevention and those implants did haunt me a bit. I was always a bit worried that they could be compromising my health or immune system in some way. I don't know for sure but it did make me worry a bit.
I am just very psychologically happy to be back to my small soft bosomed old self stretchmarks and sags and all. In a push up padded bra, my boobies look just fine in clothes and that at age 38 was my main concern. Hubby likes them and thinks they are cute and soft, and that's good enough for me.

So if you are thinking about doing it, my advice is to prepare yourself psychologically by looking at lots of pics of attractive sensual women with small breasts. This way when you see the change from big manmade boobs that do not occur in nature a lot of the time, you will not be inutter shock when they are gone. It's like you need to help yourself psychologically switch mental gears from going from this full bosomed persona you had to being smaller and petite. And embrace the fact, by seeing PLENTY of other women with small breasts, that it is still attractive, sensual, and lovely but in a different way. Just look at Mila Kundis, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Moss, Rihanna, Gwen Stefani, Gisele, Cameron Diaz, Charlize Theron, and many many many other lovely ladies with small busts. It is nice and pretty in its own way, and afyer breastfeeding, nature allows our breasts to deflate even more. Plus, if you still feel insecure and in shock, google men who adore small breasts and you will see that many many men actually love and prefer them. Nothing against the bigger breasted ladues but we small chested ladies obviously felt so unhappy we went under the knife to fix them. Bigger is NOT better, by any means, and small petite breasts occur on MANY women and are lovely too.

Sorry for the rambling. Just wanted to help encourage you ladies who are explanting, and let you know it was a psychological shock for a few days. Plus the anaesthsia made me a bit loopy and overly emotional for several days.

Good luck ladies. Just wanted to post some thoughts to help anyone else who is going to explant.