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Replace 6 year old reconstructed implants - Can I go bigger? (photos)

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Sincere634012Nov 21, 2022

I'm a breast cancer survivor (10 yrs remission) and I've had a double mastectomy, expanders, and reconstruction (implants). I want to go bigger but I'm not too sure if that's even a possibility. Im 42 years old, 5'3" and 150lbs. I got the implants in 2016-17.

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