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58 Years Young and Beginning my Explant Journey - Aberdeen, GB
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Was 34AA prior to BA carried out almost 20 years...
MicaCassApril 25, 2015
Was 34AA prior to BA carried out almost 20 years ago. I was told I would be a large B, small C cup which was just fine with me. They ended up being 34D or 34DD depending on the bra. I was disappointed and have always felt they were too large. I tried to have an explant 5 years ago but the PS at the time talked me out of it thinking as my husband had sadly died 6 months previously, that it was some kind of grief thing. At that time only my right breast had some encapsulation. Now both are and are quite hard and I hate them. They ache sometimes and I have had shoulder and upper arm aches for years and had monthly massages thinking it was all just part of getting older. I have tiredness too that I just put down to getting older but having always been very active and very fit and reading on here that implants can be the possible cause, I am now on a mission to get these monstrosities removed asap.
I have had my 1st consultation with my PS last Monday and have decided on having explant without lift. I know my breasts will look like a war zone but the thought of any more surgical intervention is just not for me. My poor girls will be what they will be and I will love them and respect them for what they are...survivors.
PS's diary is booked until October but I am on his cancellation list, so I shall keep fingers crossed.
I have gleaned great resolve and hope reading all your stories and thank everyone on here for their honesty and bravery in sharing.
I have had my 1st consultation with my PS last Monday and have decided on having explant without lift. I know my breasts will look like a war zone but the thought of any more surgical intervention is just not for me. My poor girls will be what they will be and I will love them and respect them for what they are...survivors.
PS's diary is booked until October but I am on his cancellation list, so I shall keep fingers crossed.
I have gleaned great resolve and hope reading all your stories and thank everyone on here for their honesty and bravery in sharing.
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UPDATED FROM MicaCass
Could be August now ladies!
MicaCassJune 25, 2015
I had kind of put this to the back of my mind, thinking I would have to wait until October for explant. Got a call yesterday to ask if 21st August is suitable, about 8 weeks away! Just have to check that lovely daughter can get time off work to come home and care for the animals. Things may be moving at last!
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July 31, 2015
Hope everything went well xx
July 31, 2015
Have had to cancel August appointment and am now firmly booked for the end of October. Consultant advised against swimming in a pool or the sea on my holiday for fear of infection, so I shall wait until after I have enjoyed my holiday. It is easier for my daughter too. [RS bleep]
September 11, 2015
Good luck with your explant journey ... You will be so supported by us all..... I too am hoping to explant after 19 years of implants... It's such an emotional time I know cxx
September 11, 2015
Thank you SB, very kind of you! It is emotional despite it being what I want to do, of that I am certain. The uncertainty comes in, when I think of how they will look afterwards. There wasn't much there in the way of natural breast tissue before implant, although I have gained a few pounds in the almost 20 years since I had them. I am, however, so looking forward to not having these now quite hard lumps attached to my body and eventually being able to sleep on my tummy again, which is something I used to do often! You sound like you are of a similar natural size to me. It is a journey that is much easier shared by people who know and feel the same as we do.
Do you have a date yet for your surgery?
Thank you for your kind words of support. [RS bleep]
Do you have a date yet for your surgery?
Thank you for your kind words of support. [RS bleep]
September 13, 2015
Hi... That is what is worrying me ... What will I look like after? I don't mind my breasts sagging but it's the loose skin!..... This is the unknown and we need to face the fear... A lot of women have had great results... I haven't got a date yet but most likely it will be December as suits with time off work... I'm also a bit worried about people noticing so I will wear baggy jumpers.... When is your explant?... Wishing you all the best and I will be following your journey xx
September 13, 2015
Operation is booked for 30th October. Pre op consultation at the end of this month. Have to admit getting a little twitchy about it, after wanting this for 5 years I can't believe it is all finally in hand. That concerns me too as only a few close to me know I ever had surgery in the first place. Depending on what I am left with I may well hide myself away until I am able to wear one of those gel filled bras, maybe just drop a size, gradually and make it look like I am just losing a bit of weight. To go from a 34D or DD down to an A or AA is very obvious and questions are sure to be asked that I do not wish to answer. Haha! Like you, big woollen baggy jumpers will be worn!
I am 16 years older than you and so my skin will likely not contract very much afterwards but the thought of having a lift just does not sit well with me. I shall have my explant, give the girls time to heal and see what I am left with. Be interested to see if the aches I have been having in my arms disappear with the loss of the implants too. I had put that down to getting older until I read some of the posts on here.
All the best SB, keep me posted on your journey too! [RS bleep]
I am 16 years older than you and so my skin will likely not contract very much afterwards but the thought of having a lift just does not sit well with me. I shall have my explant, give the girls time to heal and see what I am left with. Be interested to see if the aches I have been having in my arms disappear with the loss of the implants too. I had put that down to getting older until I read some of the posts on here.
All the best SB, keep me posted on your journey too! [RS bleep]
September 13, 2015
I will do ... It is so comforting knowing that there are others who know what your experiencing and that you're not alone... Take care I will be thinking of you x
UPDATED FROM MicaCass
Before explant.
MicaCassOctober 2, 2015
Had my pre op consultation 2 days ago. Ready and waiting for op on 30th October. I hope I have finally managed to upload a pic of how the girls look presently for comparison later on. I am technologically challenged, so hope the pic loads ok.
Plan has not changed still just want removal without uplift, no more messing with my girlies! I didn't have much before and don't expect there to be much more afterwards except sad, saggy, empty girls but maybe nearly 20 years have put a little more in there, time will tell.
Wish me luck!
Plan has not changed still just want removal without uplift, no more messing with my girlies! I didn't have much before and don't expect there to be much more afterwards except sad, saggy, empty girls but maybe nearly 20 years have put a little more in there, time will tell.
Wish me luck!
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October 2, 2015
Congratulations on your decision. Today it's 3 weeks since I had my implants removed and I opted not to have a lift. I'm 63 and had the same implants for over 35 years. When I had the implants I was a AA cup (barely) now after all these years I am somewhere between a B and C. I am so glad I finally did it and am so much more comfortable (no more breast , back or neck pain). Good luck with your journey!!
October 3, 2015
Thanks dgrieve! I hope my cup size is more than pre augmentation like yours has been and bought a couple of sports bras today in readiness. Difficult when you have no idea what size you will be afterwards but I bought 34A cup, being optimistic!
I am so looking forward to feeling soft breast tissue again and will be looking to see aches and pains improving and hopefully disappearing once healing has happened.
So pleased for you and thank you for commenting! I shall have a look at your journey on your page.
I am so looking forward to feeling soft breast tissue again and will be looking to see aches and pains improving and hopefully disappearing once healing has happened.
So pleased for you and thank you for commenting! I shall have a look at your journey on your page.
October 5, 2015
I also live in Scotland, same age and and silicon under the muscle for over 23 yrs, replaced 4 times due to CC this ime it is quite severe with double bubble! II was due for explant 3 was ago but cancelled due to an operation. I was completely flat before and after children, I genuinely looked like a boy! I like so many others only wanted something small but was given large implants, think back in those days it was just expected. On the third replacement I had a lift, but only round the nipple and it was perfect. My surgeon who replaced the last set said I do have some breast tissue and I am having fat transfer at the same time so hoping the shock won't be too severe. Looking foreward to following your journey and so grateful for you for sharing your experience. I have never told anyone about my experience except my husband and never will. I don't believe it is a secret, simply a private matter and how many friends and family will have them, quite rightly, of their own. Thanks again and wishing you well.
October 5, 2015
Thanks for you message Murray58, I only told my daughter at the beginning of the year when I knew I was going to be doing this. Like you, I was a very private person about this, only husband knew of it. His death almost 6 years ago meant I had no help and so my daughter was let in on my secret. She is 27 now and is a great support for me, she is coming to stay for week post op to look after the cat and dog and wait on me hand and foot, bless her! Taking a week out of her holiday entitlement to do so. She is aleady saying she will take me bra shopping when the time is right to get me looking as womanly as possible again.
I hope all goes well with you when the time comes and you are recovering well from your recent op! X
I hope all goes well with you when the time comes and you are recovering well from your recent op! X
October 5, 2015
what cc's of implants do you have?
October 5, 2015
I am ashamed to say I have no idea, I don't remember having been told when they were inserted almost 20 years ago. I will ask the PS to tell me when they are removed if I remember! Think I should write it down in a notebook and take it with me!
October 5, 2015
Hi-im 1 week post op.age 52 with 330 cc implants removed-no lift.i am pleasantly pleased with my outcome.look on my post to see how I look now.goid luck-
October 5, 2015
Oh thanks Kat, I will have a look and I am so pleased you are happy with how you look now, just hope I am as lucky!
October 5, 2015
Wishing you luck and please post your progress / I live in Inverness and have been seriously looking for an explantation of my 16 year old implants but was not sure who to go to! I have also throbbing aching symptoms and just want mine out and don't want any uplift either.. Hope all goes smoothly for you x
October 6, 2015
I just typed a reply to you on here and it has disappeared moroaks! I am under Mr Tadros at the Albyn Hospital. He knows his onions and comes highly recommended. I have been pleased with the 2 meetings we have had so far and his P.A. Helen Dow is an absolute gem of a woman and feels more like a friend when I speak to her on the phone, nothing is too much trouble for her. Mr T is one of only 4 plastic surgeons in the UK who has a certain qualification. (can't remember what it is now....senior moment)
Sure if you google him it will show up.
The aches and pains are weird aren't they? I sometimes find it difficult to pinpoint exactly where they are. I am so looking forward to being able to hug someone properly too, having been afrais they would feel the hard rocks in my chest!
Thank you moroaks, I shall keep you updated and am looking forward to posting post op pics for you to see. Sure it won't be pretty but it will be me! X
Sure if you google him it will show up.
The aches and pains are weird aren't they? I sometimes find it difficult to pinpoint exactly where they are. I am so looking forward to being able to hug someone properly too, having been afrais they would feel the hard rocks in my chest!
Thank you moroaks, I shall keep you updated and am looking forward to posting post op pics for you to see. Sure it won't be pretty but it will be me! X
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You sound ready for this and comfortable with your decision. Glad you found a doctor you feel comfortable with. Please do keep us updated through your explant journey.