Breast implants

Hey guys. I've had quite a few people following my story that wanted to know more about the breast implant illness symptoms I have. So I am posting a photo with the symptoms I struggled with. Something that isn't on the list that I struggled with is anxiety and depression. My anxiety and depression went extreme. I had to go to the doctor several times for it to be put on medications. I had so much sternum pain, then my sternum would Crack at random times and was very painful. I got to where I struggled to sleep every night, and then if I did finally fall asleep, I would wake back up not long after. My breasts ached off and on. The day before my explant surgery, my breasts had a burning sensation that was pretty bad. I thought for sure that my implants might have been ruptured. But my implants were in perfect shape and were totally fine. They just weren't good for my body. I had joint pain that made it hard for my to do much. My knees ached so bad. I had headaches almost constantly, I practically lived off of excedrin migraine meds. Like I mentioned before, my sex drive was non existent. Now that my implants are out, I am seeing so many positive changes. I haven't had ANY sternum pain or cracking. Not a single headache in a month. No more joint pain. Im sleeping like a baby. And my sex drive is slowly coming back! I am SO happy with my decision to have them removed. I hope this helps anyone that may be going through the same thing. Its so nice to be able to lay on my chest again and be comfortable. Dr. ghazi has been a saint and one of my favorite doctors. He is so kind and comforting. I feel like I am speaking to a close friend when talking with him. If you have any questions, feel free to ask and I will try to answer them the best I can.

I wanted to start off by saying thank you guys so much for all of your kind words and support. It has been so encouraging. I had my implants removed with a total capsulectomy yesterday. Dr Bahair Ghazi in Atlanta Georgia was my surgeon and I cannot speak highly enough about him and his staff. He was so kind, caring, and comforting when I was nervous for my surgery. He has such a warm presence about him and just makes you so comfortable. He has personally called me a few times already just to check in on me. I honestly feel like he saved my life. My BII symptoms after having implants had gotten worse each day and I am so thankful that Dr. Ghazi knew what he was doing and acknowledged that you actually can have issues from implants. Him and his staff are such a blessing to me and I hope for lots of healing and happiness from here on out. I highly recommend him. Thanks guys.

I now understand my last post, after all of this time. My sex drive was gone because that is a symptom of breast implant illness. It has been gone every since I got implants 4 years ago. I would like to change my review to NOT WORTH IT. I wish i had never gotten this surgery.
Let me explain.
In the beginning, I loved my results. I was just so happy to have boobs. But after the swelling went down, my boobs began to look horrible. See above photo. Even though they are both very soft and no capsular contracture, one dropped low and outward, as the other stayed high. I emailed Dr.. Hedden about this, with photos. His response was that my breasts already looked like that before surgery. Which was not true, but even if it was, why would he not fix that? So that had me very disappointed in Dr. Hedden. I also messaged him with questions about a few things after surgery, and never even got a response.

So even though I hate to give anyone a bad review, with that being said, I have to be honest and say that I am not very happy with Dr Hedden as my surgeon.

My breasts then began aching with a burning stabbing pain every so often (nothing unbareable, just uncomfortable). I have started getting major joint pain that sometimes makes it impossible to even walk or stand ( i am only in my 20s). I then began to get bad anxiety and depression, and am now on medication for that. Then insomnia started. If I dont wear a super tight sports bra for support, my boobs ache so bad, especially my left. The list of things affecting my health is getting longer and longer. I then was told about breast implant illness.

Alot of people try to say it isn't a real illness, and I was one of them. I am now a firm believer that bii is real. So after getting horrible results from Dr. Hedden and having them for 4 years, I am now dealing with the implants making me sick ( which I take full responsibility for because getting implants was my decision). To those who have implants and are lucky enough to not get sick, I am so happy for you. But that is not the case for me. I will be making an appointment with a new surgeon to have these implants removed for good. I just want to be healthy again, without pain. Even if that means I'm left with no boobs in the end.