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23 Yrs Old, Getting Explant Soon After BA

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So i had my BA 7 weeks ago and I'm already pretty...

benniiMarch 21, 2016
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So i had my BA 7 weeks ago and I'm already pretty sure I want to explant very soon. The reasons for this is many but the main reason is that I hate my results. My PS lowered my folds about 4 cm (i think), and it was way too much! I look really bad right now. Other reasons are: implants are too big and wide, hate the feeling of having them inside me, they feel so firm, awkward feeling when using my pecs, uncomfortable to sleep on mu tummy, scared of having many surgeries in the future.

I'm really depressed and scared right now. I feel like I have ruined my body and I will never be happy again. I'm so angry at my self for getting implants. Why could't I just love my body? There was nothing wrong with my boobs. They where just small..

I feel helpless and don't know what to do. Because my fold was lowered so much, I will have scars that will be visible at all times and I will probably look deformed too.. If you are reading this and thinking about getting a BA, please think twice! I know most girls are happy and pleased with their results but there is no guarantee. How will you feel if you don't like the results? Don't try to fix something that's not broken. You are BEAUTIFUL the way you are!

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Nivea87
March 22, 2016
So sorry you had a bad experience :( the implants do look low compared to your narural crease. I am waiting for a consult in June to have mine removed. If you wanted to keep them I am sure the surgeon would do a revision for you
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Nivea87
March 22, 2016
4 years later and I still hate the feeling of the implants in me. Surgeons generally will tell you to wait 3 months before removing them
bennii
March 23, 2016
Yes I'm considering just having a revision, but i don't know. From what I have read it's a complicated operation to elevate the fold, and even more complicated because I would also want to change to much smaller implants. What if I'm not happy with the results again. I don't think I could handle that. I looked at your profile and saw that you wanted to have them removed the first week after your BA. Did you become more comfortable with you're implants during the 4 years, or is it still the same?
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Nivea87
March 25, 2016
It was a battle for the whole first year but my surgeon convinced me to give it a year. The only thing that kept me from removing them was the fear of the scars lowering and being viable. I kind of pushed it put of my mind and didn't think about it much until I recently decided it was definitely time.. should have just removed them right away and maybe I would have if I knew about this forum then!
thinkingaboutitagain
March 22, 2016
You looked amazing without implants. You are super young so if you have them removed I am sure your skin will bounce right back.
bennii
March 23, 2016
Thank you. I used to hate my body and my small and weird looking boobs, but when I look at pictures now I miss my old body so much! I realize now that I looked great before, and didn't really need any surgeries. I would give anything to go back to that.
Remley27
March 23, 2016
You have a beautiful body! Society has created this horrible self image crap that is unreal and dangerous! You are you....you will look great when you get the explant! Positive thoughts!!!! xoxo
Julie5555
March 22, 2016
I never liked my BA. I really tried, but it never happened. It just wasn't for me and I knew it instantly. At the time it never crossed my mind that I could just have them removed. How crazy is that? It took me 20yrs to do something about it. I have this site and the wonderful women on here to thank for that. You are so young and if you decide to explant you will be amazed at how your body bounces back and heals itself. I am not trying to persuade you in anyway on what to do, but if you decide to get them out you will not be deformed. At all! You will most likely be exactly like your were before you implanted..beautiful! I know it was the best decision I have ever made for myself and the only regret I have is that I didn't have the courage to do something about it sooner. Good luck with your decision and just stay true to yourself and you will know what to do.
bennii
March 23, 2016
Oh, thank you! I have found so much comfort in reading the reviews on implant removal. Looking at reviews like yours and seeing how good you look after ( seriously you look so great! I would never have guessed that you ever had implants just looking at your after pictures) gives me courage. But then I remember that my folds where lowered so much, and I have not seen any pictures after removal of women who had a similar situation. So I get scared again and pictures in my head of how ugly I will look after.
Julie5555
March 23, 2016
Thank you bennii! I feel so much better without my implants...I love being small again and I appreciate them now like I never did before! If you really want to explant find a plastic surgeon you trust and has a lot of experience with explanting. If your fold needs to be raised this can be done during your explant. Don't let that hold you back. You've only had your implants a short time and you are young and healthy. You will bounce right back! I think you will have fabulous results. Good luck and keep posting on here, you will get a lot of good advice and support!
bennii
March 26, 2016
So happy that you feel so good without the implants! I think a lot of the explant stories show that you don't know what you have until you lose it. I thought I wanted bigger boobs (not as big as the ones I have now, but bigger than what I had before), but I really hate the feeling. They just feel in the way, and make me look kinda chunky with clothes.. And when I see a pair of small boobs now, I think omg! So pretty! I hope that after I explant, I will get a new a new appreciation and love for my healthy and natural body. Maybe something positive can come from this experience after all:)
pink_
March 24, 2016
Hi!! I felt so identified with you when I read your story because I am 24 years old and I removed my implants only after 8 weeks of BA. I hate the feeling of the implants inside me although the result was good, I felt so bad with myself. Now I am 2 months post removal, and I feel so much better without those things inside me.
I understand you, because is very difficult to want something very much and after that realize that you were perfect the way you were before, but you have to do do what you think will make you feel better, forget society or what other people could think.
I also have the scars below my chest and my scars are visible but hopefully they will improve with time.
It's a hard process to overcome all the situation I still have bad moments but it's important to think positive and accept that everyone could make mistakes.
If you need something I am here :)
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pink_
March 24, 2016
By the way I think you looked very good without implants :)
bennii
March 26, 2016
Hi! I have read your comments on several other reviews and I too felt identified by you:) I'm so happy you feel better. Hopefully I will too, when all this is over. Did your PS lower your folds too, since your scars are visible?
And thank you, I actually think so too when I look at pictures without implants. Is such a weird feeling being almost jealous of my old body.. Do you look similar to how you looked before your BA now?
pink_
March 31, 2016
Hi! yes my first PS lower my folds but I didn't know after the surgery, so I have my scars lower than my breast, now they are visible but with time I hope that they will be almost invisible, I hope so. They are improving a bit every week.
I look similar to my pre BA but not at all because I miss some of my tissue of the bottom, my PS said that it would take around 6 months to stabilize everything as before. So this is my hope, anyway they are cute, soft and warm and I can use the same bras as before my BA.
How are you? Do you feel better?
dagoo78
March 24, 2016
hi! i also had implants for about 8 years and took them out because they were feeling uncomfortable and being afraid of further surgeries and other complications. my results were really beautiful but i was so afraid of any complication that i took them out. i had very small implants ,175cc. I can tell they are nearly like before.
i am now 6 years without implants ,but thinking about getting new ones because i miss having boobs
bennii
March 26, 2016
Hi! If they where feeling uncomfortable and made you worry so much, I don't think you should getting new ones. Do you think it will be different this time (if yes, why?), or is it just that you miss having boobs? You can only know what's best for you, but there was a reason you removed the implants last time. Can you try to accept your self? Small boobs are beautiful too! I didn't see that before, but is see it now. I think you can learn to see that too. Good luck:)
dagoo78
March 28, 2016
Hi bennii, there were several reasons i removed them. Objectively i didn´t have any problem with them,but i read too many articles about health issues , possible rupture, immunological diseases and that made me crazy. As my implants were placed under the muscle,i felt them during working out or sleeping on my stomach. But now i now that i would have that feeling and could arrange with it,hopefully. Over the years my breasts literally shrunk and are so so tiny, an AA cup and they don´t fit the rest of my body ,and also i have so much trouble finding nice tops or dresses that fit,that ´s really frustrating.
MollyToo
June 11, 2016
Your health concerns are real. I have auto immune 3 yrs after implants disagoised. Lupus, Sjogerns RA... ALL of my doctors advise NOW to remove implants. Wish one had prior. I hope you don't go back . Every surgery carries RISK. I wish the multi million dollar industry would stop telling us we ain't ok how we are... Almost 100% photos you see are photoshopped as well as movies now actresses touched up. Our perception of what women "should" look lie is screwed up- so we feed the medical & pharmaceutical machine $$$$$. Be healthy
MollyToo
June 11, 2016
Also meant to add- if movie actresses ain't touched up on screen they ten have body double ps and or tons spray paint, glue, lighting tape... I know I was a model years ago. Most of us look at other women and judge ourselves on how we match up. Society has women judging ourselves (unhealthy) to Fake photos/movies even news broadcasters. Lots goes into making them look that way in the "moment". They go home and spray paint, glue, tape soft filtered lighting all stop, back to reality - we're ok as we are!
UPDATED FROM bennii
2 months pre

Consultation scheduled

benniiMarch 24, 2016
I have scheduled a consultation with another surgeon on April 7th. I have lost a little faith in my original surgeon because he's not really admitting that there is any problem with the position of the implants. He have said that we will figure this out, and that he wants me to be happy, but that I have to be patient because what I see now is not the final result. And I get that, but the implants won't magically rise 2 cm on their own. Or shrink in size.. When I confront him with that, he doesn't really answer.. So I'm seeing this other surgeon, that I actually had a consultation with before my BA. I really liked him, and I regret so much that I din't pick him. I think I might have been happy with my BA if he had done it. However, I think I will have my implants removed by my original PS because that won't cost me anything, but I want to at least hear what this other surgeon recommends in my situation. I feel like I have 3 options:
1) Remove implants and never touch my boobs ever again.
2) Remove implants and let everything heal. Then after a year or something, if I'm still not happy with how I look, re implant with a surgeon I really trust and one that understands my goals.
3) Have a revision to elevate my folds, and put in smaller implants.

The option I like the least is number 3. I just want to have these things out NOW. They are making me so unhappy, and really impacting my life and my relationships very badly. I have not been intimate with my boyfriend since my BA. I just cant do it. I feel so ugly. Is so ironic, because a big reason I wanted implants was because of him. He never said he wanted be to do it, actually he tried to talk me out of it many times. But I knew he liked big boobs.. I didn't have that, so I felt that I wasn't good enough for him. So I got a BA, and it is now ruining our relationship..

I'm hoping they will be out the first or second week in May.

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swanny03
March 24, 2016
Hi, I read your story and wanted to tell you, I also had breast implants and hated the results and felt very badly. I had them removed 5 months after implant surgery and I don't regret it and love my small boobs. I do have scars under my breast and I have lost sensation in both my nipples and also have pain sometimes in my right breast. The decision I made to explant was the best choice I ever made. I just moved on as a learning experience. I firmly discourage women from getting breast implants. Sorry your going through this I know how awful it can be. Don't be hard on yourself. It will work out!
Helene1
March 25, 2016
They are only in you since seven weeks, your skin will retract easily, and you will be as beautiful as before ! Take care.
bennii
March 26, 2016
Thank you! I hope so:) I have read your review, how are you doing now?
Helene1
March 27, 2016
Well, physically it's awesome, but mentally it is sometimes difficult... But my breasts were not as beautiful as yours before BA, and I have big scars. I don't mind being small, but I don't like the shape of my breasts, theses huge scars, and the shape of my nipples... But it is so comfortable to be implant free !!!! Don't worry, you will look as beautiful as you were before implants !
MollyToo
June 11, 2016
Helene1 I can't wait to be implant free- not month if I stabilize. I'm 56 and have scars and doc put 100 more CDC's then I had given permission for bring me to 350cc on top of a small deflated C cup . I'd rather be healthy again and comfortable again then live as I am. As BF says- breast are breast and they come in all sizes and shapes and their all "good" because their real and healthy...
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LuvRealBoobsInOR
April 1, 2016
Oh gosh, don't mess with the crease. You may end up with visible scars, but trying to "raise the crease" is not going to hide them anyway because your young with perky boobs (no hang). When you're older, have kids, and your boobs sag a little the scars will be more hidden - lol, I guess that is one upside to aging. But with your implants so recent, and how nice your pre-BA boobs were try to have the least invasive procedure possible. More cutting and fiddling means more potential things that could go wrong, whereas you have a very good chance of snapping right back with a simple removal (except yes, you will have scars). I also have low scars from my original BA, but once they are healed flat, faint, and light colored they aren't bad. Good wishes to you! You aren't ruined at all, you are just smarter and quicker to figure this out than many of us ladies who suffer for years before explant. Your quick decision to correct your course will be rewarded by a better explant outcome. Have courage, you can do this! Once it's over, your free rom this implant-crap-trap and you still have your youth and your entire life to look forward to as a natural, strong, wise woman. Don't give up hope.
UPDATED FROM bennii
2 months pre

Muscle flex deformities?

benniiMarch 27, 2016
I was just wondering whether those of you that had your implants placed behind the muscle still have muscle flex deformities after removal? Does it still feel weird to use the pecs, or does it go back to how it felt before BA?

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Helene1
March 27, 2016
I had a mastopexy along with my removal, and no pectoral muscle deformity ! Maybe that kind of problem occurs when there is a capsular contracture ??? (I don't have any idea). I can do more workout now than with my implants ! With the implants, it was even uncomfortable to swim because of the squeaking noise of the implants against the ribs !
bennii
March 31, 2016
I have seen some girls breasts that still get get distorted after removal of implants, and they didn't have CC.. I don't know why some get it and some don't.. Did you have it when your implants where in? My implants move up and to the side when I flex. Really uncomfortable. Hope it goes away, or at least better when the implants are removed!
Helene1
March 31, 2016
I didn't have CC. This uncomfortable feeling goes away with the implants ! :)
No more squaking noise, seroma, moving implants along rib cage, that's cool !
dagoo78
April 5, 2016
Hi bennii, i had my round 175 cc silicone implants removed after 8 years,and my breasts are nearly like before. But what remained in my case is this weird movement of my breasts when i use my pectoral muscles. I honestly don´t know if i had it before breast surgery,maybe it has been there and i wasn´t focused that much on my breast at that time. But it´s only obvious when i use my pectoral muscle if i am naked,and as that never happens it doesn't bother me. What bothers me is my little breasts again. I was´t happy with implants but without i am also not really happy.
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