39 Year Old mum, implants since age 15 (24 yr old silicone), implant removal, No Lift, Previous Pectus Excavatum. Brisbane, AU

I live in Brisbane, Australia. I considered various plastic surgeons, Dr Feng, Dr G (San Diego); Dr Mirishonic (Sydney) and by strange chance ended up in a consult with Dr Samuel Yang (Brisbane) and I decided to go with him.
At age 14 I had extensive surgery to correct pectus excavatum (chest dent). Age 15/16 I had silicone implants ('eurosilocone), moderate profile,inserted under the muscle. I have never actually seen my 'real breasts'. As I had them insert so young, and when I was so thin means that the scar capsule is likely attached to my chest wall. I have had severe health issues for the past 4 years, and signs of illness for many years before that. This has included, extreme weight gain, joint pain, food allergies, migraines, and most sibilating of all the most horrible fatigue. Sometimes the fatigue is overwhelming and I have, overtime, designed my life around hiding it from others. MRI attached, it confirms what I suspected, ruptured implants. I am only posting as this site has been so helpful for me. Thank you to everyone who has posted before me.

I am so excited. I think I will probably need a lift further down the track, but for now I am keen to just get free of these implants. They hurt and have made me sick. The fatigue and brain fog are the worst.
I chose this name and this profile photo as that is what I envisage for my future. Fingers crossed.

Recently I had two strange events that I believe indicate changes to my left implant. It was ruptured 3 years ago, during a surfing lesson that I had won, but it was intra capsular (within the capsule) and I was advised it would be safe to leave a while.
As I was in the middle of completing my dissertation and financially broke after 8 years of study, I had little choice but to wait. After that I was starting up my business and trying to pay off debts, and it’s as they say “the crazy people who would rather work 100 hours a week for themselves instead of a 40 hour week for others”. So time was really limited and despite a nagging anxiety, I tried to keep the ruptured left implant out of my mind. I did plan to have them removed in 2016 though.
The first strange event occurred in July (2015) when I took my daughter to meet her extended family in Europe. Any trip from Australia is a mission – travelling to Europe means two loooong haul flights back to back (24 hours door to door). On the second flight I had this weird sensation, sort of like a thin line of warm oil running down my body – from the bottom of my left breast down to just above my waist. I sat in that flight – an overnight flight - secretly panicked while everyone slept. It lasted about 5 minutes, but left me feeling spooked. I put it out my mind during the trip. When I returned home to Aus I was very sick for months, and I thought it was probably due to brushing my teeth in Bangkok (and using tap water… argh!!). Now I wonder if it wasn’t something a little more sinister.
The second strange event was on 19 December. I had a spinal alignment with my regular Oestopath, after a side twist I felt strange, by the time I was paying the bill, he commented that I looked grey. That night I slept at 6.30pm (hours before my daughter). Next morning, I woke with a burning pain, it felt like an actual fire was burning in the outer edge of my left implant and soon my armpit was so swollen I couldn’t even type a message on my laptop without having to hold it out like a chicken wing. I felt dreadful. On 23rd Dec I begged my G.P. for an MRI, I was convinced I had a rupture out of the capsule. As it was coming up to Christmas there was only one place still open, an hours drive, but the only appt left was in 50 mins time. I flew down the highway, my left arm out like a chicken wing, and made it just in time. The MRI report suggested it was still a rupture inside the capsule, and my GP said he couldn’t request any urgent intervention. I don’t believe this. I felt so ill for weeks, I spent my whole Christmas holidays collapsed in a heap.
All this said, I am desperate to have these things out. Its still very emotional though as this has brought up all the events that happened when I was 14 and ended up in intensive care with 8 broken ribs and broken sternum after a big operation.
A year later, aged 15, I had the implants put in. As I was stick thin at the time, there was no flesh between implant and my chest wall. My current surgeon said that he may have to leave some of the capsule that is attached to my ribs as trying to cut it out could damage my ribs! Its actually barbaric to think that this is my body I am describing. The implants haven’t dropped in over 20 years and this must be because they are actually attached to the chest wall. They have pushed out the natural breast tissue to the sides, and over the top, and my left breast tissue is practically in my armpit, I also have sagging of the natural breast tissue.
Still, I haven’t had my own breasts ever! When the implants were put in I didn’t have any breast tissue, the surgeon at that time had to try and guess where the inframmamary fold might form. After nearly 25 years I will finally see my real body! This is a huge thing for me..
My left breast seems to have more tissue, which works out great as the chest wall on that side is more sunken in. So all up it might work out well, and almost symmetrical.
It might be an emotional journey for me. Right now I am just focused on being well again. In recent weeks, it has felt as though my body wants to push the left implant out! Its such a weird feeling, has anyone else ever experienced this?? If I eat really unhealthy food the pushing out feeling stops a bit.. so weird..
The left breast is also getting smaller. It was always 1 -2 sizes bigger than the right, now when I look down they look the same size! I am convinced it’s leaking. All I can do is wait for next week Friday!! Freedom is just around the corner.