Capsular Contracture Journey

Hey guys, I just wanted to start a review about my Capsular Contracture journey. I’ve since tried the concoction of medicines prescribed, ended up having the capsulectomy, and just had the revision surgery. So I wanted to give you kind of a heads up on what to expect I guess? And I’ll add some photos of before, during, and after the healing of the procedures. I hope this helps someone who is afraid they may be getting signs of capsular contracture, and to know that it’s not the end of the world (even though it may seem like it)

So a little bit about myself- I’m 27 years old, mother of 1. I had an absolutely wonderful experience with a breast augmentation in 2015, and my results were perfect and exactly what I wanted/ expected. I’m 5foot 5inches, 110lbs with 350cc hp round smooth unders. These are my before and after photos of the initial surgery just to give you an idea of what I looked like before I realized something was “different” (you can also see more photos on my previous review)

So in April 2018, I had all 4 wisdom teeth removed (a few of which were impacted) and I know there’s no definitive answer or reason WHY Capsular Contracture happens, especially after years of having them with absolutely no issues or pain, but I am convinced that is was bacteria getting into my system from the tooth removal surgery. (I’ll never know for sure, but everything started after that, so, change my mind! Lol)
Towards the end of May I remember waking up one morning with some discomfort in the bottom of my left breast. The only way I can describe it would be like if I had slept in a too tight underwire bra. It wasn’t too bad, but I turned over into my right side thinking I may have just slept on it weird????
Keep in mind that I’m not the type of person that stands naked in front of the mirror every day. Most times I’m rushing out the door because I’ll be late for work. So I didn’t really think to examine them at the time, and everything had been totally fine since I got them 3 years prior.
So the discomfort kept happening every so often, then became more continuous. I assumed it was going to be that time of the month. I kept trying to come up with possible explanations. and one day I put on a bathing suit for the first time that summer (early June) and I could see my left side wasn’t “dropped and fluffed” like the right side.
Right then I knew something was wrong. I didn’t know exactly what.
That night I realized how bad it actually was, and that I should have listened to my body earlier. It didn’t look crazy bad like the google photos of Capsular Contracture when I googled that years prior (to know what some of the risks were when getting breast implants), so I didn’t assume it was that at first.
I will post pictures, but you’ll see that it doesn’t look “that bad” as my friends and boyfriend would say. But I’m sure all of you could understand where I’m coming from- to have saved all this money on something we’ve wanted SO bad, for as long as we can remember for most of us, and then all of the sudden feeling just as self-conscious as we were before the surgery. So I was googling symptoms (and I wasn’t pregnant or dying lol) and came across Capsular Contracture again, and was kind of thinking it’s possible. And apparently it has different stages, which I didn’t know. Unfortunately I’ve deleted most of the pictures because I didn’t want to look at myself, or remember that. I was honestly heartbroken. I felt embarrassed. I felt like maybe there was something I could have done, and I didn’t want to tell my family because I thought they would say “well you shouldn’t have had the surgery in the first place”. I didn’t feel attractive anymore, I didn’t want to take off my shirt in front of my boyfriend.
You will notice my left breast (side with tattoos on arm) is higher up, almost as if I’m flexing. But from the side it was very noticeable. It looked like I had a push up bra on. Definitely not natural looking. And the skin under my nipple (where the implant ISED to be, was saggy and I could grab it was pinch it. Idk how to describe the skin though, it was a different texture...almost dimpled and tough?
I really wish I had kept those deleted pics!