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bye implants ,Back to the Natural ME! - Florida

UPDATED FROM Lovingmeforme
7 months post

Article I read today.. Thought I would share!

$3,000
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2015/10/20/why-thousands-women-are-having-their-breast-implants-removed/


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Yep I saw the same article a few days ago too. I'm so glad more women are saying no to implants. Did you notice the total cost of the one woman's surgeries for breast augmentation and touch up's? 46,000.00! It's not worth it not to mention the pain and downtime etc....
Thanks for posting. Very interesting... I'm 1 week post and feeling really good! :) xoxo
Thanks for this article, very helpfull!
Great article. I read about your journey I feel very similar to you in that I am tired of having foreign objects inside of me. I am also health conscious. Thanks for sharing your story, love your new look. I can only hope for a similar result!
Thank you for your inspiring review! I'm 8 months out BA with a benelli lift and very unhappy with the results of my surgery. I've been considering explant even though there is damage that removing the implants will not correct. I asked to be D and ended up a G cup, have bad lateral displacement and shape is so funny looking. My biggest regret is that I allowed my surgeon to to an areolar reduction/lift. Which I had no idea could only lift breasts 1-2 cm while sacrificing shape. The size of my areolas never bothered me and I will always have scars around them and it's very obvious that I've had surgery on my breasts, which was my fear. I regret this decision every day and all I do is research and wish I had a time machine! I know I will not have results like you after eximplant, but I want to say that I think it's wonderful that you had the courage to do what you did and you look beautiful with and without implants! Crazy the things we do to ourselves... I also have had a dramatic shift in my health with raw vegan meals and exercise and the silicone in my body scares me. I became deflated and lost a couple sizes after stopping birth control pills and I thought implants were my only option to fill in the loose skin. Ugh. What I wouldn't give to have that back lol! I lot of days I feel really down about this and don't really know where to start on fixing the mess I have created. Thank you for sharing and you should be proud of your natural breasts Bc they are beautiful as they are!
Great article! Thanks for sharing! I am going to share on my RS post as well! So glad of your decision and that you're feeling so good! OX
UPDATED FROM Lovingmeforme
5 months post

Update because you asked :)

Okay, I am feeling great! I am blessed, because I have my health!! Here is an update of my progress ... I am still happy with my decision.... Because my breasts do not define me.

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Wow.. Your breasts immediately looked amazing after explant!! Had you never had kids before or during implants? I can't believe how awesome they were so quickly .. All other reviews were so deflated and took time to fluff back out. Congrats I think u look amazing! I hope I look half as good as I did preBA :/ I've had two kids preBA so they started off with little fluff... I'm hoping I didn't cause too much damage with all the complications I had
Hi. Nice to meet you! Your journey started and ended before mine began in June. What inspiring photos! Seeing pics of real women is such a great help. That's why even though I was uncomfortable about it I did too. Thank you. Be well.
How are you doing? How have you held up in the past year? I hope you are well!
You had removal and lift can you tel me how much for everything and it the scaring minimum you look great btw
I had just a removal. and since I went through my armpit for the original breast augmentation and then also the explant, I have no scars on my breast at all.
You still look fantastic!! so happy for you :) thanks for update
Absolutely beautiful!!!!! I pray for a result like yours! Elated for you! How blessed! :) xoxo
UPDATED FROM Lovingmeforme
1 month post

Breasts before Impalants

I have had a few people ask for pictures of what my breasts looked like before I ever touched them. Here are the pictures of me Before breast augmentation for comparison. (And yes when I saw these pictures I almost cried lol) Hope this helps.

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you had perfect breasts to begin with but amazingly look better AFTER the explant! you must be thrilled :)
Thank you. That was a very kind compliment :)
Do they look the same now post explant? It's hard to tell in the pics I'm sure that you can tell more than anyone else can. Some current side view pics would help if you feel comfortable posting. I am wondering if that fullness you had up top will come back because I had that too and I want it back lol. I want to cry looking at my before pics too they were beautiful. I'm still too scared to remove mine. It's been a year. Your explant pics you've posted do look great though. And you're only 8 weeks out I bet you'll be even more beautiful a year out!
Nvm I saw your current side view pics. I bet you'll fluff up!
But even if you don't you still have a beautiful result
I may get some fluffing. No idea. But I look great in a push up bra ;)
Thank u!!
That's good! ;)
I can see why your PS questioned why you wanted to touch them! But alas, you look so darned similar now with what you had before, with a little time you're going to be there, if not better! Glad to read your breathing & scar are getting better as well. Phew!
Your breast is perfect
Do you have new photos?
Hey!! Would you mind posting update pics/emotions? How are you feeling at this point?
Hey!

I am feeling well!! I will post some pics soon if you would like, maybe I can today if not I will try to within the week! I am feeling great. I am glad with the way I look, I feel that now when people look at me they are looking at my face, not my breasts. Sometimes, like the other night though, I may miss them. But it's because I'm a small b cup and in a sports bra, I look tiny ;) but then I remember that beauty comes from the inside not out. I am very glad I made this decision for myself.
At least you still have a lot of breast tissue though! Society sucks with trying to make us believe that big boobs are the only good/best kind, but in the end all types are beautiful and it's all about personal preference! sports bras made me feel insecure before my implants too (I still haven't removed mine) but if you think about it it's just because they squish down a lot more than implants since they're so much softer. Maybe try a push up sports bra or a padded one that's a little too small ;) that'll make em seem a bit bigger/show them off better
My advice to you is to know that the decision is right for you. No one else. For you.

Yeah, there are padded sports bras that I am investing in!!! LOL! Just updated :)
I think you look beautiful without them!! You are lucky my sisters breasts leaked (1 of them did) . So when they removed them they had to take out so much muscle and tissue when they put new ones in which she had to do because she was an A when they were put in 20 years ago. She would be scared and totally deflated. They placed them on top of muscle that was left. Of course they are uneven. Have on been in a few years and just picked up another leak on mogram.

She's out of money and now insurance may pay for only the leaking one to come out and no reconstruction.

Again you are so lucky and your natural body is beautiful.

You are also so thoughtful to share your experience with others.

My breasts are on the small side. I breast feed two children and just got a TT. I also did not want to put any foreign objects in my body so did not do augmentation, don't think I could do lift. There's not enough tissue.
Thank you so much. I feel blessed to have my health. And to have made the decision to take my implants out.
I am so sorry to hear about your sister. I send her positive vibes and healthy healing. I wish her abundance- on its way to help with the surgery expenses.

I think we have a hard time with our bodies because we look at the other person and see what they have, then look in the mirror and we don't "have it". As I am happy with my explant results, I sometimes wish I had bigger breasts. Then I think... Wait, what? Why? And I remember it's because we live in a society where perfect is everything. However, beauty comes from the inside.. And plus -the whole all natural thing is coming back!!
Small breasts are what I have and I am thankful for them. I can wear the add two cups size bra (Victoria secret, bombshell) whenever I want to "dress" them up!! So , I suggest that to women, like myself, who maybe want a little something extra for an occasion.
Our bodies are beautiful and we need to accept them for what they are. That has been my journey.

Your body did a miraculous thing, you carried two babies and nursed them, that is so beautiful.


Thank you so much for your kind words.