So Happy to Be Implant Free!!! - Las Vegas, NV

Thank you! I am sorry to hear you are having a lot of the same issues. I hope you get better quickly after your surgery. Good luck and keep us posted on how it goes! Have a great weekend :)

Hi Tracy, I can't answer for Tiff...but I can say that after removing implants, your breasts feel the same they did prior to implants -natural, warm, soft and lovely. Sure there is healing that needs to take place as with any surgery, but it amazing what your body does when it no longer is fighting with a foreign object. Mine were submuscular and I'm very much looking forward to getting back to the gym and having my breasts move in a natural way again. Unless you are getting a lift, there isn't really any reconstruction major that takes place with an explant.

Hi Tracy, I just had my implants removed and a full capsulectomy. No lift. I did not have any muscle damage that I can tell. I would have to agree with Lunabelle, my breasts feel warm and very soft. It is a wonderful feeling. It took getting used to the difference in the way they felt for a couple of months. Now I love to have them touched again instead of cringing like I used to. Believe me, I wish I had never gone down the breast augmentation road too. Good luck :)

same story...but I still have to remove them (I have a consult 13 Aug. I have noticed that you had a capselectomy... So : NO local anesth. My implants are under the musscle so the capsel can be stuck to my ribs. There can be a lot of blood. I also need drains afterwords. What is your experience after the churgion? Did you have a lot of pain? Drains? Recup after : how many days, weeks? Thank you so much for a short answer. Ilse from Belgium

Thank you for the compliment! I am feeling very good these days. I will post my one year update next month. It is unbelievable to me that it has almost been a year now! Having my implants removed was life changing. I am a 32 or 34 B cup now, depending on the bra. I was the same size before implants that I am now, but when I look at pre surgery pics, I look fuller and a little larger now I think. Congrats on your surgery! I hope that you heal well and have great results :) Remember to wear lots of compression.

Hi Cindy, I hope you are able to resolve your issues with breast implant removal. I am a year out from surgery now, and continue to feel great! I am so happy I did it and have absolutely no regrets!!

i hope and pray to have nearly as good as an outcome! I was quite small with quite large implants (450 cc I believe)

Fixit225, I think that doctors will always say that it wont help to have your implants removed. Since having mine removed, the best thing I have noticed is I sleep like a baby! I have had insomnia for the last 15 years, where I would fall to sleep fine, but wake up at 2 am and never really fall asleep again. I never related that to my implants but I guess it was! My hands and feet don't ache any more. I haven't had my thyroid or adrenals tested since explant, but I feel they are functioning better due to the fact that I have lost weight easily since surgery, my energy is up, and I don't feel heart palpitations any longer. I still am dealing with dizziness and some tension headaches. I am pretty sure at this point that these are allergy related (which could still be implant related), because these symptoms get worse with seasonal changes. I am really feeling much better since having surgery though, and I think will just have more improvement as time goes on :)

By the way, good luck with your upcoming surgery and definitely stay positive! I am sure you will see improvement after. :)

This is encouraging. I was suppose to have my adrenals retested this month....but I am going to wait post explant to get all that checked again. My thyroid appeared fine at last check, but I have all the symptoms of thyroid problems. I also have sleep and heart palpitation issues so it would be great to get relief of some of these things. Thanks for your reply.

Thank you so much meg1970! I am happy to hear you are doing well at three weeks post. I hope your thyroid issues and palpitations get better. I need to have my thyroid re tested soon, but I already can tell it is functioning better from the improvements I feel. From what I have read, it is not a matter of IF implants will cause health issues, it is a matter of WHEN. I don't believe the docs who say they don't cause problems at all. Happy healing :)

You are going to feel even better as time goes by! Mine don't look nearly as perfect, but I was so ill, that I don't care. They were ruptured and I had them in for nearly 20 years. When you feel amazing, you will shine! I wish you all the best~

Thank you so much for your comments dmarierose! I feel amazing now and am so happy to not have implants anymore. I love my natural self and am feeling my health and self confidence have improved so much in the last 5 months! I hope you are getting back all of your health since your surgery :)

Thank you so much 2bnatural! I really feel so much better without implants, and when I look at my pics with them, I don't like the way they looked any more. I wish I would of removed them years ago! I look forward to following your progress after removal. Good luck :)