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Hi, I am so happy to have found this...
aaaa8048June 20, 2012
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Hi, I am so happy to have found this website!
I can relate to so many stories. I had underdevelopment and felt so unfeminine without breasts so I put implants on. I felt so beautiful and my confident went right up. 3 years later I fell the implants dont suit myself anymore, I want to be natural and not have these plastics inside me! I also have discomfort, itching and burnning sensation. I am only 19, 20 very soon, so I know my skin is good enough to shrink back, however I had no breast tissue what so ever! I was completly flat and im even scared after the implants are removed i will have a caved in gap! My implants also werent placed properly, they are too close together and the nipples too high up. My implants are 200cc, under the muscle.
I live in London and still havent consulted any surgeons, any girls have suggestions of clinics I can look into?
Thank you
Replies (13)
June 24, 2012
my original surgeon who put mine in did a good job, he is now in london, mr gault at cadogan. don't know if he still does boobs or does removals.
June 26, 2012
Hi Ana, I dont have any clinic suggestions sorry but just wanted to say I havent heard of anyone having a caved in gap and since you are so young (were you 16 when you had them?) now and only had 200cc that is much more likely you will have a really good result.
Remember there are all sorts of clever bras now to boost what you have once the surgery is done...gel filled, air filled etc, but overall I think you should be proud of who you are- you're not a pair of breasts :) Let us know how the consultations go x
Remember there are all sorts of clever bras now to boost what you have once the surgery is done...gel filled, air filled etc, but overall I think you should be proud of who you are- you're not a pair of breasts :) Let us know how the consultations go x
June 27, 2012
Hi, thanks for the support :) i was 17 when i did the surgery, I am 20 soon. I have booked a consultation, cant wait to hear what the doctor will say, but i am also looking into booking more consultations because I would like 2nd opinions. I hope I will look ok and if i decide to go for it I will have to buy all these clever bras! I will keep this page updated x
UPDATED FROM aaaa8048
5 months pre
Today i had a consultation with a surgeon who...
aaaa8048July 18, 2012
Today i had a consultation with a surgeon who confirmed what i already suspected.. i have bottoming out and symmastia :(
he said removing the implants will solve the symmastia as the muscle which has been lifted in the middle of the breast will sink down and heal.
the surgeon said i should take out the implants to heal symmastia then put them back on after 6 months.. but i dont want to!!! however he said my breast would look horrible without implants. he asked me if i had seen saggy breasts before and i said i had seen my mums (which is a little saggy) and he said mine will prob look worse :O
he said the fact that im so young is not faverable to any better results and only made it seem like it is even worse for me to be so young because i will be unhappy to get used to saggy breasts being so young. he also said he could garantee i would come back for implants.. needless to say i hope i can find a different surgeon. I understand i should be realistic and expect a little extra skin + sagging but i am positive that it wont be that. I would like to know if anyone had symmartia prior to explant?
he said removing the implants will solve the symmastia as the muscle which has been lifted in the middle of the breast will sink down and heal.
the surgeon said i should take out the implants to heal symmastia then put them back on after 6 months.. but i dont want to!!! however he said my breast would look horrible without implants. he asked me if i had seen saggy breasts before and i said i had seen my mums (which is a little saggy) and he said mine will prob look worse :O
he said the fact that im so young is not faverable to any better results and only made it seem like it is even worse for me to be so young because i will be unhappy to get used to saggy breasts being so young. he also said he could garantee i would come back for implants.. needless to say i hope i can find a different surgeon. I understand i should be realistic and expect a little extra skin + sagging but i am positive that it wont be that. I would like to know if anyone had symmartia prior to explant?
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July 18, 2012
You know whats wonderful about coming into the age your at? Your body changes, and you become a bit more curvy, more up top typically....So, you have something to look forward to, as the implants come out, a new you will come into view...You are going to do great and what a way to start your life, congrats!!!
July 18, 2012
this is an interesting way to look into my situation and i apretiate it :) i feel like being so young i have learnt a lot from this and i do hope it all goes to plan, thanks for your positivity! :)
July 18, 2012
Hi Ana, please see some other surgeons, don't take this guys word for it that you will look terrible! Do you think the ladies or realself look bad? - I definitely dont. If I can have a good result after 11 years of implants at aged 31 with 310cc, I dont see why yours would be terrible aged 20 and with smaller implants.
Did you ask how many explants he had done? Because actually he may have done very few, so he doesnt know what the result will be! I know you have this added problem of the systimia, but a skilled surgeon should be able to correct that without making you have another implant that you dont want. Find someone who makes you comfortable with your decision, it sounds like this guy is also not confident in his skills to just do an explant.
This is what I wrote to several surgeons about mine. Obviously you probably will have to have consultations also because of the problems you have, but this will start the ball rolling and you can see their general reaction to explanting. One wrote to me and said "You will obviously be left with sagging, empty breasts" - I decided I would rather go with someone a bit more positive :)
"Dear Sir/Madam, I would like to enquire about implant removal, with no replacement or lift. Please could you tell me the surgeon's experience of removal with no replacement, how soon you could arrange both consultation and surgery and the approximate cost please. Thanks"
Did you ask how many explants he had done? Because actually he may have done very few, so he doesnt know what the result will be! I know you have this added problem of the systimia, but a skilled surgeon should be able to correct that without making you have another implant that you dont want. Find someone who makes you comfortable with your decision, it sounds like this guy is also not confident in his skills to just do an explant.
This is what I wrote to several surgeons about mine. Obviously you probably will have to have consultations also because of the problems you have, but this will start the ball rolling and you can see their general reaction to explanting. One wrote to me and said "You will obviously be left with sagging, empty breasts" - I decided I would rather go with someone a bit more positive :)
"Dear Sir/Madam, I would like to enquire about implant removal, with no replacement or lift. Please could you tell me the surgeon's experience of removal with no replacement, how soon you could arrange both consultation and surgery and the approximate cost please. Thanks"
July 18, 2012
And there are a few women in the UK on here, you could go check out what surgeons they used.
July 19, 2012
Thank you for the support andi. Thankfully this surgeon was the one who did free consutation so I did not pay anything to see him. The next ones i will def ask about their experience before consulting, specially because i will be paying to see them. you have given me a good example of asking :) thanks for the help :) i apreciate it.
this surgeon said he was experienced doing corrections but he had done and was familiar with removal without replacement too but he said it was very rare to do a removal on someone so young.. i will keep on searching! i have read other women on realself saying that some of the surgeons have pushed them to reimplant and said they would look awful without the implants, yet the girls turned out to look fine. i would like someone a bit more positive like you said. by the way i think the ladies here on realself look lovely, id be thrilled to have similar results :)
this surgeon said he was experienced doing corrections but he had done and was familiar with removal without replacement too but he said it was very rare to do a removal on someone so young.. i will keep on searching! i have read other women on realself saying that some of the surgeons have pushed them to reimplant and said they would look awful without the implants, yet the girls turned out to look fine. i would like someone a bit more positive like you said. by the way i think the ladies here on realself look lovely, id be thrilled to have similar results :)
July 28, 2015
I'm watching this thread as I'm in the South of the UK and don't have a lot of money to spend on the explant but I have not had any problems with mine. I don't mind a bit of sag I will just have to cheat in pretty bras. :-)
May 9, 2016
Hello, have you found anyone? I just had a revision with a reconstruction surgeon and I'm devastated, can't sleep or barely eat as I'm actually bigger this time, despite a smaller volume. I have no money left, but will borrow it from somewhere, I've had enough and want out of this. Do let me know if you found anyone as good as this lady's.
UPDATED FROM aaaa8048
5 months pre
I have today realised that the surgeons might be...
aaaa8048July 24, 2012
I have today realised that the surgeons might be telling the truth.. the ladies on realself do look lovely but i need to stop lying to myslef because all of you still had WAY more breast tissue in the first place than i did. i have nothing! the thin tissue i had have been streatched beyond repair. also none of you had such bad complications like mine. i want to be positive but i think i will never be able to look ok after the removal and my fear is taking over me. I need to consider the fact that i might look deformed, and i am not sure if i can live with that. feeling really bad today knowing i will never be able to get rid of the implants and look ok :(
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July 24, 2012
I just saw your update. Have you seen any other surgeons yet?
my advice would be get a second and third opinion and remember the reasons why you want an explant (you say they dont suit you, you are uncomfortable and they are burning - can you live with that?).
remember as well your surgeon said take them out and wait 6 months for a result - if you really hate your breasts in that time you could go for implants again if you feel you want them. So in a way, explanting now is not so drastic because you need to have the problems repaired- and it's not 'forever' because you have the option of reimplanting.
my advice would be get a second and third opinion and remember the reasons why you want an explant (you say they dont suit you, you are uncomfortable and they are burning - can you live with that?).
remember as well your surgeon said take them out and wait 6 months for a result - if you really hate your breasts in that time you could go for implants again if you feel you want them. So in a way, explanting now is not so drastic because you need to have the problems repaired- and it's not 'forever' because you have the option of reimplanting.
July 26, 2012
Hi Ana8048,
I read your posts and I think our situations are quite similar. I'm young, 25, and I had small implants, 250cc. I also took them because I was underdeveloped, no noticeble breast tissue or the usual form of breast, I was really flat!! I also was so scared of what I will look after removal and will i have sagging skin and other strange deformities because I had almost none breast tissue in the beginning. Well I can say that I look ok without them! Almost just like before! Well flat and soooo small but i was that before implants too. Of course the scars are noticable but they will fade over time and that's life...most of us have scars. Even though implants had streched my skin almost five years my skin went back to it's original position or at least very close to it. So i really doubt that you will end up with saggy breasts or saggy skin...how can that even be possible because you had very very small breasts before and your implants are so small. You are young so most likely your skin will bounce back like it was before! Of course some difference might be but I doubt that you end up with very saggy breasts! I don't know what bottoming out and symnastia will do, but skillful surgeon should be able to solve those problems too. Try to find the right surgeon for you. Maybe you should do the removal and wait a year and decide later if you want new implants. You have always the opportunity to put them back but I think it is wise to try to live without them because we are so young and we have the whole life ahead to get to used to our new appearance and not to worry about implants and complications ever again. Good luck! Feel free to ask me anything you want!
I read your posts and I think our situations are quite similar. I'm young, 25, and I had small implants, 250cc. I also took them because I was underdeveloped, no noticeble breast tissue or the usual form of breast, I was really flat!! I also was so scared of what I will look after removal and will i have sagging skin and other strange deformities because I had almost none breast tissue in the beginning. Well I can say that I look ok without them! Almost just like before! Well flat and soooo small but i was that before implants too. Of course the scars are noticable but they will fade over time and that's life...most of us have scars. Even though implants had streched my skin almost five years my skin went back to it's original position or at least very close to it. So i really doubt that you will end up with saggy breasts or saggy skin...how can that even be possible because you had very very small breasts before and your implants are so small. You are young so most likely your skin will bounce back like it was before! Of course some difference might be but I doubt that you end up with very saggy breasts! I don't know what bottoming out and symnastia will do, but skillful surgeon should be able to solve those problems too. Try to find the right surgeon for you. Maybe you should do the removal and wait a year and decide later if you want new implants. You have always the opportunity to put them back but I think it is wise to try to live without them because we are so young and we have the whole life ahead to get to used to our new appearance and not to worry about implants and complications ever again. Good luck! Feel free to ask me anything you want!
July 28, 2012
Hello girls, thank you for the supportive comments.. I am not able to book any new consutations at the moment because of work. I will only be free to book anything in 2 months.. For now I am trying to take my head out of it, it is so hard. andi you are right, i hope i can live without them. dreamy, thank you for your input, i really thought i couldnt look ok after the removal but i suppose you prove me wrong! it makes me feel like i am not alone, finding someone with a similar story to mine. do you have any photos?
July 28, 2015
Hi Ana8048
I'm a 34F and I will probably go back to being a 34b possible an a cup but I don't mind. I can't wait to feel like me again. I don't think I have ever felt right since I had my implants. They were only supposed to be a D at the most. It's great to have support on Realself, it helps a lot. Are you north or south?
I'm a 34F and I will probably go back to being a 34b possible an a cup but I don't mind. I can't wait to feel like me again. I don't think I have ever felt right since I had my implants. They were only supposed to be a D at the most. It's great to have support on Realself, it helps a lot. Are you north or south?
August 4, 2015
Hi, I had nothing before the implants....thought Id be the same once they were removed, but over the years I must have put on some weight, so I am suprised that Im a b cup at the moment, 5 weeks pre explant. good luck xx
I'm so glad you found us, too! I would sift through as many reviews as you can on the site to get a better idea of what to expect. I doubt you'll end up with a caved in gap, but most doctors say you'll pretty much go back to how you looked before. You might want to check out this list of ways to give yourself some oomph after removal. Please keep us posted on your progress!