Almost 8 Months After Explant & No Looking Back!

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Alert! Hold Tight - Don't Bin Your Old Bras (unless they're really old).

  • 31 May 2013
  • 7 months post
Hey Ladies,

I am 7 and half months post explant now and just tried on a lot of my BA bras (36Cs and even some Ds) that fit me again! Unbelievable! Of course I don't have the bulging fake cleavage but I can do without that. What I don't have in front I make up for in width (have always had very wide boobs, so I can tell you there's a good chance of having a good handful months down the line after your op. Still a bit numb in some areas as I was from having implants, but on the whole they aren't painful to touch like they were with implants in. Sometimes they get a little sore naturally and I think they are still healing even now - which is good and the body tissue changes heaps over time. Oh and had a bit of 'crease smile' under my left nipple which seems to have gone now too. Hope this helps and gives hope! X

I am almost 4 months post explant and just since a...

  • 6 Jan 2013
  • 3 months post
I am almost 4 months post explant and just since a few days ago my boobs have started to feel a little heavier and painful. I guess the nerves are really starting to knit back now as though due on, I never used to get sore breasts or weight change there - before my BA. Pleased to say I have a decent enough handful now they are firming up. Went shopping for some more pretty bras and am anything (averagely) between a 34 - 36 B I would say, though some of my old 36 C bras fit too. Just goes to show how different bra makes comes up so different in size and shape. Has anyone else noticed more of change around the 4th month?

Just wanted to wish everyone on here a happy and...

  • 1 Jan 2013
  • 3 months post
Just wanted to wish everyone on here a happy and healthy new year for 2013! I also went for a proper bra fitting yesterday and was surprised to be told I was wearing completely the wrong size at 38A and I am in fact a 34C. Hey presto when I tried on some new bras they fitted lovely because though I don't protude as much as I used to I still have the width on each breast. Got some nice padded plunge bras so feeling more confident for the new year ahead, and, that I at last have the right bust support. Onwards and upwards to all of us on here!

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Alex Karidis, MD, FRCS
Specialist Registered Plastic Surgeon
60 Grove End Rd., St John’s Wood, London
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  • 8 Oct 2012

Dr. Karidis performed my augmentation back in 2003. Good results with no complications and I have every faith he will do an exemplary job in explanting them too. To add to that, on the day of op Dr. Karidis came to see me beforehand and totally put me at ease, asked if I was sure about op and didn't make me feel as though it would have been bad to back out at the last min. I was able to ask more questions too and he made it seem, as guess it was in my case, a simple procedure I wasn't to worry about too much. He was honest in saying he couldn't guarantee I'd regain full, normal sensitivity yet instilled me with hope that there was chance also. Alll the staff were very caring and considerate and good to know there is someone to contact in case of an emergency.