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29 Yr Old with 11 Year Old 260 Cc Implants - Time to Get Them Out! - Manchester, GB
UPDATED FROM LouTV
7 days post
One week update - loving my new freedom!
WORTH IT$5,500
Hello ladies! Well here's my one week update photos. I am totally in love with my little boobs! I also love the freedom of not carrying around those awful sacks on my chest. I'm still waiting for the fluff fairy but there's plenty of time for that. I have finally stopped feeling bloated and today was the first day that I haven't felt nauseous so I'm really pleased about that. My incisions are itching like crazy though! Have any of you put anything on your incisions to help them heal? Also, I bought 2 very padded gel bras to wear when I'm out and about - just to stop people from wondering where my boobs have disappeared to, but I plan to scale down the padding gradually as I (hopefully) lose some of my excess weight and to eventually get to the point where I'm only wearing light padding, if any at all. I don't like wearing the very padded bras - I want to celebrate the real me all the time, but I just don't want the questions and people wondering. I am moving to Spain in a couple of months where it will be way too hot for me to be wearing really padded bras so they will have to be gone by then! Thank you all so much for your ongoing support and positivity on this forum. I would have felt so alone without you all!
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3 days post
Post explant nausea and bloated stomach
Hello ladies :) Not much change on the boob appearance. Still a very flat upper pole but I know I need to give it plenty of time. I will post a photo update when it reaches a week post op. I have had a really bloated abdomen since the op though, and waves of nausea. I know that's quite normal initially, but I stopped taking meds yesterday and I'm still feeling rubbish. Anyone else felt this way after and any idea how long it may last? I'm kind of worried as I have so much on next week but at the moment I'm not much use to anyone!
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B
May 30, 2015
Hi Lou- I'm far from a medical expert- but lots of women who have gone thru anesthesia say it causes this- with constipation :( so that might be the cause if you are not finding yourself "regular' Good luck- you look FANTASTIC! I'm next week - SO NERVOUS
L
May 31, 2015
I guess that may it. I'm not too great at doing nothing so the time is really dragging, can't wait to heal so I can start being fully active again! I'm so excited for you, getting your explant next week. You'll be absolutely fine, and the relief from having these weights off your chest is just amazing! Today I lay on my front for the first time properly since explant and it felt amazing! Can't wait to have my first fully relaxed back massage in 11 yrs :)
T
May 31, 2015
I totally agree with this post! Last night I was tempted to lay on my stomach to sleep- that's my comfort testing position. But didn't!! And yes a massage in a month- sign me up!!
R
May 30, 2015
You'll be feeling much better in a few days. Just wait for the fluff fairy. Thanks for sharing and God Bless..
L
L
May 31, 2015
Oh yes, i was SO bloated!! I literally looked 7 months pregnant! I finally had to use a dulcolax suppository (ew, I know), but now feel like a brand new person!!! My stomach is back to it's normal size and I not longer feel SO full and bloated, thank goodness. Day 4 and I have SO much more energy! Best of luck to you with that feeling passing. May today be a better day for you!!
L
May 31, 2015
Thanks HappyFree! I'm on day 5 and still bloated and really nauseous but fingers crossed it will pass soon. I have been taking dulcolax for the past couple of days but still looking rather pregnant and rubbish. Atl east I have a little while longer off work to get myself right. :) Wishing you happy healthy days!
LB
UPDATED FROM LouTV
1 day post
The day after surgery - already seeing improvement!
I wasn't planning on update my review for a few days, but I have already noticed a difference in my boobs so I thought I'd share the good news. Although the upper pole is still flat/concave, the skin itself has already retracted slightly. It feels great given that I only had them out yesterday! I didn't sleep very well last night, and I'm a bit sore, but still very happy. I'm glad I don't have to be back at work for a while, for those of you who are explanting soon - make sure you have plenty of time for you to relax afterwards and pamper yourselves :)
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L
May 28, 2015
Congratulations!! You look fantastic! How exciting to be on the other side!!! You seem really happy ;) I had mine out yesterday as well, just waiting to take pics once I'm allowed to remove this compression wrap tomorrow.
L
May 28, 2015
Thank you :) I didn't get a compression wrap. I wonder why some surgeons say to wear them and others don't. Looking forward to seeing your updates. Are you feeling happy?
L
May 28, 2015
Thanks for your note. Not happy yet as I still so nauseous on and off. Fingers crossed for this to pass.
N
May 28, 2015
Great results, i breathed a sigh of relief after i saw your photos. You are about the same size as me, implant wise, so I hope that at the end i have the same results as you> i am so so so so so scared about the outcome/the look after words, but i would be happy with results like yours, they look great!
N
May 28, 2015
i wanted to add, interesting what you say about anxiety, i never had anxiety in my life and now for the past 3 years or so I have had horrible anxiety, to the point that it really started to impact my life, i hope once i get my explant the anxiety gets better, i never put two and two together and thought perhaps the anxiety was due to the implants!
B
LB
May 28, 2015
You look so awesome! You have great breast tissue and being young will help your breast
bounce back. I believe you will look perfect! Yes, definitely take
care of yourself. You did the right
thing because your natural breast
look fantastic on you :-) The concave part will fluff out. Mine started about the second week and I really noticed a difference the third week. I am a month post op. I am 42 so my skin will probably take longer to retract. Congrats!
L
May 29, 2015
Im so happy for you! You look fantastic! I'd give anything to be you right now and have an end result like you. I just had my first dr visit today with a local surgeon who was incredibly rude and absolutely treated me awful I left the office crying and feel so embarrassed for crying in front of him. Hoping someday I'm where you are now. Congratulations!!!
L
May 29, 2015
Oh Hun I remember my first visit to a consultant was like that too. I went to see the man who out them in me in the first place and he told me that without a replacement I would look deformed and unsightly, with stretched skin and no breat tissue to fill it! His sharp tongue and bad attitude put me off for yet another year until I went to see someone else who was a bit more positive. Then I found this site and it was the other women on here who finally gave me the confidence to do it. So don't let anyone deter you from what you feel is right for you.
L
May 29, 2015
Thank you so much. It's so incredibly wonderful to know there are other women who understand. Yes he made me feel so humiliated. I will keep searching because no matter what I want them out. He also told me I would be deformed and look absolutely awful. I appreciate your comments as this first visit really took the wind out of my sails. But thanks to all of you here it was only temporary and I won't give up!
L
May 29, 2015
If you don't mind me asking, what size are your implants, how long have you had them and how old are you?
L
May 29, 2015
250cc saline had them 12 years. I am 43 yrs old with four children three are grown. I've hated these things since I got them. I have been chronically I'll for 11 years. Fibromyalgia two neck fusions two lumbar fusions and chronic pain and fatigue. My reasons for getting them were all wrong. I was made fun of as a young girl and young woman having "fried eggs" by everyone including my ex husband constantly. I regret my decision but I've grown and matured and my husband brought it to my attention what if these are contributing to your poor health. Of course no dr would believe me but that's ok even if not I want them out. My right one falls completely under armpit almost to my back. The dr yesterday said oh that's normal. I was shocked my his comments but I will perservere! I saw you on here last night and you gave me strength! Thank you. I hope you're recovery is swift and healing body and soul!
L
May 29, 2015
Dr yesterday also said you never get implants out until they rupture! I was like what??? Oh my! He also kept saying with your drama and health problems what would make me want to get involved with this! Haha I can laugh now but cried all day yesterday. It's ok tho. He was an idiot. It's my body I figure I chose to get them in now I can choose to get them out! I understand the list of my health issues is extremely long and a dr might hesitate but simply put he could have just declined. Oh well my search continues! I am so very happy for you and send wishes for a speedy recovery.
L
May 29, 2015
I may have that wrong could be 350cc I'm not sure anymore after looking at my card with implant info. Sorry for confusion.
L
May 29, 2015
I really feel for you I have been though a lot of these worries myself and it was the worst period of my life. There are definitely happier days for you to come. We had these things in for a similar time, and although there is an age difference I definitely feel you will be much better off without them. In the end I found a surgeon who generally works with cancer patients and I felt he was far easier to talk to as he isn't in the strictly vanity driven world of cosmetic surgery. I went in with a clear mind and told him I definitely want these things out, regardless of how they look afterwards. Then he felt confident to operate on me. I prepared myself for the worst and my results have been surprisingly good. But even if they weren't I honestly know I would still be happier without them. They were a drain on my body and a horrible weight on my chest. Stay strong and put your health first and everything will come good in the end, I'm sure of it. [RS bleep]
L
May 29, 2015
Thank you! I have been on this site thousands of times and you and lots of other women have been a god send to me in my time of worry anxiousness and fear! You look wonderful and I feel the same way I really don't care what they look like and my husband doesn't either. He said my health is much more important to him as well and he doesn't love me for my boobs. I am will be thrilled if my outcome someday is even one fourth as good as yours! Bless you and thank you for talking to me. You have given me strength to keep searching for what I want!!!
L
May 29, 2015
Brill :). I am here if you ever want to chat about anything just send me a message! Take care X
LB
May 29, 2015
Dont let that dr discourage you. They are paid to put them in and some do not have compassion toward patient who dont want them anymore. No one knows how they will feel until they have those awful things sewn up in their chest. Dont feel bad because crying is ok. This is an emotional journey. Mind and body go together. You were disrespected. Find a surgeon who will take them out regardless of how they feel. Its your body and you know best. People tried to tell me I would be happy and that I would look deflated. A general surgeon told me I was too young (42) to have old looking breast. Really? So unprofessional. Dont be embarrassed because you will find a dr who will listen and take good care of you. Hopefully you dont have to travel to find but if I had to I would have. You have all of us ladies here to support you. One idiot's opinion doesnt matter, only yours.
L
P
May 29, 2015
Hi Lasubell. I too have fibromylagia among other things. All of these symptoms and illnesses came on immediately after I got implants in 2004. I got 260cc silicone implants. I saw a couple of ps to have them removed one year after having them and they both said awful things to me. Because of them I didn't get it done and my health got worse. I thank God I found this site. I'm having my explant on in about 3 weeks, 6/17. I'm happy to hear that you're not gonna let these stupid doctors opinion deter your implants removed. Good luck. Xoxo
L
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