POSTED UNDER Breast Implant Removal Reviews
5 Days Post Explant Saline Under Muscle for 15 Years - Rupture on Right Side 42 Years Old TN
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6 weeks post explant
WORTH IT
I am no longer sexy. What a relief!!!! LOL I don't get hit on or inappropriately flirted with..... I am on purpose and happy and full of energy and people look at my face not my chest. It's really amazing to be respected and appreciated for me and I think people like me better as just me- the interactions with strangers are different...like life changing different and I just noticed it today and went "hey! this is pretty cool!!!" I'm moving into the old/new me and starting to feel pretty comfortable with it. I feel excited to discover what the next season of life is going to look like :)
UPDATED FROM salvationranch
one month post saline explants
One month....it feels like an eternity since I finally got my implants removed. I do feel so much better and my life is twice as productive with half the energy expended. I don't feel exhausted all the time and my mind seems to be so much clearer - which is good because farming requires a lot of multi tasking! Projects I never had the energy for are getting done easily in a day and I am beginning to forget how horrible I felt for so many years. It is an adjustment getting used to the dip in my chest where implants used to be and my breasts seem to look different every time I look at them. I have struggled with my opinion of them now that I am beginning to physically feel better it seems I am more judgemental of myself. When one ruptured and I was sick as a dog I just wanted them out and now that I feel pretty good I catch myself feeling kind of homely and scrawny without the implants. Truth is there are things about them that I really liked and l am sorting that out with myself when it comes to feeling good physically and having a positive self image not based on some fiction we all have bought into about what it is to have a great body. My confidence is shifting to feeling good about myself for different reasons and the old thought pattern can creep in when I look in the mirror. It is amazing to me how much this plastic surgery barbie mentality has consumed the women of our country and I feel strongly for all of us that we need to reclaim our self worth and our wallets and learn to love our natural bodies and embrace the journey of life without putting all this junk into ourselves that makes us feel horrible and sick because we feel less than perfect. I believe this kind of thinking is very dangerous and I myself was a victim of it and am working to break free of the lie that we all have to have a certain type of plastic body in order to be attractive. When I am moving through my day doing my work and not dwelling on my appearance I feel really energetic, centered, and on purpose - my life is less of a struggle. I do still have some rebuilding to do with my homeopathic doctor and that will be a process. In the meantime I am really happy to be where I am today and glad I got them out of my body because they were absolutely making me sick, exhausted and killing my joy because my body was working so hard to fight the influx of toxins and mold from the implants it was hard to focus. The next battle is becoming conscious of changing my mind about what I expect my body to look like and what I can embrace as true beauty.
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Well done. I just read your whole story and was amazed at the strength you have. Good luck with the natural healing of your body, I think that is commendable. Mine come out tomorrow and I'm very excited. I will take on some of your healing advice. Take care
I hope you are feeling good and coming into a great space with the new you!
Here, here... all beautifully said... and I full heartedly agree. I have been going through what I tell others about my scrawny frame now. I live in a small town... and have shared only with my besties about my health and the implant removal... to all others I tell them Ive had a breast reduction. Im pleasantly surprised that my breasts don't look too bad without the implants, but Im sure as time goes on I'll probably be justifying the lift and $$. I had boyfriends in my early 20's who made comments on my breasts being so small or "unique" looking... now post children and breastfeeding those perky boobs just dont exist anymore anyway and I can still find ways to appreciate my body. I hate that we feel we need to be perky and perfect to feel sexy... I glad I live in a community where other otherwise is normal... I often wore baggy shirts to hide my breasts in case anyone noticed. Glad you are feeling good... and hoping my health returns too.
Your health will return just keep loving your body and make good choices with diet and plenty of water- forgive yourself for the implants and stay grateful! It's a journey (I tell myself this every day) and we have to pay attention to each little improvement and celebrate it because that's really all life is right? Just a bunch of days strung together for years....so stay hopeful and keep drinking water and walk in the grass barefooted and every day is better than the one before :) Then one day you wake up and say "hey! I feel much better than this time last month or last year!" The human body is an amazing instrument that will tune itself with the right environment and God is good! Wishing you the best!!!
Reading this, all I could think was what a truly beautiful soul you are. You've got it all exactly right, and I applaud you, your courage, your strength, your generosity in sharing these thoughts, and the lovely way you articulated them.
You. Rock.
Hug, Birdwoman
I'm glad your are feeling better following explant. I enjoyed reading your post, it was very well said. It is so sad how society can have such a strong influence over what is considered normal in terms of appearance. I'm really hoping that I will feel there has been a shift in society's attitudes when I have my explant in 2 months, compared with 2 decades ago.xx
I felt such a kinship with you while reading your words. I mourn the pretty little breasts i once had and didn't appreciate enough. Now I must face what they will look like after 27 years of being squished by toxic foreign bodies. Why do women do these horrible things to themselves? I look on the TV nowadays and it seems so many women have large breasts. If you watch movies or TV shows from the 70's and 80's, not many women had large breasts. We became so enamored with the material side of life. It's very sad. But now we are more wise and can learn to forgive ourselves and work on not accepting the media's view of what a beautiful woman is. Another challenge is teaching our daughters to appreciate their bodies and our sons to appreciate each woman's unique beauty and to not criticize small breasts. Why does life have to have so many challenges?? Anyway, I wish you peace and joy. You have a wonderful attitude and appreciation for life. Enjoy each day that God gives you, dear RealSelf sister.
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16 days post explant
wow has it only been 2 weeks? My life has improved so much I can't begin to ezplain it but I'll try and appreciate the million little things that are better now that the poison bags are out of my body... I am so much more relaxed - my chest isn't tight all the time. I don't grind my teeth at night like I used to. My skin is a better color - yea my natural pigment changed! I don't lay awake worrying about every little detail of my life anymore. My basic balance is better. I have more patience amd I don't feel like I'm in a hurry all the time. I don't feel exhausted and drained like I used to. I am not panicked or overwhelmed by life like I used to be. My memory is improving and my expectations of myself are more realistic. I had NO idea how much of my life was affected by he implants and honestly was not expecting to have so much clarity after having them removed. Of course until one ruptured I didn't think they were making me sick either so the whole ordeal was really an unexpected journey for me. Today enjoying my life every day is top priority and I am aware of not burdening myself with things that don't matter. I feel like I've been brought back from near death and it feels good to feel good. My breasts are definately going through changes as they settle in - some days they look dehydrated and the next day they perk up. I suppose they have their own journey as well (hopefully not a journey south lol). The most important point for me to stay focused on is my health. It's easy to fall back into a judgemental trap when I look at myself and then I look again as a person with wisdom and remind myself that those scars are there to remind me that life is precious and taking care of my body is my responsibility- the reward is feeling wonderful every day and what is that worth?
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This is very reassuring to read, it's great news that you feel there has been a real improvement in your health following explant. I suppose everyone is different and time will tell if it will be the same for me, I hope so. Have you seen the website called healing breast implant illness? I am posting my review on realself soon xx
I also grind my teeth at night (I guess i do since I have the wear marks and the dr. gave me a mouth guard, but who remembers you were grinding when you wake up??) How did you notice your grinding had stopped? One thing I had hoped would go away is the ringing in the ears and it is still going full blast. Did you have that? I had my explant without the capsule removal, too. After a month I look great but am soooo tired every day after work. I am not sure if it's my job or just internal detoxing. Of course changing my diet would help. After I did a week detox I went back to all my bad habits--sugar for energy in the day and a glass of wine to make me relax at night.
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