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33 Yo W/ 1 Child. 11 Yo Saline Under Muscle W/ Incision Located Below Breast. Cannot Wait to Be Healed! - Overland Park, KS
UPDATED FROM RealMacaw
5 years post
5 years after explanation surgery
WORTH IT$3,300
5 years after explant. I’m currently a new breastfeeding mama. The human body changes constantly throughout life. What my boobs are today will be different next year. 100% happy that I chose to remove My implants. I prefer my general more athletic build - stronger all over with smaller boobs! But this is my body right now. Self acceptance is one of the greatest lessons to learn in life
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Replies (3)
November 3, 2017
You're healing so well! Congratulations. I have my explant scheduled for January, I'm so nervous Doc. Keeps telling me that I don't have much breast tissue, and I seriously can't remember what they looked like before my implants 12 years ago. You're lucky to have good results
November 3, 2017
Thank you! And good luck to you! I hope you'll have results that you are happy with too. For me, I just feel so much better. I think you will be happy with how much better it feels regardless of what your breasts look like. The waiting is the hardest part!
November 5, 2017
You re looking great and I wish I will feel all the sensations you are describing! I definetely feel my chest disconnected from the rest! Am just wondering if your muscles reattached well even though I read your capsules weren t removed. It s unclear if leaving them in can be an issue for this. I don t have real health issues but blurry vision since my BA, which I can t really explain
November 6, 2017
HI! Well, I am not sure about the chest muscles, but I know my PS believes that the body should reabsorb the capsules it made eventually, so I would think everything will heal back together. Although, from some other injuries/surgeries I've had it does seem like the muscle never heals back up exactly the way it used to be. Anyway, as long I can still use my chest muscles to lift when I need to and to exercise, I am ok with it! Already feel myself getting stronger as I heal, but I can't wait until I can exercise again! I've read some other women on here describing blurry vision. If you're thinking about removing your implants, I hope that it will miraculously heal that for you too!
December 4, 2017
Hi ! I’m planning to explant in 4 days and I’m really scared! Do you have muscle deformity after removal ? Did you breast look like pretty much the same as before ?
December 5, 2017
Hi! I had mine for 11 years and one child. I do think they are more deflated now than when I was 23, but that cold be time and breastfeeding as well as the surgery. I’m still really happy with how mine look, even though they are not 100% the same as they were pre-implant. I guess when I flex my muscles they are a little weird, but still look better to me than flexing with implants in. Over all I am super happy with my results! Good luck to you! Hope it goes smoothly, you feel better, and you are happy it’s how your natural self looks!
UPDATED FROM RealMacaw
9 days post
Healing and Happy
Well, it's been 9 days since my surgery, so I wanted to post a quick update, as I've made huge changes physically and mentally since my last post. I will post pictures from today separately from my mobile device in a following update.
My breasts are still asymmetrical physically, but mentally this bothers me less and less. I am cracking jokes about my beautiful boob and my granny boob! I am hopeful that my granny(righty) boob will perk up, and they might possibly even out if my beautiful boob has swelling within it, or the granny boob decides to fill in some. I have a follow-up appointment with my PS on Monday, so I will ask her about these things when I see her in person. I am not in any pain, however, so I don't think I have much to be concerned with. If that changes after I go to my appointment, I will post again.
Unless I find out some radical news, or have something pertinent to share, I think I will stop updating my review for awhile, and let my body heal. After some more significant time, I will post again, so that others can see longer-term changes. I hope this will be helpful for others explant sisters!
It is still early on in my healing process, so I do expect more to change, but even if my body were to stay exactly as it is today, I am SO happy with my results. I feel so fortunate for how my breasts have turned out already post-op. I HAVE to tell you though, even better than how I look is how I feel. Because of how I feel, this is the BEST decision I have ever made.
I have regained quite a bit of sensitivity. I think this will only continue to improve as I heal and my body makes all these reconnections. It is hard to describe, but I just feel as a connected whole, and not like there is a foreign object disconnecting my chest from my nerves. I will continue to share sensory changes in my future updates, but I have had a couple people ask me, so I wanted to make sure to share that sensitivity is most definitely already better than it was with implants.
I used to wake up almost every morning with back pain. The other day, I woke up and thought, "WOW! I have not woken up with back pain one single day since my surgery." I wore high heeled boots all evening on Halloween night, and took my daughter trick-or-treating up and down our hilly neighborhood, and NO back pain. NONE. Usually high heel boots would kill my back.
Just to be free of that ever-present weight up front is WONDERFUL!
Oddly enough, the tummy bloat I had almost constantly, unless I just worked out or was starving, is now never there unless I eat a giant meal. It's like my body repositioned how it is carrying my weight, and it doesn't need the extra bloat up front anymore.
I've also lost 4 pounds. I don't know for sure if this is coincidental, since I tend to lose weight with stress, and I have been stressed this week, but the weight hasn't come back even though I've eaten too much food and sweets, and I'm having PMS.
Also, with PMS (and this could be coincidental timing as well) my face is usually a hormonal acne nightmare, but my face is clearer now than it has been in a long time!! Just a timing thing with my skin or could it be because my immune system can now focus on clearing my skin? Perhaps time will tell. Either way, I am loving it! And, I do hope I'm making my immune system stronger by having removed the implants, if only for health reasons that are not cosmetic.
I've just noticed so much that is BETTER without implants. Things that I didn't even realize were bugging me before are feeling better. Some of it, I have no way of knowing if it is because I removed my implants. But other things, like regaining sensitivity, no back pain, and the lifted weight are just making me feel so good, and I know without a doubt are because of explant! I am one happy explanter!
I'll post some pics from today in a separate update coming next, and then I'm signing off for awhile. I hope my journey has been helpful. From my experience, I would say, if you are considering explant, DO IT!! If you end up feeling as good as I do, cosmetics won't mean a thing compared to how good you will feel.
My breasts are still asymmetrical physically, but mentally this bothers me less and less. I am cracking jokes about my beautiful boob and my granny boob! I am hopeful that my granny(righty) boob will perk up, and they might possibly even out if my beautiful boob has swelling within it, or the granny boob decides to fill in some. I have a follow-up appointment with my PS on Monday, so I will ask her about these things when I see her in person. I am not in any pain, however, so I don't think I have much to be concerned with. If that changes after I go to my appointment, I will post again.
Unless I find out some radical news, or have something pertinent to share, I think I will stop updating my review for awhile, and let my body heal. After some more significant time, I will post again, so that others can see longer-term changes. I hope this will be helpful for others explant sisters!
It is still early on in my healing process, so I do expect more to change, but even if my body were to stay exactly as it is today, I am SO happy with my results. I feel so fortunate for how my breasts have turned out already post-op. I HAVE to tell you though, even better than how I look is how I feel. Because of how I feel, this is the BEST decision I have ever made.
I have regained quite a bit of sensitivity. I think this will only continue to improve as I heal and my body makes all these reconnections. It is hard to describe, but I just feel as a connected whole, and not like there is a foreign object disconnecting my chest from my nerves. I will continue to share sensory changes in my future updates, but I have had a couple people ask me, so I wanted to make sure to share that sensitivity is most definitely already better than it was with implants.
I used to wake up almost every morning with back pain. The other day, I woke up and thought, "WOW! I have not woken up with back pain one single day since my surgery." I wore high heeled boots all evening on Halloween night, and took my daughter trick-or-treating up and down our hilly neighborhood, and NO back pain. NONE. Usually high heel boots would kill my back.
Just to be free of that ever-present weight up front is WONDERFUL!
Oddly enough, the tummy bloat I had almost constantly, unless I just worked out or was starving, is now never there unless I eat a giant meal. It's like my body repositioned how it is carrying my weight, and it doesn't need the extra bloat up front anymore.
I've also lost 4 pounds. I don't know for sure if this is coincidental, since I tend to lose weight with stress, and I have been stressed this week, but the weight hasn't come back even though I've eaten too much food and sweets, and I'm having PMS.
Also, with PMS (and this could be coincidental timing as well) my face is usually a hormonal acne nightmare, but my face is clearer now than it has been in a long time!! Just a timing thing with my skin or could it be because my immune system can now focus on clearing my skin? Perhaps time will tell. Either way, I am loving it! And, I do hope I'm making my immune system stronger by having removed the implants, if only for health reasons that are not cosmetic.
I've just noticed so much that is BETTER without implants. Things that I didn't even realize were bugging me before are feeling better. Some of it, I have no way of knowing if it is because I removed my implants. But other things, like regaining sensitivity, no back pain, and the lifted weight are just making me feel so good, and I know without a doubt are because of explant! I am one happy explanter!
I'll post some pics from today in a separate update coming next, and then I'm signing off for awhile. I hope my journey has been helpful. From my experience, I would say, if you are considering explant, DO IT!! If you end up feeling as good as I do, cosmetics won't mean a thing compared to how good you will feel.
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November 3, 2017
WOW. It makes me so happy to read that you're feeling so much better. I can imagine how nervous and stressed you've been making this decision and then going through the healing process. A lot of the symptoms you're describing are the same ones I've been experiencing. Glad to read that your body is responding so well after your explant :)
Also happy to read that you're regaining sensitivity! Personally, that's my biggest wish and hope if I end going through with an explant. I've lost so much sensitivity and I'm just not feeling myself anymore. Can I ask how much sensitivity you lost when you got your augmentation? For me, my breasts are no more sensitive than ... say my forearm (even less sensitive close to the cleavage and incisions). I'm a little scared that my nerves have been injured beyond repair, but I can't help but hope ...
And I hope that you'll continue to experience improvements both emotionally and physically. Thank you so much for sharing your experience <3
Also happy to read that you're regaining sensitivity! Personally, that's my biggest wish and hope if I end going through with an explant. I've lost so much sensitivity and I'm just not feeling myself anymore. Can I ask how much sensitivity you lost when you got your augmentation? For me, my breasts are no more sensitive than ... say my forearm (even less sensitive close to the cleavage and incisions). I'm a little scared that my nerves have been injured beyond repair, but I can't help but hope ...
And I hope that you'll continue to experience improvements both emotionally and physically. Thank you so much for sharing your experience <3
November 3, 2017
Hi Rina.h! From what you describe, it sounds like your loss of sensitivity was a lot like mine. My incisions are under my breast, and the underside of my breast just always felt numb. Like I couldn't really tell if there was sensitivity there. It is so hard to describe! My nipples I could feel, but it just wasn't a pleasant sensation anymore. It didn't necessarily hurt to be touched, but I didn't like it. I don't know if I have regained 100% of how I felt pre-BA, because it's been so long I can't remember! But, it feels pleasant to the touch now, and not numb. From what I read, there are no guarantees, but for me, I had enough other reasons to explant, that I knew it was worth the risk of possibly not regaining feeling. And that would have been a bummer, but still worth explant to me for other reasons. I was scared and nervous before surgery, but for me, I knew I wanted explant without a doubt. I just wanted to be on the other side of surgery. Anyway, I sincerely hope that if you decide to do this, you too will regain sensitivity!
November 5, 2017
Thank you for responding! :) I have a feeling that I might not be lucky enough to regain any sensitivity ... but I still have many reasons to explant. The same ones you stated. Foreign objects in your body, being uncomfortable hugging people, not being able to sleep on your stomach etc. On top of that I've had multiple complications: bottoming out, capsular contracture twice, implants that were too large for my body, hematomas, wrong positioning of my implants. I've had four surgeries now and I still absolutely hate my implants, so I really hope I will have the courage to get rid of them one day. Thanks a lot for sharing your experience. It's super encouraging and gives me hope that I might be feeling myself and my body again some day :)
November 6, 2017
Oh man! All that sounds awful. I'm sorry you have had to go through so much! Well, I really think that regardless of your results you will at least feel more like yourself! Even if they don't end up looking perfect, you can decide what to do next to be happier with the way they look. And if you don't completely regain sensitivity, I still think you will feel more like yourself, and for me, it has made me feel so much better! I hope your journey goes smoothly from here on out.
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