Explant 300cc | Age 41 | 13yo implants

Grateful for this site so I don’t feel alone xx I have explanted and recovering well. I immediately felt lighter in my chest and can have my shoulders back comfortably. Only minor pain around the fold incisions.

This will be a long healing journey that will require loving self-acceptance. I’ve prepared myself for that in the best ways I can. I have my back :)

The girls are looking very different, and they feel soft and warm. My profile is new, not too-heavy, but more elegant.

I am so happy to have me back - even though my boobs do not follow an aesthetic ideal. I am pushing through that concept and steering myself back to where I want to be, which is implant free.

I didn’t class myself as having symptoms of BII, but here are some things I’ve noticed: my neck and upper back pain has gone. My hair is thinning so I’m curious to see if it regrows a little. They were contracted Grade 2, and very firm. My left breast had red, inflamed-looking skin which looks normal now.

I’ll post more photos when I’m ready. It’s so good to not feel alone in this journey xxx

I share these images vulnerably! Here are the girls, 13 years after carrying around 300cc overs. I've since had (and breastfed) 2 kids. My skin has definitely changed (thinned?) since I had them due to age and pregnancy. I have never gelled with them, ever. Even though they look good on a good-boob-day. But as you will see, I have severe rippling due to contracture that is not very painful but very palpable. I can feel the implants quite easily. I can see my skin is having a hard time stretching to fit them now hence my main reason for removal. I will give myself a good 12 months to heal and I just *hope* I am lucky with how my spring back - although my expectations are low and realistic at this point. I'm working very hard on my mental attitude to removal in preparation.

Note - I do not want further surgeries; either lift/mastopexy or replacement. I lost some nipple sensation when these implants were placed, which never returned. That skin and breast sensation is very important to me, and I do not want to risk losing more. I would love my little softies back :)

This was something flagged by a surgeon last year. She said my psychology screening had flagged issues with the way I view myself. Which correlates with the mental work I've been doing over the past 5 years due to a neglectful and verbally abusive childhood (Mother). I felt it was important to add this to my story, because I now understand the connection between the way I view(ed) myself and my need to become, what I perceived to be, 'better' or 'perfect'. My self-image has always been extremely low and critical and I am doing an awful lot of work to heal it. I wonder how many others here may have had a similar experience?