43 Year Old with 17 Year Old 350CC Saline Implants Under Muscle - Vancouver, BC

I guess the iPad format wasn't jpeg, I couldn't upload. Here they are!

Well I'm loving my boobs. They feel so good being natural and no more daily pain from the complications. The scars are also healing nicely. When I lie down they are more visible - the left one more than the right one. The right one is barely noticeable already.

Also, when I bend over the tops look a bit shrivelled but it does not matter one bit. I will not be getting a lift even if they never fluff and I am ecstatic about them.

I don't feel self-conscious in clothes either they really fit my frame. Most people don't notice either. I just look like I've lost weight.

I had mentioned in my first post that I met someone a few weeks before my surgery (after two years of being single!). Well, we're now officially dating and I'm sooooo happy he never saw my implants. It wasn't even the least bit awkward actually that he met me during such a transitional phase. He asked why I would even get them in the first place and there really wasn't a good answer. Insecurity? That's about it.

I'm so blessed. Definitely "worth it".

My implant were done in 1997 through my armpit and ended up very asymmetrical. The right one was too high, formed CC right away and the left one was too low. My doctor advised me that they can push the left one higher and re-stitch it. I had no faith in him and left them as they were.

10 years later (2007), I started seeing different doctors for getting them removed. One particularly bad experience that I wanted to share was one of Vancouver's 'top' surgeons who asked me to undress, measured the difference and told me to keep them - that they have issues but 'men' like them regardless. I told him I still want them out and he informed me that he doesn't even DO removals but his partner does. The jerk just wanted to see my boobs. :(

In 2010 I became a mother and the irregularity got worse and worse. The right one climbed higher and the left one dropped more and more and the pain was unbearable. It was no longer an issue of wanting them out, I NEEDED them out.

My GP referred me to 3 surgeons. First one insisted I get a lift because they'll be deformed, the second I didn't click with and then the 3rd was Dr. Leslie Kerluke. Our first appointment he was 90 minutes late which started me off on a bad note with him but when he came in he told me everything I wanted and needed to hear. He told me not to get any revisions until at least a year because "mother nature" is capable of doing wonderful things. I liked him very much at that point and we went ahead.

In the meantime he took a bit of time off because of some health issues and my issues deteriorated fast. The left one dropped another 1 cm within a matter of months and I needed to wear a support bra 24/7, even to bed, and it wasn't enough. Walking in the house I used my hand to hold up my left boob. I had pain all day every day.

I had two more meetings with him before my surgery and I liked him more and more every time we met. Finally October 9th was the day of my removal. The pain was pretty bad for the first two days but by day 3 I was off pain-killers and quite mobile. The pain is 1/10th of getting them put in.

I'm now on day 16 and I've posted some pics. I actually think they looked better right after surgery because the right one seems to have shrunk since then. That was the one with CC which was removed, so it's to be expected, but I don't care - the left one is pain free!

To be honest, I don't even care at all how they look, I know it takes a year for them to get to their full shape. All I know is that right now, I'm pain-free for the first time in years, and natural! It's the best feeling and they feel so good to touch. I can't stop rubbing them, lol.

I've been single for 2 years and ironically I met someone about a month before my procedure. We were never intimate before the surgery even though we were saw each other frequently and I think we're getting close to that moment and it's funny because even with my shrivelled up, stitched up boobs I'm more confident than I was with my implants.

In fact, from the start I've been very insecure about them. My ex at the time I got them hated them because he said I no longer allowed him to touch me and every boyfriend since has gone through a similar experience. It's ironic, we do it to be attractive but in many ways they take our confidence away.

I'll post more pics in a few weeks. Thank you to all the lovely ladies for sharing your stories. The weeks leading up to it were very stressful and this site was very encouraging. I hope my story does the same for someone else.