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5 Weeks Post-Op
So it looks like this is how my breasts will be. Worse than before I got implants but I'm still happy to be rid of them.
Since it doesn't seem likely I will ever be able to afford a lift, much less a fat transfer, this is what I get to live with for the rest of my life. But I will take these saggy empty sacks over those awful implants any time.
Since it doesn't seem likely I will ever be able to afford a lift, much less a fat transfer, this is what I get to live with for the rest of my life. But I will take these saggy empty sacks over those awful implants any time.
Almost 2 weeks Since Explant
I feel like I am healing well. No more pain from the explant. My breasts still look sad :( but I am so happy to be free of those implants and I feel so much better. I still have the neck pain but it seems to be getting better and I am hopeful that soon I will be pain free.
No regrets at all about removing them. I wouldn't get implants again if you gave them to me. Since it looks unlikely that I will have enough money for any more surgery it looks like these will be the breasts I live with for the rest of my life and I am ok with that.
I will continue to try to save money for a lift but it's not going to kill me if it doesn't happen. How I feel is much more important than how I look and I would trade a healthy, pain free life for big perky breasts any time!
No regrets at all about removing them. I wouldn't get implants again if you gave them to me. Since it looks unlikely that I will have enough money for any more surgery it looks like these will be the breasts I live with for the rest of my life and I am ok with that.
I will continue to try to save money for a lift but it's not going to kill me if it doesn't happen. How I feel is much more important than how I look and I would trade a healthy, pain free life for big perky breasts any time!
9 Days Since Explant
I have uploaded some pictures. They actually look worse here because I have been wearing an ace bandage for compression and this is what they look like when I take it off. As you can see they don't look bad in a little bra.
I am still happy I have had it done but a little disappointed because then neck pain has come back. I am hoping it's just a temporary part of the healing process. I also noticed last night I had some pain on my left side and my left ribs.
Several weeks ago while picking up my toddler grandson I felt something like a pull or snap type feeling on my left side. It immediately felt like it involved my implant. I was in severe pain and talked to my physical therapist about it. After a few weeks of working on it the pain did go away but now I am wondering if there was some kind of scar tissue or something that was disrupted when my implants were removed. I am going to talk to my surgeon next week and ask if there was anything remarkable about my left side because it feels like that side is a lot more painful than my right side.
Believe it or not I am still happy about the appearance of my breasts. They do look a lot better after they haven't been in compression and I love having small breasts. I might consider a lift or some kind of skin removal process if I can afford it later on down the road but for now I am comfortable in bras and like being small. After 13 years of having large breasts I realized it's not all that it's cracked up to be and definitely not for my body type. I just never looked right with bigger breasts and my body definitely didn't like having them.
As for my health otherwise I feel great. I actually feel more alert and awake then I have in a long time. I no longer feel tired all the time and considering that I had surgery just 9 days ago that is amazing to me.
I am starting to think about doing more things and seeing how my energy level is. I am also sleeping a bit better and my memory feels a bit clearer. I'm not sure if it's really getting better or if I am just wishing for it so much that I am seeing it as getting better because I want to so bad, if that makes sense.
I have absolutely no regrets about having them removed even if my neck pain doesn't completely go away. I am just disappointed and at a loss as to what to do next if the pain continues. I feel like I am out of options and I really don't want to spend my life in pain or trying different treatments or other things for help.
Like I said I will give it time and hopefully it will get better.
I am still happy I have had it done but a little disappointed because then neck pain has come back. I am hoping it's just a temporary part of the healing process. I also noticed last night I had some pain on my left side and my left ribs.
Several weeks ago while picking up my toddler grandson I felt something like a pull or snap type feeling on my left side. It immediately felt like it involved my implant. I was in severe pain and talked to my physical therapist about it. After a few weeks of working on it the pain did go away but now I am wondering if there was some kind of scar tissue or something that was disrupted when my implants were removed. I am going to talk to my surgeon next week and ask if there was anything remarkable about my left side because it feels like that side is a lot more painful than my right side.
Believe it or not I am still happy about the appearance of my breasts. They do look a lot better after they haven't been in compression and I love having small breasts. I might consider a lift or some kind of skin removal process if I can afford it later on down the road but for now I am comfortable in bras and like being small. After 13 years of having large breasts I realized it's not all that it's cracked up to be and definitely not for my body type. I just never looked right with bigger breasts and my body definitely didn't like having them.
As for my health otherwise I feel great. I actually feel more alert and awake then I have in a long time. I no longer feel tired all the time and considering that I had surgery just 9 days ago that is amazing to me.
I am starting to think about doing more things and seeing how my energy level is. I am also sleeping a bit better and my memory feels a bit clearer. I'm not sure if it's really getting better or if I am just wishing for it so much that I am seeing it as getting better because I want to so bad, if that makes sense.
I have absolutely no regrets about having them removed even if my neck pain doesn't completely go away. I am just disappointed and at a loss as to what to do next if the pain continues. I feel like I am out of options and I really don't want to spend my life in pain or trying different treatments or other things for help.
Like I said I will give it time and hopefully it will get better.
Provider Review
Board Certified Plastic Surgeon
703 Broadway St., Vancouver, Washington
The best. That is all. You cannot do better than Dr. Gabriel. Not only is he obviously skilled with what he does, he cares about his patients and wants them to have the best outcome both aesthetically and physically. I trust his judgement completely and obviously I was right in doing so. Given what he had to work with I could not ask for a better outcome.