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No Longer Concerned About Explanted Look After 24 Years-Still Looking Good! - Virginia, VA
UPDATED FROM melvirginia
10 months post
Still Very Happy
WORTH IT$2,500
It has been 10 months since my explant and I want to say to all you ladies contemplating removal, that I am still very, very happy with my decision to remove the implants as well as the results. I feel AUTHENTIC again. Sometimes I don't know why I was so afraid to get them out, but it all worked out for me. I wish all you future explanters as good of results as I had!
UPDATED FROM melvirginia
10 months post
Still Very Happy
It has been 10 months since my explant, and I want to say to all you ladies contemplating removal, that I am still very, very happy with my decision to remove the implants as well as the results. I feel AUTHENTIC
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UPDATED FROM melvirginia
5 months post
It has been about 5 months since my explant, so I...
It has been about 5 months since my explant, so I thought I should post one last set of pictures. They really do not look much different than the last pictures. I think they are as settled in as they are going to get, and I am quite pleased. To anyone who has a plastic surgeon who is skeptical that your result will not be what you hope, my only advice is you won't know until you try. Everyone is different. Our breast shapes are all different. I believe that has a lot to do with what the post implant removal result will be. I was never very big in the first place, but I think I am actually a little bigger now. Age and weight gain! Any way, I am comfortable with my result, like the way I feel and look, and can now happily hug my family and friends without feeling a ball against my chest. Priceless! So, good luck to all you future explanting women. If you are unhappy with your implants, you will probably be extremely happy with your body and self after you get them out! Go for it!
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April 4, 2013
You look wonderful - I hope mine will look half as good and I will be thrilled. I am 68 and have had my implants for 32 years. My husband of course knew, but the rest of the family (not everyone of course) is just finding out as it's hard to keep this next surgery a secret. Interesting how people react - surprise to say the least! lol
April 5, 2013
"BTJM", My family also did not know, except for my mother. We live with no family near by and the kids are married and not near here. Since I have had them removed, I have been waiting for someone to say something about my appearance, be it the bridge group, golf group. kids, or rest of family! No one has said a word. They are either very politically correct, or I was more conscious of my look than any one els
April 6, 2013
Mel, your results are drastic enough that people HAVE to have noticed, don't they? How, exactly, does one inquire about reduced breast size? I think they're being politically/socially correct. I have had comment after comment after comment...but I've lost 30 lb, and I think people's thoughts are that I "sure lost a bunch of it in my boobs." So their comments aren't ever about my breasts per se, but about the weight loss, as their eyes focus on my breasts!
I have a cousin who looks a LOT smaller suddenly, and her response to me was that she updated her bras so they all fit better, now. Maybe she got explanted, too! But I share that to say we all have an easy reply if people do ask, because we DO have new bras. =)
April 12, 2013
Aftermath, I do like the comment about the new bras. I have actually thought of that myself, as some bras can make one look huge! And exercise bras seem to flatten! The bra response is my back up plan!
April 22, 2013
What kind of implants did you have? Were they silicone textured..or saline? Thanks xx
April 22, 2013
I am not sure what my first ones were (had them replaced 4-5 years ago), but my second ones were textured silicone by Mentor.
December 4, 2014
Hi there, I am new to this site and considering removal of my implants. Your story is very similar to mine in many ways, and we are a similar age. I think your result is absolutely amazing! I have an appointment on 2 January for a consultation. Wish it was sooner! I am reluctant to have a lift but worry about ending up with loose baggy boobs :-(
Your story has given me hope, and it seems things just get better over time. Thanks for sharing your story, and I hope to post some pictures soon. Well done x
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