POSTED UNDER Breast Implant Removal Reviews
31 Yr. Old Lactating Mom, Removing 11 Yr. Old 315cc Saline Sub-muscular Implants
UPDATED FROM surfergirl2016
4 years post
4 year update
surfergirl2016July 6, 2021
WORTH IT$2,701
Another year later and I feel the same as I did a year ago. I am not happy with my current appearance and deformed. I have extreme asymmetry and saggy empty breasts. My nipples sink inward and my flex deformity is the same.
I constantly try hide my breasts and I hate for them to be touched. It’s embarrassing.
I am at the point I am having a little regrets about removing my implants now, because I didn’t have any issues like BII or contractures…they looked fine and were much better than what I have now.
Now, if I want to fix them I have to have another surgery and pay thousands of dollars… I’m so sad about that. I’m a mother and don’t want to do the risks or recovery of another procedure and I feel selfish to spend that money on myself.
I definitely think i will do something though…
I’ve recieved many comments about fat transfer and I am researching that
I am not getting a lift. I have zero tissue and do not want to be flat with large scars.
So I will either do a fat transfer or implants again.
I’m going to continue to research these options before I decide.
I’d love to hear experiences of women who’ve had an explant and then got implants again or had a fat transfer after explant.
Best wishes to everyone. Hope this honest review helps someone and I’ll answer questions when i can. Good luck to anyone with making a decision. It’s hard. Such is life!
I constantly try hide my breasts and I hate for them to be touched. It’s embarrassing.
I am at the point I am having a little regrets about removing my implants now, because I didn’t have any issues like BII or contractures…they looked fine and were much better than what I have now.
Now, if I want to fix them I have to have another surgery and pay thousands of dollars… I’m so sad about that. I’m a mother and don’t want to do the risks or recovery of another procedure and I feel selfish to spend that money on myself.
I definitely think i will do something though…
I’ve recieved many comments about fat transfer and I am researching that
I am not getting a lift. I have zero tissue and do not want to be flat with large scars.
So I will either do a fat transfer or implants again.
I’m going to continue to research these options before I decide.
I’d love to hear experiences of women who’ve had an explant and then got implants again or had a fat transfer after explant.
Best wishes to everyone. Hope this honest review helps someone and I’ll answer questions when i can. Good luck to anyone with making a decision. It’s hard. Such is life!
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UPDATED FROM surfergirl2016
3 years post
3 year update
surfergirl2016July 13, 2020
It’s been a long time! Since my ex plant three years ago I have had another pregnancy and breastfed that baby. It was wonderful to go through that without implants. I didn’t have that engorged feeling or discomfort. Unfortunately, I had same issue with right breast not letting down milk even tho it makes milk, which results in baby preferring left side and my right going smaller as milk supply decreases.
Through research I think I have some nerve damage from my original breast augmentation which affects let down of my milk. My breasts are currently still very uneven in size.
Here’s how I’m feeling:
I don’t regret removing my implants
I DO regret getting them in the first place.
I’ve had a hard time accepting that I chose to ruin my muscles, have scars, muscle flex deformity and stretched saggy boobs by getting implants when I was 20. I wish I’d have stayed all natural!
Removing my implants has felt great. I love soft natural boobs. However, I am unhappy with the look of my breasts. I’m fine with small and saggy but I hate my scars...I hate my flex deformity....I hate my Areolas and nipples sink inward (because they’re so stretched out and have zero tissue beneath to support them). They don’t look or feel like breasts should look and feel. They feel empty/hollow skin. My husbands has more firm/dense feeling breast lol.
Seriously I have zero tissue and I don’t gain weight in my boobs at all. I cannot get a lift or anything because of lack of tissue.
So my only options are:
1) accept this body and live with it, try to love it and move on (I’ve been trying to do this option)
2) get implants again
I do not want to get implants again. But I have thought about it a few times. It just feels like the solution to my problems cannot but the same as what caused my problems (getting implants). So I don’t think I can go through with ever getting implants again.
I still encourage anyone looking to explant to go ahead and do it. More than likely you will look and feel great! Especially if your natural breasts are at least a full A cup. I only have issues because I really am so flat naturally. I’d be over the moon if I had even a little tissue to fluff out my nipple and look “normal”. Anyway, I will try to check in and answer any questions or comments as honestly as possible.
Best of luck to anyone on this journey! It isn’t easy!
Through research I think I have some nerve damage from my original breast augmentation which affects let down of my milk. My breasts are currently still very uneven in size.
Here’s how I’m feeling:
I don’t regret removing my implants
I DO regret getting them in the first place.
I’ve had a hard time accepting that I chose to ruin my muscles, have scars, muscle flex deformity and stretched saggy boobs by getting implants when I was 20. I wish I’d have stayed all natural!
Removing my implants has felt great. I love soft natural boobs. However, I am unhappy with the look of my breasts. I’m fine with small and saggy but I hate my scars...I hate my flex deformity....I hate my Areolas and nipples sink inward (because they’re so stretched out and have zero tissue beneath to support them). They don’t look or feel like breasts should look and feel. They feel empty/hollow skin. My husbands has more firm/dense feeling breast lol.
Seriously I have zero tissue and I don’t gain weight in my boobs at all. I cannot get a lift or anything because of lack of tissue.
So my only options are:
1) accept this body and live with it, try to love it and move on (I’ve been trying to do this option)
2) get implants again
I do not want to get implants again. But I have thought about it a few times. It just feels like the solution to my problems cannot but the same as what caused my problems (getting implants). So I don’t think I can go through with ever getting implants again.
I still encourage anyone looking to explant to go ahead and do it. More than likely you will look and feel great! Especially if your natural breasts are at least a full A cup. I only have issues because I really am so flat naturally. I’d be over the moon if I had even a little tissue to fluff out my nipple and look “normal”. Anyway, I will try to check in and answer any questions or comments as honestly as possible.
Best of luck to anyone on this journey! It isn’t easy!
Replies (5)
July 14, 2020
Thank you for updating! Have you considered a fat transfer? I had this empty feeling after my explant too... But please, don’t consider implants they only cause new problems. Maybe not immediately but they definitely will...
July 15, 2020
My reply did not show up for some reason...I have considered fat transfer but it is expensive and I’m unsure of the results. I’ve read they can be temporary and I don’t have much fat to begin with. I may do it in the future. How was your experience with it? Thanks for the comment.
July 17, 2020
At first I thought too that it is expensive but my result is very natural and I had no pain at all. Now I think to feel good in your body is priceless and I can think of no way I could have spent that money better. When I look at my breasts now or touch them, it makes me smile... It's hard to determine how much of what I "lost" after the fat transfer was fat or swelling but Dr. Bednar who transferred 505cc per breast told me my retention is very good and my guess is that 80% stayed. Since after the first three months post surgery I haven't lost volume.
July 17, 2020
Thank you for sharing your experience! It sounds like you’ve had wonderful results. It the results really last, then I think it would be worth the money. I’m glad you are happy with them! :)
July 18, 2020
Thank you! Dr. Bednar told me what you have 3 months post procedure stays - if you keep your weight stable. Now I’m 15 months post op... All the best!
July 19, 2020
Thank you so much! The best is how it feels: I really hated the feeling of having implants... xo
July 27, 2020
Yes I hated how my implants felt as well! That is awesome the fat transfer feels much better!!
July 15, 2020
Dear surfergirl2016, thank you so much for your post. My story is very similar to yours, i had a baby 1 year ago and i am removing my implants 250cc after 5 years of having them. Hope to breastfeed my second baby with no implants. My surgery is on comming monday. I m so scared, because i also had very smal A Cup and i am not sure how i will Controller my emotions the first weeks after the surgery. My surgeon told me that after the second pregnancy he can try to tighten and make smaller my areola with a laser and withought scars. Maybe u can ask if this procedure is also good for you. I live in munich, germany. I my niples are too stretched as well but still hope for the best. Did you notice some tightening of the skin in the first year? Thank you so much again!
July 15, 2020
Thank you for the comment. I have not heard of this laser procedure for nipples. I will look into because it sounds like what I need. The skin shrank and tightened way better than I expected! My breasts are similar in size and shape of before implants. I am mostly unhappy with my nipples. I had implants 11 years! And they were a little bigger than yours (315cc). It took so long for me to get courage to remove them. Five years is not very long so you may have an even better outcome. I hope you can relax and don’t be nervous. I wish you the best! I honestly enjoy being implant free so much more.
July 15, 2020
Omg, i am so grateful for you and for all this society. Thank u so much for answering so fast. My heart was beating so fast and as i read your post, i immediately calmed down. If you cannot find Information about this procedure, you can call my doc in germany and get more information and maybe he can Tell u who is doing such a procedure in USA. He speaks english as well. Dr. Patrick Bauer in Munich, u can Google it. I plan to have this laser procedure done after an year and a Half (hopefully had my second baby untill then) and can let you know how it went. Thank you sooooo much for your support again and all the best to you!!! U are looking great by the way! I will do my best to keep calm and trust in the universe. I m also so sorry to have gotten implants, but well, we learn from our mistakes;)
July 15, 2020
So glad my comment helped you! I was so nervous to remove them but if you don’t like them you will love being free of them. It is hard to live with the past decision of getting them in the first place. I struggle with that. Live and learn! Good luck. Oh and thank you for the compliment. :)
July 15, 2020
Look up Dr Burns and Dr Bednar for fat transfer in the US. They are the two best with highest fat retention rates. Check Facebook for support pages for them too!
July 15, 2020
Dr. Matthew Stanwix, Richmond, Virginia, did an awesome lift and fat transfer on me (no previous augmentation of any type) in 2018. My results are stellar. This may be one alternative you could consider. I am thrilled with Dr. Stanwix's work!
UPDATED FROM surfergirl2016
27 days post
One month update
surfergirl2016August 16, 2017
Almost one month already! I just wanted to update: I feel great! However I haven't noticed any changes in appearance. My breasts do feel firmer and like the tissue has settled.
I'm just enjoying daily life better without the implants. Sleeping, breastfeeding, exercising, are all more comfortable. I feel lighter and it's great.
The only thing that bums me sometimes is the size difference of my breasts. It's hard to hide and hard to find bras. But it is ok!
No regrets!! If you want to explant, just do it! [RS bleep]
I'm just enjoying daily life better without the implants. Sleeping, breastfeeding, exercising, are all more comfortable. I feel lighter and it's great.
The only thing that bums me sometimes is the size difference of my breasts. It's hard to hide and hard to find bras. But it is ok!
No regrets!! If you want to explant, just do it! [RS bleep]
Replies (5)
August 17, 2017
I am so greatful you have shared your experience
! I have wanted to do this for so long but wasn't sure where to begin finding a doctor in ILM. I will be scheduling with Dr. Church in the morning.
! I have wanted to do this for so long but wasn't sure where to begin finding a doctor in ILM. I will be scheduling with Dr. Church in the morning.
September 6, 2017
Oh I'm so glad my review was helpful to you! Dr Church was great. Best wishes!
September 6, 2017
I'm so happy you're recovering well and enjoying your natural self! At my consultations the PS said my asymmetry would still be present after removal due to my left being the larger milk producer. Hopefully yours will be closer to the same size when your finished breastfeeding.
October 3, 2017
Yes, I’m sure my left will shrink. I doubt it will go all the way back to that small. It’s fine. Gonna have more babies anyway! :)
September 30, 2017
Hi, I would like to ask you if you had the muscle reattached in order to get rid of the flex deformity. And also if you were able to gain back strength and free moving without strange sensation inside. I am considering explant in mainly because of this disturb when I move and I would like to know if It can help getting rid of it. Thank you for your advice and good healing! I think you look great and better than with the implants.
October 3, 2017
No I didn’t have any muscle work done. I have full movement and strength, no weird feelings. I feel like my old self! It was such a relief of pressure to remove the implants. I used to have discomfort working out or doing chest movements, now I don’t! I do still have flex deformity and I think that can never be fixed. I regret getting implants mostly because of the flex issue and scares...all permanent damage.:(
January 19, 2018
I had mine removed too and I am so happy I did. I feel so much lighter and healthier. Thanks for the review. I may use him for a different procedure.
November 6, 2018
Hi there, I'm curious if you're still happy with your choice to explant? I am scheduled for my explant surgery on 12/7 in Wilmington. Same office you went to, different doctor. I'm nervous but excited at the same time.
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Fat noduls and lumps..I am going to wait a year and if I am not happy then I will go ahead and get a lift. Do you mind sharing pics? And where was your incision?
I am never getting a lift. I don’t want to pay thousands to be flat as a board. Like I said, I have no tissue to lift.
I’ve read the same thing about fat lumps and issues reading mammograms with fat transfer, and that makes me hesitant on that procedure.
As far as pics, I don’t have any right now but I haven’t shared pics for a few reasons. Mostly because since my ex plant I’ve have two pregnancies and have been breastfeeding much of that time. I am still BF my last baby and hanging on to some weight. So, I don’t want to post pics because my breasts are fuller than normal. I’d hate someone to see the pics bad think that’s the results I’ve had from explant.
I’m also not sure how comfortable I am posting pics.
I hope you feel better after your removal. There’s just no way to know what to expect and it is scary, but lots of women have good results!
The things you mentioned about fat transfer are the reasons I am now pretty sure I do not want to do it. I’ve seen terrible reviews about fat necrosis! And the lumps! And I would be so paranoid if I wasn’t sure if the lumps were fat or tumors.
I am so sorry you’ve had issues with both your implants and FT.
My implants never gave me issues, I just wanted to be soft and natural again. I do have muscle flex deformity which is more obvious now than ever. Sunken nipples. Scars and just a deflated balloon look to my breasts. Also asymmetry (from breastfeeding, but one breast had nerve damage from augmentation and doesn’t let down milk).
I’ve tried so hard to be content with my body and not do any more procedures. It’s just so depressing to look like this and feel these things.
I hope you write a review or come back and let me know how your removal goes and how you’re doing! Good luck!!