This is a totally honest, first-person account of what it’s really like to have your breast implants removed, also known as explanting, and what happens afterwards. I’ve been getting a LOT of questions since removing my breast implants- Did it hurt a lot? Do you miss them? Do things fit weird? Do you have a lot of scars? The answer is pretty much a yes to all that, but to varying degrees. So, I’ll go a little more into detail on what it’s really like to go from a big D to a small B overnight, and everything that comes…
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Following up one month after breast implant removal, or explanting. I just had my second check-up and everything looks good, and I am cleared for exercise. I can’t believe how fast the recovery went! I also got to see photos of the implants after the removal and the capsules. I even got to see video of them cutting open the left side capsule and the implant sliding out. The capsule around a breast implant is a layer of scar tissue that naturally forms around the implant after it is placed in the body. This capsule is the body’s way of…
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One week after explant surgery and healing is going well! Explanting is having your breast implants removed, which I chose to do after discovering possible ruptures and honestly just not feeling like I needed them anymore.
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I'm sharing my personal experience of how I prepared for my explant surgery (aka removing breast implants). This is a list of what I bought to prepare, later updated with whether I used it, and how I liked it.
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It's just past 5AM and my explant surgery consultation isn't until 3PM, but I am already preparing. I'm nervous, excited, scared, worried and just looking forward to getting it over with.