Rethinking BA after Capsular Contracture in 2013…whats your thoughts?

I don’t usually post stories about my experiences but I feel like if I’m going to talk about this it has to be with people who have been through it or at least know what it is!

So…I basically had a BA in 2013, I had just turned 21 and I had done my research for over a year and I had my heart set on having the procedure I was so stuck on the idea and nothing or no one could have stopped me. A close friend at the time had it done and seeing her results I went with the same surgeon as her and it made me want to battle my boyish body demons and go ahead with the op.

Before anyone thinks I’m going to sit and slate the company I went with I’m not going to do that I don’t want to act like a victim of plastic surgery it is something I went into wanting 100%. Looking back now though I really do wish I had waited because my body was still developing. Nevertheless I was a 34B and had 400cc implants (Allergen Nautrelle) and they were over the muscle. I do feel like I went way too big I remember saying give me as big of implant that my body can take without it looking too fake. I healed so quickly, my whole experience was faultless, the nurses, the hospital everything was carried out professionally.

However, about 10 months into healing I noticed a burning sensation in my left breast I showed a few friends and my boyfriend at the time and everyone said I was just being silly and it was all in my head but I think you know your own body. I was in the early stages of capsular contracture and I booked an appointment to see my patient coordinator and she said that it sounds like the early stages of CC.

I saw my surgeon and he confirmed this….at the time I didn’t particularly love my implants because I felt like they were too big for my body. I’d gone from having nothing to having a lot overnight and i don’t think i psychologically could handle that at 21. I was really taken in with the stigma of having breast surgery and I felt so paranoid all the time. I don’t want to think that mentally rejecting the implants meant my body rejected them but I can’t help but feel this is what happened. I rested so much on this procedure changing my life and making me so much happier that when it didn’t deliver I was not happy.

Relating back to the age thing…although i didn’t rush my decision I do believe that I had breast augmentation too young. I am now 24 years old with a much stronger knowledge of the world….I have 100000 questions now about the procedure. When I got CC I really panicked because I was told that if I got the implant removed etc and re-inserted it would increase my chances of CC. At that time it was a risk I wasn’t willing to take so I rushed the decision and said to my surgeon I wanted them out of my body full stop no ifs no buts take them out. I was really fortunate because yes my skin had stretched and was quite rippled and frankly quite disgusting lol but due to the advantage of youth the skin was back to normal in no time. My boobs are now probably a large B but I know just really want to have full breasts like a large C so i ‘play them up and down’ like Blake Lively.

I’ll be going back to where I had my BA in 2013 for my consultation but this time I will ask to see 2 surgeons I want a different opinion as in:

– Will having unders make me less susceptible to CC? (I have a decent amount of breast tissue so I cannot imagine this or partials will be the case but we will see)
– What are my chances of developing CC again? Can 3 years of healing without the implants in my body make any difference?
– My surgeon or nurse never once told me to massage my implants…I didn’t even know this is something you’re meant to do post op anyway? I was never told to massage them so I never did.
– Can sleep position affect CC?

I think at 24 years of age now I feel like this will just be an improvement to my body…I’m not resting my life happiness on this operation. I would love to have fuller breasts because lame as it sounds one day I want to wear a strapless wedding dress and having boobs would be bloody great! On the beach is where I have especially felt like I miss my implants. I really do miss them. Towards the end of my relationship my confidence really suffered in the bedroom with my boyfriend (now ex) because I know I went too big and wasn’t confident with my decision. It all comes down to age and timing.

Now I’m older and wiser but I have to looka at it from a financial angle I had to pay to have the implants removed because I had to pay for the operation, looking back now it felt strange to pay for something and not have anything there but I actually don’t regret any of it, the op, the removal, I just wished I had waited a few more years. It’s definitely more a psychological thing you drive yourself insane worrying about what they look like.

Sorry to waffle on but it would be so lovely to hear your thoughts about this, has anyone else experienced something like this? Had implants took them out and really missed them? If you would like me to post my consultation feedback then please let me know and I will share the feedback 🙂

Thank you for reading xx

@Sgirl, hi dearie.i so sorry about your experience. I am 16 PO so not fully informed on CC but your post was so informative. Please post your consultation feedback.

Hi CC!
If I can offer you any advice don’t worry too much about it at this stage just concentrate on healing!
Of course I will let you know what is said
Xx

@cc please see comment above xx
Forgot to tag you

Lol thanks hun @sgirl.

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