r/ExplantSurgery

I’m specifically looking for advice from women who had an explant + lift. My surgery is coming up soon.

I got out of a longterm relationship a few months ago and was finally feeling ready to start dating again when one of my implants ruptured. I’m curious about how long recovery realistically puts dating and physical intimacy on hold.

How long did it take before you could comfortably hug someone without pain? And realistically, how long before you felt comfortable being intimate again? Do your nipples hurt?

I hope this doesn’t sound ignorant or shallow, but it’s a real concern for me. I’d really appreciate hearing from women who went through an explant + lift. 🤍

I am highly considering explant and this is my first question. I’m just starting my research today and it’s been a lot so far. I am in FL. I know this varies and I am thinking of consulting with my surgeon who put my implants in because she was wonderful and also does explants, but just curious what the average amount is or what everyone paid.
I’m not sure if I have capsular contracture or not but they started hurting. Left one feels different. I have allergan soft touch 240cc (I was an a cup) and they have a 10 year warranty. I’m on year 6. Did anyone have a portion of their explant covered? I was reading that sometimes they cover for a few different reasons and you just have to make sure your doctor codes everything correctly when you get diagnostics done (i.e. ultrasound)

Dr Dumestre in Austin tx

Anyone ever used her as their surgeon

Who did you use as your surgeon please

I’m from texas willing to travel

Looking for a breast explant doctor .

I don’t have BII symptoms

just want them out

I have over the muscle implants 600ccs. Need to hear from woman with the same placement plz as Over the muscle implants have a different aesthetic result

Hey all!

I got breast implants on May 4th and already want them out 😭

Two weeks post op I started getting acne, and at about four weeks I started losing a lot of hair.

My anxiety and depression have also increased so much that I had to get on various anti anxiety meds. Maybe I am too much of a hypochondriac for plastic surgery..

I’m already considering explant with Dr. Shafer Khan. He says the capsule has formed and he can get it all out.

Any advice? I’m just so scared and regretful.

Ok so. I got breas implants on january 2024. They look beautiful on me. Very natural, unnoticeable scar. Great doctor overall. I can sleep in my stomach, I don’t even feel I have some foreign objects inside. 

But I want them out because it just doesn’t feel like me anymore. I was in a bad place when I had them on. I made a huge mistake. 

I want them out without a lift because I want to breastfeed in the near future. I would like to know your experiences of explantation with or without lift, know about the technique your doctor used, how do you feel right now, if your breast looks like before or very different. This is my first post here and honestly you are the only people I can talk with. I know more women with implants but they just tell me how great they look/feel and that they have 0 regrets. It took me a couple of years to realize I made a mistake, and it was hard. I talked to my husband and cried for hours (I am already sobbing just to mention this). He is so supportive and told me that if I feel this way I should do it ASAP to overcome this feeling and continue with my beautiful life (his words). 

So I want to hear from you… 

Hello! Has anyone developed RA after explant? Prior to explant I didn’t experience any symptoms related to RA. I explanted in January. Around March I started experiencing waking up with swollen stiff hands. Both hands. It’s only getting worse. Hand x-rays are normal. RHEUMATOID FACTOR was 23. I have to sleep with wrist braces every night now, it helps with the stiffness. If I don’t wear them, I wake up in the middle on the night because my hands get swollen and stiff. I couldn’t get an appointment with a rheumatologist until November. Anyone experienced something similar?

Hello everyone,

Me, 29 / 165cm/ 73kg / 390cc dual plane Implants since 4 years
have been contemplating about getting my implants removed and consulted with 2 Clinics in Europe (Germany), while i live in Switzerland.

So both clinics have been Video Calls which i had to pay too, but the first clinic is gonna refund it.

The first Clinic is 14k which contains the implant removal, and fat grafting. Seems honestly quite expensive. They have seen pictures of my breasts and were realistic about expectations. They said it will feel like a sore and i can then go home immediatly after i wake up. What i do like though is no hidden costs and travelling there is faster. They also answer my questions via email. I could get a slight summer deal and the appointment could work in this month because someone else cancelled.

The second clinic is 7.5k without anesthesia which i have to pay extra and it also contains both implant removal and fat grafting. They didnt see pictures of my boobs, or my body and were also quite realistic about expectations. Here i will stay in a clinic after procedure for 2 Days which i dont know if it is included in the price since they havent given me a detailed cost formula. They dont answer questions via email like the other clinic. Travelling there will cost more. They want me to pay in 4 Days the Advance payment already even though the operation appointment would be in November. Travelling there would be long

Honestly i dont know what to do, which one would you choose if you were in my shoes. I might shop around even more...

In may 24 I got mentor textured teardrop implants and within weeks my body had an immune reaction, I was extremely inflamed covered in a rash I believe as the inflammation from the textured surfaces activated and immune response, I was fatigued, puffy, bloated, depressed and numb, but the rashes were by far the worst! I had them removed September 25 and within about 6 weeks the hives and rashes went and I started getting back energy again, but I still had Inflamation and a few issues so march 26 I had the capsules removed, I’m completely back to normal now as I write this but I’m unhappy with how my boobs look.

I had a lift with the explant surgeon but he didn’t lift them enough and my nipples are different sizes . The surgeon that removed the capsules wants to fix the lift and either I can do fat grafting or add a motiva nano texture implant designed to reduce the risk of inflammation.

I know the safest option is to do the fat but I’ve heard mixed things, so if you have had this and don’t mind sharing your experience and if the fat lasted or not ?

Or for anyone that’s implanted again did you get sick again?

Or has anyone had bii with motiva implants? I mostly here it’s mentor and textured implants

I wanted to do this for my health and wellbeing. However I’m 11 days post op and feeling so depressed. Had an allergic reaction to the adhesives used. I’m just so down about my outcome this far. The allergic reaction has caused even more redness and swelling, puckering along the suture lines of the lift. I have to apply a steroid cream twice a day and I just dread opening the dressings. Not at all like the success stories I’d seen before surgery. I’d never replace with more implants, just on the struggle bus emotionally.

Ugh I’m struggling off and on here with my husbands overall attitude & reaction to my explant. I’m 2.5 weeks post op, he saw them at 2 days and hasn’t seen them since and is now ‘scared’ to see them. part of me is understanding that this has been an adjustment and they were pretty sad looking 2 days after surgery, but they’re coming along so well. especially because I had mine for 13 years and have carried and nursed our son, and I’m also almost 40. originally I was wanting to possibly just revise to a smaller size but now that theyre out I really don’t think I want to have another surgery or have the foreign objects in my body. And I don’t want another surgery in 10 or 20 years and be that much older in trying to heal from another explant.

I just wish my husband could be more emotionally supportive. I just feel alone. I feel alone in the wins in seeing my body bouncing back, in feeling like myself, in feeling more beautiful than I have in over a decade. With his verbal reactions or avoidance of them, I literally feel disgusting to him. And it’s hard to deal with. Hes made mentions in about his exes chest and how ‘gross’ it looked being deflated post pregnancy and he basically expects me to look like that in which ‘he was never a fan’. I knew he didn’t want me to get them out, but at the end of the day this is my body and I was over living with them And feeling so top heavy and uncomfortable. I know I can’t go against what he wanted and then expect him to be fully on board, but I guess it’s really disappointing seeing how truly just unsupportive he really is.

The reason I got implants 13 years ago was because my ex manipulated me into feeling unworthy because I was smaller chested. I was a 32C, for reference i am very thin frame, and 5’7” - he convinced me I needed to go really big and in a vulnerable and bad place in my life I did and I got 450ccs which made me like a 34DDD. I never wanted them for myself and I felt like I finally took back my body and power over the situation. it has been so healing in so many ways for me. But this situation with him is kind of triggering and bringing me back to the place sometimes mentally in which drove me to get them to begin with. My point of this very long explanation is it’s really hard sometimes to not be put back into these feelings of not being sexy or beautiful enough or just worthy. I did this for myself because I felt so uncomfortable in my own body, and I felt like my husband would see the confidence come through and see the real ME for the first time. Vulnerability is kind of hard for me so I feel like I’m exposing part of myself as who I really am and it’s kind of being rejected.

idek what im looking for here, im just kind of hurting and hoping someone has something comforting to share 😞

If you are happy with the results of your explant, regardless of where you are located, can you please share your surgeons name and location?

I am SOOOO done with binders and compression bras! In about 2 more weeks I can go into a regular bra. I understand there will be some fluffing, so when do you measure for the new cup size?

I had my explant surgery this morning, and I am feeling really good so far! I will update with pictures soon & post my experience. I was wondering how long did you keep your compression garment on for? I completely forgot what they said to me after surgery but I believe it was 1-2 weeks. Just wondering how long did you keep yours on for? I have a post op appointment in 2 weeks but just curious about other peoples experiences. I believe I read there are benefit of keeping it on longer. Thank you!

Hello everyone, I am officially 48 hours post explant.
My doctor only provided me with a compression binder and told me I would have to wear a compression garment for about 4 weeks.
The binder is really uncomfortable and I feel it is not fitting the right way. I have 2 compression bras which I bought myself. When would it be okay to switch from binder to bra?