A woman's saline implant ruptured on day three of a Spain trip, leaving her left breast flat. The rupture became her turning point to explant after worsening health following a prior replacement. She felt confident after consulting with an explant surgeon.
So I was in a little denial for a little bit. I'm young, and I didn't want to think that these implants were making me so sick. And then we went to Spain for 17 days, and on day three, I had a rupture. I had saline implants, I had a rupture. I woke up, my left breast was flat, and I started crying. And I said, maybe this is a sign that they need to come out. And I came home from the Spain trip panicked, because I didn't do any research for an explant surgeon, just knew about breast implant illness. But I didn't do any consultations yet. I just had it replaced. And ever since that replacement surgery, my health just got worse than it was before. And I told myself this is a clear sign that it's time for them to come out. And my body is really trying to give me a sign and tell me that these implants are not good for you and they need to come out. So I felt like the rupture was really the turning point, and my body just telling me that it's time for these to come out. And then ever since the rupture, it really. That was my turning point. And then after that, I knew that they had to come out. And then within, I want to say, four months, I had my consultation with you, my first consultation with you, started looking at different explant surgeons. And then once I had my consult with you, I just knew right then and there, just everything was just falling into place. And I said, this is what I have to do. This is what feels right for me.
