I could say that today. Sadly, at the age of 20, I couldn't. I wasn't prepared for what pregnancy would do to my breast. Childbirth had basically robbed my breast tissue, leaving 2 empty sacs of skin hanging. My self body image was so very low (like millions of other women). I didn't want my husband to see me get undressed. I went to a PS for a lift. Like so many other woman, the surgeon told me that implants was better than a lift. Back then, surgeons told women implants last a lifetime.
Today, I would have gone for the lift and that would have been the end of it.
I've had implants for 26 years and have replaced them twice. I won't tell you how much I spent in revision surgery, but it's been a lot. All the money aside, the emotions that go into this entire process is a tough journey.
It angers me when I hear radio stations plugging breast implant procedures.
Advertising quick recovery....yadda, yadda, yadda.
Surgeon's make a lot of money putting these devices in young women. Millions of women are implanted every year. Hell, parents buy them for graduation gifts!!!
The implant process is short and sweet. What they don't stress enough is that the revisions are complicated and cost 2-3 x's more than the initial breast augmentation. Each surgery increases your chance for more complications.
