My Breast Implant Explant Journey

 I got my breast implants removed on January 28th 2020.

Everything went well, I feel amazing, so much energy now, I can breathe fully and I am so happy with the decision I made. I don't have any regrets about what I did in the past. I believe  that everything we do in our lives comes with a gift or with a lesson. I just wish that in the past I would have put more time and energy in embracing my true self and accepting myself.

Now I am here to share my story so that girls and women that are considering getting implants realize that they are beautiful as they are. We are all beautiful, all shapes and sizes! Our personalities are so unique and amazing therefore we can use the energy to love ourselves more instead of comparing with others.

 There are so many other ways to feel beautiful, it starts with a change in our attitude and mindset.

This picture was taken, a little bit I had decided to have a breast augmentation. I have always been really skinny,  I thought having bigger breasts would make me look  less lean. ( while some people wanted to lose weight, I wanted to gain weight , I will share more about this in another blog post).

I was grateful for the healthy body I had,  but deep inside I believed that women with bigger breasts looked prettier, I compared myself with the very fit muscular women when I lived in Brazil.

At that time I was doing my internship at Citibank. I remember working long hours to save to pay for my surgery. I travelled with my mom to get my surgery, my parents thought that I had beautiful breasts and did not really need implants, but they accepted my decision.

After the surgery I was happy that I could wear all the dresses I wanted and  participate in beauty pageants. But other than that nothing else really changed. Bigger breasts didn't make me feel any more happy or confident.

 While doing sports, such as running, I realized that because of my implants I could not breathe fully. Even though the implants were not so big 215cc, I was having shoulder neck and back pain almost every evening. 

Years after my surgery I started noticing that my right breast started feeling painful at times.  I would always think that I was feeling less energy than before and more tension on my back due to my busy lifestyle ( mom of 2 and growing managing my own business). I went to the doctor got an ultrasound everything was fine. Got my blood checked and everything was perfect. So why did I feel tired?

 2 years ago after I got my certification as a Style Coach, I started incorporating daily practices of self-affirmation, mental visualisation and breathing techniques.  I uncovered my real self and decided to let go of the mental images of the fictional self  the world had told me to be.

On my journey into personal development I learned that I am not inferior or superior or better than others. I also learned that I am unique and my personality is not in competition with anybody else's. I developed a very loving relationship with myself and this is why I want to help women in feeling their best from the inside out.

 In Octuber 2019 while I was doing one of my morning meditations I received a message . The message was sweet and peaceful, ‘’Mo... you have got to remove your implants ‘’.

 The day after, I spoke about the message to my mentor. She told me that she knew other women that after they started their personal development journey also decided to remove their breast implants . At that moment I started my research, & found out about BII Breast Implant Illness. I found a group of more than 100 thousand women called  Healingbreastimplantillness. Many women in the group had symptoms and then after removing their breast implants their symptoms disappeared. I researched some more and found out that on February 6, 2019, the Food and Drug Administration of the United States of America (FDA) issued new safety information as a follow-up to the reviews conducted since 2011 on a partnership between all implants breast, regardless of the filling or texture and a type of cancer called anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL).

Why had I not heard of this before? And well to be honest this is why I am telling my story, so more women can become aware of the risks involved in getting implants.

My aim in sharing my story is not to make women that have breast implants feel bad but to Inform about BII. If you have implants and have ANY health issues, if could well be because of the implants. I advise you to get your implants checked regularly and seek medical attention if you are concerned about any change in size, shape or symptoms associated with your breasts.

 This year I choose health over esthetics. It is time for more women to see themselves through the eyes of love and acceptance.

Please let me know if you would like to know the process into getting the explant or wish to have more info on BII.

For now, I pause to give space for healing.