MY FIRST BREAST IMPLANT RUPTURE
I’m sure you have heard a story or two of women’s breast implants rupturing. It’s not completely out of the realm of possibilities and maybe it’s even happened to you. The reality of it is that it does occur. I just never thought it would happen to me and be so painful!
The Rupture
I woke up in the morning and looked down at my chest. My heart started racing and I just knew something was wrong!
Jumping up out of bed, I looked at my breasts in the mirror, one was smaller than the other! I was in shock and I didn’t believe it. I ran downstairs (at the time I was staying with my parents for the summer) and immediately went to my mother in tears and asked her if she saw what I saw.
My left breast implant had ruptured overnight! Clearly, I was beyond upset.
What Had Happened…
I’m not sure exactly what had led up to my completely deflated implant, whether it was jumping on a trampoline or helping my sister move furniture; all I knew is it was full and then empty within hours.
Now I was in pain. The implant had folded into a triangle shape and was stabbing me with its pointy edges. Ripping through the breast muscle and felt through the skin. I couldn’t move my chest muscles for fear of sharp pains that were unbearable at times.
My Second Surgery
The surgery wait time took about two months, this included the consultation and then the actual surgery. My surgeon told me it was really rare to have an implant rupture, but it does happen. And a second rupture was almost unheard of.
Sooo, he cut me open, replaced the old deflated implant, sewed me up, and sent me on my way. This was 4.5 years after my initial implants were first put in. I now had a new implant in my left breast and a $3,000 new bill.
He was surprised going in and finding that my implant was indeed completely deflated (which I had already known and told him). He said there was a malfunction in the valve, which had caused the leak, and would be fine from here on out.
4.5 Years Later…
After the second surgery and the PTSD of always checking to see if my implants are still intact, my right breast is now slowly deflating and smaller than my newer left implant breast. So much for unheard of!
Bad Luck?
Maybe… but that’s not the way I look at it.
Through this experience, I have learned so much about how we are putting our lives at risk with breast implants. How multiple surgeries are putting our breasts in danger for nerve damage, blood loss to that region, and even breast cancer? Along with, how big pharmaceutical companies make billions of dollars off breast implants alone and know their products aren’t as safe as they want you to think they are.
