--I understand but please rethink!

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I know girl how you feel about the "itty bitty titty club"!HA Please, please, think this over because what concerns me is when you said if you had to have them removed you wouldn't end up much worse! WRONG! Your story is alot like mine. I also had deformed breast tissue in one breast and this was why my breasts were so uneven. There is more to my story but the important part here is YOU ARE NEVER THE SAME WHEN YOU GET IMPLANTS. YOU WILL HAVE TO HAVE MORE SURGERIES. STEPHANIE, I HAVE HAD TWO LEAKS IN 5 years and major scar tissue. OK, you still have to pay the hospital costs and the aesthesisist. I paid $5,000 to put them in and then almost 4 years later(last year) I had to pay another $1,500 and a year later(just last month) I paid another $1,500. I am paying another $5,000 to take them out in Jan 04. Do you see where I am going? It is not worth it, not only financially, but physically. My implants have DESTROYED my breasts, even though they were uneven and little but at least they were perky and real. They are more deformed now and I still have implants, then they ever were before implants. If you are refinancing your house, please do not do this. This will financially take you down! Your health will never be the same!

Look at everything you do have in your life. You HAVE A GREAT UNDERSTANDING BOYFRIEND who obviously really LOVES YOU THE WAY YOU ARE and CARES ABOUT YOUR HEALTH. You sound like a great person who, just like me, let my mind control me, instead of my inner strength. I wish I would have never done this and please, please rethink this. If I could have what you have now, your own breasts even as imperfect as they may be, I would take them in a heartbeat.

If you need further INFO, KEEP EMAILING THIS WEBSITE. Everybody has something to give and I have learned alot from everybody on here. Everybody has different info and you will learn alot.

I will be here for you also, if you need more info, just email and let me know!

Teri

----- Original Message -----

From: Serbe

Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 8:00 PM

Subject: Re: New to site, my BA scheduled for 11/24

Hi Teri,

Thank you for your reply, I am almost 21 yrs old...I have wanted implants since the age of 15 or so, I am not a petite person yet my breasts are. I feel extremely dis-portioned, not only am I small chested but I have been classified as "tuberous" - the breast tissue I do have is behind the nipple so I am also very unhappy with the way they look. I KNOW I SHOULD have confidence in my body and not care how others view me but I am to the point that I wear extremely padded bras/bathing suits and will never go bra-less (even though I don't need to wear a bra) even in my PJ's if my family/friends are around. I read "Patty's Story" and that does scare me. She mentioned that getting implants is like playing Russian Roulette, however in my mind, I guess I look at it like, well if I have to get them removed at least I took a chance, and I won't end up much worse than when I started. My boyfriend of 4 yrs, whom I live with, is very supportive but also is very concerned with the health risks. I just feel that I was cheated in some way by my shape, I wish that I could just be happy with my health and other good features and not focus so much on my chest but I can't help it. We refinanced our house a few months ago to get the $ for the procedure, I already put my deposit down, I guess I will just pray for the best...I think I do blame it on society for making me so self-conscious, and BELIEVE ME I wish I didn't buy into it, but I can't change the way I think and feel. I don't even want to get big implants, just enough to feel proportioned. My freshman year of high school, my friends would tease me and call me the president of the "Itty bitty titty committee" horrible, huh? It's like my smallness has been implanted in my brain since about sixth grade, when girls started developing and I didn't...I am sure many that have had implants and then explants want to shake some sense into me, I don't want health problems due to vanity issues...but that "It won't happen to me" hope is still in my mind.

Sincerely,

Teri <coolchickie@...> wrote:

Hi ,

You are doing the right thing and that is researching BA and knowing all the facts. I wish I would have done that before I had my BA because things would have been alot different. Can I ask you WHY you are getting breast implants? I wish I could go back because I would cherish my uneven small breasts and get MORE SELF ESTEEM AND SELF CONFIDENCE and realize that VANITY is not as important as being REAL AND AUTHENTIC. I don't blame society or that people put so much stress on us to look better. I BLAME MYSELF FOR BUYING IN TO ALL OF THAT. I know I am a much stronger person and woman than that or at least I thought so. When you know WHO YOU ARE and you are a GOOD PERSON inside and you have faith in a higher power, it doesn't matter what you look like outside, YOU WILL LOOK BEAUTIFUL TO EVERYONE. Everyone that is authentic and real and good.

I got sick as everybody on this website has from implants. Saline implants have a SILICONE SHELL. Just the word silicone should make every woman's skin crawl if you were even breathing in the 80's and 90's.

I BEG YOU TO really really think about what you are doing because YOUR BODY WILL NEVER BE THE SAME. I wish I could have by perky small uneven breasts back but they are gone for good.

You will make the right decision if you really research implants.

Teri

----- Original Message -----

From: nonstopmx6

Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 5:30 PM

Subject: New to site, my BA scheduled for 11/24

Hi, I haven't gotten a chance to search the site as much as I would like, but so far I am really glad to see the "other side" as I am used to hearing only positive feedback from breastimplants411.com. I feel I have done substantial research, but real experiences have more weight...please offer insight as to what went wrong as to cause needing implant removal...or if it was due to other reasons (non-health related)I have my pre-op appt. 10/30 and want to be very prepared to questions I should ask my PS. Thank you all so much!