“I always had firm, large breasts that I was very happy with. They changed during my pregnancy and I was ashamed of that. I wasn’t even thirty yet and already I had saggy breasts. When I got out of the shower one morning, I realized that I wanted to have something done about my breasts. I was at the end of my pregnancy and I noticed how much weaker they had become. I thought it was very ugly and thought: this is not going to work out anymore. Even if I wore a shirt with a bra underneath, you could still see that I had sagging breasts.”
“I wanted the operation so badly: I looked in the mirror every day with an unhappy feeling. I saved for it for more than two years. I had to give up a lot for that, such as holidays and days away with the family. When I saw holiday photos on social media of friends who did go on holiday, I found it confrontational. I felt guilty towards my family that we didn’t do that. But my husband said that wasn’t necessary, he knew how much I wanted this.
I went to the nearest clinic for a consultation. When I took off my shirt, the doctor looked at my breasts. “Yes, you really have the breasts of a seventy-year-old woman,” he said. What a shitty comment. I was already insecure and now I was being crushed into the ground. But I also knew he was right.”
“Three weeks later I was able to have an operation. I was completely happy and immediately called my friends to share my enthusiasm. When I got home, I looked up the doctor on the Internet and came across bad reviews. I read about poor aftercare, little compassion and that he was a dominant person. I got a bad feeling and wondered for a moment whether I should cancel the appointment. But I actually didn’t want to wait any longer for my new breasts. Maybe the others had just been unlucky, I thought.
On the day of the operation I was not nervous. I was especially happy that the time had finally come. The operation went well, but after two days I developed bruising and fluid and pus came out of my breasts. It turned out I had an infection. And when the bandage was removed, I saw that I still had sagging breasts. Also, one breast now hung four centimeters lower. I felt even more insecure than before when I saw that. It seemed like I had an abnormality.
The doctor responded nonchalantly. ‘You can never make pancakes firm. You had very sagging breasts, you will never get them firm again.’ That comment made me angry. He knew this in advance, didn’t he? I feel like the doctor has done me an injustice. I know plenty of women who had their breasts done after their pregnancy. That looked really nice. Why didn’t it work for me?
I no longer trusted the doctor, so I requested a second opinion. There I heard that too small silicone was placed and too little breast tissue was removed, which is why they are still hanging. He advised me to undergo a recovery operation with the same doctor, otherwise I will have to pay extra costs and I don’t have that money. So I am financially forced to go back to him if I want anything done about this. I feel powerless and wonder if my breasts will still be okay. Did I put all that effort into this?”
Laura and Dina also regret their cosmetic surgery. You can read their stories in Flair 46-2023. You can read more stories like this every week in Flair.
Amy van de WielIris TempelaarNovember 18, 2023, 11:00 am
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