(Note from Erin: I had my breast implants removed seven years ago and have been speaking around the country to doctors about my own recovery. I also write about it in my free ebook, which you can download here.)
For a year or more now, numerous women have shared their personal stories of why they decided to remove their silicone breast implants. Former reality TV star Adrianne Curry has been very vocal in documenting her painful and complicated explant journey on social media.
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Prompted by a multitude of reasons, this topic isn’t going away. Some of the reasons are profoundly concerning, like Allergan’s July 2019 recall of its Biocell textured implants due to their link to a certain type of cancer, as well a two-day FDA hearing in March about various implant risks.
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Outspoken public figures like Sharon Osbourne, Victoria Beckham, and our very own Erin Elizabeth have shared their explant stories.
The documentation of Curry’s explant journey online has prompted hundreds of comments from women applauding her honest and inspiring posts last week. Curry told Yahoo Lifestyle that her implant-explant journey taught her a valuable lesson about herself, adding:
“Supportive comments from women are a blessing, as most women are pretty bad to one another, especially on the internet. That I foolishly wasted a lot of time in my life trying to impress other people, and I won’t waste one more singular moment doing so ever again,” she says. “A healthy and happy life far outweighs a so-called ‘relevant’ and glittery one.”1
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Curry rose to fame after winning the first seasons of America’s Next Top Model and then co-starred in the reality series My Fair Brady while she was married to now-ex Christopher Knight. Curry shared:
“I lost most my breast tissue in my right breast due to massive scarring/ flesh swimming in silicone. My doctor then decided to reduce my left breast to try to even me out. When I awoke, she was upfront about my results & discussed possible fat transfer.”1
Curry is now married to voiceover actor Matthew Rhode. Speaking of how she feels now after the explant, she explained:
“I am not interested in more surgeries. I was a c cup and a b cup prior to surgery. Now? Not even a double A. Most women go back to what they had before and some are even bigger. I was hoping I’d be bigger since I gained weight since implanting. I’ve tossed the dice and lost EVERY time I did ANYTHING for vanity. Don’t do it, guys.”1
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Curry called out those who might mean well but who instead wind up lessening her emotional experience with explanting, saying:
“All the ‘at leasters’ tell me ‘at least you have your health! At least (insert dumb shit that doesn’t make you feel better at all here)!’ It’s the most toxic & unhelpful thing I’ve experienced so far. The complete dismissal of my inner feelings and voice.”
“I got fake boobs due to massive insecurity. My entire life was molded on how I look. Good… LUCK shaking THAT brain washing! I do feel better physically. No phantom knife shank pains… but learning to love a new version of yourself takes time. I went in due to insecurities. I look down and feel like I am looking at someone else. My chest is completely foreign to me.”1
According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, nearly 30,000 patients have their implants removed every year.
