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My advice about implants from personal experience.

Because I used to have a Boobie Blog once upon a time, advising women who work out on which type (etc) of implant to consider so they didn't make the same mistake I did, ending up with implants in my ARMPITS (practically), realizing after it was too late that I shouldn't have been training chest... I still get a ton of messages about the type, style, size of my implants.

And it wasn't until recently that my advice has completely changed.

My old advice and a simple answer to those of you who are considering implants and have your mind made up that you definitely want them:

Mine are silicone, under the muscle, 550cc ish, don't get your incision in the armpit and definitely get them implanted under the muscle because they look more natural BUT don't ever train chest. However, don't base your sizing off of my sizing! It all depends on the depth of your chest cavity. 550cc on you could look like watermelons! And opt for saline instead of silicone.

But my 2021 advice, and I wish I had considered this in 2010 when I got my original set of implants: don't get them.

Back in 2010 as I was becoming more and more serious about fitness, all I wanted was to be in a fitness magazine. And I had never seen a fitness chick without boobs! All I knew was the more I trained, the flatter my itty bitty boobies became.

So it was a simple solution... implants!

Regardless of all of the recent info and controversy surfacing about "breast implant illness", if I had this thought in 2010, my decision wouldn't have felt so simple:

 "Do I want to implant two toxic foreign objects into my body?"

The toxic part can speak for itself. What if it leaks? What if it doesn't leak leak, but the toxicity from the casing still absorbs into my bloodstream, especially after years of two silicone sacks just sitting in my moist chest (ew lol but you get it)...? Think that sounds ridiculous? They've already recalled a certain type of implant because it can cause cancer.

And never is a foreign object just graciously accepted into the body. You get a splinter, your body pushes it out. Ingrown toenail = infection and rejection. Even hip replacements can be rejected by one's own body because it's not naturally a part of the body.

Now imagine two silicone sacks sewn deep into your body. OF COURSE this is going to cause some sort of reaction. How could it not?

So like I said, regardless of the controversy surrounding 'breast implant illness' (and there's always controversy with any new idea at first, especially if it challenges western medicine), my new thoughts are:

I do everything I can to eat all-natural foods, I only use natural lotions on my skin and in my hair, in my soaps, hell, I don't even feed my dog packaged dog food... why would I want two toxic sacks just hanging out in my poor body? What if my body is constantly trying to fight off the foreign invaders? Is it always in a state of stress? And the answer could very well be 'yes'.

At this point in my life, my implants do not improve my quality of life. But that's also something to consider. 

If you know that implants will improve your quality of life so much that it outweighs any risks, get them!

Do I eat perfectly 100% of the time because I know that's the best thing for my body? No. Sometimes I'll drink alcohol, eat pizza, have a piece of candy that's flavored and colored with chemicals... because in those moments, it's more important to me to enjoy my life than it is to worry about a piece of candy potentially giving me cancer or my liver struggling because I decided to get drunk with my friends and have the time of my life.

So I'm not here saying "NO! Don't get them!" I'm just opening your eyes to more than I considered when I was 22 and dead set on a fresh set of boobs.

Will I get mine removed? Probably eventually. But I'm not rushing out the door to the first surgeon I can find.

I'm glad I have the awareness. I'm glad I can question my decisions objectively. I'm glad I choose to be as healthy as I realistically can be. And I want that for you too! (I'm also glad I got to have big boobs in my prime lol).

So think twice about new boobs. Little boobs are trendy right now anyways!

And if you do opt for the implant look... make the healthier choice and go for saline instead of silicone.

Happy booby-groovy FRIDAY!

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