Sia Cooper, the 29-year-old behind the blog Diary of a Fit Mommy, posted a photo of herself to her more than 1.2 million Instagram followers, holding her removed breast implants she got seven years ago — a move that was encouraged by her ex-husband to make their love life “spicier”.
Sia had been suffering from extreme fatigue, exhaustion, hair loss, and weight gain which she says was because of her breast implants.
She underwent multiple medical tests that came back “normal”, convincing the Florida-based mother-of-two her symptoms are related “breast implant illness”.
She shared a topless image of herself while holding the explants in front of her chest, explaining why she finally had them removed.
"I can’t believe it’s been one week," she said of her explant surgery.
"This past week, I’ve been sore, but have felt incredible. More-so than the last few years.
"I went from being practically bedridden to having more energy to live."
She went on to explain how her chest pain, shortness of breath and bad body odour had disappeared since her surgery.
"I feel mentally more clear, but still waiting for more on this. Acne is clearing up.
"I have colour back in my face again. My weight is finally budging for the first time in months."
Sia said her husband hasn’t seen her this talkative in months.
"I credit that to me not being so anxious and depressed anymore," she added.
"The toxicity of the implants themselves and my body trying to fight the foreign objects took a toll on me this year which lead (sic) me to remove them."
In a recent YouTube post, Sia explained that she got breast implants seven years ago because she felt “really insecure” about herself and thought they would make her happy.
"I was married to my ex-husband at the time, and he really encouraged me to get them," Sia said.
"He told me that they would make our love life spicier."
After losing roughly three stone and being left with "tiny deflated breasts", Sia said she "wanted to feel feminine again".
She decided to get 400cc silicon gel implants, which were inserted through her armpits without leaving any scars.
BREAST IMPLANTS INCREASE YOUR RISK OF CANCER
The textured implants are the most commonly used type of breast implant in the UK.
t comes after it was revealed thousands of patients have been fitted with unsafe medical devices, like breast implants, hip replacements and pacemakers due to a poorly regulated approval system.
A new BBC Panorama investigation found women are still being given the silicone breast implants with no warning from UK regulators about potential dangers.
That's despite the fact women France are being warned not to use textured silicone implants while health bosses investigate their link to cancer.
The investigation, which formed part of a wider investigation involving 58 media organisations including the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and the British Medical Journal, revealed manufacturers of the implants didn’t carry out basic safety tests before selling them to the public.
The textured implants have been linked to breast implant associated lymphoma, also known as anaplastic large cell lymphoma.
Anaplastic large cell lymphoma is a rare type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma that develops when white blood cells called T-cell lymphocytes divide in an uncontrolled way.
In this case, the implant causes the white blood cells to divide.
Most cases have been treated by removing the implant but some women have required chemotherapy and radiation.
She went on with her daily life, but a few years later, she noticed her anxiety and depression had increased.
"I ate healthy, exercised regularly, but nothing would help me," she said in her recent Instagram post.
"I saw so many doctors and took so many tests for no answers. I felt like such a hypocrite and fraud because I preached natural, healthy, and organic everyday and yet here I was sick from silicone and a bad choice I made seven years ago.
"It got to the point where I couldn’t workout anymore. I was that sick. I felt like an 80 year old when I was only 29."
The fitness guru, who runs a fitness program for mums, said she now feels freer.
"I thought I would cry seeing my new breasts, but I haven’t," Sia said.
"It feels amazing to be smaller again and they fit my body. I never thought I would say this, but I love my new (old) self."
After years of campaigns, the Food and Drug Administration in the US agreed to hold a public meeting of medical advisers in 2019 to discuss the safety of silicone breast implants.
The move came before the release of a large study conducted by the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, suggesting certain rare health problems might be more common with silicone gel implants.
This story originally appeared on news.com.au and has been republished with permission.
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