Angie Everhart suffered for a decade after removing her breast implants
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Angie Everhart was dominating the modeling world in the 1990s. Her red hair andk personality broke typical beauty norms.
Angie Everhart suffered for a decade after removing her breast implants
The athletic beauty was featured in Sports Illustrated and on magazine covers. She seemed to be everywhere-- attending celebrity and red-carpet events, acting in movies, and dating stars...
During the height of her popularity, Angie says she was convinced to get breast implants. The operation did not go as planned. She says that while she was asleep on the operating table, the man she was dating (a celebrity) pressured the doctor to give her bigger implants than the C-cups that she was expecting.
“A boyfriend of mine came into the operating room. When I was under sedation, he convinced the doctor to give me double-Ds -- while I was asleep.” Angie said. She says the implants damaged her modeling career. Bringing down the size of her breasts took multiple surgeries-- each one gradually reducing the size of the implant to avoid sagging.
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Angie says she was finally fed up with implants when one ruptured after the birth of her son. “I just couldn’t take anything else. I was like, ‘Just take them out. Get rid of them!’”
At the time, Angie was convinced that the breast implant removal surgery (referred to as “explanting”) would end her ordeal with implants but over the next 10 years, she developed unexplained health problems - the most debilitating was losing the ability to concentrate enough to form sentences.
“They call it ‘brain fog’ for a reason. You’re in a fog. I couldn’t be in front of the camera anymore because I couldn’t remember my lines. I couldn’t remember what I was doing-- even going to the bathroom. I couldn’t remember words.”
On top of memory issues, migraines and constantly feeling sick, Angie says, she suffered pain radiating through her neck and shoulder. Years of doctor’s appointments and trips to specialists didn’t provide any answers. And as her health problems escalated, so did the crushing medical bills.
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“I lost years of my life. I lost my marriage. I lost my career. There was a lot of pain and suffering. People thought I was crazy like, ‘Oh you’re sick again?’ And I was like, ‘I’m just not a sick person.’ But we couldn’t figure it out,” Angie said.
Confidence was not something the strong-willed redhead struggled with until she started to struggle with words. The challenges of carrying on simple conversations caused her to avoid the spotlight, and the insecurity of not being able to find words was so anxiety-inducing that she began avoiding red carpets and other celebrity events where she would have to speak. Acting was out of the question.
In ten years, Angie says not one doctor had ever asked her about the capsules. She confirmed with her surgeon that her capsules were left inside of her when her implants were removed. Although capsules are something every woman with implants develops, they are often overlooked, understudied, and rarely discussed. Capsules are the formation of scar tissue that develops around every implant-- both silicone and saline. The scar tissue encapsulates the implant as the body’s way of protecting it from a foreign object.
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Skeptical that the capsules were the problem but desperate to feel better, Angie flew from Los Angeles to Florida where Dr. David Rankin’s practice focuses primarily on removing breast implants and capsules.
Angie says her health and life have changed dramatically in the four months since having the capsules removed. “I’m in a better mood almost daily because I’m not in pain. I don’t have pain in my body. I don’t have shoulder pain. I don’t have neck pain.”
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Beyond the physical changes, Angie describes major and life-changing cognitive improvements. She says she knew the moment her brain fog lifted-- describing a feeling like an air-conditioning clicking on inside her head. Suddenly, she was no longer struggling to find words. “I was like, ‘Oh, my God. I feel like I’m talking really fast!’” Angie lights up with excitement when she talks about being able to carry on conversations. “I couldn’t have done that before. There was no speaking fast because I couldn’t find the words.”
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