‘My boob grew to the size of a melon’: Mother’s size 32D implant ruptures and causes one breast to balloon five times bigger than the other
- Hannah Packham, 30, paid £4,000 for breast enlargement surgery in 2014
- Mother noticed left one rapidly growing bigger than other in October 2018
- Within a week her it had ballooned ‘five times’ bigger than the other one
- Silicone implant had ruptured and gel was leaking into the breast tissue
A mother feared one of her breasts would explode after an implant ruptured and caused it to swell to the size of a melon.
Hannah Packham, 30, paid almost £4,000 for breast enlargement surgery in 2014 to boost her from a size 32A to 32D.
She lived symptom-free with her ‘perfect boobs’ for years until she noticed one was growing bigger than the other in October 2018.
Within a week her left breast ballooned ‘five times’ bigger than the other and became increasingly covered in veins.
Mrs Packham, from Brighton, was petrified it was a sign of breast cancer after researching the symptom online.
Hannah Packham, 30, paid almost £4,000 for breast enlargement surgery in 2014 to boost her from a size 32A to 32D
She flaunted her ‘perfect boobs’ for years until she noticed one was growing bigger than the other in October 2018
Within a week her left breast ballooned ‘five times’ bigger than the other and became increasingly covered in veins
But medics revealed her silicone implant had ruptured and they would need to operate quickly to remove it.
While waiting for the surgery, she had to cut the left cup out of her bras, just to accommodate her massive swollen breast.
Recalling the ordeal, Mrs Packham said: ‘It was beyond scary. It just blew up to the size of a melon.
‘It felt as heavy as one too. It went five times as big. It was like I was nine months pregnant.
‘Every day I would wake up and it would be just that little bit bigger and there were loads of blue veins.
‘As you do I Googled it and I just convinced myself I had breast cancer. I just felt I couldn’t be close to my husband.
While waiting for surgery to have the implants removed, she had to cut the left cup out of her bras, just to accommodate her massive swollen breast
She said she wore nothing but a hoodie for months after surgery because she felt ‘unsexy’ and as if she had ‘the chest of a 10-year-old’
The mother had new 32F implants inserted last month but said her ‘once perfect boobs’ are now misshaped
‘I was so embarrassed. They’re still not perfect but it was the best of a bad job. I still have saggy skin on my left boob from where it stretched so much.
‘I used to love my perfect boobs but now I have two misshapen ones. One is perfectly round and the other is oval shaped.’
Mrs Packham had to have both implants removed so she was not left with wonky breasts.
She said she wore nothing but a hoodie for months after surgery because she felt ‘unsexy’ and as if she had ‘the chest of a 10-year-old’.
The mother had new 32F implants inserted last month but said her ‘once perfect boobs’ are now misshaped.
She added: ‘I had always wanted a boob job. My sisters both had theirs done and it seemed to work out fine for them.’
WHAT CAN GO WRONG WITH BREAST IMPLANTS?
Breast implants can sometimes cause problems, including:
- thick, obvious scarring
- the breast tissue feeling hard because scar tissue has shrunk around the implant (capsular contracture)
- a ruptured implant – this may cause small tender lumps (siliconomas), which are only noticable on breast scans; the implant will need to be removed
- creases or folds in the implant
- the implant rotating within the breast, resulting in an abnormal shape
- rippling of the implant – this happens when the implant is only covered by a thin layer of tissue, which sticks to the surface of the implant and is very difficult to treat
- nerve problems in the nipples – they may become more sensitive, less sensitive, or completely numb; this can be temporary or permanent
- not being able to breastfeed or producing slightly less breast milk than you would without implants – your baby will not be harmed if you breastfeed with implants
Also, any type of operation carries a small risk of:
- bleeding
- infection – this is rare, but may mean the implant needs to be removed
- an allergic reaction to the anaesthetic
- a blood clot forming in the deep veins
You should also be aware of a possible link between breast implants and a rare type of immune system cell cancer called anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL).
A very small number of women who’ve had breast implants have developed ALCL in the scar tissue around their breast implants.
GOV.UK has more information about breast implants and anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL).
Your surgeon should explain how likely all these risks and complications are, and how they would be treated if you have them.
Source: NHS
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