Maria Kang, a fitness influencer and mother of three, has offered a vulnerable post about why she had breast augmentation and why she recently had her implants removed. 'I'm sorry,' the post began.
A fitness influencer who has been making waves on social media for years has just offered perhaps her most vulnerable post yet: It discusses her years-ago choice to have breast augmentation and her recent decision to have those implants removed because of breast implant illness symptoms — plus, an apology, for “unconsciously normalizing an unnatural body standard” over the years.
Kang, who has been making body-image waves on social media for many years now, had her first big exposure when her “What’s Your Excuse?” Facebook post, about being a busy mom who still found time to work out, stoked enough anger to go viral in 2013. Subsequent attention continued over the years, with posts on everything from her struggles with eating disorders and her marriage, to becoming a fitness guru through her international network of No Excuse Mom workout groups.
Her post drew similar responses on Instagram, where responses included, “I have always wanted implants, but was never brave enough to do it. Thank you for sharing this. I don’t want implants anymore. I’m learning to love myself for who I am and be thankful for my blessings.” Another wrote, “This post is beautiful, but you don't owe anyone besides yourself an apology!”
Further, she recalls. “I always dreamed of becoming a fitness model in my 20s, and saw that 80 percent of magazines had a lean model with augmented breasts on their cover. The only difference between my body and theirs were the boobs, and it was ‘the missing link’ for me.” But eventually, the range of physical symptoms Kang was experiencing — including intense chest pains, heart palpitations and exhaustion so extreme that she could not keep her eyes open during the day — pushed her to investigate the idea of breast implant illness. She found the popular Facebook support group, Breast Implant Illness and Healing by Nicole, which she says helped her “link the dots.
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