ALL TAKEN OUT. HERE'S ABC'S ZOHREEN SHAH. >> Reporter: THESE DAYS, COSMETIC IMPLANTS AND ENHANCEMENTS ARE MORE POPULAR THAN EVER. BUT AT LEAST SOME PEOPLE ARE HAVING BUYER'S REMORSE. MODEL AND REALITY TV STAR BLAC CHYNA, KNOWN FOR HER HIGH-PROFILE RELATIONSHIP WITH ROB KARDASHIAN FEATURED IN THE REALITY TV SHOW "ROB AND CHINA." >> I GUESS THAT'S JUST THE KARDASHIAN FAMILY. TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK. >> Reporter: ONE OF THE ARCHITECTS OF THE MANMADE FULL-FIGURED LOOK LOOKING TO REVERSE IT, GETTING WHAT'S KNOWN AS EXPLANT SURGERY. >> I'M GOING TO GET MY BUTTOCKS REDUCED, AND ALSO MY BREASTS. HONESTLY, I FEEL LIKE I'M PAST THAT STAGE. I'VE BEEN THERE, DONE THAT. >> Reporter: TAKING HER FANS THROUGH HER JOURNEY IN A SERIES OF INSTAGRAM DIARIES. >> SO I'M HOPING THAT THIS INSPIRES WOMEN THINKING ABOUT IT, AND IF YOU ARE GOING TO DO IT, DO IT THE CORRECT WAY, PLEASE. >> Reporter: JUST THE LATEST CELEBRITY TO TALK FRANKLY ABOUT EXPLANT SURGERY. OTHER CELEBRITIES ARE DOING THE SAME, LIKE RuPAUL'S "DRAG RACE" JUDGE MICHELLE DESAUJ FEATURING IN A DOCUMENTARY CALLED "EXPLANT." >> I'M POSTING THIS TO GIVE YOU SOME NEWS. THIS IS THE LAST TIME YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ME WITH THESE. >> Reporter: AND CELEBRITY MODEL AND COOKBOOK AUTHOR CHRISSY TEIGEN WRITING ON INSTAGRAM, "I'M GETTING MY BOOBS OUT. I LIKE TO BE ABLE TO ZIP A DRESS IN MY SIZE, LAY ON MY BELLY WITH PURE COMFORT." JOINING IN, NASCAR DRIVER DANICA PATRICK AND ACTRESS HAYDEN PANETTIERE. MANY TAKING TO SOCIAL MEDIA TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES. >> THERE WAS ALWAYS SOMETHING BLOCKING MY HEART. IF I WAS WITH A GUY, IF I WAS HUGGING FRIENDS, I COULD NEVER FULLY FEEL THEM BECAUSE THERE WAS PLASTIC IN THE WAY. >> I FEEL 1,000 TIMES BETTER. >> I'M SO GRATEFUL. >> Reporter: REALITY STAR CLARE CRAWLEY FROM ABC'S "BACHELOR" FRANCHISE -- >> WILL YOU ACCEPT THIS ROSE? >> Reporter: -- HAS GONE THROUGH THE REMOVAL PROCESS HERSELF. TAKE ME BACK TO YOUR BREAST AUGMENTATION. TELL ME WHY YOU DECIDED TO GET IT DONE IN THE FIRST PLACE? >> HAVING SMALL BREASTS, AT THE TIME, FOR ME MADE ME FEEL -- I GUESS NOT AS FEMININE. IT CREATED THIS BIG INSECURITY IN ME. >> THERE WERE SYMPTOMS YOU WERE FEELING? >> INSTANTLY. I STARTED BREAKING OUT IN RASHES. OVER THE NEXT EIGHT YEARS, MORE SYMPTOMS STARTED CREEPING IN. IT GOT TO THE POINT WHERE I WAS A SHELL OF MYSELF. >> Reporter: IN JULY OF 2021, CLARE SAYS HER DOCTOR TOLD HER THAT HER BODY WAS HAVING AN IMMUNE REACTION TO HER IMPLANTS. THAT SAME MONTH, SHE WENT IN TO HAVE THEM REMOVED. IT'S A WEIGHT OFF OF YOUR BACK? >> IT REALLY WAS. THEY HAND THEM TO YOU WHEN THEY TAKE THEM OUT OF YOU. I STARTED SOBBING. AND I WAS LIKE, THIS IS WHAT MY BODY HAS BEEN CARRYING AROUND. THIS LITERAL WEIGHT. >> Reporter: EXPLANT SURGERIES ARE ON THE RISE. THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PLASTIC SURGEONS SHARING THAT IN 2020, PLASTIC SURGEONS REMOVED MORE THAN 36,000 BREAST IMPLANT AUGMENTATIONS AND ALMOST AN 8% INCREASE FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR. WHILE THE NUMBER HAS GROWN, BREAST IMPLANT SURGERY IS ONE OF THE TOP FIVE COSMETIC SURGERIES SINCE 2006. CELEBRITY PLASTIC SURGEON DR. GABRIEL CHU HAS SEEN THE EXPLANT TREND FIRSTHAND. >> I WOULD HAVE TO SAY A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE FOLLOWED SUIT, IN THAT MAYBE IN THE BACK OF THEIR HEAD THEY WERE THINKING, LIKE, I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT ABOUT DOING THAT. I'M FINDING A LOT OF PATIENTS WANT TO GO MORE NATURAL, WHICH HAS BEEN THE TREND. >> WHAT ARE THE SILHOUETTE CHANGES? >> THE MORE NATURAL LOOK, RATHER THAN TO BE OBVIOUS. NOT EVERYONE WANTS TO HAVE THAT CLEAVAGE AND UPPER BREAST SHOWING. YOU KNOW, HAVING A MORE NATURAL SLOPE IS PREFERRED NOW. SO WE'VE GONE FROM IMPLANTS THAT HAVE BEEN MORE PERKY AND LARGER, TO SOMETHING THAT WAS KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE. AND THEN DOWN TO A SIZE THAT IS MUCH MORE NATURAL. >> THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL REALLY HAPPY WITH THEIR IMPLANTS. >> OH, ABSOLUTELY. USUALLY IT'S IN THE TOP THREE IN SURGERY EVERY GIVEN YEAR. >> WHAT ARE THE REASONS SOMEONE MIGHT WANT THEIR BREAST IMPLANTS REMOVED? >> OF COURSE YOU HAVE PATIENTS WHO ACTUALLY HAVE A REASON TO HAVE IT REMOVED, OR A COMPLAINT. BUT I FIND A LOT OF PATIENTS, THEY'RE JUST IN A DIFFERENT STAGE OF LIFE. AND THEY WANT TO GO AHEAD, KIND OF FEEL MORE LIKE THEIR NATURAL SELF, OR MOVE ON, IF YOU WILL, INTO THEIR NEXT PHASE OF LIFE, AND IT DOESN'T INVOLVE HAVING THIS SIZE OF AN IMPLANT. >> Reporter: WHEN BLACK CHINA ANNOUNCED THE REMOVAL OF HER IMPLANTS, SHE TOO CLAIMED SHE WAS MOVING ON WITH HER LIFE. >> LIFE IS COMING UP, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? >> Reporter: WITH ELECTIVE PROCEDURES ON THE RISE, SOME MEDICAL OFFICIALS ARE HELPING PATIENTS PROCESS THEIR SURGERIES NOT JUST IN BODY, BUT IN MIND. >> IF YOU LIVE IN A SOCIETY THAT MESSAGES "BIGGER BREASTS ARE BETTER," THE HUMAN MIND ON ITS OWN SEES THE RELATIONSHIP IN REVERSE. "SMALLER BREASTS ARE WORSE, SMALLER BREASTS ARE LESS." >> Reporter: DR. AMANDA SAVAGE BROWN, WHO WROTE A BOOK ABOUT HER OWN IMPLANT REMOVAL JOURNEY, NOW HELPS PATIENTS HANDLE THEIR OWN. >> I HELP THEM RECONNECT WITH THEIR VALUES THAT ARE IN THEIR HEART, DEEP DOWN, UNDER WHAT SOCIETY HAS PRESCRIBED TO US. WE WILL LOSE TOUCH WITH WHAT MATTERS TO US WHENEVER WE'RE SO BUSY MEASURING UP AND KEEPING AN EXTERNAL VIGIL AND HOLDING THINGS IN OUR HAND, AN INSTAGRAM FEED. >> Reporter: FOR ALMOST A DECADE, MONICA ROMAN STRUGGLED TO BREATHE DEEPLY. IT STARTED AFTER SHE FIRST GOT HER BREAST IMPLANTS IN 2013 AT JUST 21 YEARS OLD. >> SEEING SO MANY PEOPLE ON TV AND ON SOCIAL MEDIA HAVING IMPLANTS, IT JUST MADE IT SO NORMALIZED TO THE POINT WHERE I WASN'T THINKING ENOUGH ABOUT IT. WASN'T THINKING ENOUGH ABOUT MY DECISION ON PUTTING THEM IN. >> Reporter: BUT AS THE YEARS WENT ON, MONICA FELT HER HEALTH WORSENING. >> ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES WAS THAT I NEVER FELT LIKE I COULD TAKE A FULL, PROPER, DEEP BREATH. AND ALONG WITH THAT, I HAD THIS FEELING OF AN ELEPHANT SITTING ON MY CHEST. >> Reporter: AROUND THE SAME TIME, MONICA BECAME MORE MINDFUL OF WHAT WENT INTO HER BODY. ULTIMATELY MAKING CHANGES TO HER LIFESTYLE. >> I STARTED EATING MOSTLY PLANT-BASED. I TRIED TO AVOID AND LIMIT CHEMICALS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. I DON'T LIGHT CANDLES. I TRY NOT TO USE ANY CLEANERS WITH ANY BLEACH OR ANYTHING. ONCE I STARTED THAT, IT KIND OF CLICKED FOR ME THAT I HAD THESE TWO FOREIGN OBJECTS INSIDE OF MY BODY, JUST SITTING ON MY CHEST. AND PRETTY QUICK FROM THAT REALIZATION, I KNEW THAT I HAD TO GET THEM OUT. >> IF SOMEBODY'S AT THAT PART OF HER JOURNEY, WHAT I ENCOURAGE IS FOR HER TO JUST BE OPEN-MINDED TO THE REALITY THAT BREAST IMPLANTS ARE NOT LIFETIME DEVICES. SO INEVITABLY, THEY WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED OR REMOVED. AND TO ALSO BE AWARE THAT THEY ARE NOT PROBLEM-FREE DEVICES. >> Reporter: IT IS GENERALLY RECOMMENDED THAT IMPLANTS ARE REMOVED OR REPLACED EVERY 10 TO 15 YEARS TO PREVENT COMPLICATIONS. THE FDA NOW TRACKING SYMPTOMS ALLEGED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH BREAST IMPLANT ILLNESS, ALSO KNOWN AS BII, ADDING THAT BII "IS NOT RECOGNIZED AS A FORMAL MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS, AND THERE ARE NO SPECIFIC TESTS OR RECOGNIZED CRITERIA TO DEFINE OR CHARACTERIZE IT." AFTER CONSULTING WITH MULTIPLE DOCTORS, MONICA FINALLY GOT HER IMPLANTS REMOVED IN LATE 2021. >> ALL RIGHT, THIS IS WHERE I KEEP THEM. I KEEP THEM HERE IN THE CLOSET. AND I KEEP THEM IN THIS TUB THAT THE SURGEON ACTUALLY GAVE THEM TO ME IN. I LOOK AT THEM NOW, AND I HONESTLY CANNOT BELIEVE THAT THEY WERE IN MY BODY. I JUST FEEL LIKE I LOOK SO MUCH BETTER. I FEEL LIKE MY NATURAL BODY FITS ME JUST SO MUCH BETTER. AND I'M MUCH MORE CONFIDENT NOW. >> Reporter: MONICA IS NOW RECONNECTING WITH HER BODY ONE DEEP BREATH AT A TIME. FOR CLARE AND MANY OTHERS, THE REMOVAL PROCESS HAS BROUGHT COMFORT WITH THEIR PHYSICAL APPEARANCE AND THEMSELVES. >> A LOT OF WOMEN SUFFER IN SILENCE. AND ASSOCIATE A NEGATIVE CONNOTATION WITH SPEAKING OUT ABOUT BREAST IMPLANTS. AND I GET IT. IT'S YOUR BODY PART, AND IT'S -- YOU GET THEM FOR A REASON. BECAUSE YOU'RE MAYBE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH YOUR BODY IN THE FIRST PLACE. BUT IF YOU CAN EMPOWER YOURSELF, LIKE IT EMPOWERED ME TO EVEN SAY, WHY HAVE THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE? THAT'S WHAT I NEED TO FIX. I FEEL MORE FEMININE NOW WITH THEM OUT THAN I EVER DID WITH THEM IN. 100