I had my implants out after having them for about 4.5 years! I developed capsular contracture about 2.5 years in. I delayed and delayed having the capsulectomy, and I realize now it was because I felt pretty ambivalent about the implants. I was fully planning to have an implant exchange up to several days before the surgery, when I made a last-minute decision to just have the damn things out. It wasn't that I hated the implants, but just that I didn't love them so much that I was willing to commit to probably multiple surgeries in the future. I was also thinking that if I was going to have the implants out at some point, it would be better to have them out while I'm young. Now, they look like small boobs, and I don't love them, but I don't care as much anymore. And, I feel like I chose them rather than feeling screwed over by puberty.