Did Kader Loth have a breast augmentation? Yes, and she speaks about it honestly

Why she did it back then: “Ich habe das nur gemacht, weil ich mich damals nicht weiblich genug fühlte” — she only did it because she did not feel feminine enough at the time. Her verdict today: “Das war falsch!” — that was wrong.

In 2015 she had her breasts reduced to a 75C. The complications began years earlier, as she described in a Bild interview in 2013: about five years after the implants were placed, the breast started to hurt and change shape, and she began warning young women against rushing into the operation. Pain and deformity were the words she used then.

That is what this article relies on, in her own quoted words. She has not named the exact year of the first operation or the surgeon, so we do not guess. Everything below describes breast augmentation in general — its real benefits and its real risks — not her treatment.

Her sentence — she did it because she did not feel feminine enough — is exactly the kind of motivation surgeons ask patients to examine at the consultation.

None of this means breast augmentation is a bad operation. It means the decision deserves a calm look: stable motivation, realistic expectations, a surgeon who also talks about what can go wrong, and follow-up care that does not end after the first week. Her account is useful precisely because it is uncomfortable.

What happened to Kader Loth — pain and shape change years after the operation — is not the norm, but it is the kind of risk a patient should hear about before surgery, not after. Long-term follow-up matters, and problems with implants are usually correctable when they are reported early.

• Examine your motivation, as uncomfortable as it may be: the operation changes the breast, not the feeling that prompted it.
• Bring your medical history, including previous operations and medicines; the surgeon decides which tests are needed.
• Plan the follow-up: ask before the operation which check-ups are included and for how long — implants need attention years, not weeks, after surgery.

Compression garments are worn for 4–6 weeks; swimming and fitness usually return then, strength training after about three months. The result typically lasts 10–15 years, until the implants are replaced or another correction is chosen. The timeline below shows the usual stages.

More details are on the breast augmentation page and the page for patients from Berlin.

To be clear: City Medical Centre has no connection with Kader Loth or her treatment. Her story is quoted here only because she chose to speak about her operation — and about its complications — openly.