Did Lene Alexandra have breast implants? Yes — and she told the whole story

When she later had the implants removed, the decision shook her precisely because of that: as she told KK, the breasts were her livelihood — “Det var jo levebrødene mine”, they were my bread and butter — and “det var det jeg tjente penger på”, that was what I earned money on. “Det føltes som jeg fjernet alt jeg hadde”: it felt like removing everything she had, and she was, in her words, very worried afterwards.

Her second thoughts went both directions. She had planned to put new implants in a year after the removal — “Egentlig hadde jeg tenkt å legge inn nye året etter” — but people she trusted talked her out of it. In the end she made peace with the decision, saying she no longer has any complexes about her breasts: “Jeg synes de er ganske fine” — she thinks they look quite nice. And she drew a line under further surgery with a sentence worth quoting to any patient hesitating over an operation they do not truly need: “Det føles ikke riktig, å skulle begynne å skjære i en frisk kropp” — it does not feel right to start cutting into a healthy body.

That is what this article relies on: her quoted words in the magazine's report. She did not name the exact years of the operations in it, so none are guessed here. Everything below describes breast implant surgery in general, not her treatment.

For a patient, that arc is more instructive than any before-and-after picture.

Her final sentence is the quietest and the most useful one. Implant surgery is elective: the question is never only whether the operation is possible, but whether it is right for a particular body at a particular time. She chose — twice, at different points of her life — the answer that suited her, and said out loud what many patients feel after their last operation: enough.

Implant removal or exchange — the other half of her story — is likewise an established operation, planned around the state of the tissue and whether a lift is needed.

The right combination is chosen at the consultation, not from a celebrity story.

• Examine the motivation honestly — including, as her story shows, whether an operation fits the life you actually live, not the persona around it.
• Bring your medical history, including previous operations and medicines; the surgeon decides which tests are needed.
• Think about the whole arc: augmentation, possible exchange years later, possible removal — a good surgeon discusses all three stages before the first one.

Compression garments are worn for 4–6 weeks; swimming and fitness usually return then, strength training after about three months. Swelling settles in about a month, and full recovery takes 3–6 months. The timeline below shows the usual stages.

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

To be clear: City Medical Centre has no connection with Lene Alexandra Øien or her treatment. Her story is quoted here only because she chose to speak about her operations openly.