Taylor Mega on her breast augmentation at 20: what she said on Belve

About the comments she received as a teenager, she said: “Avevo 20 anni ricevevo questi commenti: sei piatta, una tavola da surf.” (“I was 20, I got comments like: you're flat, a surfboard.”) Fanpage.it reported that, in the same interview, she said she went through the operation twice: the first surgeon left her breasts too large, and a second surgery made them smaller, a process she described as very painful. Looking back, she said she would rather not go through it again.

That is the whole of what we rely on here. Mega did not name a clinic, a surgeon, an implant type or a specific year in that interview, so this article does not guess at them. Where the text below explains methods and timelines, it describes breast augmentation in general, not her own operation.

That is a realistic, if less glamorous, part of plastic surgery that a good consultation should set out honestly from the start — including the possibility that one operation is not the end of the process.

She also linked her decision to comments about her body as a teenager. Whatever pushed someone toward surgery, the questions worth asking before any operation stay the same: is the goal realistic, is it my own decision, and have I understood that a result I am unhappy with can sometimes mean a second procedure, not a quick fix?

The safest way to avoid needing a second operation is a thorough first consultation, where sizing is discussed using sizers and photos rather than decided in a hurry.

For a revision, the surgeon also reviews the existing implants and any scar tissue before planning the new procedure.

Possible complications include haematoma, seroma, infection, changes in nipple sensitivity, capsular contracture, asymmetry and wound separation; a second operation carries the same general risks as the first. A responsible surgeon explains all of this, and discusses realistic sizing in detail, before any date is booked.

Non-physical work is usually possible after 7–14 days, walking after one to two weeks, swimming and light fitness after 4–6 weeks, and strength training after about three months. A compression garment is worn for 4–6 weeks. Full recovery takes 3–6 months, and scars and sensitivity keep improving for up to a year. The timeline below shows the usual stages.

Breast augmentation costs $4,700, and a lift with implants $5,400; the price includes anaesthesia, the hospital stay and a year of follow-up with the plastic surgeon. More details are on the breast augmentation page.

To be clear: City Medical Centre has no connection with Taylor Mega or her treatment. Her story is simply a well-known example of someone who spoke openly about the operation.