Physical.
“I used to be really athletic and have tons of upper body strength,” Jordan says. “I couldn’t work out my upper body for months after my surgery, so I lost a lot of that muscle. You have to adjust to that.”


For Meagan, however, the effect was the opposite. The surgery actually motivated her to go to the gym because before her surgery, she was always worried about what people thought of her body.

Social.
Even though Jordan’s mom was supportive of her surgery (she was actually the one who first gave her the idea), her dad wasn’t as comfortable. “My parents are divorced, so my dad never knew,” Jordan says. “I called him and told him one day and he got really upset. He started crying. I think it bothered him more that he didn’t know me and how I was feeling about myself, more than the actual surgery.”
 
Maegan also has gotten some mixed responses. She knows some people judge her, but has come to the point where she just doesn’t care. “People come up all the time and ask, ‘doesn’t knowing they’re fake bother you?’ But if they knew how they made me feel, then they would know it wouldn’t bother me.