Michelle Visage Embraces Her Body in Sheer Gown After Breast Implant Removal

Michelle Visage declared herself ‘flat and proud’ as she finally embraced her natural figure, six years after having her breast implants removed for health reasons.

The RuPaul’s Drag Race judge, 56, stunned in a racy sheer gown in a snap shared to Instagram on Friday with only sequinned modesty patches covering her nipples.

Michelle, who had the cosmetic procedure for bigger breasts when she was just 21, admitted she’d gone under the knife after years of feeling ‘shame and ridicule’ for her small chest.

In the lengthy caption she  penned: ‘I wish I had the hindsight to have loved my body when I was a young girl… The truth is, and you may have heard my story before: I was made fun of by many boyfriends and friends in general for being flat chested’.

‘Also reading through my father‘s nudie magazines and not seeing myself represented, I felt inferior and not lovable, attractive or feminine in any way without having big beasts or, for that matter, any real breasts at all’.

Michelle continued: Having my explant for my health in 2019 was a body revolution for myself and my inner child who needed to be validated that she was beautiful from the start. Always has been always will be. 

Michelle Visage, 56, declared herself ‘flat and proud’ as she finally embraced her natural figure, six years after having her breast implants removed for health reasons

The RuPaul ‘s Drag Race judge stunned in a racy sheer gown in a snap shared to Instagram on Friday with only sequinned modesty patches covering her nipples (Right in 2018)

Michelle admitted she’d gone under the knife at 21 after years of feeling ‘shame and ridicule’ for her small chest  (pictured with RuPaul in 2017)

‘I never would’ve worn this dress back then for fear of shame and ridicule. You may think it’s too much or too revealing or too gauche, but Today I celebrate this dress and the body in it that I’ve worked hard to achieve’.

Before adding: ‘Yes little Michelle, you are loved. Thanks for reading my vent!’.

Former Strictly star Michelle previously revealed that she’d suffered hair loss and ‘panic attacks’ due to an illness she battled for years due to her breast implants.

She was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s disease, an autoimmune disease in which the thyroid gland is gradually destroyed and can cause symptoms including weight gain, depression and general pain. 

Michelle underwent a breast augmentation when she was 21 and became convinced that the surgery was the cause behind a number of unexplained symptoms she had.   

Speaking about her battle with the disease, Michelle said: ‘My skin was crackly dry and my hair was falling out in clumps. I was also having hardcore panic attacks.

‘My journey goes back to me getting breast implants at the age of 21. My body couldn’t fight off the attacker because it was there 24 hours a day, seven days a week.’

Michelle’s concerns that her symptoms were due to her breast implants were not confirmed by her doctor so she carried out her own research.

In the lengthy caption Michelle penned: ‘I wish I had the hindsight to have loved my body when I was a young girl’

Former Strictly star Michelle previously revealed that she’d suffered hair loss and ‘panic attacks’ due to an illness she battled for years due to her breast implants

The RuPaul’s Drag Race UK judge had her implants removed 30 years after getting them and said her ‘thyroid nodule has gone down’ since. 

She said: ‘So I found a Facebook group where over 50,000 women who had the same symptoms from their breast implants and started a documentary on my journey with Breast Implant Illness, before getting them removed.

Meanwhile speaking about her weight loss in 2023 she revealed it was about ‘calming inflammation’ and not being skinny.

The Radio 2 presenter lost the weight in just a year following The Autoimmune Protocol (AIP) diet and weightlifting after struggling with perimenopause.

She previously explained that she hopes the weight loss will also help reverse her Hashimoto’s disease – an autoimmune disease where the thyroid gland is destroyed.

During an appearance on loose Women she said that she believedher breast implant journey was also a major factor in the shocking weight loss.

She told the panel: ‘I have an autoimmune disease. I hate putting our self-worth down to our bodies; we are so much more than that.

Meanwhile speaking about her weight loss in 2023 she revealed it was about ‘calming inflammation’ and not being skinny (R in 2019) 

‘The journey was never about losing weight. It was about calming inflammation, and that is what came along with it.

‘I believe my breast implant journey was a major factor.’

According to healthline.com: ‘The Autoimmune Protocol (AIP) diet is an elimination diet designed to help reduce inflammation or other symptoms caused by autoimmune disorders.’

Sporting a red blouse, the former Strictly star completed her chic look with a full face of flawless make-up, including a shimmery smoky eyeshadow.