Baywatch's Nicole Eggert regrets getting breast implants at 18 after devastating diagnosis
Nicole Eggert, 51, who starred in the hit show Baywatch from 1992 to 1994, has said she regrets getting breast implants at the age of 18 after being diagnosed with breast cancer.
Baywatch star Nicole Eggert has expressed regret over her decision to get breast implants at the tender age of 18, following a sombre diagnosis of breast cancer.
Diagnosed with stage 2 cribriform carcinoma in December 2023, the 51-year-old actress confessed she believed she was going through menopause when she experienced distressing symptoms including gaining significant weight and enduring intense pain in her left breast.
Nicole, renowned for her role as Summer Quinn on the popular TV show Baywatch from 1992-1994, decided to have breast implants whilst in her teenage years due to the pressure of having to wear a bathing suit for her role.
Sharing her thoughts with PEOPLE, she voiced her remorse about the hasty decision she made during her youth.
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"It was a stupid 18 year old decision.", she confessed. Continuing her story, she says: "I look at all these younger girls doing it and think, 'God, leave your bodies alone!'
"But when you have to put on that one-piece and it's like you're so flat that it's like pleating - you got pleats across the front..." she expresses.
"You're like, 'What is this?' Nothing you can do. You can't stuff it with anything. You can't do anything."
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Nicole, who's had various breast augmentation surgeries since the show ended, had one of these procedures showcased on the E! reality programme, 'Botched'.
She went on that show in 2015 to reduce her breast size. Now a single mum of two, she's focusing primarily on her cancer diagnosis.
Speaking to PEOPLE, she said: "I think that experience definitely hindered me a bit and my mental health and my self-awareness and how I felt about myself".
She added: "I think it was damaging and made me very insecure and just not comfortable in my own skin."
To diagnose her cancer, Nicole underwent a mammogram and three biopsies, but it's unknown whether the disease has spread or metastasised to other parts of her body.
Following surgery, she'll receive chemotherapy and radiotherapy as recommended by her oncologist.
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