DO you ever miss your boobs?

Hi elly, I had a BR on 29th Aug this year. I went from a 34 GG/H (uk size) to a 34 B. I do not miss my boobs at all. I think after carrying all that extra weight and putting up with discomfort and pain I now have a pain free life. I can understand your fear of missing the boobs as you have lived with them for a while as I did. My brain is still thinking I have big boobs as i look at big tops and then i have to remind myself i am now 5 clothes sizes smaller now!! I would suggest speaking to a counsellor to establish your personal identity and what aspects of your body and life make up exactly who you are. I have never enjoyed being 'the woman with big boobs'. I covered up my feelings as i hated being reminded of them all the time and I spent too much effort (looking back) on hiding my boobs and having a retort to any comments made about them. Now i can dance, wear what i like and no one mentions them!! Men don't stare either - it's great. Look at what your boobs mean to you and weight up what negative effects they have and compare the two lists? Look at what you would gain from smaller boobs and how that would impact on your self perception and body image. Good luck in your decision making x

NO! And I don't understand why people are so concerned with scarring. I'd take scars over 32H any day! And it's not like I walk around naked.

I am struggling with the same issue. I am so looking forward to less, hopefully no, back and neck pain or headaches, but am so nervous about how I'll look-not just the girls, but my proportion overall. I carry my weight around my middle and although I have been losing (25 lbs now, yeah!), it's harder to hide a larger tummy if I'm smaller on top. Why do I feel so vain saying that?? The reality is I'll probably look smaller anyway, right?! It really is about the benefits - less back/neck pain, headaches, fewer chiropractic adjustments and rounds and rounds of physical therapy, my comfort, being able to easily buy a swimsuit, bra, or dare I say it -strapless top, being able to sleep on my sides without my arm going to sleep, etc. Reading your posts is very encouraging!

Im only 4 days post op so I really shouldn't weigh in on this yet, but yes I miss mine. Not like I want them back because I think the final outcome is going to be good but because right now they are kinda hidious. They are swollen and bruised and lumpy and I had to have skin grafts of my nipples putv back on. I think I am having a normal reaction. I bawled my eyes out the first night home thinking "what have I done to myself." The big boobs wern't pretty but they were mine. These don't look like mine and so far they don't look pretty! I hope I am able to repost on here in couple of weeks that they look way better and that I am liking them more. I hope!!

Hello no!!! I feel so much better with smaller breasts and nomore back pain

Not a chance. I hated my saggy, uncomfortable, aging breasts. I am just over 3mos post op and I continue to be amazed and feel better than I have ever felt about my body and my breasts. The only negative for me is I still do not have the nipple sensation I had before the surgery. I am still hoping it will return but I am not sure. But the comfort level I have with my B/C size is definitely is something I never imagined I would have.

Nope! I've had two reductions (one in high school and another this year [in my late 30s]) and didn't miss them either time! In high school, I believe I went from a 36DDD to a 36 full-C. (I remember being disappointed that I wasn't smaller post-surgery.) After 3 babies and breastfeeding, plus some weight gain, I was a 38G. Post reduction and weight loss (30 pounds post-reduction), I'm a 36A/B. I *love* my new size. And I've even started RUNNING, which was impossible before. If I need a little more fullness, I'll buy a padded bra. But IMO, size isn't as important as shape. My shape is perky and perfect.

Thank you Ladies.....Nov. 1

I have hated my boobs since 6th grade (when I developed ) am 58 now. No, hell no I don't miss them!! :)

I don't miss mine at all! I look and feel so much more proportionate now!!!

Absolutely NO!!!! and I surely do not miss the back and shoulder pain....it stayed in the OR!

Not for a single second!

Nope!!! And if you read my review you will see I was freaked out by my new cup size (wanted a full D, and ended up a full C/small D).... Even that aside, I don't miss those suckers for one nanosecond. Not ever. Not ever!! I am so much more comfortable. No more back pain ever. I can run, exercise, etc and I can wear all sorts of styles of cloths now! Plus, the main effect of going from an H cup to a super extra full C/small D for me is that almost no one noticed my boobs looked smaller because it made my whole body look so much smaller! I swear it was like instantly losing 25lbs. A friends boyfriend even cornered me one night and gushed that he had to know what diet I was on because I "had lost at least 25lbs. in the past few months." Haha! Nope. More like 3 strategically placed ones :)

nearly 2 weeks post-op and I can honestly say NO !!!!!!!!!! I don't miss them for one second :O)

Not at all! It has only been 2 weeks but I can't think of a single reason to miss them. I'm still a C/D cup (can't completely tell) so I still have curves, but having a body that's in proportion is so much better!

Never.

HELL NO!! LOL :) Dont miss them at all..Infact this is my second reduction... No regrets! Saggy boobs with huge areaolas to small perky sexy dont need a bra boobs...:)

No, never.

Elly, this is such a great question. I have really enjoyed my girls (and so, ahem, have some other people). I'm worried I'll miss them. But now my thinking is "well, I had 30 years of big boobs, and that was great, and now I'm gonna have 30+ years of smaller boobs, and that's gonna be great in a different way."