Breast Reduction - Are These Normal Breasts? (photo)

Hi, good to hear from you and thanks for commenting. So we will still have problems of not getting a bra to fit! I feel my PS should have taken more tissue away to make them more rounder. I haven't even attempted to look for a bra to fit. At present I am wearing the soft, comfort seamless bra 24/7 as feel I need support. Can I ask what size you were before your op? I was a 34G and now think I look like a C/D cup!! Do you have any regrets? I am full of regrets and am really fed up!!

I was around a 36-38 G so we were the same size cup. I have read boxy breasts are often the result of large reduction. I've seen several gals reviews in this forum with the same look. Only regret is I didn't stress enough how small I wanted to be. Of course perhaps he took me as small as I could go??? I'm assuming he cold have gone smaller. I thought I could squeeze into a c cup haha.. They r flat enough just simply too wide. Since they have dropped some my back is beginning to hurt again too. My neck and shoulder no longer hurt so that is good. I too wear a bra 24/7 just for support. During the day I were one I purchased from make heal.com . It is actually very comfortable but an XL is almost too small! At night I wear a seamless bra. Have u spoken with your dr? I've briefly discussed it with mine and he had been saying "things will change" but my last visit he said we'd discuss at the next visit. I cried in the dressing room Thursday as I was so sad I couldn't find a proper bra. Seems like ihad started all over again. Flatter boobs but as me problems.. I pray something can be done without having to go through this again.

I am still very numb on both boobs. Are you? My left nipple never woke up from the "move". It still rises and falls but no feeling. I've several places on both breasts that are numb. No biggie but makes scratching an itch difficult.

Oh no I'm sorry to hear that you have back pain! My PS told me that he couldn't take me any smaller than a D, as there was too much breast tissue and if he went to a C then that's when complications of proportion occur. So that's probably why we aren't a smaller size, but you'd think they would be more of a round shape. I go see my PS on Wednesday, but I get the impression he ain't interested. He's now got his money, but as usual he will tell us any rubbish to keep us a bay! I know how upset you must be as I cried too a few weeks ago when they weren't getting any better. They look okay with a t shirt on, but without clothes I feel like an extra from Frankenstein!! But think of it positively.... before the op we couldn't wear a seamless bra, but now we can!! Does this make you feel better? I keep saying that to myself in the hopes that it helps lol

I am still numb, but feel tender at the same time?? if you know what I mean. I am especially tender under the breast and with a close up in the mirror can still see that's it's black and blue, are you the same? ha ha you are funny about your nipple, but I know what you mean. lol that is so true about your itch :-). I still can't sleep at night on my sides and wake up with a numb bum and back. Can you lie on your sides yet? I have been trying to massage the "twins" gently with moisturiser in the hope that will relieve the tenderness. Gawd who would have thought what we would have gone through. It wouldn't be that bad if we were happy, but we are going through this and still now happy!!

I believe we r on the same path. I am still sleeping on my incline pillow wedge. I try the sides but it simply is uncomfortable. I have a difficult time falling asleep on my back and when I wake up I am stiff. I hope this ends soon. I had very little bruising. My dr was surprised. I took many vitamins and herbs and I believe that helped. I lol at your description of your naked breast. I feel the same way. My husband said they r shaping up as they drop some but I know they still look odd. I've never had breasts under my arm pits before... They've always n been halfway down my stomach :-). Oh I am glad I had the surgery but it is just disappointing that the look so odd (square and wide). You are correct a seamless bra was unheard of before. Funny as unless things change that may be all I can wear. Prior to surgery I couldn't wait to retire at night to take the bra off. Now it doesn't bother me to wear it round the clock. I wonder how long the numbness, tenderness sticks around. I have a few lumps still near my nipples but in the past week or so mine have become soft again. Where I can move them a tad. Prior they were like rocks and didn't move. I do like them softer. Please let me know what your surgeon says. I've read of several gals having "touch ups" at a small cost (like paying for the sterile tools). I'd be happy to do that but I am not paying my PS another dime for this surgery... I've read that boxy breast can be an out come of anchor reductions (and large breasts).. Guess we just were overly blessed...

Also, I healed well. Knock on wood, no open incisions or stitches coming through. I have faithfully kept tape on the vertical incision and that incision looks GREAT. I purchased a roll of surgical tape from the pharmacy and about once every 3 days I replace it. I'd read somewhere that helps with healing as it keeps the incision moist. When I take the tape off to replace my skin is shiny. I purchased some silicone scar treatment (looks like nail polish) from my PS. I put it on the horizontal incisions as I couldn't stand keeping tape there. Also on the nipple incisions (which look pretty good). The silicone irrates me sometimes and causes me to itch then I take Benadryl to stop itching)

For the first time in about 7 weeks I had a good sleep last night. Perhaps because I had a glass of wine!! I now sleep with 8 pillows and cocoon myself on my side of the bed. Will see if I get a sleep tonight. Still cant sleep on my side, but I shuffle into a comfy position then zzzzzz lol. Try lots of pillows and see how you get on. Ha ha it's so uncomfortable having breasts under your arm pit isn't it lol. I am now in the habit of walking with my hands on my hips to stop the incision from getting sore. lol so you now have them up at your chin.... we are never happy are we lol. PS advised that the numbness will come back but may take a while. Apparently the nerve endings get damaged and this is what caused the numbness. It should gradually come back. Tenderness again will go and this is caused by bruising of the tissue. He said the more we massage our breasts the quicker the tenderness will go. I also asked if I wasn't happy with them in months to come could I have corrective surgery, ie because they are too flat and boxy. he said the only way to get a more rounder shape would be to have implants!!!