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Hello ladies! I first want to say that I have...
Hello ladies!
I first want to say that I have really enjoyed reading all of the reviews and seeing all the pictures that you have all offered. It has truly helped me a lot!
I am a 29 year old mommy of 2 boys. I have a one year old and a two year old that are 16 months apart. After a year of hard work, I am very proud to say that I have gotten back to my pre-pregnancy weight! I now weigh 105 lbs and I am 4'11" tall. I have always been a very petite person with a narrow frame. That changed slightly with the pregnancies but I am still very slender.
Despite all of the hard work, diet and exercise: I was never able to get rid of the dreaded "mommy belly". I have a lot of left over stretched skin on my belly that simply will not go away or bounce back. During my pregnancies, my breasts went from a 34A all the way up to a 34C when I was nursing. Once I stopped, my breasts just sort of deflated back to 34A but with a lot less perk.
After some thought and research, I decided that it was time that I do something about this and get my body back. I set up a consult with a few PS and my husband and I spent the day visiting a few different doctors. After the consultations, I made my choice on a PA and decided that I wanted to get a full tummy tuck and a breast augmentation with Mentor Moderate Plus implants. The surgery date is set, but I still have a lot of choices to make.
The problem I am having now is what size I want my breasts to be. I have never had anything bigger than a 34A except when I was nursing. I really enjoyed the bigger bust at that time and would like to get back to that size. I have tried on some Mentor sizers and I am debating on 325cc or 350cc. But I am a little worried that this may get me beyond the size where I was before and stretch me all the way up to a D (which is not what I want).
Any advice is welcome. Thank you!
I first want to say that I have really enjoyed reading all of the reviews and seeing all the pictures that you have all offered. It has truly helped me a lot!
I am a 29 year old mommy of 2 boys. I have a one year old and a two year old that are 16 months apart. After a year of hard work, I am very proud to say that I have gotten back to my pre-pregnancy weight! I now weigh 105 lbs and I am 4'11" tall. I have always been a very petite person with a narrow frame. That changed slightly with the pregnancies but I am still very slender.
Despite all of the hard work, diet and exercise: I was never able to get rid of the dreaded "mommy belly". I have a lot of left over stretched skin on my belly that simply will not go away or bounce back. During my pregnancies, my breasts went from a 34A all the way up to a 34C when I was nursing. Once I stopped, my breasts just sort of deflated back to 34A but with a lot less perk.
After some thought and research, I decided that it was time that I do something about this and get my body back. I set up a consult with a few PS and my husband and I spent the day visiting a few different doctors. After the consultations, I made my choice on a PA and decided that I wanted to get a full tummy tuck and a breast augmentation with Mentor Moderate Plus implants. The surgery date is set, but I still have a lot of choices to make.
The problem I am having now is what size I want my breasts to be. I have never had anything bigger than a 34A except when I was nursing. I really enjoyed the bigger bust at that time and would like to get back to that size. I have tried on some Mentor sizers and I am debating on 325cc or 350cc. But I am a little worried that this may get me beyond the size where I was before and stretch me all the way up to a D (which is not what I want).
Any advice is welcome. Thank you!
date of surgery Scheduled!
Hello!
So my surgery is just over a month away!! I still have not decided on a size yet for my breasts. I was originally going to go with 350cc but with my small frame and short stature I found that would put me in a large C range.
I went back to Dr. Deluca and tried on some sizers again to get an idea. What REALLY helped was trying on the actual implants. I found that trying those on helped me A LOT more then just trying on the sizers as it gave me an easier image of what the implants will look like under a shirt. Also I had some pictures taken so I could do the Crisalix 3-D Imagining on Dr. Deluca's website. I had them do the imaging at 4 different sizes: 250cc, 300cc, 325cc and 350cc.
See 3D here: https://my.crisalix.com/services/170706/shared
I also did a test that my husband found online of how you can replicate the implants at home so you can play around with the different sizes without having to go back to the doctor.. We found that the most popular one (rice in panty hose) did not work very well. The rice was hard to conform to the correct shape. What we found was that getting hair gel and figuring out the cc's per oz and putting the gel into plastic bags worked the best. It felt very realistic and also we had read that the hair gel was most like the silicone (that was the type of implant I am getting).
Below is me with different sizes we came up with. The order they are in is: me without anything, me with 300cc, me with 325cc, and me with 350cc. I did a straight shot and also a side shot. I am hoping that I could get some opinions on what looks the best.
After everything I am leaning towards 300cc. I am hoping this looks like the most natural and not "look at that small girl with the big boobs" look.
More updates to come!
So my surgery is just over a month away!! I still have not decided on a size yet for my breasts. I was originally going to go with 350cc but with my small frame and short stature I found that would put me in a large C range.
I went back to Dr. Deluca and tried on some sizers again to get an idea. What REALLY helped was trying on the actual implants. I found that trying those on helped me A LOT more then just trying on the sizers as it gave me an easier image of what the implants will look like under a shirt. Also I had some pictures taken so I could do the Crisalix 3-D Imagining on Dr. Deluca's website. I had them do the imaging at 4 different sizes: 250cc, 300cc, 325cc and 350cc.
See 3D here: https://my.crisalix.com/services/170706/shared
I also did a test that my husband found online of how you can replicate the implants at home so you can play around with the different sizes without having to go back to the doctor.. We found that the most popular one (rice in panty hose) did not work very well. The rice was hard to conform to the correct shape. What we found was that getting hair gel and figuring out the cc's per oz and putting the gel into plastic bags worked the best. It felt very realistic and also we had read that the hair gel was most like the silicone (that was the type of implant I am getting).
Below is me with different sizes we came up with. The order they are in is: me without anything, me with 300cc, me with 325cc, and me with 350cc. I did a straight shot and also a side shot. I am hoping that I could get some opinions on what looks the best.
After everything I am leaning towards 300cc. I am hoping this looks like the most natural and not "look at that small girl with the big boobs" look.
More updates to come!
8 days post op
I went and got my surgery done on December 30!
I got a TT and BA. I choose to have 300cc for my breasts and so far I like them a lot! My surgery went well. it was the recovery that was hard. I had severe constipation from the pain meds and also the antibitoc I was put on made me SO SO itchy all over my body. I had to take a Benadryl to get some relief.
I finally got my drains out (that helped my mood a lot) and also most of the stitches were removed today as well.
I was FINALLY able to shower today too!! That felt amazing!!
So far I'm healing well and I'm in good spirits :)
I got a TT and BA. I choose to have 300cc for my breasts and so far I like them a lot! My surgery went well. it was the recovery that was hard. I had severe constipation from the pain meds and also the antibitoc I was put on made me SO SO itchy all over my body. I had to take a Benadryl to get some relief.
I finally got my drains out (that helped my mood a lot) and also most of the stitches were removed today as well.
I was FINALLY able to shower today too!! That felt amazing!!
So far I'm healing well and I'm in good spirits :)