45, 34f - Asheville, NC

I would do it again.
I would SOOOOOOO do it again.
The scars fade, the boobs start to look more normal, and all things being equal, I would do it again.

Yes, I do wish they had removed more,.... but it wasn't a big enough difference to want a revision. Not even close.

I could finally put on a sports bra, and pick up run(ish) ing...
(Run-ish, because it is faster than walking, but others are speeding past me)

I am able to get about, get cloths, and enjoy all the things that having bolders on the front end prevented.
The doc has since retired, but even with his Post-op care, I would have used him for other procedures. The scars are so minimal, it's amazing, and that has to do with my after care to myself, and his skill.

Thanks to all on here for being awesome.

Hello
I have been off line for a while. But here is my update.
I would reccomend this surgery, even if you were going to have my funky results! So I am still happy I did it.
I would NOT reccomend the surgeon. He did a great job, and the scars are fantastic.. But the fact that he wouldn't communicate with me after the surgery has made my results less satisfactory... and Now I have to see other doctors to take care of what he is ignoring.

I have included pictures, and ladies, I am sure you can see the difference between the normal healing, and my "T" intersection that seems to be attached to my pectoral muscle so it rides up when I lift my arm. My T is literally acting like it is stapled to my chest wall, and moves with my arms. Ummm not quite the way it should be.

And that mew mew anime look that my breasts have is .. well.. not quite the end result goal.

The Doc literally walked out of the office when I said I still had a hard lump, and as he walked out mumbled something about that going away eventually. um.. hellooooo a few questions here.

It was his assistant who acknowledged that this strange mew mew look (think that strange anime cat face shaped like a 3).. it isn't the end goal.

Any way
No pain, but of course, I have NO feeling in one of them. None. I do have some feeling in the right, but I could damage my other side if I kept trying to get its attention. The odd thing is that both sides react to stimuli. I just can't feel it on the left side.

The mass is on the right side.

And that is my update.
Would I do it again? YES!!!!
even for the same results? YES!!!
IF I could do it again though, I would go with a different doctor!

That is my update ladies!

OK..
so.. I am still larger than I wanted, but I grow accustomed to that. I also realize some of it simply could be my brain stuck in an old pattern. I am smaller. So, perhaps I am just so used to being big, that I am not really SEEING what I am now.

Any way, I include pictures again, just to show the fun of having a .. I think it is a ball of adhesions. My scars at the T appear to have attached to my chest wall; so you can see as I reach up, how it actually PULLS the intersection UP into the breast tissue, rather than laying at the base as it should.

Not a huge deal, just part of the fun of healing.

The picture of me handling my left is to show the textural difference of the tissue where the mass of inclusions or the "..toma" is. I don't see my doc again for another month, but hopefully this will go down. I did see him a bit over a week ago, and he did FINALLY recognize that the swelling is more than it should be, and that there is some sort of mass. But he is taking the wait and see, let it heal approach. I am not too bent about that, simply because I am doing what I can, and it seems in this, my body is going to heal the way IT wants to, and I have to let it!

The mass and the scars bother me less than the size, (and the fact that the one with the mass is bigger and pointing down a bit).. but again, I know that I have an unusual amount of swelling. I will just hope that by the time it goes down, my breasts haven't decided to drop/droop! And perhaps when the swelling goes down I MAY BE A B! (perhaps)

For the body image thing, it was the strangest thing. I went to Bali/Hanes store here in town and got measured. Now, they measure differently than a Vickies Secret or even the Department store, but it was a place to start. I want to wear this cute wrap dress, but not with a sports bra. My scars still hurt, so I can't wear a "real" bra for any length of time, but for a night out.. yea.. perhaps with a bit of gauze on the scars.

Well, turns out I am now measuring to them at a 34C.
(excuse me as I drop my jaw in shock at that)
I think in Vickies Secret that puts me at 24D or something, but still.. It was really amazing. I kept looking at the racks, and seeing the 36G or larger and my brain would light up, like "ohh, they may have my size... " and then I realize,... noooooo... looking for 34C!

She had me try on a 36B but the band was simply wayyyyy to big.

Any way, it is going to take a while to start looking at the right sizes in a store! my brain just couldn't stick with the new size! I don't know what size I am in shirts and stuff either, but I figure I will be the same, just because my arms haven't shrunk. It will simply be that I am no longer pouring out of them, or stitching them closed.

WOW

You can see my scars are still red, which means they are active still. So I am just a slow to heal kind of girl is all.
Over all though, I think my surgeon gave me a very pretty set! I actually don't mind the scars at all, which gives me a chuckle, because I was SOOOOOO stressed about them before the surgery!

So.. Perhaps another update in a another month, but I don't see any changes happening at any speed to warrant more than monthly or possibly bimonthly at this time.

and again
I AM SOOOOOOO HAPPY I CHOSE TO DO THIS!
SOOOO HAPPY!!!! With all of it, I would do it again!