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My update
Nothing much to update yet. The final check will take place September 16, so see you then! Meanwhile all is well at the boob front.
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Forgot to add the rest of the photos before hitting "Update" for "Two and half weeks etc"
Two and a half weeks post explant and feeling good
Hello dear ladies,
Today, June 27, and the explant already lies a fortnight and three days behind me. The incisions have stopped hurting, for that matter they weren't too painful immediately after the surgery. I take frequent looks at my two companions and while many other ladies say that their boobs are flatter than before the implant mine seem to have gotten somewhat bigger. That impression was confirmed today when fitting the new bras I bought, two sports bras (s) with padding and two underwires: a small B and an A, the latter with modest padding only in the lower half of the cup - I used to have an A cup and even then the fabric would wrinkle slightly if the cups were not padded, but now the new A bra is almost too small and the (small) B fits just fine. But perhaps that is due to the padding. I can only know for sure if I try on an A cup of slack fabric.
About the photos: the nipples...are not my own - I don't have any, sadly sadly - never had them for that matter, well, when I was younger at least the areola was nice and rosy but that too faded, so for the picture I shopped them on. Sigh. (I also had a circle of black hairs in the areola, which I pulled out with a tweezers whenever they surfaced - as a teen I was wondering whether there was something seriously wrong with me. Anyhow, those have gone too! I recall being examined for bronchitis back in 1979 by a doctor on Bali and he looked at my bared chest, listened to my breathing and then he cast another glance at my nipple-less breasts and he said "What? You have no nipples!" So I said "Doctor, I am not here for the lack of nipples, I am here for something amiss UNDER the nipples..." - anyway, he prescribed a cough syrup and as I left with the prescription he muttered again: "No nipples....strange....very strange case....."
In any case, it feels good to be my own self again, and whenever I squish them around there is no plastic between me and myself to speak.
Today, June 27, and the explant already lies a fortnight and three days behind me. The incisions have stopped hurting, for that matter they weren't too painful immediately after the surgery. I take frequent looks at my two companions and while many other ladies say that their boobs are flatter than before the implant mine seem to have gotten somewhat bigger. That impression was confirmed today when fitting the new bras I bought, two sports bras (s) with padding and two underwires: a small B and an A, the latter with modest padding only in the lower half of the cup - I used to have an A cup and even then the fabric would wrinkle slightly if the cups were not padded, but now the new A bra is almost too small and the (small) B fits just fine. But perhaps that is due to the padding. I can only know for sure if I try on an A cup of slack fabric.
About the photos: the nipples...are not my own - I don't have any, sadly sadly - never had them for that matter, well, when I was younger at least the areola was nice and rosy but that too faded, so for the picture I shopped them on. Sigh. (I also had a circle of black hairs in the areola, which I pulled out with a tweezers whenever they surfaced - as a teen I was wondering whether there was something seriously wrong with me. Anyhow, those have gone too! I recall being examined for bronchitis back in 1979 by a doctor on Bali and he looked at my bared chest, listened to my breathing and then he cast another glance at my nipple-less breasts and he said "What? You have no nipples!" So I said "Doctor, I am not here for the lack of nipples, I am here for something amiss UNDER the nipples..." - anyway, he prescribed a cough syrup and as I left with the prescription he muttered again: "No nipples....strange....very strange case....."
In any case, it feels good to be my own self again, and whenever I squish them around there is no plastic between me and myself to speak.
Provider Review
Dr. L.P. van der Weij
The doctor, L.P. Van der Weij, is a courteous man, sparing with words, but very very observant, and despite his reserved manner actually a caring person. From my four experiences with him (I have had two other cosmetic surgeries performed, aside from the breast implants and the explant) it appears he is a gifted surgeon. I will certainly go to him for any other future cosmetic surgery I would want to have done.