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Been Thinking About Doing This for over Ten Years! - Boston, MA
UPDATED FROM MandoLynn
1 year post
Need to move on
MandoLynnMarch 22, 2015
WORTH IT$2,700
This will be my last update because I need to stop thinking about my breasts and get on with life. It has been a year since my BR and 9 weeks since my lipo which was done to try and get them smaller and more symmetrical. I will say that the lipo for me, was/is much worse to recover from as far as pain and bruising. I still have some swelling at my sides and it still hurts for some reason when I get up in the morning but then eventually goes away after an hour or so. I think overall my breast look so much better than before I had anything done. Because the lipo to revise the BR was so painful, I am still upset about not getting what I wanted from the BR. At this point, I am so tired of dealing with this, I just want to get used to them as they are and get on with life.
I will leave my review up for a few months more in case anyone has questions and so that my review might be helpful for anyone considering a reduction.
I will leave my review up for a few months more in case anyone has questions and so that my review might be helpful for anyone considering a reduction.
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UPDATED FROM MandoLynn
11 months post
3 weeks tomorrow
MandoLynnFebruary 5, 2015
I had the lipo three weeks ago but the photos are at 2 weeks post op. I am finally not feeling pain all the time. My underarm/side of breast areas are still very hard to the touch and are very irregular looking. I am sure there is still edema there and the right side still has bruising now at 3 weeks out.
Tomorrow I have a follow up appointment with Dr. Halperin. I was not expecting to see her because it was her husband, Michael Davidson, that was shot and killed at Brigham and Women's hospital back on January 20th. I had my lipo done on the 16th and then four days later this poor woman's whole life turned upside down. She has three small children and is pregnant with her 4th and her husband was just murdered. I am happy to be able to have her see me for this post op visit but I really wasn't expecting it.
Anyway, so far I am not seeing any change in my breast size, which was the main reason to have the lipo done. It seems that she only addressed the sides of the breast and did not actually go into them with the lipo cannula. I never had any discomfort in the actual breast to make me sure that she did. I will have to find out the details of the surgery tomorrow. I don't want to complain at all because, considering her situation, my not being completely satisfied with the size of my breasts seems so trivial to say the least.
Tomorrow I have a follow up appointment with Dr. Halperin. I was not expecting to see her because it was her husband, Michael Davidson, that was shot and killed at Brigham and Women's hospital back on January 20th. I had my lipo done on the 16th and then four days later this poor woman's whole life turned upside down. She has three small children and is pregnant with her 4th and her husband was just murdered. I am happy to be able to have her see me for this post op visit but I really wasn't expecting it.
Anyway, so far I am not seeing any change in my breast size, which was the main reason to have the lipo done. It seems that she only addressed the sides of the breast and did not actually go into them with the lipo cannula. I never had any discomfort in the actual breast to make me sure that she did. I will have to find out the details of the surgery tomorrow. I don't want to complain at all because, considering her situation, my not being completely satisfied with the size of my breasts seems so trivial to say the least.
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UPDATED FROM MandoLynn
10 months post
Breast lipo is done
MandoLynnJanuary 19, 2015
On Friday morning, I had the lipo to reduce my breast size some more. I also had under my arms done and the area that would be considered the bra bulge area of the back.
I am very sore, swollen and bruised. It is going to take a while before I see what the final results are.
When I went for my pre-op appointment, the PS was okay with me just having a twilight sleep for anesthesia instead of general but when I got there the anesthesiologist was not comfortable with that because I would be on my stomach for a while and there would be no access to give me oxygen if needed. He convinced me to go with the general but I really didn't seem to have a choice at that point. He did it really light so it was not that bad coming out of it like when I had the actual reduction surgery.
Now I just have to wait and heal up to see if this lipo did the trick as far as reducing my size a bit more. Even if isn't enough, I am done with this whole thing and just want to get on with my life.
I am very sore, swollen and bruised. It is going to take a while before I see what the final results are.
When I went for my pre-op appointment, the PS was okay with me just having a twilight sleep for anesthesia instead of general but when I got there the anesthesiologist was not comfortable with that because I would be on my stomach for a while and there would be no access to give me oxygen if needed. He convinced me to go with the general but I really didn't seem to have a choice at that point. He did it really light so it was not that bad coming out of it like when I had the actual reduction surgery.
Now I just have to wait and heal up to see if this lipo did the trick as far as reducing my size a bit more. Even if isn't enough, I am done with this whole thing and just want to get on with my life.
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January 21, 2015
I can't believe you already had it done, time flies. Ouch, looks painful! Is it more painful than the original surgery? That's frustrating about the anesthesia. I can't wait till you see the final results - I hope that you will be very pleased with your results. I totally hear you on the wanting to get on with life thing! Mine feels like in limbo currently, I'm still deciding when to have my revision but it might not be until next fall :(
January 21, 2015
I will be interested in hearing about your results. I am with you and really frustrated that I'm still so big. It galls me to spend more money to be made smaller. Don't these doctors do enough of these surgeries to know how small to go. My dr assured me that I was likely to end up a big B but she was trying for a small C. Here I am with DD and not one person has noticed a change at all. I never told anyone about the reduction and trust me no one has noticed a thing. So discouraging! I hope you are completely satisfied after this procedure!! Good luck and keep us posted!
January 21, 2015
Maria1957 - I am in the same position as you...MandoLynn and I actually corresponded several times before her revision. I was originally a 34DD/34DDD (one side was larger than the other). My surgeon promised me a B, said no problem at all, we can easily do that...lo and behold, I'm a very full 34D (I'm more than 5 months post-op). Luckily I voiced my concerns right away basically, so my Dr. did offer to do a revision without charging me (I would still have to pay the anesthesia/operating room fee). What's super annoying for me is that my insurance would have paid if she would have taken out the correct amount the first time. Anyways, I'm waiting a bit since I don't have the time for the surgery now, but I'm definitely going to have a revision since I too, look just the same as before when I am wearing clothing. It's so frustrating and at times I get really angry at my surgeon, but I'm trying to just let it go and focus on the fact that in the end, I'm going to be much happier. But seriously...a DD/DDD to a D is not much of a reduction, I still don't get why she didn't take out more originally, esp because I kept telling her I wanted to be super small (and her response to that each time was well, you don't want to be too small, you want to still look like a girl...ha, believe me, I would look like a girl even if she had taken off double of what she took off!)
January 21, 2015
I know it's almost as if they know what's better for us than we do. A Really frustrating and a costly result due to no fault of our own, but we're the ones who have to repay for a revision. Good luck on your future plans and I hope your revision will make you happy! I can't really afford to have one so I just need to get over it. It's just so upsetting that these doctors don't have any consequences. If a carpenter does a bad job on your deck you don't pay him, but doctors and lawyers never need to refund $$. I'm in the wrong profession evidently. Well anyhow good luck with everything!!
January 21, 2015
Surgeons just tell you what you want to hear so you will sign on the dotted line. I was promised a C cup - I'm a full DD - much better than the I/J cup I was but not as small as I would like to be. I still can't wear a button-up blouse without there being a huge gap. I do like the perkiness factor - but I am still a couple of cup sizes away from where I want to be. I think surgeons can't wrap there heads around the fact that some women want to be small - especially after being big there whole lives. They probably see so many women coming if for implants that they think no one really wants to be a B or C cup.
January 21, 2015
I was pretty strong about wanting to be small, why don't these doctors listen and give the patient what they are asking for? It's almost like they think they know better than we do what is best. Extremely disappointed. I even had a tummy tuck done at the same time so my stomach wouldn't look like it was sticking out so much, needless to say that wouldn't have been an issue.
January 24, 2015
Mandolynn I hope you end up the size you want. You look nice and even. We had our surgery around the same time last year and I also did not see much of a change. And one of mine is bigger. I am thinking of asking for a full revision in the next few weeks. I have so much dense breast tissue I doubt I could have lipo on mine.
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