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Been Thinking About Doing This for over Ten Years! - Boston, MA
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This website and all the positive reviews has...
MandoLynnJanuary 11, 2014
WORTH IT$2,700
This website and all the positive reviews has encouraged me to finally set up a consultation. I am currently about a 34DD/36D and want to go as low as a B. I was a B cup until I had kids then when I lost weight afterwards I was a C. Now I am 50 and hate how big they are. I get rashes all the time and have stopped exercising the way I used to because of that. So now I have gained weight, ugh. I used to bike about 100 miles a week but then started getting a rash every time I went for a ride. I also see a chiropractor for pain in my mid back and neck. I hate wearing bras because the band across my back just aggravates me along with the straps digging into my shoulders. Does all of this sound familiar to most of you? Anyway, my big concern is getting insurance to cover this. I am not enormously huge so I don't know if enough tissue can be removed. I will have to see what the doctor says in two weeks.
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2 months pre
What a difference 28 years and 2 kids make
MandoLynnJanuary 13, 2014
I am looking over before and after photos trying to find some that I can use to show the Dr. what I am looking for. My now husband, then boyfriend, took that picture so long ago when I had boobs I would kill to have now. I might as well bring that photo along.
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January 14, 2014
All I can say is, I know EXACTLY how you feel. I don't have a pic of my 20-something boobies. It looks like you have some good elasticity in your skin. I was a 40DDD/E (one was bigger than the other) and a had a lot of stretch marks on them. I'm now a 40C and couldn't none happier. Go for it, you will be so glad! Look forward to seeing how you do. Congrats
January 14, 2014
You will be so happy! Just make sure you get a great surgeon - looks like there are plenty of bad ones outs there.............
January 14, 2014
I hope you find a good PS you will get you through the insurance approval quick. Best of luck
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2 months pre
I posted a question regarding scar pattern....
MandoLynnJanuary 20, 2014
to the doctors on realself and I didn't get the answer I was after and realize I need to ask it in a different way. I wanted to know what the breast will typically look like if you can go with either the anchor or lolipop technique and start off at my size to begin with and want to end up a B cup. I think I asked to question in a way that most doctors answered you have to have a consult with a qualified PS to make the decision. I do think that is an obvious answer and not really what I was looking for. I wanted to get descriptions of what the breast will look like, will it be high, low, round, pointy, perky, wide at bottom, etc. I will ask again. If any of you ladies can describe the differences of results between the two techniques that would be greatly appreciated.
My consultation was moved from 1/24 to 1/28, bummer. I have also found another PS in the Boston area that I want to have a consult with. Hopefully I don't have to wait too long for an appointment. I really want to have this surgery done before the end of April if possible.
My consultation was moved from 1/24 to 1/28, bummer. I have also found another PS in the Boston area that I want to have a consult with. Hopefully I don't have to wait too long for an appointment. I really want to have this surgery done before the end of April if possible.
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January 20, 2014
You can look up reviews based on the size transition you are looking for and they may have photos. Look at the " All - Cup size decrease" drop down menu.
January 20, 2014
The lollipop reduction has less scarring (obviously!) and traditionally gives "better projection (meaning they stick out more). You can remove more tissue with the anchor but will get a "flatter" profile (not FLAT, but more like the profile you get with a minimizer bra. So if getting significantly smaller is your preference, then you may want to go with the anchor. Of course your doctor may only do one or the other. I liked the doctor who said "you can't possibly want what you had in the first picture, and you can't possibly have been more than an A or a B"! How does he know what you were or what you want?! GEEESH! I guess it's a matter on which you are willing to compromise, size or shape.
January 20, 2014
You look bigger than 34DD - the bra is not fitting well. If you get professionally measured perhaps you will turn out to be a much bigger cup size which may help your case. You can measure yourself and use an online chart to get the correct cup size. Good luck.
January 20, 2014
Good luck with your consult, I found getting insurance approval a breeze, you look like you shouldn't have any trouble. I'm in boston too, you can check out my surgeon if your first consult doesn't work out...
January 20, 2014
The breastshape you will have has a lot to do with the experience your surgeon has. You can get wonderful and high breasts with the anchor scar too, if an internal bra is done. But you have more scaring with this. Is the lollipop done, you might have less scaring, but often the scars need revisions because tge incision is kind of wrapped and needs to smooth out over the time. My surgeon said, that he prefers the anchor, because woman want to have a good result when they get off the op table and not wait months until everything is in place. But so or so, there are pros and cons. If you prefer a certain shape, it also depends not just on the scaring, but also there are different ways to place the gland inside the breast. This also does change the form and projection. My surgeon will use the hall Findlay Method, which means that the gland will be mediolateral ( middle / front) inside the breast and this provides that you can still breastfeed if everything goes right and also has the projection wheteit natura is. There are other ways where the gland is placed from below or above, as far as i heard the best is the hall findlay ( which can be combined with a lollipop scar! )
So the methods can be combined at times. If you have a lot of tissue or skin removed, to get removed you might need a bigger scar. My surgeon said, if you compare a huge breast with a hughe living room and you want to get a double size sofa through the door it might get difficult! ;)
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