“BL 5 months po /BA 5 weekss po new pics!!!”

I'm actually more on the TT area but wanted to post here too! I'm a 38 year old mother of 2 boys (8&9) & I never even considered this surgery until the day before my TT consult, when I was looking at my body in a mirror & wondered when the heck my breasts had gotten that droopy. lol I've always been busty (i'm 5'3 & usually around 135 lbs but sitting at 138 since the holidays), I was a 38DD until losing 45 lbs 2 years ago & now I'm a 36 full C or small D. I chose a lift over a lift with augmentation because I like my current size & definitely dont want to be bigger just wanted that perkiness back. But now that I'm less than 8 hours from surgery I'm wondering if I shouldve went with the implant too!! lol Wish me luck......

Updated on 8 Dec 2011:
Ok I'm not sure if its the fact that I got a TT with the BL or what but I only feel pain on the sides of my breasts & its very tolerable! the breast lift has been awesome, just questioning the size but I'm going to wait the 3 month healing process & re-evaluate. Since this procedure has been so easy I have no probs going thru an augmentation at a later date if I feel that its necessary.

Updated on 17 Dec 2011:
Ok so I do like the lift. Boobs are perky & recovery was easy. I'm on the fence about implants at the moment but was thrilled that my PS said he wouldve talked me out of getting a BL & BA at teh same time as he doesnt like the vertical scar when the 2 are combined. He said the skin streches for the new implant as will that scar & it becomes fatter. oh well here are some new pics at post op day 11, lemme know what u think

Updated on 6 Jan 2012:
So I'm still liking the perkiness & the scars are looking better & better every week that goes by. BUT I want my size back lol! so I'm going to consult with my PS about augmentation next month. Would like to get them in March to be completely healed by summer. So any suggestions are greatly apreciated. Right now I'm thinking Under the muscle, around 300-3?? cc's depending on how the consult goes & I'm up in the air about saline or this silicone gel. I attached a 4 week pic but will post a better pic of scars next week.

Updated on 11 Jan 2012:
Here are my post op 5 week pics in that same bikini as pre op. I must say the lift looks fantastic compared to the previous. I'm still going ahead with the implant but I definitley am going for a small implant, as I dont want to be a DD. I really notice the difference tho & my scars are healing really well

Updated on 16 Jan 2012:
Hey all I'm 6 weeks so thought i'd update :) I have been using palmers Vitamin E Merderma & silicone gel sheets on the bottom of my breast but not the vertical line going up to my nipple, and thats not because I dont want to I just ran out of sheets as I needed the bulk to do my TT incision. I am ordering more as I think they are truly working. I think I have been using them for about 10 days & they have really flattened. I'm also posting a few pics in bikini tops with & without padding to see the difference. I'm still on the fence about implants lol

Updated on 20 Feb 2012:
OK so I finally scheduled my BA & I'm so excited!! I'm posting the before & after pics from my plastic surgeons office. Sorry they didnt photograph well but after looking at those I love both my TT & BL & now I'm adding the final piece. I am going with Mentor Silicone gel, under the muscle, 450 cc's & moderate plus profile. My biggest concern is being too big but they do the 3D picture of you so you can see what your breast will loook like with that specific size you choose (well actullly he chose the size after going thru about 20 pics of women who were my same height & build & I just agreed lol) I had done so much research tho that i had honestly picked that size & profile so I was happy that we were on the same page. I paid my deposit today & will have surgery on the 30th of March. I just hope the recovery isnt too much. any advice is welcome :)
Oh about the BL they told me the flattened area under both boobs will round out over the next few weeks, and they said my scars are healing ahead of schedule so I was happy to hear that. I use silicone gel sheets at night & the silicone gel during the day

Updated on 19 Mar 2012:
Ok I havent updated this in forever but, I paid for my BA today & get my new girls on March 30th!! Nervous but mor e& more excited as the day has gone on! I will post my latest BL scar pics right before surgery so we can compare how they look after surgery. Hopefully wont see too much of a change. So I am getting Mentor Silicone gel implants, 450 cc's on 1 side & 475 cc's on the other and he is doing under the muscle. I was a frickn basket case about being too big & was going to go with 400's but a few ladies on here & my PS finally made me see the light, also I finally accepted the fact that I'm not a C-cup but actually a full B cup lol! wow I wore a B in 7th grade! So what I was told (and its a little different for saline) that every 200 cc's approx equals a cup size so the 400 will bring me up to a D, the extra 50/75 cc's are what help give you the roundness at the top & you will lose a little of that siz from it being placed under the muscle. I hope I didnt mess that up. So I'm not as overwhelmed! I still love my BL, they are very perky & compared to my before picture where I looked like I had tube socks for boobs I should be thrilled with them ;) This last piece of the puzzle will give me the total look I was going for, at 38 I only have so many hot years left so I figured might as well get this done soon rather than later lol

Updated on 28 Mar 2012:
OK ladies!!!! I'm super excited & nervous!! Of course my husband was sick with what we thought was strep throat last week & who is sick as a dog monday, of course it was me! I called my PS & they put me on a Z-pack (5 day dose of antibiotics) I just started feeling somewhat better this afternoon so I'm hopeful that I will be ok for surgery Friday. So after going back & forth a million times I have decided to trust my PS & will be getting 450/475 cc, moderate plus profile, under the muscle, Silicone gel implants!! I'm a little worried about my BL scars looking worse after surgery, as last week they looked to be fading nicely & this week they look red again!! grrrr Not sure what to expect after this surgery (as far as pain or mobility) but it cant be worse than what I went thru after the tummy tuck lol! Wish me luck ladies & any feedback on the surgery or advice on scar treatment is much appreciated. I'm currently (and I use that term loosly as Ive been slacking ever since vacation 2 weeks ago) using silicone gel sheets 10-12 hrs per day & massage all scars with plamers vit e oil & massage again with silicone gel.

Updated on 30 Mar 2012:
Well its midnight so I am about a little less than 24 hours PO. The procedure was very similar to last time. you come in get undressed the ps draws on your body with a sharpie & we discussed again what size I wanted to be. You come out of surgery & yes that is painful as thye cant give you any pain meds until you are conscious/awake but the pain was a thousand times better than the TT. So than they just keep giving you pain meds until it is tolerable. I had moraphine & demeroll agaim.

Updated on 30 Mar 2012:
opps I wasnt done yet lol. So my bad pain is mostly in my armpits & radiates down both my arms. He went thru my bl scar not thru the armpit so not sure what thats about. the middle of mu chest feels funkky & its hard to move my arms. I do have percocet that I have been taking. So when I come to of course youstill all groggy & this was all I remember my PS saying was that when he got in there he decided to go with a 500 & 475 cc implant, and I wasnt exactly thrilled but was too out of it to say anything. Then I get home to register my implants thru mentor as they gave me a card with a serial number, lot # & reference number & I see that he didnt use the moderate plus profile but a High profile. He may have told me that while we were talking after surgery but i was a little surprised. I orginally wanted high profile & he thought Id look better with the moderate plus but anywho I emailed him to see what was up with that. Im hoping they are just really swollen & will decrease in size soon as they look frickn huge to me but on a happier note my BL scars look so so much better with the implant. Not sure why but the incision down the front is barely noticable!!! so happy about that. I inculded a before & after pic, tell me what ya think good or bad I like honesty lol

Updated on 31 Mar 2012:
Ok Ladies last night was ok, I slept in a recliner cuz it was easier to get up & use the bathroom! Ive been drinking so much water I was making frequent trips. If I stay on top of the pain with my meds i feel great. I'm posting some pics in clothes,kinda disappointed that i dont have better cleavage was hoping they would be closer together which is why he recommended the moderate plus profile & if anyone has any recommendations on how to deal with the burning sensations you get I'd appreciate it. Oh and not sure if I said it alrady but my BL scars look 100 times better so happy with that part.

Updated on 4 Apr 2012:
OMG first post op appt & can you say ouch! So they showed & practiced the massaging techniques on me & I need a glass of wine & a percocet ASAP! Is anyone else having (or had)pain & discomfort trying to massage the implant down? Then they threatened me (well I think I took it that way cuz I was hurting lol) that when I come back in 2 weeks they should see more of a drop & if not they were going to have to work on me! Uh no thanks I'll get right on it! Any extra massaging suggestions are welcome :) Hows everyone else doing?

Updated on 3 May 2012:
ok let me start out with i love my BA!!! Even tho they are still high & not fluffed (lol) I still am happy I did it. my BL scars look better with the implants (or at least I think so). I had an appt today & while they have really softened they are still high & my dr said it could take another 8 weeks to drop especially when u have a more muscular chest! Great, while im not uber defined I was working my chest twice per week befoer surgery since I knew I couldnt work it for 8-12 weeks post surgery lol. oh well hopefully I can massage these big mama jamas in place by then or else its surgery again :( anywho give me some feed back on the scars, massaging the girls or anything else!! I missed u ladies!!!!!