Breast Augmentation First-timer, Age 50 - Leawood, KS

It has been almost 3 1/2 years since my breast augmentation. My, how time flies. I am posting mainly to help women look for a surgeon with enough attention to detail, so that what happened to me won't happen to anyone else. My surgeon, Mark McClung of Leawood, Kansas, performed my BA. When making the pocket into which the implants settle, he didn't make my left one low enough so it has, and always will, ride a bit higher and look a bit misshapen (see photos). He had 3 surgeries that morning, and I was his last. Frankly, I wonder if that was a bit too much for him, because when I came out of surgery, the post-op nurse said that mine went better than the other two!

This is a surgeon with lots of experience, so there is really no excuse for my sub-par results. I decided upon him from a large selection of PS names in our area, because he was recommended by someone who works for the office, although she had not had a BA done by him. My take-home lesson from all this is this: If someone works for a PS, DO NOT accept their vouch for him/her. They have a vested interest in bringing business to the office in a rather competitive field. It was between him and another PS, and how I wish now I had chosen the other PS. I don't regret the surgery, but I do regret my choice of surgeons.

Now that I am 4 months post-op, it seems like my BA surgery was a long time ago! I still love them. I am still glad I went with the size I did, although initially I wish I'd have gone bigger. But now I'm happy that they are modest and more covert, shall we say! My biggest -- and maybe my only complaint -- is that my doctor suggested I no longer weight lift heavy weights for the pectorals. I have to agree with him: When I flex my pectorals, I don't as much like the shape of my breasts, with unnatural fullness at the upper poles, and I also don't like the hard feel. Overall, I would say that that is the one thing maybe I wish about implants: that they had a more squishy, soft, natural feel and a bit more sag like real breasts. As my doctor said, they will be "forever perky." I can think of worse life sentences, so I am not complaining. But that is one thing I would change if I could. The thing I love most about them is: Dressing them up with some cute, see-through lace bras, something I didn't do pre-BA. That is great fun and looks great! I love wearing little nothing bras with no padding, and I don't know that I will ever wear a padded bra again! Sex-wise, they haven't enhanced as much as I thought they might, but that might be different for other women who get to be with someone who didn't see them pre-BA. Just a thought. I do also feel more confident just overall, which is a great feeling, and something you just can't put a price on. So overall, LOVE them! I would love to hear some feedback from anyone who has any thoughts about the weight-lifting or anything I have mentioned. I still lift and do chest presses, flies, etc., but with much lighter weights, about one-third the weight I used pre-op.

Here are pics at 22 days post-op. It doesn't look like they have dropped or fluffed much yet! I started working out again yesterday. I did an upper body workout and used little baby 3-lb. weights. I can't bring myself to do a push-up. I just feel too fragile through my breast area still. I tried to do a pec fly this morning and felt the same way -- just too unstable across the chest. I am going to wait to work up to chest exercises. I do feel safe and steady when I do a plank, and bench press with the 3-lbs feels ok. Anyone else have the experience of feeling shaky when doing their chest exercises again? At my 1-week post-op visit, the PS almost made massage sound optional, so I haven't been really going full tilt with that. Maybe I should be more dedicated to it I do massage a couple times a day but only for about a minute or so. Still loving my new look. I wear only sports bras so far, nothing cute, lol. But they are comfortable! This week Target has the Champion seamless sports bra for only $12. It's pretty comfortable for me; I bought the Medium.