Breast Implants: Stories

HappyMOM!! One more thing I found here.....try this copied link below.

http://www.realself.com/forum/set-and-buy-before-your-breast-aug-surgery

Angie left this link for someone else it is a list from: Ilovemydeepseadiver she had lipo and a BA! I hope that link works. Copy and paste in your browser! GREAT list!!

Sounds like me... I had a great recovery so far!! Good luck with yours!! I ended up with 375cc. I LOVE THEM!! Look just like my picture. Knowing what I know now after mine I think you should go for 400 in moderate plus or HP for more projection to get the look of your picture.

Eileen212 had the TUBA and she looks really great. So happy to hear you found your doctor. I am scheduled for next Wednesday! One week! I am so excited too. I really love my doctor and have so much confidence in him. I am going with saline smooth round sub-muscular in a moderate plus profile between 325cc and 390cc. I really an happy with the decision to go with the transaxillary incision (armpit) pictures look so natural too. If not going this way, I would have chosen the TUBA too!!!! Yay! I am sure you will look great! Have you decided on a size? Look up EILEEN212 !!

Polkadoties.... Consider this: The women that want to go bigger AFTER the surgery are writing - why, because they just had this done in most cases. Sometimes after a procedure women have, what is referred to in this case as Boob Greed. It is a normal physiological response. It is a phase. Some get over it some have resurgery. A PS said here in the Q&A that “nothing will guarantee a re-surgery more than a re-surgery” And going too big increases the risk of heartbreaking complications. There are quite a few that are having a re-surgery to get smaller too. Look for those and read their stories too.
I think you are an over achiever...lol... you have Boob Greed prior to surgery! Haha
Implants are wide and will give you a D cup just by the nature of the beast on a small frame. You have to think about that matronly look in a few years and/or what you call that fat look; I am also taking that into consideration being around 5'3” and pretty proportionate my legs, torso and such are normal not abnormally long or short. I have to think about my skin – stretch marks (I have seen that happen too) If I were long chested, had a long torso or broader chested, the dimensions of the implant would be a mute point mostly. Have you seen the girls that are small and the implant looks oval and up to the neck? It HAS to go somewhere in the body - they are round by the way - unless you get the anatomical – anyway, they are Oval in these women’s bodies due to the pocket formed by the doctor making it as big as it can be, it can’t be too close together. OMG do not let a PS dissect the muscle to give you more cleavage I have read HORROR stories! Off track again sorry, ANYWAY….Those girls don’t have the width of chest to accommodate the width but wanted BIG, and it goes UP. Sometimes it also goes DOWN (bottoming out) due to over-size like that or just the weight of it and the fact their pocket cannot handle it. Think about lugging them around – do not know if you have an active lifestyle? Back pain etc – the reasons natural gals get Reductions done. I learned much between my research and my consultation. I had 3 pages of questions for my consultation. I like to be informed and go into things eyes wide open.
Hey the 90% of PS only can ONLY recommend, then do as the patient wants – the customer is always right approach. Then there are the 10% like mine. He said, if you want that go to Vegas! I respect that! That is why I chose him but, hey it is a business, I am sure he is not going to turn me away either if I want them big! He would just stretch it to the limits to please me and try to get a good result within his more natural looking approach and use the biggest he can get away with for my body – but, at my additional risk.
I have not had my pre-op and he has to measure me to see what will fit and what will look proportionate. I am going to listen careful not to edit his words to my liking. You know – selective hearing!
I too wanted big breasts just like you. I Got caught up in that whole thing society put upon us women. Look at my pictures we are a lot alike I think.
Get a caliper tool adjust it to the diameter of the implant you desire. Google the brand and dimensions: I googled ‘Mentor Saline implant dimensions’ there are charts. Hold the caliper to your chest. PS say the width of the implant must be a little smaller than the existing tissue or you will have/will risk rippling, you will feel the edges, look fake, and risk a double bubble. You can’t have them touching in the middle either or force the implant to be oval and up to the neck. (Do you want the big boob look in clothes and look a little freaky naked? More complications: Have you seen women that get too big and the weight and being so close together detaches the skin at the sternum – some call it uniboob - symmastia or synmastia)! That is Gross no matter how you spell it! I guess it is hard to fix that too!
Do not want to scare you just be informed, we only have one body. Assess the risk and talk to your husband about the what ifs. Have money set aside for a revision. We want to feel good in our own skin but, hey it is expensive! I felt like why not get a once in a lifetime upgrade – right?
Just make it the largest up-grade that is safe for your body type and REMEMBER it IS all relative to your body measurements. 325cc may look like someone else with a larger space to fill at 400cc!!
Maybe if you want the fake push up bra look without a bra you want a high profile implant (stripper boobs) which you can get bigger with a smaller footprint?? Some people love that look. OR somewhere inbetween with a moderate plus – that can look quite natural on a small frame and you should consider it too. Think about weight - OK, so here is a calculation for you:
Silicone: 1cc weighs 0.0375 oz.
If you have two 300cc implants then: 300cc x 2 = 600cc total
600cc x 0.0375 = 22.5oz
22.5oz divided by 16oz = 1.40625 lbs. for both implants
Saline: If you have two 300cc saline implants then:
300cc x 2 = 600cc total
600cc divide by 29.574 (to convert to ounces) = 20.2880 ounces
20.5338 divided by 16 (ounces) = 1.268 lbs. for both implants
Don’t get me wrong, I am STILL struggling with the say stuff as you!!

Here is a good website: www.implantinfo.com

Hope that helps you.
Good luck.

Whatever floats your boat girl!!!!! Who knows, You could be in the next issue of Playboy ...Take Care:-))

Have you decided what size yet ? If you want big boobies the size u said you want go with it . Happy for you ! Like I said before you get what will make you happy :-) .

WOW....if you're only 4"11 and want 450cc's???? that's gonna be HUGEEEEEE! LOL I AM 5"10 AND FILL OUT A D CUP WITH 304 CC'S. You will def have the Pamela Anderson Baywatch look.... good luck.

How tall are you? When I tried on implants at the doctors we decided on 390 and agreed that 420 looked too big. But...he ended up doing 510 on left side and 570 on right side. They are just perfect (for me) not too big at all! They actually could've been bigger. Sometimes I wear shirts and you really can't tell, I guess since I wore padded bras so much anyway. I'd say pick a size and then go a little bigger. haha. or trust your doctor to give you what looks best on you. That's what I did and so glad I did. My doctor also suggested silicone since I was small chested and thin, but I really wanted saline and knew of other girls with the same body shape and are find. He said he thought I had enough skin up there after all. I used to be bigger 36 C when I was pregnant and weighed more etc. What ever you choose, good luck!!

You are shorter but if u like big boobies u will lose 25 cc I think so u will proubly be a D be
Because I was bigger 34/c and I have 425 in one and 435 in the other .

You won't look fat !!!! See what ur dr will let u get . Than decide what u like .

Mine don't feel big to me. Im used to them now .how big do u want them to be ? You will lose part of the cc under the muscle . What ever you decide is what is right for you .

Polkadoties -I know what you are feeling. It is so hard to decide on cc's. There are limitations as to what our bodies will accept. Initially I JUST wanted to get back what I had before kids, with a little upgrade...THEN; I was influenced by my fiancee who seemed pleased with the idea of a BIG upgrade. I aim to please and also got caught up in the idea as well. I went from 325 to 400, now I look at that rice and say OMG! THAT is Huge! I am back to my original plan, so that means maybe a 290 filled to 325 or something like that. Remember big ones also sag and the reality of the implant is the dimensions and what it will look like in you and your chest. We are all different. My ribcage is only 28" and my triangle is about 17cm. I do not have a long torso and with one of those wide implants would fear I would look matronly or just worse develop a double bubble. Go for what you want - find pictures of people about like you take them with you and find a surgeon you trust to give you that and FORGET cc's! If you are smaller you can get the same look with less and look great. Too big, may give you regrets in many ways. I honestly thought your picture with sizers was also out of proportion but if that is what you desire it is not wrong. Remember too, it may look like that in clothes but may look really weird naked. Look around at pictures and really notice. I have found pictures that are 325 - 350 and 375 also 400 that look amazingly alike and I am taking them with me to my pre-op. That tells me that the implants are quite relative to body type. So in other words what is a 400 on one may just look exactly like 325 on another smaller frame. My advice to you is go smaller and remember there is always the VS Miraculous Bra for special occasions -- haha!! Trust your doctor to give you a 'look' rather than a cup size or cc's.

Hi ! I have 425/435 saline I love them . I was a 34 c now I'm a 34 DDD . The size you are thinking you will probably be a DD . I do have some 36 but they are to loose . Make sure you are comfortable with your dr . Good luck !

good luck hunny