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Made it through and love them! 5 weeks post op - Sacramento, CA

UPDATED FROM catLady1
1 year post

2 year pics

WORTH IT$6,300
As requested, here are some recent pics. There are two where I'm flexing my chest muscle on one side. Because my implants are under the muscle it looks really funny, so I just wanted to show you guys what that looks like. All in all, I still love them, but if I had any complaints about them it's how weird they look when I use my chest muscle.

catLady1's provider

Andrew Kaczynski, MD (retired)

Andrew Kaczynski, MD (retired)

Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

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I found Dr. Kaczynski through doing research on the web and through this site. He has lots of experience, and also uses the Keller Funnel, which I think shows that he's always trying to improve himself as a Dr and is open to changing with the times. I've only had 1 consultation with him, but so far I don't have any complaints.

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Do you do heavy chest work? I haven't since months before my surgery which was 16 months ago. I'm afraid if I build my pecs again (and they were thick!) , that it will displace the implants to the outside & look even worse when flexed. I really miss my pecs & the strength I lost. I was about the same size as you before & after. My PS had a hard time getting 300cc in my dominate side due to the muscle, but I've lost most of it now ,so could go bigger but not sure I would want to.
I don't know what's considered "heavy chest work". The way I work out is that I try to do a specific muscle group once a week. For chest day, I usually do dumbbell bench press (3 sets of 8 reps of 35lbs dumbbells), flys (3 sets of 8-12 reps of 20lb dumbbells), incline and decline bench press (I don't remember right now how much I'm lifting on those). I hate the way it looks when I flex, but I love working out too much to give that up.
They look so natural!!! Thank you for sharing your story!
UPDATED FROM catLady1
1 month post

5 weeks post op

Just wanted to post a few new pics. I'm feeling pretty good. Able to sleep on my side and do stuff like vaccuum without any pain. My right nipple was incredibly sensitive for about a week, but that's subsided and I think the incisions are looking pretty good. I went to the gym yesterday and did a very light arm and ab workout. I just want to get back in the groove of lifting weights, but I'll wait until next week or the following to so any chest workouts or to lift anything heavy. Anyways, all in all, still doing good. :)

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You are the first person I've found on this sight that started out looking exactly like me & didn't want to be huge. I was thinking I only wanted to come out with B but Now I'm not so sure, you look great. Did you have high profile or moderate?
I haven't been on this site for awhile and so I just noticed this comment. I had moderate. And I've been sized at Victoria's Secret... I'm right between a B and C cup according to their measurements, but the C cup bra fits better than the B. I'm still so happy with my size.
I have my consult sept 5! =) do you still have nipple sensation?
Yay! That's exciting! And yep. I still have sensation in my nipples. Probably more sensation than before, but I'm hoping that will subside as time passes.
Thanks for the reply, I was wondering where you went? :-) your journey has helped me so much with mine. Thank you!
UPDATED FROM catLady1
21 days post

3 weeks post op!

I feel like a lot of healing has happened in the last week. I am finally sleeping in my bed again, and a lot of my pain has gone away. It still hurts to sleep on my side however. I can tell that one boob is healing (and dropping) faster than the other. As long as the other eventually catches up, I'm ok with that. Also, my incisions are healing nicely.

I went back to the gym yesterday and just did cardio. Man, it felt good to be back, but it was such a weird feeling doing the elliptical with boobs! It could be because I was wearing a super tight sports bra, but...they just felt really tight and really heavy. I was totally overly conscious of them.

Other than that, I don't have a whole lot new to add. Life is mostly back to normal. The main updates are just that most of the pain is gone and sleeping in the bed again. Doing the massage is still a bit uncomfortable though.

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