6 week update for reals this time!

First of all....I want to say hallelujah for this website. It is so nice to be able to hear other women's opinions and concerns about the procedure they are having. After having my daughter 11 yrs ago and nursing for 3 yrs....8 yrs ago I had a breast aug to fill the tissue that was left deflated. At 32 yrs old I wasn't ready to get a lift so I went pretty large to fill up my breasts. Anyways I was left with pretty big breasts....DD!!! Granted I am only 5'3" 108 lbs!! Needless to say I have felt out of proportion for a long time. My bust has also contributed to my dismay about my tummy....bigger boobs especially on a small girl make you look top heavy and thick in your tummy area especially if you're wearing anything other than a tight tank top!

 

So for my 40th bday on 2-18 I decided to get an implant exchange to a smaller silicone implant and a lift. This is a no brainier for me....I would love a perky C cup breast :).....hence the tummy issue comes into play. It has always been my Achilles heel. I am a tiny person but I gain weight in my middle and my breasts. This is my conundrum ....I only have a small amount of skin and feel fine when I am standing tall and I am in clothes. It's when I bend over and sit in a swimsuit or am naked that it bothers me. I just don't know if the pay off of a tummy tuck will even be noticeable or worth the $$ and recovery and most of all the scar. It's literally been driving me crazy....do I want the skin or the scar?? After scouring countless websites and you tube pages I found someone on this forum that had the same concerns. So for that I am grateful! I look at many of the women who have had several pregnancies and dramatic weight loss and of course I would trade the abundant skin for the flat tummy and scar.i just don't know if it will be worth it for me! I am just so undecided. I will post pics so you can see my dilemma! Please feel free to comment...I would love your opinions!

Well...after much contemplation and reading your comments and many of the reviews....I am pretty sure I am going to opt NOT to get the tt. I don't feel like my condition will be sooo greatly improved that it will be worth putting myself through the recoveries I have read about. I am grateful to be able to get all these perspectives from many different women. I still am going to do the implant exchange to something smaller and the breast lift. That I am 100% sure I want to do. I feel like when my breasts are perkier and smaller, that will help my middle section look not so thick! I will post pics of my breasts...mind you I am lifting my arms up so they are not that perky. I will have to post some different pics so you can see the sag. Please keep comments coming...they are very helpful! I am going for a 2nd consult on my tummy on the 20th but like I said...I have pretty much made up my mind to let it be. Maybe down the road I will feel differently but until then I don't think anyone should do anything so drastic and permanent without being totally 100% on board...and that I am not!!

Well...as most of you know....the decision to have any kind of plastic surgery is not always an easy one. I am sure I want smaller perkier boobs but I also worry about asymmetry, healing and the scars, but this I am sure I want to do. My tummy on the other hand has been driving me crazy. I told a GF this morn that I wish I had more skin and stretch marks so the decision would be easier.

Ok...so here is how I came to my decision. I've been waiting to see a little tiny girl I know who had a TT with Dr Bass a year ago. She had been sick and her 2 young kids were sick so finally after 2 weeks...today, the morn of my consult/pre op I got to see her tummy. Again she is a very thin petite girl...she had loose skin and stretch marks from her 2 pregnancies but you never would have known in clothes. Well... Her tummy looked great! Scar was so thin, light and low...and her tummy flat as a board! I have less skin and laxity than her so I know my tummy would look awesome! Ok...so that was a check in the pro TT column. Next I met my ps for my tummy consult...the first time it was more about my boobs and at the end I threw out the tummy thing. Don't get me wrong...I hate my tummy but have always thought it was too drastic of a surgery for my little bit of skin. Anyways we went into much more detail about the procedure...he doesn't recommend doing the mini without tightening you up from the inside. That's what he says keeps you flat for yrs to come. I am happy about that! Also I will not have any drains....because he sutures you up completely inside and closes the cavity there is no need for drains! I say yippee to that! Even my husband who thinks I look just perfect now knows I won't be happy with my tummy after my boobs are smaller and perkier. He's of the mindset.....recover once and be done! I agree with that. So anyways...I am paid in full and scheduled to do the breast lift and implant exchange with a full TT. As far as how many cc's....I have ample breast tissue and have like a 330 in one and a 315 in the other. I want to be at least a cup smaller so he will try many implants on while I am under to achieve the smaller C breast I am desiring. I have a very wide implant in now that he said was what they used 8 yrs ago but now they have a narrower higher profile implant that will give me volume and take the boobs away from my armpits! Yay again! I would love to be completely happy with myself the way I am but in reality we are who we are and I am very critical of myself. My tummy has always been the first place my weight goes and to finally feel like I'm going to have a flat tummy is really exciting! I am now in nesting mode making lists of things I will need to be all prepared for recovery. I am very lucky that my husband and I own our own business so I am able to take time off and also work from home. My mom is also coming to stay with us for a couple of weeks to take my daughter to school and dance....she's on a company dance team so she literally dances 5-6 days a week. In fact my surgery was previously scheduled for the 28th of this month but she has a dance competition in PHX on the 1st 2nd and 3rd so there's no way I'd be able to swing that. Therefore I will have surgery on the 7th. I am nervous and excited both but honestly I do have to say I feel a sense of calm after I made the decision to go ahead with the TT. I do think I would be disappointed to have perky breasts but still have a droopy tummy! Wish me luck...I will keep you all posted ;)