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POSTED UNDER Breast Reduction REVIEWS

119 Pounds, 20 Years Old, 5 4 - Texas, TX

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Consultation is July 7th. I have BCBSTX PPO plan,...

Bri56June 18, 2015

Consultation is July 7th. I have BCBSTX PPO plan, am nervous I won't be approved. I have had these problems since I was in 8th grade, so about 7 years. When I developed such large boobs, I decided to lose weight. So over the next two years, I lost about 30-35 pounds (I weighed 145) and it might have increased stress on my frame since they didn't shrink. I've been to a chiropractor/masseuse for chronic and severe back/neck pain, but didn't get relief. I have muscle swelling everywhere on my neck and back. Frequently, I find that my neck gets stuck because a muscle hurts so badly to move and putting my head down feels like my entire back muscle will rip. I experience numbness in my finger and annoying rashes under them. I'm active and enjoy running and yoga, but I find breathing is a challenge with three sports bras to contain them. When I sleep on my back (I'm a back sleeper) they slide to the sides and I often wake up with chest pain that causes me to lose sleep. I don't have very severe shoulder indentions because I wear sports bras much more often than strap bras because I did not want shoulder indentions. I do have scars from where my breasts have been held in a sports bra and have chafed when I go backpacking. They have left dime sized scabs on each one, so there are small scars left. When I take off any bra, my breasts are extremely sore and throb for a good 15 minutes. On top of physical pain, people have harassed me for my frame. Regardless of what I'm doing, people only refer to me as "that hot girl with big [RS bleep]" and it's absolutley ridiculous, especially since I'm hoping to be taken seriously in an environmental science field dominated by men. I'm hoping (hope is a light word) that they'll approve me. :) I'll update after July 7th

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June 19, 2015

Good luck! I'm 5'2" and 34G, and while I've had years of acupuncture, chiropractic adjustments, massage and PT, just photos and a letter from my PS was enough for my insurance to approve (I'm scheduled for surgery on 8/4) . I have Anthem BCBS PPO. If you have records of the attempts at relief from the pain (chiro, massage) that's hopefully in your favor. You look tiny through the torso, so I can believe you are a 32G. No one believes I am a G cup, I guess they expect them to be boulder sized (they sure feel like they are!). I wish you well and hope insurance approves!

June 19, 2015

Oh okay that helps to get someone else's opinion because my mom just thinks it's the brand of bra (Wacoal) but I tried on others and they fit...so, sadly, I think I really am a 32g :(( I wear a size 4 in pants and would be a small in shirts, but wear a large usually. I also learned today that very dense breasts run in our family, so maybe they'll have enough (I need 284) to take out. Thank you :) the support means a lot

June 19, 2015

FYI a bra fitter at my local Macy's told me Wacoal is what she uses as her fitting bra, the size is more accurate than other brands. Certain brands such as Bali and Playtex tend to run big. I too wear a G cup in Wacoal but can fit a DDD in those brands. So tell your Mom you really are a G!! Either way you shouldn't have trouble meeting the 284 requirement. Even in a 32 that's probably about 2 cup sizes. (I have heard 200= approx. 1 cup size, but that would be less for a small band size and more for a larger one) Good for you for pursuing this while you're young -I'm almost 50 and wish I had been able to do it when I was your age! :)

June 19, 2015

It's hard to believe how tiny I am and am a G...I hide them so well everyone thinks I am a B, but that's with a couple sports bras haha. She thinks it's unlikely we'll meet the requirement, but I'm a fighter so I decided to try and improve my life. Thank you so much for your comment-the support makes me much more excited for my consulation and less nervous than I have been. :))

June 19, 2015

Good for you sweetie, never give up!!!

June 19, 2015

I've been reading your story and would like to know if you Can you take a pic in a bra and side view?

June 19, 2015

I sure can! But I don't know how to add more pictures? Haha

June 22, 2015

Bri, you have many of the same symptoms I did, especially the feeling of your back almost ripping. I've had a real reduction (ha...ha--not an intended pun) of my symptoms and had 305 from one breast and 312 from the other (or something like that). I'm now at a 34C or so. If insurance gives you a rough time--and I don't think they will--then PM me, and I'll send you the letter I used to submit to insurance. I also submitted a letter from my physical therapist and pictures of my bras and my poor boobies.

June 22, 2015

Has your mom seen your breasts out of your bra? My PT didn't believe that the surgery would help me because I was wearing such fantastically engineered bras that made me look small--and many of us with small frames (I am also a 32) just don't look as "big."

After my surgery, I sent my PT a before picture (the one in my profile/review) and then the after, and she was completely on board, LOL.

June 22, 2015

It's not like my mom isn't supportive because she has 38ddd and is also looking for a reduction. She doesn't want me to have to get that big. Are your breasts mainly fatty, mixed or glandular? I am trying to meet a 284gram schnur scale limit but when my mom had a mammogram, they had to redo it because they were so dense. Since this is highly genetic, 'm wondering if I will have more grams than you if you aren't very dense. I'm afraid the surgeon won't operate if I push too close to the limit and he can only remove 300 or so...don't want to be stuck with that bill! Haha

June 24, 2015

Mine were pretty dense and heavy, but that could be wishful thinking, lol. Your dr should be able to eyeball how much she or he think they can remove--mine was certain 300 would be my max, and she was right.

June 25, 2015

Thanks Morgan, you're very helpful. I'm just wondering, I want to be a small B, almost an A, (by my own wants and not because of insurance requirements) but I'm pretty sure the doctor won't make them that small. I don't want to request something entirely TOO small because I don't want him to think I have unrealistic expectations. So what cup size did you ask for and what cup size did you ultimately end up with?

July 7, 2015

Bri, I just realized I never answered this question. So sorry. I was a 32DDD before, and doctors will very rarely give you an idea of a cup size because those are so arbitrary (e.g., before my surgery, bra fitters would tell me I could wear a 34C...which I can...NOW). It really depends on your body.

What I told my dr instead was that I wanted her to err on the side of smaller and that I was tired of having huge boobs. I also said I trusted her to make me proportional. I think if you tell the dr you want smaller, s/he will do that--they, I think, assume most women want bigger ones and don't want anyone screaming at them after, LOL.

Oh! My cup size now is a C, but from what I heard, I won't really know until the six-month mark.

July 7, 2015

Oh okay. I think he would be okay making me small. I want to be a small B

July 5, 2015

What size are they? The weight loss does make since that the pain increases because they didn't shrink

July 5, 2015

They fit perfectly in a Wacoal 32g. I keep trying to weigh them but there's no way to tell what's accurate until I go in for a consulation. I lost a good 30-40 lbs, and they just grew after that haha. I'm hoping that since I lost so much weight, they're all tissue and barely fat

July 5, 2015

Yea that could be it, if you were just way to curious to weight until your consultation you could get s body mass measurement tool and use it to see how much fat is on your breast, to see its mostly fat or tissue like you said, haha that's just an idea; do they tend to hang and sag?

July 5, 2015

Eh I would if it was further away, but I have not even two days. Yes they do. I've never had them not hang or sag. If I'm braless and bend over, they pull completely forward and it seems like there's just a bridge of skin with a large lump. It's really unattractive. The skin is sooo stretched out and I have so many stretch marks that you can see them as far up as my necklace chain if you look.

July 5, 2015

Oh yea I do see the stretch marks, there quite a few, but on the bright side someone would have to extremely close to you to see them, it's like it's just out there haha, you ever go bra less in public or it's just strictly bras?

July 5, 2015

Yeah they're faded luckily. Typically I wear shirts that cover them well. Nooooo, I always wear bras in public, unless Im leaving the house at very late night to go to the store. That's VERY rare. I hate wearing bras, there is always pressure on the ribs under my boobs

July 5, 2015

Yes that's a symptom that has really bothered me for years the pressure, I mean it's just like s constant pressure. Do you get rashes or irritation under since they are saggy?

July 5, 2015

YES. Sometimes I get fungal infections due to moisture and they get really flaky and itchy and dry. Then other times they just hurt really bad and I can't really do anything about it because you can't really keep them from getting moist other than putting paper towels in your bra and that looks weird. I don't even realize anymore what it's like not to have the pressure

July 5, 2015

I think everyone on here is going through the same thing, your definitely a warrior though! Most women on here have bigger frames so I guess that helps support, but like you said your frame isn't that big so it's more pressure on your neck and back, and since they are saggy it makes it worse huh? Does it get irritated under your breast when it's hot? Or just any time, cause there is an ointment that actually helps but if it's from hot weather it won't work.

July 5, 2015

Thanks. I'm pretty little, so there is a lot of weight. Well it's from wearing certain bras (which I have to wear) and from heat. Mostly from sweat underneath them and me not being able to keep them dry.

July 5, 2015

Haha yea you are, I couldn't imagine a 32G on 119 pounds! It's funny cause they don't really look like they are that big, well you can kind of tell because they sag a lot, but other than that you can't, I hope your not upset by me saying hang or saggy, I'm sorry! I just couldn't thing of other words

July 6, 2015

Yeah if I'm wearing a bra and a shirt people think I wear a D because I hide it so well. And no you're okay! Haha I realize they hang and sag, I'm not at all offended by it

July 6, 2015

Haha ok just making sure! And yea I would have totally believed a D if they didn't hang so much! And I actually have a question, I have some stretch marks on the side, not as much as you but you said they are kind of faded, is there anything you did to get them less noticible or that's just how they are?

July 6, 2015

Well the thing is that they got that stretched when I was probably 12 or 13, so now they seem super faded because they're old

July 6, 2015

Oh ok that makes since, I was amazed because they are really saggy yet you can barely see the stretch marks.

July 6, 2015

Yeah unfortunately I got them when I was very young, and they were REALLY obvious then. But now they've faded. Though the skin has huge (what looks like) rips. The stretch marks are so deep that the skin puckered and has holes. It's unfortunate haha. But I'm a lot less concerned with the physical aspect than I am with the painful part

July 6, 2015

Haha yea the pain is the only part that concerns, ugh I'm so self conscious about mind that's why I have yet to post pictures but I'm working up to it, you have honestly helped me so much by being honest cause we have some of the same issues, do you mind if I asked more questions and just talked a little more

July 6, 2015

I know. I have sooo many self confidence issues with them that I don't even show them to my boyfriend. I hardly ever look at them in the mirror, but I really needed people to assure me that they were too large for my frame and have become a problem before I comvinced myself I'm overdramatizing the situation. Yes! Of course, I'd love to. You can PM me and we can talk and I'll answer questions about whatever haha

July 6, 2015

Ok thanks so much sounds good!

UPDATED FROM Bri56

More pictures-32g

Bri56June 20, 2015

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UPDATED FROM Bri56

Wish boobs :/

Bri56June 20, 2015

I wish I could be these sizes, but I'm not sure if I can go that small or not. Really I think I would be happy with anything smaller, but ideally, I want a 34/32b

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June 21, 2015

Good luck!
I'm with bcbs of tx also. I'm still in the interview stage. Would love to know how you like your ps.
I'm nervous, but so tired of the back, chest pain.
Hope you get approval soon!

June 22, 2015

Okay! I read somewhere that they're one of the best for approving, so hopefully that is true. I'll update after my consultation. Thank you, I hope you do too :)

July 6, 2015

Your last wish boobs are mine old boobs,I miss them, they were so cute and lit and I don't have to look dramatic all the time :( Is your natural or implants?

July 6, 2015

I just don't understand implants :/ haha mine are 100% natural and they suck

June 17, 2016

I can agree 100% that once you have experienced the pain that come with boobs you don't want any this is also what I want not much

January 18, 2017

I have mr pre-op appointment on Friday and I'm gonna show my plastic surgeon a couple of the photos that you put up. They're my wish boobs too, and I'm also a 32G,

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