oregonmomma

I can only tell you for myself, like all of us, I've always known I needed to have the reduction surgery at some point. For me, I haven't been ready until this year and I'm 39 (I'll probably be 40 before I'll have it since I turn 40 next spring and that is when I'm shooting to have the surgery). I wasn't ready when I was 30 either. Just take time to make the best decision for you. I'm a 38JJ and this year was the first year they have really actually caused me enough pain to interfere with my life. Everyone is different, just don't feel rushed. Good Luck!!

Awesome, Severn, it sounds like you've had great results!

Thank you so much for the information and tips! I am really feeling a DD and that is what size I'm going to discuss about. I called and my regular appointment for my yearly GYN appointment isn't until January, I'm thinking I'll just get through the Holidays and then tackle the breast reduction after the first of the year.

Aitchcov: once I counted from JJ down to DD, it is fairly shocking to realize how big they are now or how exciting they will be at DD (well, exciting to me;)).

So glad to hear so many women so happy with their breast reductions!!

I think you explained it great.

When it comes down to it, I'm really not doing it for aesthetic reasons (although perky boobs are a very exciting prospect), I'm doing it for health reasons, they are just too dang heavy to carry around anymore and they are causing too much arm, shoulder, and back pain. While I don't want them too small, I also want to eliminate the pain but I'm thinking DD's would be good, that way when I do loose weight I could go down to a full C or D at the least (I would think).

You explanation makes sense with regards to the amount tissue removed and how much of it is fat tissue. I guess maybe they don't know until they go in but it is a really good question to ask the doc since I would be going down 5 sizes.

Thanks for the info! That is exactly what I was wondering about. When I went bra shopping I had them resize me and ended up with a 38JJ, which fit better. I've thought about it a lot and really want to end up with a D or DD. How are you liking your DD's?

I wanted to modify my post a bit. I looked at the bra I have been mostly wearing and it is a 40J, they had to cut the band, re-sew, and then dart it, so I guess I don't know what the band is but my guess would be around a 38.

After reading more on the board and reviews, it looks like breasts still loose and gain after reduction surgery? For some reason I had it in my head that my breasts wouldn't loose any in cup size if I lost weight. They usually don't, or maybe they are just so large I hardly notice it one way or the other. I just want to be pain free and be able to buy a bra off the rack at regular stores, the ones with seas of bras waiting to be tried on. I haven't been able to buy a bra in a regular store since I was 18 years old.

I talked with my husband more about cup size and he feels like if I am getting it done I should take more out, more like a full C, I just can't wrap my mind around small breasts I guess, and I don't want to look out of balance, I just don't know. I guess I will need to talk to a plastic surgeon about all this. I am thinking about talking to them about doing it early next year, that way I can make a goal of loosing half the weight (30 pounds) by my surgery.

Going bra shopping on Wednesday! Dreading it as always but I've been in so much constant pain for the last month that I need to try and figure something out, maybe I should just go with 2 bras everyday (under-wire and then a sports bra on top), I am waking up in the middle of the night with upper arm aches more and more.