Hi, I have been wanting a lift for at least a couple of years now, my boobs are slightly tuberous and deflated from breastfeeding and weight gain/weight loss over the years. My daughter is 5 and I have decided now's the time. I had an appointment with my PS in November 2015 and I decided that because of my desire for upper pole fullness, I am going to have 325cc implants as well. I am currently a 12C so I guess I'm looking to go up a size but mostly wanting the upper pole fullness. I have my final consultation Jan 19th before the big day on Feb 5th! Super excited... Updated on 5 Feb 2016: Hi, Yesterday was the big day!!! I wasn't at all nervous just excited. We decided to go with 275cc mentor moderate and even though I can't yet see the results until Monday I'm very happy. I'm in a mild-moderate amount of pain which is easily controlled so I'm overall pleased with how things have gone so far! Updated on 5 Feb 2016: Post op day 1 pics Updated on 7 Feb 2016: Had my first post op appointment with nurse today and got my bandages off. All is going well and I can't wait to see how it all progresses from here. A bit swollen, so icing them for 20 minutes here and there. Also, on to panadol now off the stronger stuff as it was making me feel too drowsy and I'm not in too much pain Updated on 12 Feb 2016: I had my second check up yesterday and nurse says everything looks great! No pain anymore just slight discomfort, itchiness and still a bit tired but feel pretty good. The only concern I have is my right nipple which has a reddish part to it, but the nurse saw it yesterday and didn't say anything. Will keep an eye on it... Updated on 18 Feb 2016: Couldn't be happier! Updated on 18 Feb 2016:
I cancelled 2 times but my twin pushed me into it. I was so thrilled with the end result. DrAlys was fantastic to work with, as a patient. The 2mths of recovery were trying, but as i now had a breast where there used to be a whole I was thrilled. My Tummy looks so good as well. Have raved about her so much that decided to write a review. Her bedside manner exceptional.
Having my surgery done as an intermediate patient in Brisbane with Dr. Alys Saylor. So far she has been amazing! she knows how a woman's body should look, and her belly button shaping skills are exactly what i want, im not a fan of almond shaped belly button i like the more circular look with a hood (like it used to be!). so far she says my scar is going to be quite small see as all my problems are very central. i will need a scar revision because i have stretch marks above my belly button ($350). Her receptionist have been great in answering my questions. Now just gotta get my body fit for the 1st November!! Updated on 5 May 2016: I have 6 months until surgery :( so in this time im gonna be posting my fitness journey so i can have the best possible result. I'm hoping to find other ladies on here who are on the same path or provide help to others! lets get flat and fit girls! A little about me, im a nurse who works in emergency medicine have a gorgeous young family 2 boys and a little girl! in much need of plastic surgery, and am in a love hate relationship with my boobs hahah! Today's workout: BACK: Lat pull downs- wide grip. * 20 slow pull downs repeated 4 times- watch your form. muscles engaged: latissimus dorsi (lats of the upper back), biceps, trapezius, deltoids and pectoralis minor (muscle in chest). Seated Cable Rows- * 20 slow and controlled pulls, back straight bum out, repeat 4 times. muscles engaged: trapezius muscles, latissimus dorsi, the erector spinae, rear deltoids, biceps, biceps brachialis, and forearm flexors. One-arm dumbbell rows- emphasize the whole lat, the upper back, and the trap muscles. * 15 rows per arm 4 times- today i was feeling a bit week and only used 7.5kg weights. muscles engaged: Latissimus Dorsi, Middle Trapezius, Rhomboids, Biceps Brachii and Erector Spinae. Dead lifts: 40kg- i used to do 60kg :( this exercise is amazing!!! I can lift 10 at the moment before im ruined. Muscles engaged: nearly everything, back muscles, leg muscles, your whole core is engaged, arms, hips forearms. Again great exercise !!! one of my favorites. I also did abs today which i will be adding to the end of every work out till i get my tummy tuck! Abdominal extensions- 130 turns. Muscles engaged: internal and external obliques, rectus abdominis, erector spinae Thanks guys ! will update my next work out tomorrow is shoulders, chest and arms! Updated on 23 Oct 2016: 9 days to go! That all went so quick! Fly back to Queensland in 4 days, and ready for my surgery with dr Saylor at the mater private. Anyone have any tips on what to pack for my 2 week stay after surgery? Updated on 28 Oct 2016: So today I had my pre op appt with Alys. She seemed a bit rushed today which kind of annoyed me, I only had a few questions but she seemed to want me out the door. Wasn't really happy, but being a health professional myself maybe she was just behind and stressed, I dunno. I had my pre op photos taken by the wonderful nurse. I also added on scar revision for my hypertrophic scars. So I'm excited about that as well. 3 days left! I just wish it was going faster! Feel like the days are taking FOREVER! Tomorrow I'm gonna start on a diet plan for when I leave the hospital. Low carb, high protein, low sodium and high fibre. I'm worried if I don't make a meal plan and so all the shopping before I go in, I will fall into a rut of lying in bed eating crap all day and getting fat lol. I'm wondering if I should also buy one of those back support pillows, that look like mini chairs for your bed. Anyone know if they were worth getting? Updated on 28 Oct 2016: Updated on 28 Oct 2016: So I have to wear this 24/7 besides showering, for 2-3 weeks pre op. I'm starting to hate it ???????? Updated on 29 Oct 2016: So I have bought the back support pillow. I am considering moving the recliner back into the house from storage, to sleep on instead of my bed at home, as I won't have that pillow at home. Hmmm Updated on 29 Oct 2016: What I used to have! Come back!!! Updated on 30 Oct 2016: 2 days left and I'm getting excited and impatient lol! It's less then 2 days like 1.5 haha. Grabbed some loose black pj's today from Kmart and some phisohex antibacterial body wash and some bigger undies. Ready to be flat and normal again!! 24 year old body come at me! I'm really worried about my belly button, I hope it's a deeper rounder belly button. So I have been reading about bb training. Will consider doing so. I'm also a bit worried about hypertrophic scarring as I have a few scars that have gone this way, I am also having scar revision at the same time as my tummy tuck. And have been told in 3-4 months will def need scar revision on my tt due to the stretch marks. This is mostly covered by Medicare so doesn't bother me so much. When did everyone have their first showers? I have read a few girls on here not showering for 4-5 days because they are not allowed to remove their binder till their follow up? I will be in hospital 3-5 days. Updated on 30 Oct 2016: Sorry about the daily updates! So it's finally the day before. I make sure I'm nil by mouth from midnight. I hate how my water my water weight fluctuates some days! But I'm thinking I'm not going to even worry about my weight until 8 weeks post op. This way I will stop stressing. Also I started my period today, this is a pain in the ass! I'm sure they will still do the surgery. On another random note my acne seems to be getting really good, which is awesome. I will pack my hospital bag tonight for my lovely 5 day stay :/ a bit of a personal question ladies, but when did u start getting intimate with your partner again after your tt? Updated on 31 Oct 2016: I stole this from someone on here. My god her belly is amazing! I hope I get results like this!! Love the belly button love how flat she looks! Praying I get this results! Maybe I should u have lost more weight. I dunno! Updated on 31 Oct 2016: This will al be gone soon!! Updated on 31 Oct 2016: Finally today has come! I didn't go to bed till 3am I was too excited to sleep lol. But I woke up late and now can't eat, that was dumb. I leave my house at 12 to be at the mater at 1 ready theatre at 3pm!!! I have no idea how long it's gonna go for, how long were u ladies under for? Bag is all packed and I just want these last 3 hours to fly by. Today is Melbourne cup day as well so although I hate the races because of the horses being harmed, I'm gonna go in the family betting thing this year, and I hope I wake up to some money, cuz that would be nice lol. Updated on 31 Oct 2016: Ok so sitting in the waiting room at the mater adult hospital. Wondering why 1. They asked me to come in at 1pm when they don't plan on calling me into surgery until 3pm. This so stupid to me. I literally signed one form. Could have got here at 2.30pm. 2. Why I'm not going in earlier to et my pre op checklist done, ECG, blood work ect. Absolutely nothing? Seems so weird I have worked for years on surgical wards, and we do a full pre op admission, always have a cross math of bloods done in case u haemorrhage in surgery and need a transfusion ect. This is starting to worry me a little. I'm starting to lose a lot of faith in my surgeon tbh. The receptionist said normally the bloods are done through the offices. They weren't. I just saw my anethesist and ask him what's going on, and he's like u don't need any of that your too young. I was like ok. That's weird to me. Updated on 1 Nov 2016: Ok so I just got to my room about 35 min ago. Surgery went for 1 hour 45min. I have Never been in so much pain in my Life! In recovery I was crying so much because of how bad it was. It's still horrifically painful. I didn't expect It to be this bad :( and I gave birth to a 9 pound girl on the street lol. I would do that a million times a day then do this again lol Updated on 1 Nov 2016: I feel flatter that's for sure. Looks like it could be a nice waste line. I just wish this pain would ease down. And I have though niggle of a cough, if I could just cough once to get it up i would be better but I tried and that was excruciating and that was a very light trying mini cough that I stop half way through. Holy crap if I vomit or sneeze o can only imagine the pain that would bring! So far I'm not eating, I don't want anything tonight I don't think. Updated on 1 Nov 2016: So I slept quite well over night I woke up at 3am to make sure I got my endone to keep the pain away. I finally worked up the courage at 3.30 to cough as I had some phlegm stuck. That was good when I got that out lol. Ye sit was painful but way less painful then trying to hold the cough in. Then this morning at 8am I asked. The student near that I had to tell the RN that I really needed maxalon ASAP as well as pain relief. She only told the RN about the pain meds. I was getting so sick I started calling out for help because my buzzer is broken, and then ended up vomiting heaps. Which killed like a mother f****r!!! I was pretty annoyed hat when I was calling out for help no one answered and it wouldn't have even happened if I had the maxalon or ondanz earlier when I asked. Physio have come pulled me out of bed and I'm in a chair atm. I'm in 4-5/10 pain atm. I saw my surgeon this morning which I wasn't expecting. She told me she really pulled my muscles together extremely tight all the way to my eternal notch. She said my scar was nice and low, the hernia is removed and my belly button is now an innie! And spoke about the stretch marks just above the incision and the possible need for revision, which I have no doubt I will get. The scar revision on my arm is really starting to sting and hurt I also can't use that arm at all. Which makes it a little hard to move around and reposition my self with one arm with an IV in it lol. But waste line is looking nice, incision is starting to bleed a tiny bit. And I'm draining about 10mls of fluid in my bellovac drain. Updated on 2 Nov 2016: So finally got to see my stomach! I was aware prior that the scar was pleated to the middle and will probably need scar revision. My BB is def deep and no hernia yay! I love were my drain is placed off to the side and away from the incision. I'm overall quite happy atm :) can't wait for it all to smooth out and swelling to decrease and the pain to bigger off so j can stand straight. I'm in my garment now which is crazy tight! The nurses have been a bit over the shop today and have kind of missed me a little which ended up me being in more pain and having to do a lot of undressing and putting the garment on myself and changing my BB dressing. Updated on 2 Nov 2016: Saw my surgeon about 35 min ago, I showed her the pics I took of my belly in the bathroom and of my BB, she said its all looking fantastic and my belly will flatten out a lot, and warned me of the swelling. She just said she really wants to keep an eye on the BB as its a little dusky in colour. I will be in hospital till Saturday. :( wanna go home lol! Had a 10 min walk around the ward today with physio, can get in and out of bed and go to the loo. Still haven't opened my bowels yet, hopefully I will tomorrow. She said I can start to straighten out now, which feels a bit better on my back then this banana position :) Updated on 3 Nov 2016: Belly button is looking more pink which is great, surgeons assistant is happy with it and took a photo for Alys. They r putting chlorsig 1% antibacterial ointment on it with just a small dressing. When I look at my b I don't see any stitching around it like some other photos of bb on here. I'm happy about that. But will have a better look in a couple of days. I still have a lot of trapped wind, it's not hurting but is annoying because it's always rumbling. But slowly getting rid of it. Still haven't opened my bowels. So really gonna work on that today. Not taking any narcotic pain relief today. Begging my surgeon to let me out today instead of tomorrow be uses of my lack is sleep now I'm in a 4 bed bay :/ is also weird because some of the nurses here have either been my teacher, facilitator or a student nurse with me from years ago lol. So a little bit uncomfortable. I really hate doing up the CG it's like a corset on the sides with clips. Updated on 4 Nov 2016: The left side is starting to go down in terms of pleating, the surgeon said I had a lot more stretch marks on my right. A scar revision may still be in the future in 12 weeks. Getting the drain out today, which is awesome cuz it's giving me a blister and has leaked all over my garment :/ slept straight and on my side last night. I think I have over done it a little today, my nurse is very unhelpful. My back is killing me! That's he worst pain! I'm not on any pain meds at all anymore including paracetamol, just using heat packs on my back. Updated on 6 Nov 2016: Can nearly stand up 100% straight but freak out it will make my incision split so I bend back over lol. It doesn't look super evident in the photos but the pleating has gone down a little more. Updated on 6 Nov 2016: I weighed my self this morning, I was 62.2kg which is 2.1kg down from the day of my surgery so that's nice lol. The skin they took off only weighed 300grams. It's must be the diet and excessive amounts of water I am drinking. I am enjoying sleeping on my side again. The pleating in the very middle is def going down a lot. It was actually quite flat this morning. Still not on any pain relief. Continuing my antibiotics 4 times a day. And changing my BB dressing twice a day and using the chlorsig ointment. My BB has no ooze at all, it hasn't since day one, I think that's a good sign. Still can't stand for more then 5 minutes at a time though which is getting really annoying. Updated on 10 Nov 2016: I think I'm hitting that lower point on the emotional roller coaster, I feel like I'm never going to heal, I'm never going to stand straight, the right sided abs near the sternum feel so incredibly tight! Like I can't stretch them out to straighten out fully, but the left side of fine, I dunno what that is about. I can't take off he surgical tape till 3 weeks post op, then leave it a week, then start silicone taping. I'm still dropping weight which is a plus. I flew back home 2 days ago, my husband had a bit of a breakdown and couldn't take care of the 3 kiddies. So I was pain free previously when I didn't have to do anything, now I'm cleaning the whole house and grocery shopping. So now I actually understand swell hell lol. It's great to be in the cold weather again though. I just wanna stand straight, without freaking out my incision might tear open, I find I am straighter in the morning and as the day goes on I hunch again. I wanna take off my tape, I just wish I was more patient. Updated on 10 Nov 2016: Ok so I am finding it difficult to sleep lately with this annoying compression garment! I hate that it goes down my legs! It's so tight it looks like it's half cutting of my circulations and you can see a huge divot when I wear jeans or tights ect, the hole in the middle annoys me at night as it scratches and pulls on my Inner thighs and I have to take the whole thing off to do a number 2. Also it's starting to have bubbles on the sides at the zippers (shown in picture) so I have just ordered a new one from isavela, I hope it's good, I felt like there was hardly anything to pick from in Australia. So fingers crossed. I have taken a few new photos as well. Sorry for up dating lots, but it's also a good way for me to keep track of my own personal progress. Updated on 10 Nov 2016: Made me feel a bit better Updated on 13 Nov 2016: Still a bit down, I know the pleating will go with my scar revision, still wish I was 8 weeks post op and not 2 lol. Still pretty swollen, and have decided to start sleeping with knees bent again. Incision is starting to hurt a bit. Worried I'm stretching it too quickly. On the plus size I can walk straight now :) all day today I have remained straight! So I'm happy about that. I also think my BB is becoming infected, have started putting on the antibacterial ointment and letting it dry then putting the compression garment back on. Updated on 13 Nov 2016: So my isavela garment has been delivered today, that's was awesome delivery time! It's look fab and feels so much better and a little more tighter then my last one. Great purchase! Updated on 15 Nov 2016: Ok 2 days ago coughing and sneezing hurt like mother F****** I started picking up my nearly 2 year old again maybe twice a day to put her back into bed when she gets out. Now today I have noticed when I cough no pain at all. I really hope I haven't split any stitches or ruined my MR. I still have all the pleat and swelling as usual. Itching is increasing. Very happy to be fully upright all day still and sleeping very comfortably on my side and stretched out still. Hate my BB, have already spoken with my husband about getting a BB revision in Melbourne, I don't care if it costs $50000000 I'm getting it done. I have continued to cover it because I simply hate looking at it, it is not what the surgeon and I discussed even slightly, I told her I don't care about anything else, couldn't care less about the length of the scar or anything the only want I had was for a normal belly button, in the short amounts of time i spent with her I really stressed the BB to the extreme, it's the goddam focal point of my whole stomach for Christ sake. I also wish she had told me that having a shorter car would result in pleats, she said it's because of the amount of stretch marks I had above my BB which I think Is a load of crap, I have spent the 7 hours looking at girls on here with way more weight and stretch marks above the belly button then me and have 100% smooth, no pleats 4 days post op. I would have preferred the longer scar and avoided this whole thing. I wish I spent more time asking a ton of questions and I wish she wasn't so pushy to get you out of the door, especially considering I paid in full on the second consult, no loan no let payments just all of it. I know I sound like a winging cow, which I probably do, but I'm still upset that it's not what I had in mind and I didn't even have great expectations I just wanted to be flat with a round BB. I wasn't overweight, I worked my ass off at the gym, and still feel that my result is poor. But I'm sure next week I will feel a lot better maybe. On the plus, I am very great-full that her incision skills seem to be incredible from what I can see through the tape, looks like it was done with a laser beam. Very happy I have no infections. Very happy I don't have a lot of flabby left over skin like some women I have seen, I am very tight and pulled together. I can definitely see the massive improvement from before to now and look great in clothes! Very happy not to have a hang anymore. Hoping to feel better next week. Still have the CG on 24:7 besides showering. Still really wanna peak at my incision but will stay strong and wait the extra week lol. Updated on 16 Nov 2016: So the nurse told me to take the tape off today, to check if there was a hole and to start cleaning them. So there are 3 holes. The left hips incision is amazing! The middle is screwed and the right is hanging in there. I started silicon sheeting on my left and far right side and on my scar revision on my arms. Updated on 19 Nov 2016: Still just cleaning the wound, hoping everyday I wake up and it's healed and perfect lol. I had a lot of trouble sleeping last night with my CG, I had to take it of, first time that's happened. Incision is very itchy. I am airing the wound out everyday now, I think my skin was starting to macerate with all the tape and covers. I am just pointing a small absorbent dressing and tape on each side so air can still get through and less adhesive on my skin. Please aren't getting any less, and kind of makes me look like I have a big V going down my belly, and creates a ledge at the incision, really ugly. Still hoping my BB magically gets better but I don't think it will, I wish it would just shrink a little. Updated on 21 Nov 2016: So, still healing slowly but making progress. My hips feel really bruised but there is no bruising to see so that's not fun. Incision is still very itchy. I still try not to look at my belly button and have been covering it with silicon tape. I love the way I look in clothes there is no over hang over jeans and shorts ect which is nice. Just hate how I look naked lol. Pleats are still in full effect and looks like they r here to stay till revision time. 2 out of the 3 holes have closed, which is great! Weird that I informed my surgeons nurse last week about the holes and infection and my surgeon hasn't once tried to contact me to see if it's healing or how it's going. I think she has poor communication skills. But we will see what next weeks progress looks like :) trying to stay positive :D Updated on 28 Nov 2016: So it's been a month, that flew by quickly! Last night my incision spat a stitch a nice long one :( holes are kind of healing up slowly but surely. Yesterday it looked like my pleats were nearly gone, but they came back today lol. Still a bit tender to cough and sneeze ect. Still not liking the belly button, but it has gotten slightly deeper over the last few days. All the incisions are starting took red now and do their healing thing. Updated on 13 Dec 2016: So it's been 6 weeks. Not a lot has changed in this last 2 weeks hence the no posting. The last 2 holes have scabbed over and are just about healed. I still have a ledge on side view. And just desperately waiting for the scar revision to fix the middle but where the extra skin was left. Still have some wrinkling and pleating. I still love how I look in clothes. BB is slowly getting deeper. I am getting this horrible burning and stinging and pulling apart sensation directing below my incision and I freak out and have to look at it to make sure it all just didn't rip open. Updated on 4 Apr 2017: So i haven't been on here in a while, i very much dislike my tummy tuck, big mistake. i am having revision on my the 3rd with a surgeon in Melbourne, who's going to do the best he can to improve the look. i have seen 4 plastic surgeons now who all agree that this was messed up from the beginning. My belly button is completely off center, i have a large ledge that wont go away, it points down into a V like a man's torso, i have a high scar, and m,y belly button is flat sometimes sticks out to an outtie and very very large and round. i also still have a hernia. So that all sucks, this will cost an additional 12K. I really wish i had not gone with the original surgeon, no reviews is a bad thing despite how confident that surgeon may seem. my new surgeon spent 2 hours with me in my consult he was amazing!!!!!!!! and then invited me for another consult 2 weeks later which was another 45 mins. Hopefully he can improve this there is no promises as he says its hard to fix mistake u can only get it perfect the first time. Updated on 6 Apr 2017: Kind of depressing Updated on 3 May 2017: Yesterday morning was my revision day! First in the list, the hospital was outstanding in. Why aspect, amazing receptionist, amazing nurses and my amazing surgeon! Craig was amazing, when he came in and greeted me, he was so focused on me and my belly and trying to make this as great as we could. He spent a solid 30 min measuring me to the millimetre literally, with laser measurements and 2 rulers. The nurse who would be doing all my scar treatment was also there to talk to me and watches the surgery. Craig was so professional in every way, he even offered to pay for me to stay overnight as I was only doing a day stay due to funds. I ended up going home though. My incision is so so much lower my vagina hurts lol. He showed me photos but I was a bit out of it so can't remember. I woke up to a goodie bag with my garments and various soaps and moisturises, the bag is like a medium size really pretty makeup bag! So far here is the photo, I can barley stand properly so this is as good as I have so far. The pain is the same as last time super horrible! I do feel flatter this time though. I will be making a new review with my experience with Dr Craig Rubinstein from Melbourne. Updated on 29 May 2017: New photo, loving it!! So flat, really red though at the moment, love my innie belly button, can't wait for time to go on me watch get even better! And loose the love handles.
So I am a 23 year old Aussie girl at only 155cm (5'1') and 73kgs (160lbs) and still loosing weight. My boobs are a 12F (34F). Just like a lot of other women I developed very young at around 11/12yo and boom I was the short girl with big boobs. That has been my label for as long as I can remember and growing up it really effected my confidence. Living in a beautiful country with the weather and beaches it was hard to enjoy what I am so lucky to have. I had a lot of self hatred and went through emotional eating and gaining weight, becoming reclusive and a home body. Not only is the size unpleasant and the weight painful for my back and shoulders but I also am unlucky enough that I have a condition called cystic acne that has developed in my cleavage because there is not enough air circulation in this hot climate and I am always having painful breakouts so I am hoping that this reduction and some laser treatment (after the surgery) for the scarring will help any future issues. Anyway I suddenly decided to stop feeling sorry for myself and started to become healthy and try (in much pain and discomfort) to exercise as much as possible and investigated a way to fix this major problem I and so many other women have. So for about 6 years now I have wanted to have a reduction and it is finally the time! Updated on 18 Mar 2014: I love reading every one's story and I truly believe that it is helping me so much. I have a few weeks until surgery and seeing everyones success stories is making me want it done sooner! I love seeing the support of everyone on this site, it is amazing to see! Can not wait to keep you ladies updated as the time comes closer and feeling very excited for all you lovely ladies who have had and will have their surgery's. Yay to smaller boobies! xx Updated on 1 Apr 2014: So I have 30 days! I know it will come fast I am just a little impatient. I have my pre op appointment in 2 weeks which I am looking forward to because I am feeling a little anxious about my surgeon and that is mainly because it has been many months since I have seen her and since coming on to this site I have many questions! Will keep you posted after I go and see her :) Updated on 6 Apr 2014: I thought I should put up my photos of my boobies before my surgery since I am feeling very excited and enjoy looking at everyones before and after photo comparisons and so here are my before shots :) Updated on 14 Apr 2014: So today I had my pre-op appointment. It went well and I had a lot of questions answered about the procedure but the main thing I am just so ecstatic about is that my operation has been bought forward to next tuesday!! The reason why this has happened is because I had to change where I was getting my operation so that I would be covered by private health insurance but unfortunately the hospital was booked out until december. My Dr then tells me that she had a cancellation call up yesterday for the morning of 22nd of april and she would be more than happy to do it then. Talk about luck!! I am so happy and since I have booked in and paid in full my morning has been crazy busy trying to organise earlier time off work and changing my bridge climb and abseil adventure (voucher I got for my birthday) which I am now doing on sunday yay! Also I have just realised that thanks to easter I have two days of work left! OMG so excited! So that is my good news of the day and I am soon off to use my christmas present of a voucher to get a massage. Talk about a great day! I just know that the next 6 days are going to be full on trying to organise myself and pack a bag and make sure I have everything ready. Hope you're all having a lovely day ladies :) Updated on 21 Apr 2014: Here I am just 10.5hrs out from surgery and only just have time to pack my bag and prepare my home and I must say I'm feeling pretty nervous right now! This time tomorrow I will be in the abcd club! I have wanted this for a while so I am already in disbelief that it is happening tomorrow morning. Wish me luck ladies! Updated on 21 Apr 2014: I have had my op and apart from a little pain I'm feeling great! I was worried about reacting to the anesthetic but other than feeling a little nauseous and funny when I woke up I had some water and food and now feeling good. So I went in the surgery room at about 8am and woke up about 11am (it went a lot quicker than I thought). My dr said she took out 1kg in total (I will find out individual breast weight when I see her next) and when I woke I felt an instant lighter feeling on my chest but that was probably just the pain meds haha. I have 2 drains in and im not looking forward to the pain of getting them out. I'm only now starting to feel tired and about to take a nap. I can say I'm so very happy right now and I can tell already that this was the best decision I made :) Updated on 22 Apr 2014: Here is the first look at my new boobies just 24hrs after being done and the dressing just got taken off. I feel weird without the dressing like they aren't attached or something but I'm very happy so far. A little boxy but they will drop nicely I hope. So happy! :) Still have my drains in and lost about 20ml in each in 24hrs so far. A little bruising around the nipple but the insision so far looks neat. Will take some more close ups after my dr comes to visit Updated on 22 Apr 2014: My dr just let me know that I was in surgery for 1hr 45mins and 433g was taken out of my right breast and 537g out of my left breast equalling just under 1kg Updated on 22 Apr 2014: Here are some close up pictures of my incisions of day 2 Updated on 23 Apr 2014: I forgot to mention I got my drains out yesterday by a training nurse and I didn't feel a thing so I was worried for no reason :) Today I am feeling more swollen and this sounds disgusting but I haven't gone to the toilet yet despite the prune juice lots of fruit and I have now taken Coloxyl which is a slow laxitive because I just feel so uncomfortable like my tummy is going to explode. Gross I know but it's one thing I was warned about. I have my dr appointment in a few hrs for my first check up and hopefully it's all good cause I feel like there is an elephant on my chest today. Other than feeling like a balloon I haven't felt much pain at all :) Updated on 24 Apr 2014: My nurse told me yesterday to stop taking paracetamol-codeine tablets because it was causing the constipation so I now just take 1panadol and 1paracetamol tablet every 4 hrs and it has definitely helped. Other than that today I went out for a couple hours for lunch with my mum and I am now home completely exhausted. I can't wait until I get my energy back I feel a little hopeless just waiting for time to pass as I get better. I guess I should be enjoying the time off as I will be starting a new job in 4 weeks time! Updated on 26 Apr 2014: I had a big day today and went out to a small waterfall and sight seeing a little town in the mountains it was lovely so therefore feeling a bit swollen. I'm not tired like I was previously so it's good to see some improvement. I have noticed two unusual round bruises that came from no where, they don't hurt so I will see how they go. Other than that I'm the same it's hard to tell how the incisions are going because the tape covering them will stay there for 6 weeks so all the blood you see is dried under the tape. I can't wait to see when I get the tape off :) Updated on 1 May 2014: It's been a couple days since my last up date but not much has changed. I had my 1 week post op appointment and I was in there for less than 5 minutes cause everything is all good. One great thing that happened today is that I got feeling back in my nipples. They were numb until today so I am happy about that. Other than that my energy is pretty much back to normal and pain is minimal and I'm feeling good, just so sick of sleeping up on 3 or 4 pillows I can't wait to be able to sleep on my side or tummy again! Question: When did you go back to sleeping on one pillow also when do you think it would be ok to drink alcohol again? I'm no longer on pain killers and the only tablets I take are bromelain. I'm not wanting to get drunk but a couple of glasses of wine with my friends is something I miss. Updated on 1 May 2014: So today when I got out of the shower I noticed a couple of dry spots almost like eczema just were I have been itchy lately. Has anyone else had issues with dry skin after the operation? Ive taken pictures and have applied some vitamin e oil on to it, so hopefully I can try and get rid of it. I've added photo's to keep an eye on it. It was hard to get them to show up on camera. Updated on 9 May 2014: So not much has happened since my last update apart from feeling less swollen and softening. My bruising is practically gone and I've been applying vit e cream to my dry skin. I have found that taking bromelain has made a big difference to the swelling. I still have the same tape on scince my surgery, over my incisions and they are starting to irritate me because they are peeling at the ends and leaving sticky stuff on my skin, also when I take my sports bra off its usually stuck to the tape. Other than that I'm feeling good and I'm on holidays for another week before I start a brand new job which I'm looking forward to but enjoying the rest while I can :) Updated on 12 May 2014: So today marks 3 weeks. It has gone so quickly! Now today I have realised that as the swelling goes down the more prominent my stretch marks have become. I know I will never get rid of them but I just hope they don't become any more obvious as I'm sure over the next few months they will swell less again and drop a bit more. To be honest that is nothing compared to the joy of having this done. Today is my first day of going without a bra for a couple hours (they are all being washed) and the difference in comfort is insane. I feel so light and just all round comfortable. It feels amazing and liberating! Updated on 13 May 2014: Im feeling a bit down today and the main reason being I've put on about 3kgs since my operation due to no exercise and eating everything in site (I don't have anything to distract me from yummy food also my mum is a bad influence on me with food). I miss doing bootcamps and weights and all the hard stuff and I can feel my body changing, I feel weaker and lethargic I hate it. I know I can't do much for another few weeks but I have started walking for now. So to make myself feel better I decided to do a comparison pic :) Did anyone else find they put on weight during recovery? Im a little worried about losing weight when I can get back into exercise and it effecting my now perky boobs. I read somewhere that losing a large amount of weight (I'm wanting to lose 15kgs over a 6 to 12 month period) after surgery can make your boobs saggy? I really hope not! Updated on 10 Jun 2014: It has been a long long time since I updated but only because nothing new has happened until today. I finally was able to take the tape off! First peek at my scars and I am impressed! They are flat and very fine and straight. So happy! Although I do have dog ears and one nipple is slightly elongated I don't worry too much because it is worth it still. I will put up images in next few days when I can finally remove all the annoying sticky stuff left over. Also over past couple weeks they have softened up a lot and look very natural and good. I bought my first wire bra last week which was fun! Only have one so far until I get some time and money to buy more. I am currently a 14DD but I have put on some weight because I use to be a 12. All good because I will change that in the next few months. Oh and another thing I can finally exercise yay! I have started dancing again and it makes me so happy! Updated on 19 Jun 2014: Hi all, I agree with so many who have had this operation who find it hard to keep updating for so long after the surgery and the reason being that wanting this surgery is because you want to feel normal and not have to think about your boobs all the time and I just don't do it much as I use to, so it makes it hard to come back but I want to so I can help others who were in the same boat. I have uploaded some pics of my scar results. I still have a slight rash left over from the tape that was on and I think I have a suture coming out of my left breast on my nipple so I will keep an eye on that to make sure it doesn't get infected. I purchased some new bras yesterday and I have gone down anothet cup size to 14D yay! Updated on 19 Jun 2014: I never thought I would love bras but omg now I do! And I got these ones on sale instead of having to pay big money like I use to have to! Feels amazing! Updated on 24 Jun 2014: This picture just shows the difference. Wow it really makes you see how bad it was and just reassures the decision :)
