I came to Dr. Robinson after another Dr. in Atlanta refused to do the implant procedure I wanted unless I added (a very expensive) lift as well. I didn't want the scarring associated with the "lollipop lift" I got several other opinions on this site stating that the augmentation alone would lift everything and Dr. Robinson concurred. I wasn't looking to have basketball in my throat breasts. I wanted them to look exactly as they do now. He did a fantastic job and gave me exactly what I wanted to achieve. His bedside manner is wonderful and meeting him I was instantly comfortable. At my follow up appointment he walked into the room and asked me about how my work was going and I was impressed with his attention to remembering things about his clients after so long and making an effort to make you feel really listened to. I never waited long for appointments and the staff is lovely. I live a few hours away so I had my consult on a Thursday, Surgery on Friday, and a follow up on Saturday and just had my 1 month checkup a couple weeks ago. I am 6 weeks post. The operation itself was a very smooth procedure and any stress I had about it drifted away as I laid under a warm heated blanket while my calves were massaged by a little machine and the friendly staff made conversation with me and then I woke up... I was helped up and dressed and walked out to my car then my friend and I went to get dinner. I felt sore but never more than a 4 or 5 on a pain scale. I took percocet for a day and a half and then tylenol and ibprofen after that. I got my incisions around my areolas as suggested by Dr. Robinson at our appointment. I originally wanted crease incisions but he seemed confident the scars would easily be hidden around the nipple. I am glad I trusted him. My scars are already hard to see at 6 weeks post and I feel great. I am so happy I chose him as my surgeon and would do so again and again. I felt completely listened to and cared for during the entire process and the work he did was fantastic. I will post some before and afters so you can see the progress. Keep in mind I am still only 6 weeks post but the results so far I could not be happier with. Thank you! My stats for other ladies... 138lbs, 5'7", 37years old who breastfed 4 kids and 32b Pre-op to a 32ddd post opp with Smooth Round Saline, Under the Muscle, areolar incision.
Great surgeon. I know I am a work in progress after gastric bypass. Looks much better, healing was easy. Scars are great. Just need some fine tuning, maybe a bigger implant?? It just some re-arranging? But they look much better than they did last year. He has a great bedside manner, can't wait to have hopefully my last surgery next year. Updated on 13 Jul 2016: 650cc gel implants under muscle with lift, post weight loss surgery
By age 11 my size passed C. On our first bra shopping trip, my Mom did not believe me when she handed me tiny training bras to try on, and I showed her the 34C I needed instead. I had already grown bigger at 11 than Mom and older sister ever got, so no more hand-me-downs. Junior high was humiliating as I still grew, as the boys teased and stared and rudely commented, so I learned to dress to hide, cover as much as possible. As an adult, DD was OK, I did not mind if I kept my weight down and always wore concealing looser clothing. I was fine being busty in my 20s and 30s. But menopause and 40s got my back aching and my bust size to more than DDD. Triple Ds just weigh down my spine as I am only 5 foot tall. So three years ago my good Orthopeadic doctor prescribed months of Physical Therapy for my back, MRI and epidural spinal injections of cortasterol (sp) which were excruciatingly painful. That temporary relief lasted about a year, now my back hurts all the time again and I awake with numb hands. My right leg has partial numbness from spinal pressure. My OB/GYN suggested the idea of BR to me 7 years ago, and I had given it a lot of thought and study. A year ago a friend had her BR and I saw how happy she was with her PS, so I met with him for first consultation June 11,2014. He measured my nips at 14" below shoulder way down at the bottom of the breasts, and 11" or above is optimal generally. So he measured, took photos, and his staff sent off info to my insurance. I got an updated mammogram, all normal. My insurance mailed the approval letter in two months that they would pay as "medical necessity". My surgery is schedule at local hospital on Sept. 4 2014, with no overnight stay. Since that is two weeks from yesterday, no more aspirin, ibuprophen, or vitamin E, as they are blood thinners. No alcohol since yesterday either. So now I am preparing supplies for recovery, and hoping for the best. More to follow. Updated on 24 Aug 2014: Instead of looking at recovery pics, which were freaking me out due to the frankenstiches, I looked at a few "afters". I got the impression that a lot of final sizes are D or C cup. They still seem large to me. At just 5 feet tall, I think B would be better for me, maybe a small C or full B. Of course the PS cannot guarantee final size, but I just can't justify going through all that healing and pain and still having to struggle with underwire bras. I have never had perky. Is perky too much to ask for? Can my F go down to B even? The PS would have to take 2/3rds I think. I remember when I was 11 and my teen older sister was talking about whether one could get away without support in the 'bra-burning' days of the 1960s. She said if you could keep a pencil held up under your breast, you were too bouncy and needed a bra. I tried it, but we laughed when my underbust could hold up a can of deodorant hands-free. So to see if the B cup was what I think it is, I looked at store today, but every B had padding, most of the Cs too. Hard to figure. My insurance will require a minimum amount removed but there's plenty to go around. Can I just give the PS a picture of actress AnnHeche from the movie 6 days and 7 nights where she was stranded on an island, braless, with HarrisonFord? All her castaway clothes showed her perkies right through the cloth. I doubt I will ever be stranded braless, but with Bs it would be so nice to skip wearing one. Updated on 25 Aug 2014: I rarely allow myself to be in photos, because I just look all boob. But I went through a few family group pics, and cropped out my all boob self. Updated on 25 Aug 2014: Sigh, after menopause my bust increased and I stopped running. Up til my 40s I did enjoy running and it kept the roundness at bay. I still walk everyday but it is not enough to fight off the weight. The bouncing is too painful for running anymore. I tried a zumba class last month, and the big jugs just made it miserable. I am super excited to get back into shape, and I bought an XL sports jogbra yesterday. Maybe I can wear it someday! Updated on 25 Aug 2014: My mirror is beveled and is only down so far, so I get a "rose colored glasses" view of my naked self while dressing. So I only look at the hugeness in dressing room full length mirrors, and I am fine with avoiding the real me. But for these BEFORE surgery photos, I am facing the truth...yikes!! Updated on 26 Aug 2014: Today I have been studying anatomy diagrams, trying to make sure I can express myself clearly to PS next week at consultation. Looking at pics, I want him to address my arm fold fatty pouch, which just glared at me when I looked at my wedding pics. My dress did not emphasize it in the dressing room mirror standing straight, but with the flowers, champagne flutes or holding whatever in my arms, that little tissue pouch just jumps out at me. Luckily our photographer took lots of great shots, so there are other pics suitable for framing. But if PS can lipo or remove this it would be great. It has always stayed, even when I lost 30 lbs and did tons of upper body exercises. On a positive note, only 8 days left...whoo hoo! Funny, last night hubby finally sounded more enthused. All summer he has made neutral comments such as "whatever will make your back better, but are you sure you can handle the pain." Or "I am happy with however you look, but do what is right for you, or I will be there to help you recover". But last night he woke up and said he had a nice dream that I had firm perky breasts and that I was all energetic from being smaller" So at least he is optimistic. Updated on 26 Aug 2014: Just reaching down to pick up an item....boob size makes my back want to give up and topple forward. Just a week left to final consultation with PS then hour later go across the street to do preop check in with hospital. Which reminds me, the hospital requires bringing in a copy of "living will" or instruction who in family can make medical emergency decisions. Same hospital my Mom was in last summer. If we hadn't handed over her already prepared instructions (like Do Not Resuscitate, or no life support if brain dead) other serious stuff like that, then they give you a printed checklist for you to decide and sign on the spot. They require this document before admission, so I better dig around and find mine assigning hubby rights plus expressing my wishes. This is a gloomy thought, but any surgery means the hospital wants their instruction clear. I certainly could not make informed decisions of this serious nature at the last minute in the rush of signing all their admissions paperwork. I am healthy, so no worries the surgery would do me in, but the hospital makes anyone admitted go through this exercise. Just something to think about before then. After precheckin at hospital, return on Thurs morning, Sept 4 for the big day, or smallness day rather. Updated on 28 Aug 2014: One week til Sept 4. My compiled list of helpful recovery stuff is too much, so I will pick and choose. My consultation is the afternoon prior to BR so not really time to get ready then.based on whatever PS recommends. So I have about half of all thislist: sterile gauze and Neosporin plus pain ointment. But every evening to spend some time topless so air can get to heal. Front velcro closure surgical bra. Vaseline gauze Non-stick sterile petroleum emulsion latex free pads. Scarfade cream, silicone gel sheet bioderm, Mederma scar cream, Hydrochlorine Glyconate antibacterial wash, Aleve or Tylenol, Colace or white grape juice and canned peaches to avoid constipation. Reduce bruising with pineapple and enzyme bromelain, arnica montana pill or cream, Vit A,C,K. front closure cotton sports bras. Scarguard, antibactaerial soap, jojoba oil, ace wrap, clean was cloths and hair dryer. Scaraway silicone sheets, Bio oil , coconut butter, vitamin E oil, bacitracin, 3m papertape lightblue sensetive skin Nexicare, micropore tape. Pillow and plastic can in car for ride home for cushioning seatbelt and nausea. Ice packs make in ziplock gallon bag 1/3 rubbing alcohol rest water freeze 4, use 10 min on 1 hour off. No underarm shave 2 days prior. Take it easy, no arm lifting few days after. Updated on 1 Sep 2014: So out of all that list, I got surgical bras, mederma scar gel, arnica gel, neosprin, virgin coconut oil, gauze, 3M lightblue tape for sensitive skin, betadyne, and hydroclorine glyconate. Tomorrow I will buy pineapple and see if I can find arnica tabs. Well...2 days of the old boobies left Updated on 2 Sep 2014: So hubs has been supportive in general principle but seems reluctant to know any details of the BR procedure. Had to show him a diagram of anatomy because he made a comment while watching a sports show that the female track runners and female competitive gymnasts are all small chested due to their rigorous athletic training. He said if I was in exercising that hard my breast would just naturally flatten and I would not need surgery. I was so angry for a minute but said evenly that no, breasts just do not dissolve on athletes, more likely the girls who developed big boobs end up dropping the sport as teens, so the pros on ESPN are flatter because that is their growth naturally, though trimmer from having no fat. So hubs said no, breast are just made of a gland and the rest is fat, so exercise will make breasts flat. That is when I got a diagram and showed breast anatomy has glands, AND fibers, and density, as well as fat, so is not just a matter of sucking out fat versus burning off fat in sports training. No wonder he was not too intrigued with the BR details, his idea was just wrong about what the PS will be working on. He met me more than a decade ago when I did weighed less, and I was going to the gym and running Every Day. The boobs were big and dense then too, so who knew that all this time he figured was top heavy because I was not exercising enough. If they would flattened from running, they would have disappeared many years ago when I ran a lot. Well, after he viewed the anatomy diagram, he had nothing to say. I guess after 10 years of marriage I still do not understand what is running through his head. I think I will not be counting on him to help with wound care recovery, better do it myself. Thanks for letting me vent ladies. Updated on 3 Sep 2014: Final consult with PS in 3 hours, then go pre-check in hospital. Back home tonight then return to hospital in the morning. Supplies ready in my guest room which I have fixed up for my recovery nest. Pillows, TV remote, reading material. Ready as I'll ever be....but nervous. Updated on 3 Sep 2014: Consulted with PS office for last time. They had more details than I received on my insurance approval letter. They were instructed that BR must take minimum 580 grams each to meet insurance criteria. The nurse calculated on some program that would take me from DDDD cup down to approximately a "full C". But the PS can be a bit more aggressive and bring down to a small C/ full B. PS will evaluate in morning during mark up what will be most suitable and make a recommendation to me then. Said it would begin at 7:30a and take 2 hours. After recovery room wake up and monitoring for half hour if not nauseated, can go home about midday. So I am happy with that. I went then over to hospital outpatient, gave all info, paid 15% copay, gave copy of Medical power of attorney (living will) hospital insisted. Nurse took weight, BP, oxygen level and heart rate with a finger cuff. Medical history was healthy she declared, so did not need labs or ekg. So no needles yet. Fairly organized and easy so far...knock on wood. Only chore I wasn't prepared for was have to bring my own front closure bra with me in morning, and the surgical bra I had was too tight for PS requirements, needed next band size to allow for the dressings and gauze. Stopped at walmart and picked up two more sports bras and will bring all three to let PS choose. I ordered a Marena compression bra which should have arrived, but hasn't yet. So hard to find any bras that fit, and the sportsbras are not ideal, but all I could find at last minute. But...here's hoping the lifelong struggling in and out of bras is made easier after recovery. Only last issue to sort is that hospital insists someone stay the whole time, not just pick up,which wad no prob with 7:30a start time, except PS want me there for markup at 6:00am sharp so he can mark me then go into a 45 minute procedure surgery, then com backto me. I don't mind coolin my heels from 6a to 730a, but hubby has to get daughter to elementary school and they do not unlock their doors until right at 7:30a no matter how many kids are standing outside. Kind of too late to rustle up someone else to care for kid at 5:30a and take her to school. So hubs won't like it, but he has to check in with me at 6a, with kid in tow, so hospital can see I have someone. Then he can race off, get kid breakfasted and to school, then back to me while I waiting around for an hour and a half. I guess he will be back before and hospital staff notice he left. None of this would be an issue if my checkin wasn't so way early and coincidentally right at school start time. A normal family could ask mom-in-law to help maybe, but no way can bring in-laws into the picture without bringing an ocean of anxiety down on me, which I cannot bear right not. The monster-inlaw is a drama, conflict-junkie, who can swirl a tempest in a waterdrop, can make an argument arise out of each an every aspect of everything. So no, not gonna tell them a thing about this procedure and we will work out our own logistics somehow. Now hubs won't get home from work til 11pm tonight and I get to explain all this to him why we have to drag a 9 year old to a hospital at 5:30 in the morning. I believe the hospital should trust me that my hubby will be around during actual procedure and drive me home, without insisting he be there at checkin and whole wait time. But the notice paper they gave me today said they would cancel procedure unless someone was there with me. I am sure we will be fine, but I am slightly annoyed, instead of elated as I thought I would be. Hopefully brighter in the morning. Updated on 4 Sep 2014: PS was great. Just home, and woozy tummy. In OR at 8:16a out at 10:40a. Recovery room for a while cause super dopey. More later when I am more alert. Happy so far with all except yucky drains. My upper back,base of neck feels the relief already. Updated on 4 Sep 2014: Still in ace bandage wrap, but can see the tops and general size when clearing tubing. Back already feels less strain, relief from forward pull. No swelling yet I guess, so feeling small today. Do not know how much PS removed, but he was clear on my goal and stated he would go by his judgement on best amount healthwise, but keep my goal as guidance. I did agree with him and he also said he does best for patient, not just whatever insurance company says, and would justify his result to any insurance co. If needed. That I appreciated...that he was on my side. Hospital staff were all great today, in listening to my needs, and in performing their part as a team. I felt well taken care of, so I am HAPPY! Updated on 5 Sep 2014: Ace bandages on for 48 hours per PS instructions, not brave enough to peel them off to look at the stitching yet. Managing pain and do not want to upset the "apple cart". Sunday late morning I am to remove ace and can shower, so big/small reveal then. Hubby has been logging in the measuring grams of "koolaid colored fluid" as described in the drain/tube clearing instructions twice a day. He has been a trooper, but is so bored, it has always been hard for him to just chill out and relax. No problem for me, I am just fine with lounging around with my feet propped up for a few days. Discomfort-wise, I am so far so good. Was able to sleep about half the night, but what kept waking me was ouchy bladder, I guess I had a cathedar in surgery, don't know for sure, but that achy urge to go right away woke me at 1am and 5 am, odd for me. I have been drinking plenty of water and fluids as recommended, but usually there is no ouch involved in the middle of the night. Also my right shoulder hurts where I had arthroscopic surgery 8 years ago, more than usual, more than the incision area. I wonder if that is just from swelling or the way they had my arm positioned during BR. PS did know about that surgery, but maybe I should have reminded him or nurse to mark that area to handle gently. Took pic before in stretchy sports bra, and pics after in lovely bandages. Updated on 5 Sep 2014: My friends stopped by with a big ol fruit flower basket with a pineapple on top. The two ladies help with childcare so they will be with me Monday and Tuesday for kid transport afterschool once hubby returns to work. So they are the only ones I have shared my BR with aside from hubby. I asked the older lady if she knew pineapple had enzyme bromelain for reducing swelling, she said no, just old wives wisdom to eat fresh fruit to recover from surgery. I resisted urge to show them the newboobs, cause, more southern wisdom: In Gone with the Wind "You can't show your bosom 'fore three o'clock." - Mammy Updated on 6 Sep 2014: Just remembered that I set up the coffee pot all ready before op, so all I had to do was push one button...enjoying the small things in life like a cuppa and having small tatas :) 1st cup since wednesday. Slept bit better last night, pain pill script was for only 4 tabs, so that's gone. Did not want coffee yesterday so I could nap at will. But feel awake today so sitting quietly, took a tylenol since the prescription pain med was anceteminaphin so sticking with that. Updated on 6 Sep 2014: PS instructed remove ace wrap and shower after 48 hours,so I did. Unwrapping and getting on new guaze and sportsbra was achy. Shower was easy enough, but 1st sports bra too tight even though a size bigger than I wore b4. Another stretchy sportsbra worked, style differed same size, extra space was needed due to still having drain tubes stitched in. Guess I should have bought 2 sizes up. My compression bra will wait til after drains removed Wednesday. Left steritape or whatever PS had on stitches and nips, so haven't seen actual incision yet. Overall size fine without ace wrap, but maybe swollen today, not sure. Kid home from school Saturday, and she is bored in house. Going to grandma's tonight, thank heaven for peace and quiet. Glad Monday back in school, only so much patience to spare now. Updated on 7 Sep 2014: So there was one unexpected part of procedure day...too long waking up...but at least I had no pain. In recovery room was I just could not stay awake, my breathing kept lowering. I heard them say they gave me dilaudid pain med by iv, but I had not come out of anesthesia yet. So at least no pain when woke up, but that dilaudid was too soon or too strong because they could not let me sleep even though I wanted to so bad because my breathing was slowing. So they gave me a diet coke to stimulate me to wake up,, and kept patting my hand to wake me up while sipping my coke. Then I woke up enough to go home, and once home threw up my coke. Ready with double lined plastic bin, so barf no big deal. But the dilaudid too soon was likely an error. But no harm no foul as I was definitely feeling no pain upon wake up in recovery room and stayed in recovery for 2 hours vice the 1/2 hour they had earlier told hubby it would be. Hubby kept by my side, but he now shows me he took a video of me with his iphone in recovery room...sneaky. I haven't watched video yet to see my drooling self, but he swears he will delete and not post it once I watch it..ha ha,very funny. Updated on 7 Sep 2014: Bit swollen this morning maybe as sportsbra seems to appear fuller than yesterday, PS said wear a bra 24/7. Still some tubes drainage on 3rd day, some ache. Curious kitty Tony would not let me take photo without him. I place a lightweight fleece babyblanket in a big fluffy pile on my chest when I lie down to create a visual barrier that kitty will not try to jump or walk across. He stared at me, but cannot see what is on other side or under fluffy blanket pile, so he steers clear. No issue with pets except hubby has been freshening kitty sandbox, he dislikes that chore, but not sure when I will be able to resume it. Apparently my new chest is kitty approved! Updated on 8 Sep 2014: TMI alert, yes the anesthesia does cause constipation because your insides go to sleep, so from day of my BR Thurs through Sat..nothing. But Sunday back in business. I don't like prune juice so I have been eating canned peaches for breakfast each day as they are softening. Other remedy is a spoonful of pure maple pancake syrup. Also eat fresh fruit and chicken broth soup with veggies, plenty of water to clear the meds out of your system and get fiber. I prefer not to take Colace or other OTC softener,but would if bloaty and desperate. Hubby has been chopping me up a fresh pineapple every day for juice and pineapple to munch on to reduce swelling. He swears by fresh pineapple instead of taking pills as he was born in a central american country which grows pineapple. He competed in their national weightlifting team and before a match, they drank fresh pineapple juice to get lean and "cut" to show off their muscle definition. He said the pineapple and fresh fish steamed was the diet to slim down quickly and stay healthy. I was fairly impressed while we were dating when he took a machete in one hand, chopped a fresh pineapple from its shrub in a piña field. He gripped the pineapple with his left hand, wielded the big knife fast in his right like magic, hacked off top, sliced out core and sliced around the contents inside and handed me the fruit cup filled to the brim with juice and floating bits to drink from. He may be typical male attitude if some areas, but he sure knows his way around a pineapple, so I don't doubt his belief in the health benefits of fresh piña. Last night he whipped 'arroz con piña' which is a slushy drink made by boiling the pineapple fresh rinds with cinnamon sticks and cloves, add bit of rice and boil til soupy, scoop out cloves and cinnamon sticks, add a bit of sugar or molasses to taste, cool, whirl up in blender til slushy, refrigerate til cool, and drink. Note, since rice could bind up your digestion some, he did not make this til all my plumbing was back in motion. Anyway, we are all about natural remedies and foods versus pills here at our casa, and hubs is disgustingly slim and healthy despite eating all the time. I try to be naturaI, but am not suffering pain like a martyr, so still taking the occasional tylenol. Just my opinion. Well, he cut up another pineapple this morning, so I better go drink some juice now so I don't disappoint him by seeming unappreciative. Now we have a line of pineapple spiked tops in containers of water out on the porch since hubs has decided to root them and try to grow his own shrubs, which of course is unsuitable to our climate and Georgia soil. But it keeps him busy and out of trouble...so go for it Mr. Piña Planter Man! Updated on 9 Sep 2014: Day four after, left the house for first time since BR. Walked around the block with daughter, total would be 4 blocks and only issue was that in Georgia it stays above 90° ever live long day. By the time we got back home, sweat was trickling down my sportsbra which felt creepy... at least I know there is sensitive on surfaces I wasn't able to reach before cause I sure could feel those beads of sweat. Rested in the air conditioning for a bit, then ran off to gymnastics class.....just kidding...actually I crept in slo-mo to my friend's car and she drove us to 9 year old daughter's gymnastic's class. Not far away, but friend found every pothole and traintrack along the route. 90 minutes of looking thru glass window at slim flat-chested gymnasts, while I sat as still as possible in the waiting area trying to keep my gross drain pouches from flopping out of my button down shirt onto the table. So much youth and vigor bouncing on the mats...I hope the world treats you kind and doesn't over-endow you putting an end to your gymnastics team career. After getting back home, in slo-mo, ahhh jammies are so much more comfy than stiff button down shirt. Hubby called from work to see how the trip went, but he heard from my voice I was worn out just from my short walk and short outing. He said better skip dance class tomorrow as all too much for my sapped strength. We'll see how tomorrow goes. Maybe once he takes darling daughter to school for the day, then he goes off to the gym for hours to flex his muscles instead of mowing the lawn, the house will be blissfully quiet and I can get some more rest. Love those catnaps. Updated on 9 Sep 2014: Tomorrow at first post op appt I will ask PS how many grams removed each side. My insurance required minimum of 580 grams per side would approx removal to size full C, and morning of procedure I asked PS to think smaller. My home digital scale said I was 3.6 pounds lighter after BR than was before. That would equate 1632 grams total lighter or 816 grams removed each side, assuming equal amounts taken each side. Also variance could be water weight fluctuation as fluid retention and other factors, but 3.6 pound less chest pull does feel lighter to me and that is what counts. Mentally, I have always imagined my breasts weighed 20 pounds at least, like bowling balls, but we will see what the PS computer record states. Updated on 9 Sep 2014: Today, post op day 5, about like yesterday, walked around the block not quite as exhausted as yesterday. Rode with friend to take daughter to her dance class. Kids twirled ballet, tapped, jazzed for 90 minutes while I surreptitiously retrieved a dangling drain pouch which slipped down under my shirt, while I fake smiled at the other dancemoms and pretended not to be chest-tingling. All sorts of odd sensations in newboobs like ripply minicramps. Not actually pain except where the dagblasted drain tubes stick out from my sideboobs. Finally home and really tired and hoping a tylenol will ease the discomfort. Hubs at work and trying to keep normal-ish routine for daughter's afterschool activities since she has no idea what procedure I had done. We just told her the medicine for my sore back problem keeps me from driving for a few days. So didn't want to cancel the gymnastics yesterday and dance today, even though my energy and mobility were not quite up to the effort. But no more extra kid activities rest of week, just the afternoon walk to school up the block to collect her afternoons, and resting up otherwise. Hope getting drains out tomorrow will ease the side aches. Updated on 10 Sep 2014: some bruising, steritapes still covering nips and stritched incisions. Updated on 10 Sep 2014: 1st post op appt today, PS checked records and said just over 800 grams removed from each breast, which is 1.76 pound less each boob. I was very pleased that he did as I asked by going smaller than the insurance minimum of 580 grams each. The drains were removed*yay* He checked nipple sensation and that was positive, so all good. Only awkward part was my Complaint of being fairly sore, achey, some pain over weekend, since BR was Thursday, and my 4 pain pills ran out on Saturday, with no recourse on weekend since office was closed. He said that was a mistake as always writes "40" tabs prescription, which would be 10 days supply. But my bottle was filled with only "4" tabs, one day or so supply. The label said 4 count, so I believed it was correct. So it was maybe a typo 4 not 40. I was getting by with otc tylenol, but two more nights of painfree sleep over the weekend would really have been nice. The pharmacy checked the actual paper script to see where the mistake was, and the manager apologized that they read the 4 easily, but the handwritten 0 was not clearly legible, so the pharmacist on duty just filled for 4 rather than doublechecking with PS office. All that occurred during Thursday office hours so no excuse. Pharmacy manager checked their inventory and found no funny business, and sounded pretty sorry about it. PS offered to provide a new script, no, I said no need now, I am 6 days out, still sore, but will just stick to the tylenol at this point. I just did not know what the usual number of days of pain management would be or I would have questioned my meager 4 pills last Friday. I would definitely not have kept medicated the whole 40 pills worth, but a better weekend would have been much appreciated. Updated on 13 Sep 2014: Hubby was treated like a delicate flower, and supporting my recovery, up until he got tired of freshening the kitty sandbox. Pitching in on household chores basically but that is above and beyond, so after a week he figures I should be better already....oh, and more importantly...aren't I healed enough for coochy-coochy yet? Grrrrrr...back off! Can't you be a little less self-centered? Updated on 15 Sep 2014: Day 11 post op, steritape on underbust crease incision has now all peeled off. Yikes, hope the scar stays knitted together down there cause there are no stitches exterior. Couple of open spots I dabbed a bit of neosporin, then ticked gauze under supportive sports bra. I wear a bra 24/7 doctors orders. The nips steritape peeled away on op of lefty...I did not realize there were no Nip stitches, just the tape and they are not healed, so hope the tape keeps them in place for a bit. The only "blue stitches" as the PS called them are a nylon filament like fishing line that goes on the two horizontal line from nips to underbust t-junction which kind look separate still. Hope they are healing internally where the stitchhes are dissolvable type. Updated on 17 Sep 2014: Began driving again yesterday on day 12post. Cannot reach the emergency brake release, and hope no-one cuts me off require big hand over hand steering action. Also wearing shirts which are not buttonfront. Arms moving enough as the neckline is loose. As long as I do not raise my arms very high as to strain the underbust crease incision, I seem to be getting sort of back to normal life. Not lifting heavy things of course.....and I do take rest breaks throughout the day. Since I started taking a slow-release iron tab everyday, I feel like I have more stamina than before. Fairly pleased with healing on day 13, incisions are mostly fused together and bruising mostly faded. Couple of places still healing where the exterior stitches in place, but PS will remove next Wednesday. Still swollen on sides and bottom, but otherwise feelin alright. Really enjoying not having to hoist around to adjust big bosoms whenever dressing or when trying to get comfy lying down. Updated on 18 Sep 2014: 14 days postop. Last bit of steritape peeled of in the shower today, so first time I have actually seen all of the newboobs uncovered. It's great!!! I was surprised that the vertical incisions do not have external stitches....hmm..originally I believed the nip circles and the vertical lines were stitches, but the dark coloring under the steritapes were not sutures but instead just dark dried blood...yuck. So now sans tape I see the majority of the incisions are healed internally. The actual nylon sutures are at the T intersection at the underbust crease. Cannot post my pic yet cause I think hubby should be the first to see the all new untaped boobs. The other day I asked him if seeing the stitch and scars freaked him out or repelled him, and his reply was no, why would they, he still sees ME when looking at me not separated parts in whatever shape, and I am what attracts him, not surface appearance. Good answer, babe.... Updated on 20 Sep 2014: Only a couple of nylon stitches in the underbust T intersection holding it all together. Day 16 postop, kind of odd shaped with partial swelling. Still wearing sportsbra 24/7 with a couple of strategic pieces of gauze tucked in. Next Wed. Stitches being removed at PS office. Pleased with healing so far. Updated on 23 Sep 2014: Have you ever floated gracefully down one of those old fashioned curved marble staircases, in a dress and high-heels? This weekend we attend an event at an auditorium built long enough ago that the marble steps were rather steep. Normally, in heels I carefully step down with faith that each stair is below me, because of course my feet were obscured from view. Formerly, my huge bust floated down before me like the ocean liner Queen Mary, blocking my vision of my feet, the stairs, and anything else below me. So Saturday night, holding the curved wooden stair rail, I began my careful descent and was astounded to realize I could look down and actually see each step of my teetering high heels and each kick forward of my long skirt as my toe landed firmly. After all these years, to confidently head down with confidence and a ready glance to ensure I was safely placing each footstep...who knew how easy going downstairs was when you can see your feet? A little extra joy added to an evening as I sat down front in the auditorium watching my little girl in her white dress, her tiara, and her own little pair of sparkly high heels, as she walk the stage as a Little Princess to hand roses and escort off the young women competing for our town's crown in the 'scholarship program' pageant. She herself was not competing, as the young girls are helpers. But the teens and ladies were vying to compete at the state level before going up to the Miss America pageant for the lucky ones. I felt so much less of an udder cow, after the BR in a room full of trim lovely ladies. What a night! Updated on 24 Sep 2014: PS clipped nylon blue stitches off at T intersection underbust, small sting, spot of blood, no big deal. Now remaining interior stitches will dissolve on their own. pS declared healing looked very good, come back in 6 weeks. He said I could resume regular activities. (That got hubby all happy and wanting to resume activities as soon as we got home). Today was day 20, but I don't feel totally attached all over. The T intersection still needs to seal up and some internal places are tender so still healing. I don't want to jiggle anything loose. I looked up this site for recommendations, namely: wear a bra, be careful, lay on your back. We'll see. http://www.breasthealthonline.org/answers/reduction/item/resuming-physical-intimacy-after-breast-reduction Updated on 27 Sep 2014: The sportsbras I bought one bandsize larger for recovery now are too loose. I had a compression bra and a surgical bra ready for after surgery in my regular band size, but they were too tight after surgery. Now day 23 postop those fit fine and the larger ones are loose enough to unhook themselves and my little tucked gauze falls out. So swelling is generally gone except in a couple of hard spots. If I overdo, I can tell tops swell toward end of day. My PS wanted bra 24/7 for a while, so I will wear the loose ones to sleep in. Now in my regular bandsize comfortably, so alternating the compression Bra and the sportsbras, all front closure. At the end of one month postop, next week, I plan on a mall visit to check out possible cup sizes. I have been waiting on that because of the swelling. Well, off to the county harvest fair. Happy fall y'all. Updated on 29 Sep 2014: Today I turned 54, but my perky boobs turned 24. Actually they were never this perky even when I was 14. I found a ghastly old photo of me in a halter top I sewed myself in the 70's as teen...not a good look. I don't think my mom let me wear it in public, just around the house..yikes. So odd to see my New nips facing forward. Their previous position was always pointing to the floor. I feel more able to do activities without hauling around the extra frontage....been looking at bicycles for my birthday...or jewelry, cannot have too much of that! Updated on 30 Sep 2014: Last week it was still a little struggle to get out of bed. This week I can turn on my sides to sleep, and I feel good. As a kid I loved bike riding, but top heaviness always made me feel off balance and awkward. So for my birthday present to me, aside from my new boobs, I just bought a new bicycle. Not sure how soon I will ride, since a fall could tear a healing incision, but my shiny New bike is waiting for just the right time. Updated on 30 Sep 2014: Fall is more fun with smaller bosoms...how much easier to carry a pumpkin from a pumpkin patch which you aren't already carrying two of your own in your bra. More reasons fall is harder with big boobs. http://www.buzzfeed.com/kristinchirico/tit-bit-nipply Updated on 4 Oct 2014: Today was my one month mark. I noticed I have been reaching up for higher items in the cabinets or when closing a window, with no ill effects. Still have a couple of places inside top and side of breast which feel hard and tender, so trying not to overdo. Healthy eating totally derailed this week due to my birthday last Monday, our anniversary today, and took kid to the fair on Thursday. To many sweet treats...back on track tomorrow. Updated on 6 Oct 2014: Happened upon a sale rack of bras, and saw my band size in a B cup in a wirefree bra in a pretty lavender. Could not find C cup and the B looked so small next to the DDD I used to buy. After one month postop, I have not been sized nor tried any bras on besides my comfy fronthook sportsbras. I was not really bra shopping today, just got drawn into that dept by the display of halloween themed nightwear. Two sales associates looked for wirefree in C cup, but could not find any but white or black. So I just took the one B cup into the dressing room to try.....and it fit easily! Since manufacturers differ, next time I have time I will go by the mall and see what other wirefree options are available. Yay, B! Updated on 10 Oct 2014: Well, just left a local restaurant with my daughter, and my PS was standing in the foyer in his scrubs waiting for his takeout order. Nice guy, gentleman as always, but his looking at my chest and "you look good" must have left the hostess wondering. He has hardly seen me with clothes on, standing up, (te he) and he always seems proud and happy with his results. Maybe hostess thinks I'm a cougar with this younger man looking at my ta-tas. I do like living in a small town, but one does constantly run into the same people in all places. Updated on 24 Oct 2014: 7 weeks postop -----Donning my sportsbra and formfitting athletic top this morning, enjoyed an invigorating 6 mile bicycle ride this morning. Since all my incisions are 100% healed, I was ready to ride this week. Earlier this week we tried out my brand new bike, but were cut short when one of the newly, and incorrectly, assembled at the store, pedals fell off after 4 miles. Neither bike ride caused any soreness or discernible swelling. Fresh from this morning's ride, feeling all energized and limber, and feeling good about how my new smaller tatas fit into sports clothes, I stopped for a takeout pumpkin coffee from the nearby Dunkin' Donuts. My good mood and exileration lasted up until I got home and saw my coffee receipt included a "Senior discount" . Really, I looked old???? NEVER in my life have I ever received nor asked for a senior discount. Even the nurse preop on the day of my BR was asking me how I kept my skin so young, beautiful, and healthy looking. Now I'm just mad. 7 weeks of recovering from surgery, and vigorous exercise, and somehow now I look like a senior? I know I am not young, I mean, I accept that and happy to age gracefully, but at least these perky upward thrusting new firm tatas should keep me off the seniors list until I actually turn 55 in another year. I know I am blowing this out of proportion, but it made me want to smash that young cashier's face right into the tray of pumpkin crumb donuts...or maybe in the 'Boston Scream' holiday decorated creme donuts. Well, now I just feel old...better get out some knitting and sit in a rocking chair...or find another coffee shop. Aside from excercise, I have been using Mederma PM scar lotion at night for the last week, and light massage of virgin coconut oil on damp skin just after showering for three weeks. My nips still seem about halfway flattened in, PS said they would eventually pop out. Side sleeping no problem, but cannot stomach sleep. Lefty has a small hard and numb area on the lower portion below nip, but gradually improving. Overall healing fine. I was planning on a zumba class next week, but now I see the schedule also offers a zumba gold class for seniors, so maybe I better start there....grrrr. Updated on 27 Nov 2014: One week shy of 3 months postop. Back is SO much better than before BR. Cleaned up fall yard work, trimming shrubs and clearing overgrowth and fallen leaves, to get ready for company, no isue with all the bending and lifting. Up at 4am this morning to put 22 pound turkey in oven, no problem. I'm glad my back was improved by BR because before back ache interfered with sleep and daily life. Hope you all have a great holiday!
I'm not someone who leaves negative reviews but here we are. I waited 4 months for my Breast Implant consultation with Robinson. Everything was going well, I filled out paperwork and watched a video. I was just about to see Dr Robinson when one of the office managers came in to inform me that they would not be following through with the consultation. I was confused and asked for further explanation but was immediately shut down and dismissed. I'm far into my transition, I already have naturally developed breasts and other transwomen have told me that there should be no issue in getting breast augmentation, since it's the exact same process and procedure. There is no reason to seek out a specialist for this type of procedure.I asked if I could speak with Dr Robinson, and was told that he won't be in today. A moment later, I saw him walk by and asked if I could please speak with him about this. The office staff was hostile and dismissive. They wanted me OUT. I'm sure this place is great for anyone else, but clearly they have their personal biases and are not LGBT friendly.
I have been researching BA for a couple years now. I had my first consultation in 2019. I had some hesitation with it because I felt the doctor was not 100% supportive of what I wanted for myself. I decided to wait a couple years and did more research and read more about doctors and the procedure itself. I had my 3rd consultation in July at Snodgrass & Robinson in Rome & knew that was going to be the place I had my surgery. When I called to schedule my consultation, they were very kind and helpful on the phone and even in person everyone was so nice. Dr. Robinson was great. I felt as though he listens to my concerns and gave me his expert opinion on how to achieve my goals for my body. I have my surgery scheduled for 1/14/22 (5 days before my birthday) I am so excited & can’t wait to see how they turn out!!
