Dr. Edwards and his staff we exceptional. They were all extremely knowledgeable, professional and compassionate. I had a c section 27 years ago and suffered complications and a lot of pain. Dr. Edwards put my fears at ease and my recovery and pain management was a much better experience. I was absolutely thrilled with my results and they exceeded my expectations.
After breastfeeding both babies my breasts became very small, I was wanting to fill out my clothes again and of course look great in a swimsuit! I was expecting much more post op pain, just four hours post op and I'm feeling great. Laying in bed all day relaxing, eating healthy and lite. So far the shape looks great, I'm very happy with my overall experience. Excited to shop for new bras, clothes and swimsuits. Updated on 22 Apr 2016: I am overjoyed by these pictures! I would have never imagined I would be this happy with my image. Updated on 24 Apr 2016: Feeling better each day
Had a breast lift and implant with Dr Edwards this winter, and I'm so happy with my results. I had two consults with him before setting a date and making my payment, just to go over more sizes. He wasn't pushy for sizes and really knew what was best for my body. I did an insane amount of research before choosing a doctor and I am so happy I went with Edwards. He really does amazing work.
One word - AMAZING!!! Dr. Edwards did my bilateral mastopexy and an exchange of saline implants (placed submuscular by a different PS 7 years ago) with smaller gel implants. His work is absolutely amazing!!!! I could not be happier with the results! Thank you, thank you, thank you, Dr. Edwards:):)
I came to see a cosmetic surgeon for a neck lift , I wanted to do something about excess skin on my neck . It was not a whole lot but it bothered me. I was told that they do not do neck lifts but do a full face lift to deal with this . I thought this would be ok and was looking forward to smoothing out jowels and lifting the upper face especially where there was a bit of a line caused by some minor weight loss (25 pounds). Ten days after surgery I was able to go out with a little makeup to cover some bruising on my neck. I looked really good about 15 years younger for about 8 months and then the internal stitches healed and the swelling gradually left my cheekbone areas . People were asking me if I was losing weight and said that my face looked very thin. I had actually maintained weight and maybe gained 5 pounds or so. I was left with a thinner face. I have lost the padding on my cheeks and under eye area which gave me high cheek bones prior to the surgery. I no longer looked younger. I feel that the upper part of my face looks less lifted than prior to the surgery. The excess skin on the neck was not corrected completely. The surgeon agreed and did a revision that involved a z shaped incision which was done a year later than the original surgery. It is now healing. When I told the surgeon that the upper face did not look lifted and that only the neck and jawline looked better he said sometimes that is what a facelift is. I am not happy with the loss of volume and absence of a lift in my upper face. I was hoping to look ten years younger for a few years not a few months.
Four weeks from today I will have a new look. I am so excited! First a little background info for those who are interested…. Currently an empty 34B, 5’1”, 110lbs. I have 3 children and I never breastfed any of them. Friends and family were quick to tell me how my stomach would change but no one said anything about my boobs. I was a 32B when I got pregnant for the first time and they ballooned to a 38DD. I thought they were obscenely huge and I couldn’t wait for the milk to dry up. When it did I was devastated – my perky, little B’s were gone. I don’t hate the size I am now I just miss the fullness. About 4 years ago I went to see a PS about a lift but when I found out how it was done and the scars it would leave I decided I’d just have to accept the changes brought on by three pregnancies. In November of 2011 I started to think about implants. I broached the subject with my husband. He didn’t think I needed anything done, said he loved my boobies but he also realised that I wasn’t happy with them and said if that’s what I wanted then he would support me. I researched online and found this site and have been lurking around on and off for several months. ? I have enjoyed reading everyone’s stories and the doctor’s comments. In May 2012 I had my first consultation. I brought some photos with me and I chose photos of women’s whose breasts looked like mine before their BA and their after pics were what I wanted mine to look like. (No unrealistic expectations.) The PS was very informative and said the sag in my breast was minimal and he didn’t feel I needed a lift at all. He measured me and we (he) decided on high profile round 300cc cohesive gel implant (gummy implants) with a periareolar incision and they will be placed under the muscle. The PA said this will take me from a 34B to a 34C. I am wondering now if maybe I shouldn’t go a little bigger, like 310cc. I don’t want to be a D just a big C. I’m tiny so too big would look out of place on me. My husband thought I should get a second opinion so in June I saw another PA. What a different experience it was from the first consultation. The second PA took one look and said he wouldn’t dive me implants without doing a lift first. This made me a little angry because from everything I have read online, on this site and others, about ptosis I knew mine was very minor as my nipple is not below the inframammary crease. I felt this PA just wanted my money. Maybe if I wasn’t so well informed I would have believed him. Needless to say I decided to go with my first PA, made deposit and booked my surgery for November 24, 2012. I am nervous and excited… excited to have fullness again, nervous about the pain, the recovery time, the scars. I see from the pics here that some women’s boobs look fantastic in just a few days while others still have the spongebob squareboobs months later. I am going to Mexico mid-December and I hope, hope, hope mine look great by then. A question to all you ladies who have already had your BA… how long was it before your husband/boyfriend could enjoy the new you … um … physically? Meaning when could he get aggressive in his handling of the new and improved you? I’ve looked around for an answer to my question and haven’t seen one, maybe I’m just being pervy but I want to know and I’m sure others want to know too Well, this is my story so far. I will post some pics later. I am moving to a new place on October 1 and my house is in disarray at the moment. Need to find the camera. Updated on 27 Sep 2012: I just realised I put the wrong date for my surgery, it's October 24 NOT November 24. I spoke with the PS office today and I am booked for 7am with a surgery time of 7:30. I have decided to go with 325cc. I also took some pics this morning with my iPhone. Updated on 7 Oct 2012: October 3 - Exactly three weeks from today. I am getting super excited. Reading everyone's stories, it's nice to know what to expect. Psyching myself up for the pain and hoping it won’t be that bad. Pouring over pics trying to get an idea of what I'll look like. I think I am driving my hubby crazy with all the boobie talk. I haven't told anyone I am having a BA done so he is the only one I can talk to about it. I had printed off some after pics of what I was hoping to achieve and left the in my laptop. My daughter found them and I had to tell her I was thinking of having a BA because she thought my hub was looking at [RS bleep]. She said she didn’t think I should get implants. Still not comfortable talking to her about it not to mention she’d blab it to my parents. I guess soon enough everyone will know. I need to make the hotel reservation for the night before and night of the surgery. There isn’t a PS in my city so I have to travel 4 hours. I’ll see him the day after the procedure and then drive back. Hopefully the meds will make me sleep in the car. I still need to pick up a sports bra and really have no clue what size to get. If I am a 34B now and wear size small what size sports bra do you ladies recommend? Also need to pick up a few zippered tops. Did your PS give you an anti-inflammatory? I am allergic to NSAIDS and hope there will be another alternative to aid in the swelling. Well these are my ramblings for today. Updated on 10 Oct 2012: Two Weeks From Today – Well I made my final payment today, it was a lot of money and I was able to pay cash for my BA so I’m not in debt which is nice. I am getting super excited. I am not worried at all about the anesthesia as I have had a few surgeries in the past few years (tubal & ablation), I go under and come out with no problems. I am worried about the pain afterwards. I hate being in minor discomfort, let alone real pain. It will be worth it though. My PS didn’t say anything about giving me a muscle relaxant. Is this a given or should I specifically ask for some? I took my last two night shifts off because I have one day of travel and my BA is scheduled for what would have been my last shift. That will give me six days of recovery before I have to come back to work. I hope it will be enough time. My co-workers (all men) have asked what kind of surgery I am having so I just said “a girly thing” and they asked no more questions. I haven’t told them and I hope my uniform will be loose enough to disguise the fact that my boobs are bigger after I come back. I am going to try to take a before pic in one of my favourite LBD and then post an after pic to show the comparison. I know I’ll fill it out so much better than I do know. I am starting to drive my hubby up the wall with all my boobie talk. I still haven’t told anyone I am having a BA so I babble on to him about it all. Guess I have to stop before he really gets annoyed with me. Question to all the ladies who have already had their BA: how long after the procedure can you hubby/boyfriend really give the new boobies some squeezing? Well this concludes my ramblings for today. Updated on 12 Oct 2012: So my emotions are on overdrive. Anyone have that problem? I kind of lost it at my hubby yesterday. I don't feel he's taking this serious and he's already starting to complain about taking care of me after the surgery. He’s never had surgery and has never been in the hospital so he can’t even begin to relate but he needs to try. I told him he needs to stop making light about this that it is surgery and I will be under anesthesia and it serious. On my PS website I found this blurb about recovery. “Breast Augmentation can result in discomfort equal to that of a C-section. Adequate pain control is important. Plan on 3-5 days of no obligations to rest after your surgery.” I also copied someone’s journal here and emailed it to him. It opened his eyes as his ex-wife had 3 C-sections so now he has a better understanding. I know I hate having to depend on other people. I was single for a long time and I am used to doing everything for myself. I understand it will be a drag for him to have to stay with me 24/7 but he needs to understand that it will also be a drag for me having to rely on someone to do stuff for me, especially if I feel he’s resenting it. But, I also know from the last surgery I had that it’s so important to not overdo it. Last time I went back to work too soon and had the mindset that I was superwoman and I could do everything. “I’m okay, I can do it myself.” This time I am taking it easy. Then of course after he read what I emailed him he asked why I am doing this to myself. Grrr. I’m not doing it for him or anyone else, I am doing this for me, so I feel better about myself, so I have more confidence. There’s a cartoon out there that shows a beautiful, fit woman and a fat balding man each looking in a mirror, the woman sees her reflection as being fat and ugly and the man sees his reflections as being buff and handsome. Has anyone else seen that? We as women are so hard on ourselves. I am worried about the pain after. I am worried I’ll have SpongeBob Square Boobs and they’ll be like that for months, I am worried my hubby will think I‘ll like a freak, I’m worried I think I’ll look like a freak, I’m worried about double-bubble, the waterfall effect and capsular contraction. Oh emotions please stop. Of course I could be making a mountain out of a molehill. Perhaps it won’t be as bad as I think. But better to prepare for the worst and if it’s not as bad as all that, bonus. Sorry for rambling but it feels good just to write down what I am feeling. Updated on 16 Oct 2012: 8 days to go - Thank goodness for this site. My PS didn't give me a list of things I should be avoiding (except aspirin, ibuprofen & alcohol) or things I will need, except the anti-bacterial soap. The soap I bought yesterday day, it smells terrible. I never would have thought of dulcolax or bendy straws. Many others on this site got their prescriptions in advance; maybe that is a difference between American and Canadian doctors. I am sure I will get sent home with a few meds to keep me going until I get my prescriptions filled, at least that has been my past experience. (Hoping for really good pain meds and muscle relaxants, I am a baby when it comes to pain.) My company is offering flu shots on Friday, so I need to call the PS office and find out if it’s okay to have one. Not really anything new to report other than my excitement. I’m concerned about going too big or too small. And I have had a few weird dreams. For example, I dreamt my new boobies were each the size of a cow udder. I guess I am stressing about size, even in my sleep. I ordered two zippered sports bras from Sears. I was really unsure what size to get so I hope they fit. (Read over my post from last week - wow, talk about PMS. I am glad that is out of the way for another month.) Updated on 20 Oct 2012: Four days to go before my BA procedure. I am starting to flip-flop about the incision site. I originally thought I wanted a periareolar incision because it can be hidden. Now I am thinking maybe I should go inframammary. Some pics show minimal scarring around the nip, just a faint white line, while others show a mean looking red scar. Mind you the same can be said for inframammary scars. I am worried my hubby will feel the scar when we are intimate and it will be right there in his face. I don’t want him to be turned off by the sight or feel of the scars. What to do, what to do. Ladies… any advice? I am still fretting about size. I don’t want to go too big but also don’t want to regret not have gone bigger after this is all over. I just want them to look like I have fantastic looking natural boobies. One poster mentioned when you are short and go too big you can end up looking matronly… certainly don’t want that. Hubby is starting to get worried about me. He is such a macho man and tries not to show his concern too much but I can tell. Keeps saying I can change my mind, wants to know just how bad the pain will be, and says if I am not ready to go back to work after 6 days I should ask someone to cover me. He wants to know what they will feel like after everything is healed. I don’t know what they will feel like but I hope they feel more like pre-pregnancy boobies than the soft feel they have now. Ladies… comments on what yours feel like? I am adding a pic of me in my favourite LBD (no bra) and one in a bikini top. I never realised how terrible my chest looked until I saw the pic. The top of my boobs are flattened. Not very sexy. I can’t wait to see the after pic in the same dress. Updated on 21 Oct 2012: What a difference 9 days make ... my husband is really getting involved now and asking lots of questions. Perhaps because it's so close to the big day but I think he's getting quite excited to see the new me. After flip-flopping I have decided to stay with my original decision and go with the periareolar incision. As for size I am going to ask my PS about going 350cc and see what he says. Maybe settle half way with 325cc. I just can't help thinking that if I stay on the smaller side maybe I won't get the square boob look. It seems to me from the hundreds of pics I've looked at that it is implants over 400cc that seem to cause that look. On the other hand I want to look at myself and know I got something for all this money and pain. Did anyone else drive themselves crazy with the sizing or is it just me? On top of everything else, I am dreading asking my male boss for a new uniform and I know I'll need one even if I go with the 300cc as they were custom made to my measurements. Ahhh well ... that concludes my ramblings for today. Updated on 24 Oct 2012: Surgery Day - Five hours out of surgery. I am still dopey from the pain meds but I thought I'd write a bit while everything is fresh in my mind. I arrived at the health centre at 7:10am. They gave my hubby my prescriptions so he could get them filled while I was in surgery. I kissed and hugged him good bye and the nurse took me into a prep room. The PS took a few pics and marked the areolar incision area, said he'd do the rest drawing in the operating room. I expressed that I wanted to go a bit bigger than we discussed at my pre-op appointment. I showed him the "hope for look" I bought with me at our first appointment and the new one. At our first consultation he thought 300 cc would give me the look I wanted but said with the new pic I'd need 350-400 cc. I told him I didn't want to look matronly or to have boobs that screamed implants and that I wanted a size that would look good with my frame but I'd leave the decision in his expert hands but I didn't want to go over 400cc. The nurse took me to the operating room and hooked me up to the blood pressure machine and took my temperature. The anesthesiologist put in my IV and I told him to make sure I wouldn't wake up until this was over. The nurse put an oxygen mask on me and the anesthesiologist put a med into my IV. I tasted it. Then he put the second med in I tasted it too. Next thing I know I am awake in the recover room. I felt a great deal of pressure in my chest. I rated it 6 out of 10 for pain. The nurse put 4cc of morphine in my IV but it really didn't help so she gave me 4cc more as well as 2 Percocet tablets. In a bit I asked for more so she gave me 3cc and raised the bed. That made a huge difference as the pressure in my chest diminished a lot. After a bit she went over the post-op instructions with me. I have to keep the bra they supplied me with on day and night for 2 weeks. I don't have a band on. No icing or muscle relaxants. I go back tomorrow and the nurse will do a massage. I'll need to massage 4 times a day. I was in the recovery room an hour and then my hubby took me back to the hotel. When we got in the car he looked at me and said, "You're stacked." Every time he looks at me he's smiling. Once back in our room l I got a look at my new self. Although they are bigger than I wanted I am happy with the way they look - no more flat upper pole and they sit away from my chest at the bottom. Of course I can't get a really good look because of the bandages and bra but they are not up to my collar bone which I am extremely happy about, I was so worried about that! They are very swollen and feel very full. There is no way my old bikini tops will fit me now unless they are so big because of the swelling. The nurse told my hubby that I have 400cc but my Mentor card says 350cc so I will ask tomorrow at my post-op appointment what size the PS actually gave me. I do know they are Mentor smooth, round high profile gel. They are completely under the muscle. Right now I am not in what I'd call pain and I actually feel pretty good. It's more like a pulling sensation and pressure. . At first the soreness was at the top of each boob but it has moved and is now between my 2 boobs, the sides on the inner curve. Taking a really deep breath intensifies the soreness. My throat feel like I have frog in it. I just asked my hubby for his initial thoughts, he said when he first met me my boobs were big, then I lost 20 lbs so they got smaller. Now I have big boobs again and he says likes the look. I was worried he'd think they were too big. To sum it all up: right now I think they are too big I am not sure how much of the size is from swelling and how much is from the implant. I love the overall look though. That's all for now. Updated on 27 Oct 2012: Oct 25 – POST-OP DAY 1 Last night around 7:30pm I noticed my right boob swelled 15% bigger than the left. It’s really tight. I understand this is normal but still freaky to see. My back is hurting, not sure if it’s the way I am sleeping or from the surgery. My throat really hurts from the breathing tube. I would recommend stocking up on popsicles. Hubby got me some last night and they really helped a lot with my sore throat. This morning I went to see the PS nurse for my post-op appointment. She thought the swelling may be a hematoma. She gave me another 10 Percocet to take home. This is the first time hubby got a look at my new boobies. The look of revulsion on his face made me sad. Yes, they are huge and I don’t really care for the size either, but to see that look on his face was hurtful. My PS was working at the hospital so they arranged for me to go see him in between surgeries and I may need another surgery to drain the blood. A little scared at this point. After about 45 minutes my PS came to look at me. He thinks the swelling is just that, normal swelling as there doesn’t seem to be any other signs of hematoma. So he gave us the go ahead to travel the 5 hours back to my home town but he wants to see me on Monday. We got back home at 6:30pm. I took it easy, we watched a movie. I am surprised that I feel as good as I do. There is no real pain in my boobs. My chest itself is sore but not unbearably so. My back is what really hurts. I went to bed around 10:00pm. I did get my daughter’s body pillow and two others to keep myself propped up, very comfy. Oct 26 - POST-OP DAY 2 Woke up once in the night and took 2 Percocet, other than that slept very well. I normally am a back sleeper so it’s a little easier for me to sleep. My back still hurts like crazy today. It feels like my boobs weigh about 10 pounds each. They are both swollen and tight, the right is more so than the left. Other than that I am doing really well. My husband said he is surprised how good I am doing. He he’s being very helpful. I took my bra off for the first time to take a shower. It was the first time I’ve had a really good look at the new boobies. They are not so bad. It’s true they are swollen and huge but you can tell the shape is good, the nips are where they should be, I think when the swelling goes down I am going to like them. I hope so. I still feel they are too big for my body. Oh and the swelling is not just in my boobs, my stomach is distended and bloated. Looks like I’ve gained 15lbs which is gross, I can’t even suck it in. My back is really sore, hurts more than my chest. Sat around with the heating pad most of the day. We did take a drive to pick up a few things. Was really hard to get in the truck. I am finding it difficult not using my arms. My chest (sternum) is sore from washing and brushing my hair. Other than that I am doing good, no real pain just soreness. I think having breast milk come in is way more painful than this. It hurts if I accidently use my hand/arm to get up off the sofa. I went to bed – alone – at 10:30pm. Hubby has been sleeping on the couch; he says he’s afraid of rolling over and hitting me with his arm. I think he is just too repulsed by my chest to even get in the same bed as me. I have gotten 2 kisses since this surgery happened and they were pecks not real kisses. I have decided not to let him see my chest until the swelling has gone down. A little depressed over his behaviour. Updated on 27 Oct 2012: POST-OP DAY 3 Well they are still tight and swollen today. No softer that I can tell. A new development is bruising. I had a small bruise on the underside of my right boob since the surgery but today it has grown and there is one on my left boob same place. Good news is my back doesn't hurt nearly as bad today. I must be adjusting the the size as I don't think they look huge in clothes, just in a bra or naked they still look massive to me. I head back to Edmonton tomorrow. Hubby and I will overnight in a hotel then see my PS first thing Monday. He'll decide if I have a hematoma in my right boob or not. Hopefully not as I don't want to hot through another surgery. Updated on 28 Oct 2012: Oct 28 - POST-OP DAY 4 My new ones are still swollen but they are feeling softer today. That's an improvement. Learning to like them more as time goes on. See the PS tomorrow to get the verdict on possible hematoma on the right side. Keep your fingers crossed for me. Updated on 29 Oct 2012: POST-OP DAY 5 I saw my PS this morning and I was relieved to hear I do not have a hematoma. He showed me how to do the massages and changed the tape around my incisions. A little disappointed to hear I have to wear the tape for 3 months, not exactly a sexy look. My upper chest is hurting today, right where my armpits meet my chest. The PS gave me another prescription for Emcet 30. I was really hoping for more Percocet but no such luck. The boobies are softer today and I notice the swelling is going down. The bruises are starting to turn yellow at the edges. Had a long talk with my hubby last night. He told me he wasn't repulsed when he saw them but was a little shocked to see the bandages and bruises. He said he thought it looked painful. Our talk ended with some "sexy time" so I am feeling better about everything. Still haven't been able to go to the bathroom. Ugh. I think I'll have to buy some prune juice. Updated on 30 Oct 2012: POST-OP DAY 6 Last night both boobs swelled, they both felt engorged, the right a little more than the left. I'm not sure why they swelled like that last night but today the swelling has gone down. The right side is still more tender and I have a pulling sensation at the top. I was able to "go" yesterday thanks to a Dulcolax suppository. Horrific measure I know but I was desperate. I know I am still terribly swollen but I used a bra calculator to get an idea of my current size. What a shock! I went from a 34B to a 34FF. I sure hope they shrink a lot more or I won't be able to buy a bra. Updated on 31 Oct 2012: 1 WEEK POST-OP My first day back to work. I had to tell my boss as I can't get my uniform buttoned. He told me he went through this with his ex and we ended up having a very technical talk about implants. Glad that's over. Yesterday I drove my truck out of the garage so my hubby could pull his car in and it hurt so bad, not just turning the wheel but just holding onto it made my chest muscle hurt. I took 2 of the Emcet 30's and although they didn't make me pain free it certainly helped once they kicked in. Not really much change in the boobies. How is it possible that they feel softer yet tight at the same time? When I squeeze them they feel soft but just sitting here not touching them it feels like skin is pulled too tight. I guess in all reality it is. My right is still bigger than the left. Both breasts have 400cc and my PS said my right breast was slightly smaller than the left and it was a little more work to get it in, I guess that's why the right side is more tender and swollen. When I look at the after pics I posted I don't think they look as big as they do in person. When I look at them I still see HUGE boobies. All a matter of perception. Speaking of pics, I took some this morning but forgot my phone at home (and wow do I ever feel lost without it), I'll post them tomorrow. Updated on 31 Oct 2012: Quesion for all the ladies who are post-op. Does the firm feeling ever go away? What I mean is, will they actually feel like real boobs eventually? Updated on 1 Nov 2012: 1 WEEK POST-OP PICS I added the 1 week post-op pics I took yesterday. As you can see I am still swollen but the bruises are starting to fade. I wish I could get a pic with my arms down because raising them to take the pic changes how they look.My god they are still so huge. Arrrgh. I was really sore this moring when I woke up. I finally understand what you ladies mean by "morning boob." Updated on 2 Nov 2012: As you can see by my before pics, I had a fair amount of tissue in my natural breast. At only 10 days post-op I do realise that they have many changes to go through but I noticed today that I can feel the implant on the underside of my breasts with my natural tissue surrounding, more so on the left as the right is more swollen. It's almost like the implant is too narrow for my breast. Can I expect to always be able to feel the implant sac? Or once the swelling in my tissues goes down will it be less noticeable? Updated on 12 Nov 2012: I missed my two week review. Nothing really to report anyway. Bruises have almost completely faded. Chopped some carrots yesterday and that felt really weird, not painful just a really strange senstation under my chest. Still having a bit of nerve issues in my left armpit/arm but only happens when I put my arm a certain way. Updated on 14 Nov 2012: Today is three weeks post-op. I am still wearing the bra my PS gave me. I have a sports bra but find the material on my nips is too rough. My left boob is really itchy on the outer side, no rash so I guess it’s just the natural healing process. They both feel so swollen in the morning, gotta love “morning boob.” Wonder how long that lasts? They also seem more swollen in the evening, not as bad as in the morning, but still getting that tight feeling at night. My right is about a week behind my left as far as dropping, it’s still slightly higher. The right is also still sore, I get bee sting like sensations at the top of the implant. At this very moment my left nipple is stinging. I realise these feelings are nerves regenerating so it’s a good sign. My nips are not completely numb, but also not 100% feeling either. I am able to sleep on my side which is great. I am still afraid to drive which is alright because my company provides free transportation to and from work. I cannot wait until I can have a nice, long, hot bath. My PS said not for 4-6 weeks, I’ll give it the full 6 weeks as I don’t want to risk infection. I wish I could say I love the new me but I don’t. I read the reviews, saw the photos and knew they wouldn’t look like perfect boobies for weeks, months even, but I hoped it would somehow be different for me. I am still finding them way too big, too wide. I thought by getting HP they would be the same width as my real breasts but they are not. I know they are still swollen and have more dropping to do but every time I look in the mirror they’re right out there like 2 cantaloupes. Okay maybe not cantaloupes but large grapefruits. It doesn’t help that my husband has not said one positive thing about my new additions. The only thing he has said is, “you’re stacked” or “they’re out there.” Well is that good or bad??? He hasn’t made an attempt to touch them. I know he doesn’t want to hurt me but it‘s hard on my ego. My self-confidence is really low right now. On a positive note, I do like the way I look in clothes. I tried on some of my strapless summer dresses and they look so much better. I like the way they feel and really find they are getting softer every day. I ordered some new bathing suits from VS because I can’t fit into the tops of my old ones. (Mexico in 5 weeks!!) One of the doctors on here posted a sizing chart that determines cup size. I wish I had saved the link but you measure across the fullest part of each breast (one at a time) from breast fold to breast fold. 8” = B 9” = C 10” = D 11” = DD 12” = DDD or E According to those measurements I am currently a 34D, certainly not an unreasonable size for my height. Maybe I’ll love them better at the 8 week mark. I’ll take some pics tonight and post them tomorrow. Updated on 18 Nov 2012: I am now at three and a half weeks. I noticed the hard line 2 days ago when I was showering. It’s not painful at all and I have self-diagnosed it as Mondor’s Cord. Anyone else have this happen? If so, how long can I expect it to last? Updated on 9 Sep 2019: It's been a few years since I posted here. I had my implants (400cc Mentor Smooth Round High Profile Gel) under the muscle, placed in October 2012. I never liked them right from the start, I always felt they were too big. Now seven years later, gravity, weight gains and losses, I feel they just look horrible. They have sagged, the top pole is too pronounced and my nipples are at the bottom of my breasts. I find they make me look heavier than I really am and finding clothes has been a challenge. Unless I want to dress as a total sex-pot to get tops to fit my chest they are way too big everywhere else. I find I look matronly, not a look I am going for. I look at my before pics and think, "wow, they looked good back then." And I think, “Why, oh why, did I do this to myself.” I was a saggy 34B prior to implant and now I am a 34G. I have never been able to find a bra that fits properly other than sports bras. I have decided they have to come out and I don’t want smaller replacements. I have been looking around this site at explant before and after pics; I realise I am going to need a lift. The size of my implants will leave me with loose and deflated, also not a look I am going for. In hindsight, I should have had a lift from the get go and not had the implants but at the time I didn’t want the scars. Now I don’t care about the scarring I just want small, perky boobs. In the years since 2012 I have moved from Canada to Mexico. I have a consultation on Wednesday, Sept. 11 with a PS in Los Cabos. I will update with the results after my appointment.
I started my journey almost 14 years ago. I had just finished my engineering degree, and I guess through the stress and sedentary lifestyle I led I had ballooned to over 250lbs. My convocation dress was a size 22, and when I looked at the photos, I knew I had to make a change. I was always a heavy girl, and loved to eat. I started WW and lost 50lbs pretty quickly, and kept it off for quite a number of years. I thought I looked pretty good, and convinced myself that I would always weigh heavy so I settled into this weight for quite a while. I moved to Calgary a few years later and met my future husband, who loved me at the size I was (about a 16). I started commuting for work up to Fort McMurray, and yoyo'd in weight up to 240 (damn camp food!!!), then worked my butt off to get down to 190 for our wedding, then back up to almost 270lbs during my pregnancy with my first son!!! When he was 9 months I went to see a Madonna concert and vowed not to wear a maternity outfit so I went shopping and had to buy a size 20! This was my second ureka moment! I also had more motivation this time, my son! I hated seeing photos of us together and started omitting myself in them. I hated that I didn't want to be in photos with my precious baby boy :( I didn't return to WW but I started a simple eating routine, sort of 'eating clean' when I omitted all processed foods. I also started running, and was hooked!!!! I did my first half marathon just weeks before I got pregnant with my second son. Vowing not to let pregnancy affect my health, I only gained a modest 25lbs, and now that he is 10 months old I am at my lightest weight ever, just under 160lbs!!! (I am 5'9"). I hope to get down to between 150 and 155 before the surgery. I booked my consult 9 months ago, and will be seeing a surgeon in Edmonton. We are currently in the moving process to Calgary, so in hind site I wish I had sought out a surgeon there but I am not willing to start this process from scratch. I hope that he is worth the drive!!! I am lucky in that we have a nanny coming as I return to work in July and I am hopeful that I will have extra help from her during my recovery. The office said he books surgery in a short time frame after the consult so I would expect to be getting it done in the fall. OMG I can't wait!!! The surgery: TT - The tummy tuck is a non-negotiable. I always carried weight right in front - boobs and belly. I was up to a size 40H at one point, and had a waist circumference of over 50 inches!!! Of course my legs stayed fairly slim, but they are still showing the signs of me being heavier for most of my life. BR/BL/BA - I was also thinking I would need a BR, as I was consistently wearing a 36FF for the last few years. But with the last weight loss round, I am down to a 34D, but crinkled and saggy. So now I am thinking a lift is enough. I am afraid of flat bottomed boobs that I have seen in some after photos. I will talk to my surgeoun about it, and hopefully he makes some suggestions. I always cursed my large breasts, but as they sort of defined me I feel lost without some extra oomph there! So a BA is not out of the question. Any advice here would be greatly appreciated!!! LIPO - I also think I MAY get some lipo of the flanks, I am a muffin top girl and find keeping my pants up a daily struggle. Again, hope my surgeoun can talk me through what will give me the best results. I plan on taking some before photos today, so I will post some. Thanks to all the ladies before me for posting their stories. It inspires and educates all of us taking first steps before surgery!! Kate Updated on 6 Jun 2012: Before photos: Updated on 4 Jul 2012: I have my consult for my MM on Monday. I am getting so excited!! We just moved so my mind has been elsewhere, but now that the dust is settling I am allowing myself to start stalking posts on here again :) I am down to 156 lbs, very surprising seeing all the stress of the move and I haven't had time to run at all! I have also decided to get a BA with a lift, lipo of the flanks, and the extended tummy tuck. My hubby loves my little bum LOL but with the weightloss even that seems saggy. I hope an extended tuck can lift the loose skin there as well. I am nervous that I won't like my surgeon - I don't have a backup option. My brother is coming to visit and will drive to my appointment with me, I am thankful as I need some support and he is pro surgery. I will update next tuesday to let you know how it went and when my surgery date it!!! YIPEE!!! Updated on 4 Sep 2012: OMG - my PS just had an opening on November 27th and I took it!!! So crazy nervous and excited all at the same time. Now I better start getting ready! Any advice???? Updated on 6 Sep 2012: So I changed my mind when I booked my surgery. I decided less is more. I am a professional woman and I don't want to look like I have implants - so just a BL, no BA. I am a D/DD at the moment and in a bra look above average already (without a bra is a different story - can you say pancakes!?!?!). I think the BL will be sufficient for me seeing as I am starting with some extra 'meat' there and I thought if I was unhappy with the size/shape after the BL I could look at a BA later. Also, a few recent BL no aug are up on this site lately and have inspired me! I was having trouble finding photos of BL no aug previously, so all the ladies posting photos a great big THANK YOU!! I am also not going to get lipo. I talked to my PS and he said the muffin top I have is mostly skin and he can greatly improve that just with a TT. He said I don't have any fat to suck out there. It made me feel good about my weightloss, but I had to smirk a bit as I live in this body and I thought it was fat there! But he is the expert, and with the reviews stating lipo was painful I thought I would trust him and just do the TT. I have also lost 5 more lbs! Ya me, so that area is feeling a bit better through weight loss alone. Plus I save some money and agony, BONUS! I am getting so excited, and have renewed my obsession with before and after photos. Anyone have photos that inspired them? I have one from this site (PS provided - not many details on size before/ implant size etc) that I just love her results but she had a BA. It makes me flip flop back and forth. Also, did anyone change there mind last minute??? What changed your mind? Were you ahppy you made the switch? Thanks - love this site :) Updated on 9 Oct 2012: 7 weeks today until the big day! My PS is away until next week and I really want to chat about my BL. I am not sure if a BA is for me but I want to be sure! I am currently a D and want to stay a D - ladies with BL only - did you lose a cup size? Updated on 5 Nov 2012: I CANNOT believe I will be meeting with my PS again in 3 weeks - the DAY before my surgery. I have yet to decide what I want to do with my breasts. I better get some certainty with my next consult as it is go time right after! I have a feeling I will go with an implant. I am a D cup now, but feel like I have to pour my breasts into a bra. Once he does the lift I am not sure what I will be left with??? I would ideally like to stay a D cup (my frame is large so I think any smaller and I won't feel like 'me' anymore). Implants will add another $5500 to my total bill, and DH is not concerned with that at all. I am a lucky girl! I have decided to tell my PS what I want and just trust what he recommends. I have started getting ready for my recovery - bought some OTC meds and we will move our recliner from the basement to our upstairs family room so I can sleep in it. I have a FT live in nanny so I hope I can recover while my kids are around me all day long. I have a 4.5 year old and a 15 month old, both loud crazy very active boys. My mom will accompany me to the surgery and drive me home the day after (a 3 hour drive). I am hoping she wants to stay for a week - but not sure. She is on stress leave and she is not reliable so I am planning on having my husband take some time off to help me while the nanny can take care of the kids. I have gained 7 lbs in the last two months, which has got me bummed. I got to my goal weight in March and had kept it off, so I can't believe I let myself slip this much. Thanksgiving (October in canada), halloween, and generally being less active has caught up with me. I have set up my treadmill and am trying to get back into the swing of running and working out. Part of me wants to be lazy and just let the PS fix those 7 lbs but I don't want to! Anyways, I plan on adding a before bikini pic soon :( Makes me sad to see me in it, but it helps me see others that did a before/after in the same outift. Updated on 13 Nov 2012: I am getting very calm about everything. I feel like I am ready. I wish the surgery was tomorrow actually, but two weeks will give me some time to get Christmas shopping done and spend some time with my kids and friends. I also have my work Christmas party 3 days before the surgery, although I can't drink. It hurt to buy a dress knowing that it probably won't fit right down the road, but I love looking nice at these things and nothing in my closet would work. It feels weird that I haven't told many people. I am really an open person, but since starting at a new office in july I don't feel like I am close enough to people at work to spill the beans. I am sure as I get closer and pepople realise I am going, I may get questions. not sure I know how to answer them at this point in time. I really hope that the next two weeks pass quickly, and the 2 weeks following my surgery pass even quicker! Thanks to all the ladies who have shared their stories on here - you are the reason I feel calm about this :) Updated on 19 Nov 2012: I am in the single digit countdown! 8 SLEEPS!!! So excited it is crazy - but it still doesn't feel real. I have wanted this for SO LONG! I can't believe it is finally happening. I can't wait to talk to my PS next Monday to really calm me and prepare me for what to expect. Going to move our recliner upstairs today for me to sleep in. I also bought a bed wedge so I can sleep in the spare room at night. Sleep will be key for me to heal - I know that is my best friend when healing. Right now here is my wish list: I hope my scar is low I hope my love handles go bye bye I cannot wait for my lower pooch to be gone I hope my breasts are just an improved version of me I hope that my mom doesn't flake out and leave me high and dry I hope that my doctor keeps me off work until after Christmas :) I hope my belly button is cute. I have NEVER had a cute belly button - it always looked sad with droppy skin/fat hanging over it I hope I can get out of the house within a week - I will be going stir crazy! I hope that I will be happy once this is over with! Updated on 20 Nov 2012: I have been stretching and squishing my skin around on my tummy, looking at loads of before/after photos and I am SO OPTIMISTIC on what my results will be! I really do think I will love my results! With a few lbs on these last two months I have been feeling enormous and negetive on what a TT could do for me. I am not sure what changed my head space, but now I am sure I will drop a size as I have SO MUCH extra skin around my abdomen and actually the extra few lbs have actually made my face look more youthful. I have started running again trying to get the lbs off too - which in turn has given me more energy and those lovely endorphins. I have been missing those so much :) plus, the few friends I have told are being so very supportive, which has been great! Updated on 22 Nov 2012: So excited!!! Updated on 24 Nov 2012: I will be heading to Edmonton tomorrow for my big day on Tuesday! I am feeling quite calm and confident. I am going to miss my boys like crazy. I have been 'getting a little out of control' according to my husband since I am soaking up the rough play before I have to abstain for a while. I will pick up some groceries so the boys can survive while I am gone, and hopefully have some left for when I return Wednesday night. Question for any ladies that travelled - was there anything that helped your long car ride home??? Updated on 25 Nov 2012: Today am having mixed feelings! So surreal this is going to happen in two days! I am praying everything goes well and this is worth it on the other end. My boys are so sweet today and that makes leaving even that much harder. Thanks to all the ladies before me who shared their stories! Can't wait to post my 'after' shots :) Updated on 26 Nov 2012: Met with dr Edwards today and we finally settled on implants with my lift. 300cc in silicone should give me fullness without adding much size. My emotions are really varied and high; one minute feeling so excited, the next feeling so grateful that I can do this, and then at times a little scared things won't go well. I am to be at the surgical centre at 7am. I pick up my mom at 5 tonight, so that is my last detail :) catch you on the flat side tomorrow! Yippee!!! Updated on 30 Nov 2012: I had my last consult on Monday where my PS and I decided on 350cc moderate profile silicon implants by Mentor. With the lift, we agreed that would give me back the youthful fullness I was looking for! I picked up my parents from the airport and settled in for a relaxing evening as my surgery was scheduled for early the next morning. Dr. Edwards marked me (with just dots - a little different than others I have seen(, took some pre-op photos and I was on the table in no time. I was nervous about going under, but it was fine! My surgery took 3.5 hours and soon I was waking up in recovery. Little pain, but VERY sleepy. I did not want to wake up. I was on my way soon, groggy but feeling fine. I slept pretty much the whole PO day 1, and wasn't up much more for PO day 2. I got to drive home on PO day 12 and get my dressings changed. I saw a peek at my incision... wow it is super super low! I had a shower yesterday on PO day 2. Taking my bra off was crazy painful, really the only pain I had felt so far. It took 2 tries, but I was fine with some pain meds in me. My breasts look a little odd, but I know once they settle I will be happy. Right now they are not round, riding high with tape all over them. My tummy is swollen, but I love my BB and my incision especially! No pain in my tummy really at all. PO day 3 is today. I had a BM after many bouts of MOM and stool softener. I haven't been eating much, and slept again for most of this morning. I am trying to listen to my body and obey what she is telling me. Next shower I will post some pics, which should be tomorrow. I go back on Tuesday for my 1 week PO to get my drains out. They are slightly annoying, but I am surviving them. All in all, I am super happy and the recovery isn't as bad as I thought! Happy healing! Updated on 2 Dec 2012: PO day 5 - Slept alot again today, but doing better. I feel I have more mobility, which makes it hard to restrict myself! My breast swelling is coming down, and my drains are discharging less and less. I get them out on Tuesday! I find it hard not to pull my left one, so the exit spot is a little sore. I am super happy again with the results so far, and can't wait for everything to settle. I also can't wait to try on some clothes once these drains are out. I have had three showers, which keeps me feeling sane - I am so glad my PS ok'd it early on. My DH is super busy at work, which has been very challenging at home. Luckily tomorrow our nanny is back so he can focus at the office rather than trying to juggle me, and the kids with work stuff. Updated on 5 Dec 2012: I have my 1 week PO appointment yesterday. I loved getting my drains out, and having my nasty incision tape replaced! It was a loooong day of driving, but we survived. 15 cars in the ditch meant I couldn't sleep - my husband is a great driver but the roads were so slick and it was gusty out on the way making me nervous. Showering today was lovely without having to mess around with the drains. I also went and bought a decond bra and some spanx like pants (which I hate). I was soooo hot trying to sleep in them last night. Luckily, they at least gave me time to wash my CG and feel better. Any recommendations what else to get? My CG is short on me (I am long waisted) and it feels like it cuts into my waist. I love not having to peel off those long bike short things off to pee as well. I still am finding it hard to do things. My mobility is much better, but I get super tired even after sitting around and doing nothing. As for my progress - I cannot belive my results so far. I cannot believe my scars are healing so quickly. I am in awe at how my body looks. I love my BB, I love my TT incision placement, I love my boobs (although a little big, I think after the swelling is down I will be happy size wise). So worth it?? - YES!!! Updated on 7 Dec 2012: I went out and bought some new 'spanx' type garments. For me, what worked best seems to be legless high pantie style girdles, with hooks in the crotch. I bought 2 flexees brand ones, one has arm straps to help it from not rolling, and the other has boning in both sides. Neither pair hurts my incision, which is great. I HATED the boy short cheap ones I bought from Walmart. They did not breath, made me super hot, and I had to drag them across my incision twice everytime I had to go to the bathroom. Ugh. I got out of the house yesterday and today. Nothing big but felt great. I think next week I will try to get out for visits to my friends to get me out of the house again without doing anything strenuous. So my boobs still feel ginormous. I am a little afraid that I went too big. My hubby says it isn't bad - I have always been well endowed and just recently got down to a 36D, although saggy. Most of my llife I have been a 38DD/DDD. Without my gut thought, I feel they are so noticable. I tried on some old bras in DD and they fit great. Although I am still riding high so I look like I have fakies for sure. Oh well, I guess I shouldn't stress and what will be will be. My PS said he would do max 300's but ended up doing 350cc's in surgery. Oh, and I found a trick to sleeping (I am a side/tummy sleeper). I wedge a small pillow under one hip, then on the opposite side I put some big fluffy pillows - I kinda lean into the fluffly pillows - no pain but feels like my face/tummy is in contact with something, a feeling I have been missing. Anyways, thought I would share! Updated on 10 Dec 2012: Swelling has set in :( I knew it was coming - I overdid by going to a neighbors meet and greet and eating some salty chips. I am trying to take it easy, but I am feeling human again so I need to escape my house! Today I went ot a friends for coffee, she was ecstatic to see my results and say I look way skinnier! Yippee! Tommorrow out for another visit another friend. Low key but helps keep my sanity! I took my tape off and added new, so while I was in between I snapped some pics. Updated on 13 Dec 2012: Still swollen, although I feel like I am around 70% capacity. I am trying to drink loads of water and stay away from the salt, and ice in the evenings when the swelling seems the worst. I have one pair of larger jeans, which I fit into and I added a pic in them. These are not my regular pre-surgery jeans yet :( My right nipple had feeling right after surgery, but my left is still numb. Should I be worried?? I think next week I am going to start walking on the treadmill to try to work some of the fluid out. My best day I had with swelling I went to walmart and sauntered around. I am sleeping great, and finally have given up my daily nap. LOL. I sneak on my side although I am not sure if I should yet. Updated on 18 Dec 2012: I had a busy weekend, and I should have known that swell hell was right around the corner! My swelling is focussed right around my incision on my TT, but my breasts and above my bb also seem swollen. I have done some searching and my strategy is the follows: 1. Drink water water water. And then drink some more. 2. I bought 2 supplements; a fish oil capsule, and some drops called Traumeel which has arnica and some other stuff. It tastes awful, like a shot of hard liquor but the taste dissipates quickly in your mouth. Both are said to help reduce swelling. 3. Compression. I hate my original cg, and wish I would have bought a different one. At 3 weeks PO it feels like a waste now to invest in a new one. It is too narrow and cuts me in the waist, so I am doubling up with a spanx under it to help that. 4. Rest. Trying to rest is hard for me, especially this time of year and my hubby is busy at work and not a great chef LOL. When I try to let him fix supper, we end up with salty gross takeout, so not sure which is the lesser of those two evils?? 5. Reduce salt. 6. Cold packs. I find these help a bit, but not as much as I was hoping. 7. Walking. I am trying to rest, but not sit on my butt all day. To get circulation going I am trying to get out and walk. Nothing fast, just a slow pace. I am also finding eating well very hard. With the holidays and sitting around, I have indulged in things I haven't eaten in years!!! So maybe I have some weight on in addition to the swelling? Any swelling strategies I missed??? Updated on 29 Dec 2012: I am just past my one month PO mark and I am doing great. Even did a little boxing day shopping! 4 new bikinis are in my drawer for Mexico next month :) :) BEST bathing suit shopping experience ever, even with the swelling!!! I have started taking breaks from my spanx, and slept in a shelf bra tank last night instead of a bra. My scar therapy consists of simple paper tape as pre PS instruction. I see him on Jan 16 so I will see if he has any changes for me to do. I am dying to start exercising, but with all this shopping, I am wiped out as it is. It looks like I am settling in on a 36DD which I wore previously and thank goodness I kept bras!!!! I can't wait to wear them again - I love pretty expensive bras and was sad when my pancakes didn't work in them anymore. Here are a few morning pics. Updated on 5 Jan 2013: Still swelling - but it is manageable. I started walking at a good pace on the treadmill, and hope I get cleared for more workouts next week :) I feel like my belly is still loose, but still alot better than it was. I think I may have needed a T incision to get full tightness in my skin, but don't think it is bad enough to have the vertical scar. My breasts are doing great. I included a bra pic - 34F wow!!! My left still has a bit of softening and dropping to do, but my right feels perfect :) My scars are doing great. I had two small holes open after I went swimming, and I think it was from the wet tape. I have taken the tape off for a few days and did some poly and they look good again. My bb is also doing great! Updated on 30 Jan 2013: Back to normal! Some minor swelling in the evenings, and back to doing everything I did before! I love my results, except for some loose skin still on the sides of mu bb, but I think that is due to my before, not the surgeons skills. My breasts are now soft and settled, and I love my profile :) Nothing much to note, other than I was so bummed at how big my legs had gotten, and now I realise that was swelling too! Don't let your mind play tricks on you and just try to be patient :) I am off to Mexico in 3 days, armed with my 4 new bikinis :) Can't wait! Updated on 4 Feb 2015: Its been a long time since I updated this. My results have been fantastic. I finally feel 'norma;' and it has boosted my confidence 100 fold. After losing the weight I felt much worse about my body… such the reverse of what I wanted! The surgery just put everything in its place. The weight has stayed off, well maybe I am up 4-5 lbs from my ideal but its not a huge deal. I hope if you are considering my story and photos help!
i am 5feet 10 inches. After 3 children each 10lbs plus I made the choice to correct the aftermath. My high weight 195. 1 gallbladder surgery after the 3rd baby. Tubes clamped shortly after. Work out regime with eating habits changed. Weight 4 yrs later 145. Going into surgery weight 165. I like curves :)I am a non smoker but indulged in cigars. I quit that 2 months prior to surgery. Quit alcohol 1 month before hand as well. Worked on the elliptical 4 weeks before hand and ate lots of protien. If it walks or grows from the ground it was ingested by me. :) Oh and I also started taking vitamins 2 months prior. Vitamin C, D, B complex, and multivitamin for woman. Surgery-First two days...hell and a sleepy blur was all good. Slept in a recliner. I wouldnt let my man see me. Hired my sister in law to take care of me. Day 3-5 man allowed lol.Slept in a propted up couch. Slow moving, stuck to painkillers and boost drinks, yogurt and pineapple juice(helps with swelling). 2 Tylenol 3's every 4 hours. Day 5-7 started getting more mobile. Day 8 back in the office(bookeeper) for 5 hours painkiller free. Day 9-14 Got my drains removed at outpatients in the hospital not my ps(he is a 4 hour drive). I was my own nurse. I stayed in and loved me. I did after all invest $9000. If you want the best then be it :) I can work the jiggle later. No worries :)) Day 14-28 Back to work. 7 hr days. Easy stuff. I didnt reach. Walked hunched over but who cares. This to shall pass. slow movements. Getting out of a reclined bed (tons of pillows and a recline pillow from bed bath and beyond) got easier every day. Changed my incision tape every weds so it was easy to remember. Saw my surgeon finally at 4.5 weeks on his prompting. He said my Healing was amazing but i made it happen. Groceries can wait(I stocked up for an army beforehand). Kids learned to shovel. Movies my friend. I suffered for 9 months to make perfect babies I will suffer for 3 months to make a perfect stomache. Imagine sitting down and feeling a roll or muffin top. That was me before the tt. Feeling out of breath or constricted. Like wearing the Binder. But it was my extra skin. Day 28 to present. Binder free. Spanx. Ugh hate those things to. Torture chambers. I dont know how any woman big or small can squeeze themselves into it. Yuck. Makes me feel horrible. Other than that it was a Piece of cake. I look at my stomache everyday and love that babies came from it but more importantly an amazing woman. People say You cant take it with you. But I am. AND so will you. Be the best for your body and it will happen. Patience is a virtue. I always hated that saying but I learned. Toot toot. I followed all you tummy tuck ladies. thank You. Honestly. But its not that bad. I am a princess. Papercuts kill me. So does lifting a bag of potatoes. lol. Do your homework on your surgeons. I did. Waited 2 years. His work shows. No horror stories or swell hell. No negetive feelings. No poor me. I only posted this for the women who are scared. I was horrified. My blood pressure even went up the day of surgery. Seems everything is so negetive or not even close to upbeat. Be good to you. Think positive. I am posting a pic from 3 weeks. And a video from 2.5 weeks. Swelling present. But no complaints. I did afterall have a roll before the swelling. lol. No vid apparently it needs a utube code or something. email me if you want to see it. Oh also had my breasts done between child 2 and 3. Different DR. Love them as well ;) Be good to yourself and good things happen. I look at this pic all the time :)))))))))
Okay, so Sept 16/21, i went in for a consult for implants. Im married with 3kids (never breastfed). Mild sag, pics will show issues. Dr. Edwards, said he would do implants but i needed an anchor lift. I told him i wanted Super fake, hard, high and round Saline smooth round implants. He said bring a wish pic at pre op (15mins before surgery, nov 5/21)! I picked one but, he didnt look i reminded him, because he asked the look i wanted. I once again said, “ VERY HUGE, HARD/FIRM, ROUND, HIGH HiGH, VERY AUGMENTED AND CLOSE TOGETHER!!!! He said, i know what you mean, I CAN DO THAT! I said, perfect! :) I was on cloud 9. Fast forward… 10” went away, around the bust when swelling went down. I have Mentor mod +, smooth, round 450 overfilled to 500ccs. Health canada government recalled my catalogue:model #, not my serial numbers but the actual model# is recalled for 450cc saline mod + smooth round mentor implants ill attach all info and my number is 350-2450. So, i noticed very natural hanging boobs that dont even look like i have implants… i wasnt happy except for my clean, barely there anchor lift/crease incisions (also areola reductions), at my 6wpo appt. So, end of December 2021/ jan 2022, i noticed a huge gap and am disgusted. I called end of jan 2022 (i was reasearching and didn’t know what to do or where to go?) i called his office and his lady for appts/paperwork, basically everything gave me an appt for March 9, 2022. I saw him, he was great he noticed everything i did and said he could get away with adding 300ccs, which would be appx 750ccs. My breasts are 16cm and 16.5cm. I also think for my look i asked for at consult and pre op, i Do NOT want less than 850ccs. Id prefer around 1000ccs!!!!! Soo, im thinking i need a 700 to 800 cc saline implant to also fill out my breasts more. Plus, he uses Mentor and Allergan. Ive always had Mentor and do like their feel. Im okay with overfilling if he can do at least 850 and if it doesnt VOID the lifetime warranty but, AND a BIG BUT, each size chart says in fine print, under the sizes… *single use only. My question is mainly for surgeons but, maybe you ladies have insight or have went through a similar procedure or know someone who has??? He is overfilling existing implant. I would like bigger as originally said in consult and pre op. Hes tightening and repositioning implant pocket ans modifying my lift (taking away more skin). Hes doing these 3 things so I can have closer, hard, high, big, round augmented look, like a stripper i said to him so he really understood i wasnt like most patients. I like looking fake. I get permanent tattooed make up and i love everything about not looking natural. However, i need advice. I want to ask again because, march 9, 2022, i did suggest new, bigger implants overfilled by still 300 as he suggested. I want to say, can we please use bigger implants bc i want 1000ccs and warranty to not be void if you make 450 into 850 or appx. ? I also want to bring up the recall and ask if they should really be overfilled again? Considering they are overfilled (only to 500ccs). Ugh, im stressed ive contacted Mentor usa and Mentor canada, Johnson and Johnson because they make mentor. Ive even contacted numerous Canadian websites, government ran and the recall ones etc. no one will give me an answer… they ALL say, “ contact your surgeon.” Aggghhh Does anyone think i should bring up the recall if he says no again, to new implants? Because, i want more than 750ccs. I want that XL look!!! Im attaching pictures. Any insight is appreciated. Also, any of you ladies have acrylic nails on for surgery?Size chart and wish pics, realself wont let me add. But, if you google mentor saline size chart canada or allergan/natrelle saline implant size chart you will see the hp amsMod+ sizes. I want hp in saline. It does NOT have an uhp option in saline, i want 1000ccs too, plus saline is fake and firm. I wish i could add. But, if you are interested you will see *single use only bottom right, of all those size charts. I am not crazy about any over 1400 ccs! Thanks for reading, looking and hopefully i can get some insight/help onHow to ask? What to ask? And, when to bring up recall and new implant set! XxRevision surgery: same surgeon, i do like him, his experience, mentor (my original surgeon) and his credentials. He is board certified. Itll happen May 6,2022, im also more willing to take a risk and overfill A LOT, than look how i do and continue to be depressed and not want to be naked or intimate with my husband. Even he knows, hes like THAT IS NOT THE LOOK YOU WANTED!!! You didnt pay 13k canadian for him to [RS bleep] up your tits!” Updated on 24 Apr 2022: Nov 5/21 surgery paid in full sept 16th/22. I made an appt to pay for implants apr 14/22. I tried adding original and additional receipts paid in full but realself asked and then wouldnt post. I hope to actually saline mod+ 800ccs overfilled to 960-1000. If no, then 800 hp gel implants 960 ccs of saline in an 800 implant and 800 silicone has same 15.5cm diameter. My breasts are 16 cm and 16.5 cm. I wanted big and fake. Round, high and hard on nov 5/21 and was promised it would happen. But, hes doing my revision. But, i paid for bigger implants bc he said no. He could just increase by 300cc in a 450cc implant thats at 500ccs. So I definitely think 800 hp gel is doable unless he can get 960-1000 Updated on 16 May 2022: My 800 implants never came. They used 750s, they filled to 950 :D he said he literally put in the largest amount he could. I asked for 1000- knowing hed do less. I wanted no less than 950/960. Im in love with my boobs so much!!! Couldnt be happier!!! And, it was so simple of a surgery bc i wanted bigger implants.
Hi RS! I've been following along and reading everyone's reviews...and tomorrow is my big day! Mommy of two, a 3 year old I recovered no problem from, and a 22 month old who was an emergency c-section and I've never lost the weight or anything. I've worn a corset every day for 22 months and I'm READY!Updated on 6 Apr 2017: So yesterday morning was my big day...I was calm and confident the whole way there, and broke a little tear as I said bye to my hubby when I went into the surgical suite. The nurses were friendly, and quickly got me into the table and prepped for surgery. It took no time at all, and I was out. I woke up listening to them checking on me, hadn't even opened my eyes, but said hi to everyone. I was in a bit of burning pain, so they increased some pain killers, and then I heard my hubby buzz in. One nurse taught him how to empty my drains and measure the contents while I just laid around still sleepy. Before I left, my PS came in and said all went great, so I'm pretty excited. The journey was so quick, my surgery was at 9:30AM, and I was home by 2:30PM. I'd been given Percocet to take home, w version of Tylenol 3 without the caffeine and gravol. The Percocet I tried three different times, and it kept making me nauseous and almost immediately throwing up, both at my 4 and 8PM, even with gravol. I've decided at every four hours, when emptying my drains I take my meds, so it's all done and charged easily. My next drain dump was at midnight, and I just took to extra strength Tylenol, cause I didn't want to have anything come up. I woke up on my own at 3:15AM, emptied my bladder, drains and went back to bed without any pain meds. Today I've been up and about since before 7AM, got my babies (3 year old and almost 2 year old) dressed, and ready for Dayhome with hubby's help. It's 8:30AM and I just took two Tylenol extra strength to help with the slight burning sensation, I'm assuming on my incision line. Tomorrow is my first post op visit, pretty pumped!! I've attached some photos of me from the night before my surgery and one of me in my recliner post op. Please feel free to ask me any questions, this site was a huge help to follow even before I joined. I'm feeling great, and hope I'll eventually look great too! Please note. The black waist trainer is how I've been living for almost three years, one year after baby number one and 22 months after baby number two!
