Gregory J. Liebscher, MD (retired)

Amazing doctor and amazing nurses !

He made me feel very positive about the surgery and he did and amazing job they took great care of me I couldn’t have choose a better doctor I love my results he did a tummy tuck n I’m in love !!!!

I got a breast lift and implants in two separate surgeries. My implants went in on the 2nd of November and I couldn’t be more pleased with the surgeries and outcome especially since my T incision was splitting and scabbing. I am 27 days post op with 650CC mentor HP silicon implants. They still sit kinda high, but I love the results and should have gone bigger, but for now these twins are perfect looking!!

I have been thinking about this for a few years. I am a 40DD and ready to take the weight off my neck. I have degenerative disc disease and arthritis in my neck and am hoping this surgery will take the pressure off. I am working from home part time so I am able to take the time to recover. It is finally the right time to do this. I was initially denied by my insurance company but after 6 weeks and an appeal, they approved it. I am ready to go!



Updated on 15 Mar 2012:
After reading what feels like EVERY post on here, I have a lot of new questions. My PS did not require a pre-op visit but I have scheduled one. They did not hesitate to give me another appointment so that was nice. They already gave me a prescription for Vicodin but I know my stomach is not going to tolerate that well after a day or two so I want to ask for the Tylenol 3 and get it before surgery day. I want to talk about anti-nausea meds they can give me before I wake up. They also said they can sell me an extra bra so I have two at home after surgery but I want to see it first. If it seems like it will not be comfortable then I want to go buy one of my own. I am so thankful for this site. It has given me tons of information my PS did not share with me. Just reading about everyone's surgery has taken away a lot of the mystery. I have only had one minor procedure done before so this will be my first real surgery. Thanks everyone for being so open and sharing the details!

Updated on 27 Mar 2012:
Now that I have read everything and met a few people who had this done, here is my list of supplies I have.
Zip up sport's bra
Button up pi's
Zip up robe
Hibiclens per the Dr.
Miralax
Benadryl in case of severe itching
I got Mepitac tape - I researched this one because I am pretty sensitive to adhesive and this was highly recommended if the surgical tape bothers me
Kelo-cote Scar gel
Palmer's Scar oil
Some large surgical pads if I need them.
I have a big wedge pillow but it might be too large so I will dig up all the pillows I can find around the house.
I want to take the Arnica but will double check with my Dr. to clear it with him before I buy it.
Let me know if I missed anything! : )

Updated on 10 Apr 2012:
I went to my pre-op appt. today. This was not required, I asked for one more appt. before the surgery on April 23. I had some new questions. I wanted him to look at me again and tell me more about what he will do. He did the markings on me so I could see exactly where things will end up. He will do some areola reduction. He thinks he will remove between 1.000 and 1,200 grams! That sounds like so much! I felt so nervous but he was really nice about answering all my questions. I asked about Arnica Montana (homeopathic dosage for surgery from SINECCH). He said he didn't really feel it made a difference but didn't object. Has anyone here used the 4 day Arnica tablets? He also gave me a prescription for Zofran for nausea. I am super sensitive to meds like Vicodin so hopefully the Zofran will prevent me from feeling bad. I am really glad I asked for one more appointment. I feel better knowing exactly what to expect. I don't think I have ever taken pictures of my breasts like this before. They look so huge in the pictures! I guess we just get so used to them we don't see them that way. I am feeling more excited about how much my life will change after this! : )

Updated on 22 Apr 2012:
Well tomorrow is the big day. I am nervous but trying to keep busy so I don't think about it. Cleaning and grocery shopping to get everything ready. I keep thinking maybe I don't need to do this but I know I do, sigh. Hard to control the thoughts. I am prepared in every way possible so nothing left to do but wait. I will update as soon as I can. Thanks everyone for all the info and pictures, it has really helped a lot!

Updated on 23 Apr 2012:
I am home. Everything went really well and I have very little pain. I look so different already! I will post more tmw with pictures.

Updated on 24 Apr 2012:
Day 1 - Things are going really well. My PS and his staff were really great. I was in surgery for about an hour and 45 min. I woke up quickly which is what I wanted. The only other time I have had general anesthesia I had a hard time waking up and horrible nausea. This time it went very smoothly. I did feel nauseas but didn't throw up.
I have no drains and no steri strips. Just gauze all around and then the bra they put on me. They feel hard but not overly swollen. I am taking the Arnica Montana homeopathic meds and maybe that is helping. Today I can feel the stitches more but it just aches, not really painful. I am so glad about that!
So he took out 1,000 grams on the left and 1,200 on the right. They seem really small. It almost feels weightless! I am so glad I did this. I think it will really change my life. I go on Wednesday to change the bandages so I can't see them until then. All in all I feel good and sleeping propped up in bed has been fine. Let me know if you have other questions, I have learned so much from this site and am happy to share the details. : )

Updated on 25 Apr 2012:
Day 3 -Not sure how people are counting. Day 1 is surgery day and now I am on Day 3. Had my post op appt. today. Dr. said I am healing really well. It just looks scary. All the big meds have worn off and now all I am taking is Vicodin. I felt really emotional when they took the bandages off. I think the size and shape will be great. It is just weird to look in the mirror and see a different body! My stomach area is really swollen, they said that is normal from the anesthesia and will take some time to go away. I have been eating really healthy, no salt and not dairy. Trying to keep the swelling down. I just have to take it easy and go back next wednesday, he will snip off the end of the dissolvable stitches. I have no tape, just gauze and the bra. I am cleared to take a shower but I think I will wait until tmw. I am so glad I did this! I think by next week I will be feeling less worried and more excited. : )

Updated on 27 Apr 2012:
Well I am doing pretty well. Not too much swelling and the bruises are fading fast. Tried to take a shower last night. It was a little scary. Without the bra and gauze I felt very unsupported and shaky. So today I went to the woman who cuts my hair and she washed and dried my hair for me. That felt great! I have not had a BM since Sunday so I took two doses of the milk of magnesia over the past two days and finally had a BM today. Whew I was getting worried. I have been careful to eat things that will be easy on my stomach. Here is my protein smoothie recipe, don't worry, the spinach ends up tasting really sweet.
1 ½ cups Almond Milk
1 tablespoon flax seed
1 banana
½ cup of frozen blueberries
handful of spinach
I am just taking it easy and will go back to the Dr on Wednesday to have the two ends of the stitches snipped off.
Hope everyone is doing well!

Updated on 30 Apr 2012:
Day 8 - Last monday was my surgery and I am doing ok. Today was frustrating. I feel like my bruises are fading but when I look at the pictures it doesn't look like it. My left breast has an ugly bruise underneath and the incision is really dark compared to the other breast. I sent a picture to the nurse today and she said it looks ok but I could put Polysporin on it if it would make me feel better so I did. I know it has not been long and everyone heals differently but I sure wish this was looking better. I tried to do some work on the computer today but my attention span and energy level is low. I go back to the PS on Wednesday and I think if he tells me everything looks normal, I will feel a lot better. A few people on here have mentioned feeling really emotional at the one week mark and that seems to be happening to me. I am trying to stay positive. Here's hoping tomorrow will be better!

Updated on 2 May 2012:
I went to my 10 day post-op appointment today. He snipped off the two external stitches. Glad those things are not poking at me anymore. He said everything is healing perfectly. Said the bright red bruise is ok and will go away. I still need to take it easy. No raising my arms above my head or lifting anything. I go back in 5 weeks. I feel a lot better that he was happy with my progress. He said I can come back before the 5 week mark if I have any concerns. Now I just have to be patient while everything continues to heal. It is hard to not get back to my regular routine but I want everything to heal properly.

Updated on 6 May 2012:
2 Weeks! - I can hardly believe two weeks has gone by. I am taking showers by myself now. I added some pictures. The red bruising is now yellow. The incision line under my breast still looks red and scary. Maybe I will add one of those but it is looking better each day. I am still having little drops of blood oozing out but since I didn't have drains the Dr. said this will happen for awhile longer. Almost all the scabbing is is gone now. Can you see that dark line on my belly? That is from my old bra rubbing on my skin! Hard to believe how much lift I got from this surgery! My breasts may soften up and fall a little but right now nothing is touching my belly. I really want to loose the belly fat now that my boobs are not hiding it anymore. Other than that I just have to be careful not to do too much or I swell up under my arms. Not my armpits but where the incisions go under my arms. My energy is coming back so it is hard to take it easy but I am being careful. All in all, things are coming together slowly but surely! I hope everyone had a great weekend!

Updated on 14 May 2012:
3 weeks! The time has flown by! I am getting tired of taking it easy but trying to be patient. My scabs are really falling off now. I added some pictures. It's just uncomfortable, nothing is really hurting anymore. I am getting those electric shock/zingers everyone has mentioned. Things are waking up and healing so that's good but sometimes it is a strong, shooting zinger that feels really weird! My energy level is ok but not great, I still get tired pretty easy. I am getting back to some light housework and able to go out to eat and walk more without having to take a nap after. You can see in my before pics that my right side was much bigger than my left. I was hoping he could get them more equal but it looks like my right side may end up being a bit bigger. That is ok though. I said in my first post that I wore a 40DD bra. But after looking at several websites, I was actually a 36 H. Now I am measuring a 36 D and once all the swelling is totally gone I could actually end up a C. So all in all I am thrilled to have those huge breasts gone and I can't wait for summer! This will be the first summer since high school when I did not feel like I had to cover everything up. Going out in public in a tank top or cami was simply out of the question but not anymore! Exciting things ahead!

Updated on 21 Aug 2012:
Hello! I am now at the 4 month mark. Thank you for the private messages and as promised, here are some new pictures. I feel so glad that I did this. Recovering was slower than I thought it would be but I am doing much better now. I had bruising and swelling for 2 months. Took awhile for it to all go away. My left side took longer than the right to heal and has a bit more scarring. I hope you all are doing well! Take care!

Updated on 29 Oct 2012:
Just added my 6 month picture. The scars on the sides are taking awhile to fade but the rest are doing really well. My skin has been sensitive and had a few little rashes break out. Otherwise things are going really well. I still feel like the shape on the sides could be better but I will be patient and see how it goes over the next few months. I feel great and still so glad I had this done!

Updated on 9 Apr 2013:
It has been a year! I feel great and so glad I did this! I figured out that the Bio Oil was irritating my skin so I use it every other day and cocoa butter in between and it works great! I attached new photos, just took my bra off so the lines are from the bra. The side view you can see the white line of the scar. That is all that is left. It is flat now and compared to how it looked at first, this is a huge improvement. Also on the side view you can see at the bottom of the nipple where the scar is a bit bigger. That was actually my fault because that spot took a long time to close up and I let it get too dry instead of keeping the polysporin on it. So they are not perfect, one side was initially bigger than the other and still is a tiny bit. I am probably the only one who notices that! But I still wear a sleep bra at night, I just feel more comfortable with it on. I feel it has helped the shape. I got all the feeling back, it was slow but it all came back. Buying clothes has been so much fun and it feels great to exercise without any issues. I feel a lot better about myself and although the healing process was long, I am very happy I did this for myself. Good luck to all of you who are just getting started on this process!

Ok so I read all these damn reviews and you either hear it was a breeze or thugs you can’t relate to.

Prior surgery/pain I felt I have been thru:
Cyst removal bier block right wrist 1-10 pain
Fisher and henmroid removal anesthesia 6-10 pain
Cat bite emergency hand surgery joint 8-10 during surgery bc I had no meds
Ovarian cyst bursting 7-10 pain
Torticollis 10-10 pain I literally passed out

That said that’s all the pain I’ve experienced in my life that’s notable
I asked for percoset Valium and verset ahead of time knowing I am a control freak - engineer here

I have no pain threshold. I can’t handle pain at all. And not one gal on here saids that. I don’t even want to have kids bc of the pain.

This noted - I was petrified but Valium helped a little bit the night before and day of. I recommend a muscle relaxer for night to help with sleep. Sleeping was hard bc I wasn’t nervous but my body wouldn’t shut down

I was ok waiting in the room and staff was nice and friendly and dr liebscher was amazing and used comedy to calm you. I needed surgery for severe back and neck pain and signs of possible arthritis in my back

I only lost it and started to histerically cry when the anethesiologist left as I found out I had to walk into the surgical room which was one of my biggest fears. They gave me verset right then which stopped me crying immediately and another dose when I reach the surgical room. I only remember at this point being Told to sit on table and then I have a vivid dream that my surgery wasn’t that day but a week from then. That’s how I woke up. Thinking I was in a dream was so damn surreal

Honestly not to scare anyone but it goes to show not all pain meds are created equal but they had me on some pain med that started with a “F” which was stronger than percoset but wasn’t touching the pain at all so I had severe amount of pain waking up as I basically wasn’t on a pain med when I woke up and I lost it and was beyond crying. Couldn’t breathe because every breath hurt. They finally gave me a percoset and that worked. Pain went from a 11/10 to a 3/10 in 30 mins. Big jump. Why percoset did it and it was a lesser amount of pain Ned is beyond me but then again my body has reacted strangely to random meds before.

Look - Stay on top of your meds and prepare if your anxious do as I said. Pain is under breasts and under arm pits. Sharp pain or sore like you just worked out your chest.

All these woman on here say it’s easy but i was a 38/F - sometimes FF and went to a C and this is how it felt. I feel like I am an average woman and I want to prepare you. I’m laying in bed and pain is a 0. Hope this helps! Oh and I’m a stomach sleeper. So yeah I have 4 pillows laid out and two on my sides and this allows me to take my body into thinking I’m on my side and belly

Worth it I just had surgery today.

Don’t be a hero take your meds. Ice packs.

I took couch pillows and kind of huddled into my couch for sleep when I got home. I currently have 0-10 pain but it’s sore like someone smacked you or a good workout. I have good motion moving as long as I’m medicated.

Hope this helps. I’ve never had a kid and was tired of reading things as it’s not right for average wimps like me and I seriously have no threshold for pain.

Oh and sit up bc the pain goes away if you do. And yes my pain in my back and neck is literally gone same day and yes I’m on meds but the pressure is gone. No more pain shooting into neck and forehead.

I fought having this surgery for ten years. It was worth it already. Verset helps a ton of you’re a sever anxious person like me.