I can't explain how overall amazed and greatful I am for this woman.From the moment I met her at my consult I knew I made the right decision going to her for my augmentation. She did everything above and beyond for me, even came to my hotel room the day after to check on me. What an amazing experience ♡ 4 days post op and I feel fantastic
Hi all, I have been a realself member for awhile and I love to see all of your before and after photos and read your wonderful stories. I have been dreaming of a mommy makeover since 2013. I had a sleeve in 2013 I lost 90 lbs with a lot of hard work. I have maintained about 166 give or take a pound for about a year. I have the worst belly overhang and the girls are a sad pair of tube socks sigh.... I have the best husband loved me fat and loves me hanging skin and all. Don't get me wrong I look great with clothes on. You would never know I have hanging skin. I have a great Victoria secret bra that is the best secret keeper lol. I searched High and low in Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York for a plastic Surgeon that does Mommy Makeovers. I scheduled a total of 5. One in Maine, Two in New Hampshire, 2 in Massachusetts. All from reviews on Realself, the individual doctors websites, there before and after photo. I even spoke with a patient from each office. The First Consult: Dr.Zeff in New Hampshire. First off there were not a lot of reviews on him on Realself. His website was ok and I liked his before and after photos. I also knew someone whom recently had a mommy makeover and was really happy. I got to the consult Dr. Zeff took me back himself. We sat in a room and he reviewed my paperwork and asked questions. He immediately stated " wow you want a lot done." I told him I wanted a breast lift with Augmentation, Full tummy tuck and lipo of hip, thighs and flanks. He immediately stated that he " NEVER does a lift and implants at the same time." Also that he would only do the lift and tummy tuck in one surgery and I would need to come back for another surgery. I was a little upset. His website talks about a mommy makeover and I just spoke with a recent patient of his that just had everything I wanted at once. I let it go the women that I spoke to asked not to mention her. I respect her privacy. He took me into a room looked at me naked. He did not measure me, take pictures or anything. He literally talked the whole time about the procedure and I didn't get any of my questions asked. SO he stated Full tummy tuck and breast lift first, then BA and Lipo. For a total of 22,000. The price I was fine with I am willing to spend anything that gets the results that I desire. The deal breaker was the rushed consult and the fact that I can not have the lift, BA and Tummy tuck. Next was Sean Doherty in Mass. Beautiful office, great staff, took measurements and pics, explained everything in detail. He also stated the best result was breast lift first with Tummy tuck. Then BA. But he would do both together. But WOW! Price was a lot!! 27,000. I asked if it was a geographical cost or his choice he said A little of both. Moving on!!! Dr. Heidi Harrington New Hampshire The office was beautiful, staff was great, they have their own surgical suite. I arrived they took me back I watched about three videos outlining the surgeries I was requesting. Then the nurse came in and went over my paperwork. Then Dr. Harrington came in a very new young surgeon much different then the other two. I immediately loved her. She was super informative again she stated Lift first then BA was the way to go for the best result. Also they have a limit of 4.5 hours surgery time because they are private. If I did the BA, Lift, Tummy tuck with lipo total of 6 hours. This would need to be done at the hospital which she was not opposed too, She listened to my wants and needs for my surgery. She advised that I may need a touch up lift later if I did both. But I plan on getting a thigh lift in the future and she stated that she could do the touch up lift with that If needed. Also none of the other surgeons would talk implant size with me because they were not doing them. Dr. Harrington listened to my wants and stated that with my measurements and my wants 600cc HP smooth implants should achieve my desired results. Also she does a drainless tummy tuck awesome. She explained in detail I suggest looking it up on here or you tube. Her cost for a BA, Lift, Full Tummy tuck with lipo, all garments is 10,800. They could not quote me the OR cost, Anesthesia or implant cost because this is the hospital charges the coordinator is getting the totals and will get back to me. Also I may need to stay overnight in the hospital so they are getting that cost as well. But if I was to do the whole surgery at their facility it would cost 18,000. I thought this was extremely reasonable with the amount of surgery. She requires a CBC, BMP and a Mammo if over 40 or a history of breast cancer in your family. Also Pre op clearance from your PCP. Then when they have that she requires you to meet with the anesthesiologist at their facility. The hospital has there own procedure most likely another Pre op appointment. They will get back to me with all of the details. I LOVED HER AND MOST LIKELY WILL GO WITH HER! I have 2 more consults Dr. Verne in Portland Maine and Dr. Capello in mass. Thanks for your support feel free to ask questions and I will be happy to answer. Not a lot of members from the Maine, New Hampshire area. Thanks Updated on 1 May 2016: Hi all, Waiting to here from the finance lady regarding the hospital charges. Those of you that have had surgery in a hospital setting mind sharing your cost? Please include state, OR fee, anethesiologist fee and any other costs. As well as overnight stay fee if you needed it. I can't find anything anywhere it appears most surgeries are done in a private facility. Thanks in advance. Updated on 12 May 2016: After many consults. I decided to go with Dr. Heidi Harrington. I wanted to do all the procedures together but the next available hospital OR date was June 29th. I did not want to wait that long. Because of that reason I will be doing two surgeries. The Dr is on vacation now. So I am waiting to hear what she recommends on timing and which order the procedures can or should be done in. The next available date in her surgery center is May 26th. That would be awesome. I'll keep you all updated. Updated on 25 May 2016: So after one hundred calls. The OR at the hospital was booked until June 29th and because of my brief time to get my surgeries completed I decided change my surgical plan. Surgery one is Scheduled for June 6th! I will have a full tummy tuck with flank and inner thigh lipo Then 6 to 8 weeks later breast lift with 600cc implants. It was not my ideal plan but in the end I will have all of my surgeries that I wanted. I paid for the first surgery it was 12,011. I have not received the second surgery quote but I believe it will be another 7,000. I have been prepping. My aunt will be helping me. I will rent a chair for the time need because I don't think I will be able to climb the stairs to bed. My husband is on board but I think he is very nervous. He tells me that he loves me for me and the surgery should be totally for me not him or anyone else. And this surgery is for me. I have worked so hard and I want the body that I have earned. I am nervous I constantly think what if the scar is huge and ugly what if my decision for the lift and implants together instead of separate is not a good idea and the girls are still saggy. I am spending a lot of money for this surgery and that scares me I am so responsible with money that spending this money on an elective surgery. But this is for me and I refuse to feel guilty about the choice. Again I have earned it. I am not a sitter I have to be moving! So recovery will be difficult but I will do everything to ensure my result is awesome. I'll update again once I have my pre op appointment. Updated on 7 Jun 2016: Hi all, So surgery was completed yesterday. I will back track a little. Pre op appointment was via phone. Basic info like what to wear etc. I arrived at the facility. They took me back did vitals, asked a bunch of questions. Started an iv. Did all the markings. Then I was off. I woke up about 2 hours after. I really had no sense of time. They let me try to pee. The doctor stated binder only until tuesday then full compression garment. I really had no pain. When I got home I took a pain pill went pee finally. I am very lucky to have my aunt taking care of me. She has an adjustable bed and I don't think I could of used just pillows. Recommendation get a hospital bed for 2 weeks. I also put two pillows under my legs. The doc said I need to walk bent over always and in a sitting position while in bed. I had inner thigh lipo and honestly this is the most painful last night. Felt like a constant cramp. My aunt said I have huge bruises I can not see. She checked my incision every two hours. It looks so awesome!! Instant results. Granted it is not flat yet and looks yucky looking. Now at about 130am. I started to get feeling back. My incision is starting to hurt. I am itchy and I have prickly feeling my nerves are waking up. I am taking my pain pills on a schedule. Drinking a ton of water. I AM SO SWOLLEN I feel like a grape ready to pop lol. I can get out of bed on my own carefully. I can not get in by myself. Also I got a walker so I could lean on it to walk A MUST HAVE! Overall I am doing better then I expected. I was a little sad I could not do my breast as well with this surgery but now I am thankful I didn't! Honestly not having arms to push off things because my breasts hurts and are swollen would have been terrible. Follow appointment on Tuesday next week. I hope I continue with this progress. I will post some before photos later today. And after once I can stand straight. Thanks
Hello, I have been looking into getting a BA for years now. After seeing one of my co-workers go through the process (much better than looking at pictures daily) I have decided that it is something that I could handle. She gave me the information to this website and told me that it really helped her along the way and I am hoping it will do the same for me! I think I am a 32A or 34AA cup at the moment. Will upload some before pics *cringes* I have my consultation scheduled for Friday at 10am and I couldn't be more excited. I have gotten negative feed back from a lot of people who hear I am interested so I am hoping you all lift me out of that! I have never been so sure of this but hearing "don't do it" over and over is hard! Updated on 22 Sep 2015: I am really interested in having good cleavage without wearing a bra, implant suggestions? Updated on 22 Sep 2015: This separation in the center is something I am really afraid of having being so flat chested to start with :/ Updated on 25 Sep 2015: So my consultation was today. I went into my consultation hoping for saline implants. After consult I was told that a shaped textured impant would be best for me. I trust my surgeon as I have a very small frame and was open to suggestion. The weirdest part for me was seeing me with boobs! I hated the 3D pictures of me but I know that wasn't a realistic effect. I expected otherwise of course.. My major downfall was that I wanted good cleavage and I don't know if I will be able to get that with the bony chest that I have. Here are some pictures from my consultation. Anyone with a small frame please let me know what you went with. Updated on 25 Sep 2015: I was very nervous for my consultation, but after meeting with my doctor I feel like I can trust her fully. I am feeling so many odd emotions because my friend highly recommended saline implants, and my doctor recommended I use textured sientra shaped implants because of the size of my body. I went into my consultation trusting my doctors suggestions. I knew that giving her a slight idea of what I wanted/didn't want she could form an educated decision from there. I told her that I didn't believe cup size was accurate to describe my wish boobs because after reading on here I know it varies! I showed her my wish pictures and here is where I was a little discouraged :( I was told that due to the center of my chest, I would not be able to get the cleavage I was hoping for without using a bra. My biggest fear is having boobs that are large and far apart. THEN I used the 3D imager. (I allowed a few extra staff members in the room because they were learning the device) I don't know if they used it incorrectly or not but the 3D image of my boobs had both of my nipples pointing directly outward and they were so far apart! I was honestly terrified at this point. They assured me that my boobs would not point outwards in surgery (thoughts?) After a few hours of thinking I want to still go through with everything. I feel like deep down I knew the center of my chest will be an issue, but either way it is going to be a part of my life so why not deal with it without a completely flat chest? Another issue is that I have no idea how to tell my Dad.. I live with him and I care about his opinion and nobody else. I want to tell him before hand, but I am terrified just thinking about how he will react. Does anyone have any tips on "coming out" to someone about your boobs? Thank you all in advance. Updated on 28 Sep 2015: I have yet to pick a date for surgery but I want to schedule it sooner, rather than later. I am using Carecredit and I did not allot for enough credit so once I add more money to the card I will feel comfortable scheduling. I originally thought I wanted Saline and ended up going with Sientra Shaped. I am happy with my decision but it is about 3,000 more *sigh* I forgot to upload my pictures so I will do that soon (I tried my first consultation post on my phone and it didn't upload with the pics which is why I have two posts) My Dad questioned me about why I received a care credit card in the mail. I am the WORST liar ever and just said "because I want to get my boobs done" WHAT not how I wanted to tell him.. He told me he thinks its an irresponsible way to spend my money and says I should be saving instead of going into any kind of debt. I'm 23 and only live at home because my parents are divorced and my Dad was living in this 3 story house all alone and told me he wanted a room mate. I thought his opinion would make me not want to get this done but honestly I want it even more now, him finding out was the scariest part for me. Updated on 28 Sep 2015: I SET THE DATE! Any recommendations for pre-op? What should I buy and such.. Updated on 7 Oct 2015: Updated on 8 Oct 2015: Updated on 14 Oct 2015: Surgery at 1 this afternoon! So nervous and excited ahhhhhhh Updated on 14 Oct 2015: Everything went great! When I woke up I felt like my sternum was broken and I was crying from the pain. An hour and a half after my pain pills kicked in I was feeling much better, just a little sore. Took a quick peek laying down will post better pics tomorrow. Updated on 15 Oct 2015: Updated on 15 Oct 2015: My surgical bra is giving me a rash all over. Any suggestions on what I can wear instead? Updated on 16 Oct 2015: Updated on 18 Oct 2015: 3Dpo feeling pretty great aside from puking all of day 2 and a rash from my bra. Surprised the pain wasn't as bad as I prepared myself for! Definitely worth it so far. Updated on 18 Oct 2015: Updated on 21 Oct 2015: Updated on 22 Oct 2015: My only issue is that I cannot sleep on my back. It's not comfortable I was always a stomach sleeper. Not sleeping at night is killing my day! I can't handle this anymore I think I'm going to go insane!! Please someone tell me how you ended up sleeping through the night after you finished your meds?! Updated on 24 Oct 2015: Feeling little pain. Worse after a long day of errands. Taking Tylenol if I feel any pain. Been going through a rough time found out my boyfriend and I will not be continuing our relationship. Not because of my boobs though he really got the short end of the stick there. Silly men and their sneaky habits. Updated on 24 Oct 2015: Updated on 15 Nov 2015: At my one month update I was told I could wear a bra, so off to Victoria's Secret I went! I got sized a 32DD and days later I am still shocked. They don't look that big at all... But the 32DD fit snug! I know Victoria's Secret runs small but wowza! Here are pics of a bunch of different styles all unpadded except the blue which had slight padding and looks ridiculous haha. I bought the white one but that was all. Updated on 16 Nov 2015: Updated on 8 Dec 2015: Updated on 11 Dec 2015: Updated on 15 Dec 2015: Hi! I haven't been using a scar treatment other than massaging my scars. I was wondering what had the best results as my PS did not want to suggest anything that was not proved by science. Help ladies! Updated on 29 Mar 2016: It feels like these boobs have been mine forever. I still have issues with the center of my chest without a bra on it looks bony :( Updated on 29 Mar 2016: Laying down it is very visible Updated on 29 Mar 2016: ... Which I had before with nothing but nipples beside it.. I AM TRILLED WITH MY RESULTS! Nobodies bodies are perfect but wow what a transformation ???? Updated on 31 May 2016: After hiding my boobs out all winter summer is finally here! A comparison of my wish pic (red) and me now (white) Updated on 6 Aug 2016: So my left side has been having some pretty intense rippling lately. I'm starting to only like one side of my chest.. I know I started with nothing at all and I mean nothing so I shouldn't complain but I am.. Mostly when I lay down but I did try and wear a dress with some side boob and decided against it because I didn't want to move a certain way and have a giant dent appear :/ Updated on 7 Aug 2016: Updated on 13 Oct 2016: I just went to take some after pics and noticed my left breast (right side of photo) is hanging much lower Updated on 3 Nov 2016: Nobody wants this to happen to them but here I am, I'm bottoming out on both my implants one is noticeable the other not yet Updated on 29 Dec 2016: Hello ladies I was hoping you could provide me with some items that you could not live without post Op. I remember having a terrible time sleeping on my back so anything that could help with sleeping would be helpful! Thanks Updated on 18 Jan 2017: So I'm pretty nervous to go in for a revision tomorrow but I have heard it isn't nearly as bad as the original surgery. I feel like the days passed so fast since I made my appointment and I have so much to get together! I will take some before pictures later tonight and my surgery is at 12:15 tomorrow ahhhhhh Updated on 19 Jan 2017: Hi guys, my surgery went really well! It was really nothing compared to the first time. I posted some before photos from today. Just want to take a nap right now Updated on 19 Jan 2017: Updated on 19 Jan 2017: I quickly looked at where my tattoo is because my boob was sinking into it and it already looks amazing again! I shared a before and after (taken in the same day!) Updated on 23 Jan 2017: Already loving my results, obviously need them to settle into the pockets and take it easy but I am happy I went through with the procedure. The pain isn't anywhere near the pain of the initial surgery, I am 4 days out and not on any pain medication and only feel slight discomfort. Updated on 26 Jan 2017: Updated on 28 Feb 2019: I trusted my doctor to make the right choice for me and had one surgery with Shaped implants. One year later I needed a revision due to bottoming out.. Shortly after surgery it happened AGAIN. When I came back in tears she seemed like she cared and told me she would follow up with me in a few days GUESS WHAT she never did. Hurt and confused I didn’t go back until I found out she left the practice. She blamed my body shape but upon going back to the office to see the other surgeon he informed me my implant has rotated, and bottomed out.. most likely due to her technique not my body. Also she never even took notes from the last visit where I was upset after my second revision!! I wish I had went with my gut and got round implants and maybe I wouldn’t be having my THIRD breast surgery in 5 years. Don’t go to her.
I'm beyond excited to finally be getting this done! I'm 54 years old, 5' 9" and weigh 215. I had beast cancer with a lumpectomy, chemo and radiation 8 years ago. Like a lot of you I've had large breasts it seems like my whole life. Right now I'm wearing a 40 H....and how I hate them! I'm scheduled for surgery on Monday June 3rd with Dr. Heidi Harrington. I'll add pictures soon. Updated on 30 May 2013: I forgot to add that I'll be having the LeJour verticle incision. Updated on 2 Jun 2013: I go in tomorrow morning at 8:00 a.m. And I'm not nervous just very excited!
