James Clayton, MD (retired)

I have always had asymmetrical breasts, my left always being bigger and more droopy than the right. Any time I work out my boobs would be the first thing to disappear. Always planned on getting surgery after having children but realized why not have some fun while I'm young and in my prime! I am currently on day 2 post-op and already loving the results. Excited to heal :)

Updated on 12 Nov 2017:
Hesitant to post these but I want to keep track of my progress/journey!! So HERE WE GO!
1. Pre-op (saggy & asymmetrical) 2. Post-op day 1!!!!!

Updated on 12 Nov 2017:


Updated on 12 Nov 2017:
Day 3 post-op photos! Swelling is starting to go down but left one (your right) is still more swollen. Left one had much more done to it with the lift and all! The marker lines show where the implants sat before swelling occurred???????? so excited!

Updated on 12 Nov 2017:
Wish boobs

Updated on 12 Nov 2017:


Updated on 19 Dec 2020:
Just in case anyone comes across this... before you consider breast implants do your own research. Consider that you are choosing to put foreign material in your body. Research the ingredients (like you would a supplement or vitamin). Consider that our body’s immune system forms a capsule in an attempt to protect the rest of our body from this foreign object. Consider the reality that women all around the world get sick from their implants and that there is not enough research regarding the spiral inflammatory process that implants cause. Consider that with increased weight and imbalanced proportions you can have back, neck, and should pain from implants.

Please, oh please consider that you, YES YOU, are beautiful just there way you are. Big, small, saggy, lopsided, droopy, mosquito bites... that is you, your skin, your body, your dna. Fake boobs and unrealistic body expectations can NOT be the new standard for beauty. LOVE YOUR BODY, LOVE YOUR SKIN, DON’T YOU DARE DOUBT YOUR NATURAL BEAUTY.

Dr. Clayton and his nurse Pam, were so helpful, knowledgeable, and helped me feel at ease at my appointment regarding my desire for breast augmentation surgery. My sister came with me to the appointment, as she also was his patient years ago, and I was totally impressed that he remembered her name and asked how she was. Over all, it was a great experience.

Dr James Clayton is a great plastic surgeon! He takes the time to listen to your needs as what you want. He has pictures and computer images that help yuh understand the process. His staff is amazing!

Really happy with my results. Just like many reviews on here, I am a mom of 3 that has struggled to get rid of the baby stomach. All-in-all, I am happy with my results. I will be doing a second round this summer. But it is expensive. I was deciding between liposuction or cool sculpting. Ultimately, the plastic surgeon I went to quoted me roughly the same price for both. 2 rounds of cool sculpting is going to be $4,000 and lipsuction was $4,500. I like the thought of not going under any type of anesthesia. I am really happy with my first round but my surgeon said i am going to be thrilled after my second round. If you are looking for immediate results, cool sculpting is not the best. It took a month and half for me to notice the difference. I need to go in for after photos, so stay tuned for that. But I can tell you that I ALWAYS buy size 8 jeans and I was easily fitting into 6's and even a size FOUR last week!! Kinda crazy. I have read a lot about pain. My doctor prescribed me a week's worth of a pain reliever, so my recovery was quite easy.

Ill be posting pics shortly!

Hi!

I have had 'boob envy' for all my teen and adult life. I was self conscious because at 14 I still hadn't developed nor had a period and some boys teased me about being flat when we were playing softball for gym. They said something about using me as the bat since I was flat as a board. It's kinda funny now but I was devastated then. And I have always been small even after puberty finally hit - I developed very late in life - didn't even have my first period until I was 17. I wear very padded bras so my bra says 34C but if I wear a sports bra with no padding I'm likely a small B cup.

It's not something I'd think about much on a regular day, but summer months when having to wear swimsuits etc I'd be reminded of how I could only feel comfortable enough to leave my house with either a very padded bra, or inserts in my swimsuits. Nursing of course made this even more "necessary." I nursed my oldest daughter for 14 months and my 2nd daughter for 9 months.

I have always been pretty OK with my own body overall. I have a smaller waist and so my hip curves are nice. I just wished I was more proportionate...I had some up top it was far from having balanced measurements . But the little I had was reduced after nursing too. I'm thankful my husband has always made me feel beautiful so making this decision didn't feel like I was being pressured by him. I guess this will just be his reward for always being happy with me as I am, now he'll just have more to play with right? But for me, it will mean I'm more confident going to the gym, swimming, and at night when I take my bra off - no more feeling like I'm 'lying' under my shirts every day haha! No more hugging people and worrying they can tell I'm wearing a padded bra. No more feeling 'sorry' for my husband during sex because there isn't much to hold. LOL I know he said he was happy - - but I wasn't! I'm looking forward to feeling more womanly and confident.

I've written a couple of threads about my experience in my first two consultations, first with Dr. Moore, then with Dr. Clayton. I had my 3rd consultation with Dr. Bindrup today. I've decided to go to Dr. James Clayton. He just had a much more soothing and natural bedside manner - I didn't feel rushed or pressured and he answered all my questions.

Updated on 27 Nov 2015:
My surgeon is amazing! He is a perfectionist and works so well at making sure you get what you're hoping for. He came in for another sizing try-on with me and my husband before I made my decision to go with Inspira SRM 405 cc, under-arm incision. He answered more questions at home and in the 2nd consult. And now that the operation is done, I know I chose the right guy! I'm only 1 week post OP but things are looking great! (see before and after pics)

That first 48 hours were crazy awful with pain and swelling and immobility but my sweet, amazing husband was the perfect nurse - he kept my medication schedule, ice, food, every little thing I needed. I feel so blessed and happy. I feel like I survived death - (there are times right after surgery for a few days when you can't sleep, and you hurt and it's hard to breathe and you want to die - not gonna lie - but I survived it!!) He took the girls to dance classes and even brought the stuff we needed to handle for our part in Thanksgiving dinner at my mom's which I went to for a short period of time 5 days post op.

I'm posting pictures here with all the post op day changes - - but I'm feeling so much better and seeing the pics of other members' implants dropping gives me hope things will eventually fall into place. I still feel I'm shaped a bit weird because they're still higher than I hope they'll 'land.' But I think the worst is over! I can move more and I think we're doing the massaging right (keeping fingers crossed)....it's only a matter of time that the tightness and pressure are a distant memory right?? Woo Hoo!! This is happening!

I talked with several PS regarding a BA and having pectus excavatum. When I talked with Dr Clayton he was very confident about what was needed. I had looked at before and after photos and had a very realistic expectation of end resolutes. I can't believe how great of a job Dr. Clayton did. From the size to the placement is perfect and my results are so much better than expected. From the first consultation to going on my third post op visit. Very good staff and very very quick to get you back. I traveled several hrs to make sure I got the right PS for me.

Well ladies!! I am going to join the flat side finally, and I am excited, nervous, and have about a billion different thoughts and emotions going on right now. I have been looking into a tummy tuck since my last baby was born and reading all of your stories on here and stalking the internet about any and everything to do with a tummy tuck.

I have went to three different consults here locally and had 1 over the internet, in the end I am going back to the plastic surgeon that did my breast augmentation about 10 years ago, aside that i already new him he just seemed to be on the same page as me with my goals and his procedures etc. plus he has you stay the night in a care facility in case of any complications (this for me is fantastic cause i tend to freak myself out pretty easy) lol..

I am 27 will be 28 in May, I have been married to my best friend for 4 years now and have two amazing little ones a little boy that is 3 and a little girl that is 1 (both will be having birthdays in Aug. I had my son early and had to have an emergency c-section. So with my little girl I had another c-section and carried her for 39 weeks and nothing has been the same since. Even when I was younger and thin 5'7 and 125 lbs my stomach was big compared to the rest of my body so now with age weight and two pregnancies things are not looking good. I am currently 5'7 and 168 pounds.

I am sooo excited yet feeling a little guilty that i am spending so much money just to make me feel better about myself along with not being able to pick my babies up and hopefully not traumatizing them seeing me not feeling well and being the on doing everything for them like they are use to.

They are starting me on Iron pills and stool softeners from today forward and planning on pre op appointment the 27th or 28th of Feb. when i take them the rest of their money in cash so I can the cash discount.

I really appreciate everyone who has posted their experience and their journeys it has helped me to research and to try and know what to plan for even though i know everyone handles pain different and heals different etc. It has been my own support system since no one except my mom seems to understand why i am wanting to do this so badly.

I will try and post pre op pictures shortly i need to work up the nerve to do that first though.. but thinking of doing it seems easier knowing that it will not be what anyone sees after my surgery :)



Updated on 1 Mar 2013:
Okay.. i had my pre-op appointment yesterday morning on the way there i had too many thoughts going through my head my doctor probabaly thinks i am a crazy person by now lol.. But he addressed all my questions/concerns and made me feel much more confident in my decision to go ahead with this, not that I am actually doubting doing it but once it changes from a want to this is really going to happen it puts things in a much different perspective.

So I paid the rest of the surgeon fees and i will pay the surgery center fees the day of surgery ouch..lol so full tummy tuck with muscle repair and lipo of hips flanks and lateral thorax (bra fat).

I have also been researching about after care things to make my life easier once i come home i see a lot of people saying a recliner well i have 4 technically that are built into my couches but my concern is there is no bathroom on the floor the couches are on so i would have to make my way upstairs to go the bathroom.. would it be worth it to get a recliner to put in my bedroom close to the bathroom or am i over thinking things? Thanks in advance

Updated on 2 Mar 2013:
Ok so i have finally worked up the courage to add pre op pics look at your own risk lol... now i am just hoping the post op are sooo much better that it was worth showing everyone the bad pics!!

Updated on 4 Mar 2013:
I am getting so excited my surgery is next week!! But i have really been debating on getting a recliner to put in my bedroom, ii have reclining couches but for one I am worried about my dogs jumping on my stomach in the middle of the night and the other is my couches are on the main level of my house so to go to the bathroom I will have to make it up about 15 stairs and a hallway. My hubby don't think I will need it cause he thinks i handle pain well but I dont know how confident I am in myself with handling pain and I dont want to mess up my results by over doing things or extend my healing time..... any suggestions would be very appreciated!!

Updated on 7 Mar 2013:
I cant believe but by this time next week i will be back home from surgery and the overnight stay at the surgery center probably tired hurting and sick to my stomach wondering why i would have done this to myself lol.. so excited I just wish it was tomorrow instead of next Wednesday !!

Updated on 11 Mar 2013:
Well the surgery center just called and told my i need to be there a 6 am on Wednesday eeeeekkkk surgery is to start a 7 am then it will b about 4 hours of surgery wow that seems so long!! She also said to expect at least 4 hours of recovery before family can see me, does that sound right? Cause I know i am going have a very anxious husband and mother waiting to see me. I am so excited to get this done i thought i wold be more nervous but I am sure that part will show up tomorrow night lol..

Updated on 12 Mar 2013:
Well tomorrow is the big day!!! I have ti be at the surgery center a 6am surgery is suppose to start at 7am i guess today has been the calm before the storm so to speak lol... I have been way less anxious today than I have been kinda odd i figure its because I have been a busy busy bee making sure everything that i wont be able to do is taken care of so life isn't so hard on my husband or my kiddos while i'm out of commission..by the way I decided to go with a recliner I went with a power lift chair and have it in my room.. well going to finish all my last minute things I need to do tonight.. see you on the flat side!!!!!

Updated on 18 Mar 2013:
First post op appointment today day 5 everything is looking good according to my doctor. I am still unsure i feel like my scar is high and i look fat i know its all very swollen front and back so hopefully it gets flatter and flatter and smaller and smaller!!!! I got my horrible right drain out today though so that was a plus..

Updated on 25 Mar 2013:
Today was my 2nd post op appointment 2 days shy of 2 weeks post op. I got my last drain tube and o man it feels amazing not lugging that thing around anymore and I get a real shower tomorrow (thats the best part i am so excited). I got all my surface stitches out across mt incision, belly button and lipo areas on my back side, then was covered with a bunch of tape!!

I am still back and forth on how i feel.. at this point i look 100% better than before but this swelling is playing mind games with me no doubt!! At first i thought my scar seemed to high now it is settling i no longer feel that way and i realized my underwear just seemed like they set lower before cause they were constantly rolled down from the flap of nasty fat/skin hanging over them lol.. then my belly button seemed a little of center like more to the right of my stomach but i have had more swelling on my left, the doctor said it is being pushed that way due to swelling and will resolve once my swelling goes down. My Dr. and nurse assured me things will just keep getting better so i just have to try and block out the mind games of the healing process!!

Also what is everyone wearing for a stage two garment i have already went through 2 garments that have outgrown me lol and the current one i have the nurse said could be a little tighter for better results since she could fit her hand down it when i had it on.. but i think the next size down will be to small so do i go with a binder or spanx?? I will try to get some new pics uploaded soon.

Updated on 27 Mar 2013:
So i have decided that I am loving my results every day gets better and better (minus the mind game swelling)... my doctor absolutely what he gave me the results he said he would and then some!! Now to get past this horrible swelling by the end of the day though i know that's a long road..Posting new pics taken yesterday 1 day shy of 2 weeks post op wearing my pre op jeans yay!!

Updated on 30 Mar 2013:
Serously hate swelling.. yesterday i felt amazing then couldn't sleep last night just couldn't get comfy.. woke up swollen must have ate something way high in sodium but n a brighter note i found (by accident) my scale that had the hubby hide from me i am 11 pounds less than the morning of surgery ad i measured myself at my belly button a few days ago and i am 6 inches smaller than before!!!

I still feel lie my lady stuff is 'taller' than before and my scar is a bit higher than i had hoped for but overall i look 100% better than before s i guess i cant really complain. I am always covered in tape so cant see my incisions most of the time i also cant get my butt into my stage 2 compression garment umm it says its the same size as my stage one that has been to big i just cant get it on and t ireally hurts my tummy when i am trying.

Updated on 2 Apr 2013:
Went to my 3rd Post op appointment yesterday!! Dr said everything looks great, him ad his medical student seemed pretty impressed with my results so far. The appointment was mainly to make sure fluid wasn't collecting since they took my last drain out the week before. Now i don't have to go back for a month that will be nice cause its a little over an hour drive to get to his office from where i live.

I have questions about swelling though it seems like every other day i swell up, don't know if its cause i am over doing it on the days feel better (not so swollen) so it causes swelling the next day or if ts what i am eating but man it sucks!! I felt amazing yesterday today i am sitting on the couch feeling bad for myself lol.. i even took my compression garment off cause it flt so uncomfortable due to the swelling.

My skin is so dry on my stomach any suggestions other than trying to keep lotion on? My Dr has you keep tape on for 3 months so its mostly around the belly button where the tape comes of all the time. Also tanning?? I am in serious 'need' of a tanning bed how do i tan without darkening my scars? Will the tape keep the scars safe or do i need to put sunblock or?? Also i have heard my newly stretched skin will be more prone to burning true or false?

Updated on 6 Apr 2013:
Well I am happy with my results... but man does the healing process require A LOT of patience more than I had planned on lol...One day i feel liKe a million dollars and love my results the next day I feel like the girl that turned into a blueberry on Willy Wonka and am not sure of my results.. my stomach changes on a daily basis I swear. I feel that my pubic area is raised too high but then question if it is because i am not use to seeing it?? My belly button also seems off center to the right.. Dr says its cause i am more swollen on the left so the swelling pushes my belly button the other way? Plus i was a little to the right to begin with according to the horrid before pictures he showed me.

So they belly button can deal with for the most part but the taller/longer than i am use to pubic area mmmm i dont think i can deal with this not long term any ways so what are my options is there a revision i ca do to shorten it back where i feel it should be.. will it move down as i heal? Am i just being crazy 'i tend to be crazy about things' I should also mention there was some lipo od my pubic area as per my request so it didnt bulge at all but now i am facing a different issue of feeling like its too high.

I know should just be grateful that i have such amazing results so soon, i love getting dressed in my pre op jeans and super tight girl shirts.. plus my boobs look huge and amazing (in a really good bra lol) my mom and hubby both told me its probably good i didnt do my boobs at the same time as my tummy tuck like i had wanted to do, cause they think they would have been way too big now that i dont have a huge belly over shadowing everything else lol..

Updated on 17 Apr 2013:
So i have had what i thought was indents from my compression garment and swelling since like 2 1/2 weeks post op.. well lately i havent been wearing my garment as much so i actually can see my bare stomach before i now i never seen it much i was always wearing my CG. Well i slept without my CG lastnight go to get in the shower and i notice the indents are still there after not wearing my garment all night so i start to really examine things and yup a bunch of tiny stretch marks what the hell!!! I asked my DR specifically if i could get stretch marks from a tummy tuck he laughed at me and told me no.. and wouldnt be so upset but its like a patch in a circle right above my belly button i am so upset cause i know there is nor reversing nasty stretch marks and almost all of mine we gone from before any i had left could be covered by underwear now i have them above my belly button??

Updated on 1 May 2013:
Well even though I am very upset over my new stretch marks ABOVE my belly button (and yes they are new they were not kinda sorta maybe there before) .. and of course the swelling sucks some days I feel amazing and tiny and then the next day i feel like a water soaked sponge :( . I still havent taken a bath how long before its safe to bath? I am trying to wean myself from my compression garment until i go without it for a day then think i need to buy a new smaller size (it helps wit my swelling so much) i love it and i hate it at the same time, i have also had 2 stitches get spit out one in my big incision and the other in my belly button. but here are some new pics any how!!

Updated on 5 Jun 2013:
My stomach looked great till about 7-8 week mark, now i am not loving my results so much. My stomach is half filled with new stretch marks and on top of that my stomach skin and muscles seem to be relaxing way to much. I have to suck in to not even look close to what i did at 5-6 weeks when i am not sucking in i look pregnant almost and when i set down i look like i have a jelly role.

I have not gained any weight what so ever i am smaller than i have been in 7 years so i dont understand how i look worse now than a few weeks ago? Anyone else have this issue my stomach looks like a question mark that start about 2 inches above my incision it just bows out unless sucking in and pushes my belly button t the point it looks ugly and weird as can be. Could it be a hernia failed plictation swelling?? Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!!

I am 36 yrs old 6' tall and 175 lbs, on August 4th, 2009 I had a full tummy tuck along with liposuction. I had this done due to my stretch marks caused by having a baby at 16. I want to wear a bikini before I get too old.

It is 3 weeks post surgery, I still have one of the two drains in and I am going crazy! I have measured myself pre and post and even with all the swelling I have lost 1 inch on each thigh 1.5 inches on hips and 1.5 on waist. I am excited about this but I have one question regarding my belly button!



Updated on 26 Aug 2009:
I was not that saggy in the stomache area and in the before pictures my belly button looks like it is in the middle but now it looks like its off center about 3/4 of an inch from my breasts and my crotch. Is it always going to be that way? Dr. says he did not move but is it possible it moved without him knowing? Will it center itself? I do still have swelling but it looks to be even on both sides.

He has done rhinoplasty, face lift brow lift, tummy tuck and breast ougmantation . All the work was done half way. Rhinoplasty, he 1/2 way fixed one side of nose, the other left same-that was my main complaint, one nostril smaller other one big -mean big. When I complain to him he more likely said is ok. Tummy tuck left skin hanging so bad you could see it on me even wine dressed, big bolg where he made stitches across stomach -can see it even when dressed. I asked for both breast to silicone he did it on one! So one sags, what else to say . Ear lobes , he filled juvederm under one eye - I did not ask for it, and it look like I have some sort of high blood pressure under one eye. VERY POOR POOR JOB.

Worst mistake of my life. Went in to have a few scars removed he completely botched them. I looked disfigured with the dents he made in my face from a very tiny scars that he turned into a huge scars . it's taken me 2 more dr and 1,000's of dollars to fix the huge scars he's made in my face there still not gone but it's slowly getting better. It's been almost two yrs of this nightmare