I really want to thank all you wonderful brave girls for pics and stories!! What a blessing! You helped me be strong and brave!!! Surgery scheduled for day after tomorrow and I am so excited! I can't wait to be able to put on a normal swimsuit and not hang out if it, so happy to not have everyone, men and women, look at my boobs at the pool! I wasn't terribly overweight but when I really settled into eating healthy and working out some, I lost 24 lb! It was then I seem to really start to hate my bosoms....they make me look fat and matronly....after discouraging remarks from my husband of 12 years, (he loves me however but doesn't want me to do it and is staying out of it) I still couldn't forget about it. I do feel some guilt about using retirement savings for procedure but haven't we wasted more money than that on much more frivolous things? I have never had any problem with them. My original Dr did a nice job. And sorry honey, you know me and once I get something in my head I will have to figure out a way to make it happen. Thank God for my health so far and I am taking these rubber fake things out before they cause problems for me!!!! Dr said I am healthy for surgery and I just thank God for that! I will try to keep you updated with results! I am happy and hopeful! Updated on 23 May 2015: I had the surgery yesterday and all went well they say! I was in surgery for a little over 3 and a half hours. My husband said they told him they had a little trouble getting my bleeding stopped but overall I did fantastic! I haven't spoken with the Dr. yet. I was home by about 1:00pm and assumed my position in reclining love seat! I am supposed to call her this morning and talk with her. I took pain meds yesterday but couldn't eat anything. The nausea was the worst part for me. I can take pain. So you have to eat so that the pain meds won't make you sick. I even had a nausea pill and still got sick. And don't feel like eating anything. I forced down a few bites of pineapple and melon then a half of a cracker! But I slept well in the recliner and am getting around to restroom with out too much pain. But I won't kid you, it hurts! My coffee cup even seemed heavy this morning but sure tasted good! I will post some after pics later, I haven't even looked yet. Maybe I am a little scared to...I am very small, but that is great I think! I am ready to be small and free of those bags! Oh, yes I did see the bags. I had asked my Dr. if I could so they showed them to me. They looked perfect, white, clean and intact! I was very lucky! My husband said he thought about asking if he could keep them so he could play with them! Ha! Pictures later! Updated on 25 May 2015: I am doing much better but I haven't even taken the bandages off and looked yet! Well they are all taped down and I don't want to pull any stitches loose or anything. I go back in to my Dr. Tomorrow and hoping to get some of these bandages off and drains out. I'm curious but also know the longer I leave them alone and let them heal the better they are going to look! When I took my bra off it hurt, the tight support helps. So I quickly put it back on..so no pics yet! Updated on 26 May 2015: Four days post op, got drains out at the doctor today! Was not fun but so happy to get them out and take a shower! All you girls stories helped me so much, encouraged me to go through with it so I had to show you!!! I have had a kind of queasy day which surprises me. I was feeling pretty good and haven't done anything different and yuck! Not hungry for anything and so glad for my green smoothies! My husband is making me one every day and I am loving it!i feel like I'm taking care of myself. Ok so we took a couple pics today! I am really small, smaller than I imagined but I think she did a good job with what she had left to work with! I haven't been able to get purple and black market marks off so you can see that! Dr Woodberry is an artist! Updated on 28 May 2015: I am not feeling as good as I thought I would be right now. I don't like to post this kind of story but feel that maybe someone else has experienced this? After 6 days post op this morning I am still awaking queasy, not wanting my coffee, not hungry and I have to eat in order to take antibiotics. I hate sleeping totally on my back, I feel like I can't breathe, my bra feels tight, hate that I can't get comfortable. I know that a lot of this is from the surgery anesthesia....and 5 days of percoset.....so I didn't take any last night, I'm going to try to stay off of them. They truly don't seem to help the pain, just kind of fogs everything up and makes me feel weird....short of breath, queasy, dizzy, So maybe I shouldn't just quit cold turkey, maybe I should gradually get off but didn't seem like 6 days I would have developed an addiction needing a gradual decrease. I feel like I am being a big baby and just want these next couple weeks to pass quickly! I'm sorry, I'm just venting! Updated on 2 Jun 2015: Sunburn is the best way I can describe the feeling of the soreness from the stitches. Sort of like if you exposed that tender skin on your breasts and under, in the underwire area, to a full day on of sun! Now there is an occasional stabbing pain in my chest area which I imagine is the muscles healing, its not too bad. You find quickly what you can do and what you can't. Any pressure like opening jars or child proof lids hurt, cutting hard veggies like sweet potatoes, bending over and for sure picking up anything more than a few pounds will grab you and say, "hey, what are you doing?"....but really better everyday! I feel so much better without any meds, antibiotics are over, no pain or even Tylenol. I did take some melatonin to sleep better last night and seems to be fine, no groggy this morning! Now the pineapple I was told is full of bromelain, an ingredient that will help healing and bruising. I can't be sure of course, but I did eat a lot of pineapple the week of my surgery, and after, and I am convinced it helped! I have little to no yellow purple brown bruising which I thought I would see as they moved so much tissue around!!! I see my ps this morning and I will ask her if that is a good idea or not to take melatonin. I don't think it's a problem. My husband took me out last night and saw a movie which is a great easy way to get out and do something. The main thing is I am at 11 days post op and really loving this new body and can't wait to work out and get the rest of it in shape and enjoy my little boobs! I ordered a sundress with spaghetti straps yesterday which I have always loved but could never even think about wearing so I am excited! Everyone says I look so much thinner, younger and I feel that! If you are on the fence I will say do it, it's a little tough healing, but I already know that I am happy I did it! Updated on 2 Jun 2015: With my implants out, and finally feeling like myself I am relating to Caitlyn this morning! I am 11 days post op and so happy to be free of those big, heavy, water balloons I was carrying around...yes...living a lie. I have had 4 children, I am going to be 60 years old next week, {eeeeeeekkkkkkk can't believe I am saying that!!!} and I feel so good and free! I am glad that I got a lift although I feel a little guilty with a nip and tuck not being natural. But I felt it necessary. I am thankful for all you girls and your stories. They have inspired us all and I hope that mine helped someone else in their journey! I will post new pics when there is a change since last pics. Updated on 23 Jun 2015: I am now 4-1/2 weeks post op! I feel almost normal still sore and with the heat here and sweating I have a little heat rash. It cleared up pretty quick though. I was careful to change into fresh clothes often. Which brings up my point. I have seen some expensive bras out there but I don't think they could be any better than the one I found! At Walmart in sports bra section! So I went and bought 4 more, couple different styles. See pic below! Now I am so excited to go to Victoria's soon and be measured and get a couple pretty little sexy bras, but for now these are great, so cheap but I think well made! Very soft, wash and dry well ( you have to straighten out pads if they get wadded in wash.) but mostly very supportive and flattering! Updated on 7 Jul 2015: First of all 6-1/2 weeks post op.....I love my little boobies!! Healing has been awesome and feels so good! I was so awaiting for this day!!! I realized in the shower I don't have to pick my breasts up to wash under, (sounds funny but y'all big breasted women know what I'm talking about).....I am so so happy! I love joining the ranks of itty bitty [RS bleep]!!!! I totally recommend this surgery if you are tired or sick of implants!!! It's a new me!
I'm over 55 and had signficant eye bags and loose upper skins on the eyelids...causing me to look tired. I wanted to look the way I feel - energetic and fun. I had upper/lower eye surgery on tuesday - how long do I continue to ice the eyes. Also, do I remove the crusting along the stitch line or leave it alone?
I have been considering my options for almost a year now. I've tried the minimizing bras and I fall out of them. I'm 5'9" and 217 lbs and 27 years old I want to workout to lose weight but its hard to when you have 36 DDD, hell it's hard to go horse back riding too. Right now I'm waiting on my pre-op stuff and my surgery is like a week and half away I have my doubts about every other day but last night i found this website and yall have helped me alot. But I do have one question my main concern is will I lose feeling in my nipples? But so far I'm just excited and scared but the ladies on here have given me hope for a good recovery. Updated on 1 Nov 2012: Well I got my markings today lol. Thanks to my fiance Mongo there was not a dull moment. He found the remote to the chair it went up and down the feet part moved and it could lay back and sit up, that's when he said he was helping me do sit ups. Then he tells my Dr. that he's going to draw smiley faces on my boobies for her lol. It has been a hellava day.
