In short, like many other ladies on this forum, I’ve struggled with the pain and discomfort of having big breasts. For years I’ve suffered from back pain. My breasts felt like they grew overnight as I was pretty much a small B cup until my junior year of high school when I became a D (and it went up from there). I’m 5’6, weighing around 130-135lbs (depends on the day), with a 34DDD bust. My breast have become saggy and the weight is coming down. I decided that I wanted to have a breast reduction when I turned 18, but I never pursued. The idea of surgery made me uneasy and I was about to start college. 3 years later, my pain had reached a new height and I made an appointment with my PCP to get a referral to get evaluated by a PS. During my visit with my PCP she gave me a referral to start physical therapy and to see a chiropractor. Coincidentally, I had an appointment with GYN that same day. I had a chat with my provider about the issues I was having with my breasts and she wrote me up a letter of recommendation for surgery! I spent a few hours researching the plastic surgeons in my area. I found my PS, and booked a consult with her. The appointment was made for about 4 weeks after I saw my PCP and got my referral. By the time I saw my PS, I was already in physical therapy (2 x a week), and seeing a chiropractor (1 x a week). 2/15 - My initial eval went great, she took my pictures and explained to me the insurance process. I had brought in all my paperwork and letters of recommendations so they would be able to have it for the insurance. I have GHP with Medicaid, and the biller was hesitant to submit the prior - with for my surgery because they’re known to require 6 months of treatment before surgery. I had no issue waiting a few more months if this meant I had a higher chance of getting my insurance to cover the cost. When I was leaving my consult, the nurse told me to call when I was ready for the auth to be submitted. WELL - on 2/23, I received a call from my surgeons office telling me that my surgery had been approved! I didn’t even know they had requested the approval, especially since I had only began treatment a month earlier. During the call, I scheduled my surgery for 3/12. Due to my age and medical history, I wasn’t required to get a medical clearance done. I have one last visit with my surgeon on 3/9 to go over everything before my surgery. Whoop! Updated on 8 Mar 2018: I forgot to mention in my initial how much I’m ‘supposed’ to be getting removed. During my eval, my surgeon had an estimate of about 375 grams removed from each breast. Obviously, this could change the day of surgery but I’m hoping to end up a C cup! I have an appointment with my PS for a pre-op visit tomorrow. I’ll be bringing in pictures to show the type of shape and lift that I want for my breast. I haven’t been given any post appointments, which I find off. PS mentioned the sutures she would be using dissolve on their own but I would have thought that I would’ve been scheduled for one or two post op visits. I’m worried because my surgeon is always booked. I hope that she’ll be checking my breasts a few days after surgery! Has anyone else experienced this? Your PS office not scheduling post op visits? Updated on 13 Mar 2018: Hi all, I was going to write an update yesterday after returning from the hospital but I wasn’t feeling that great. My arrival time was at 9:30 (surgery scheduled for 11:30) and i was greeted by a few nurses who took my vitals and other necessary information. I then met the anesthesiologist and his nurse, they went over the type of anesthesia I was getting and how I was going to get medication and sedatives before to decrease nausea. Or so he thought ... My surgeon later came in and marked me up and answered any last minute questions I had. They came in a little before 11am to wheel me into the OR. I was awake for about two minutes until they put the mask on me and then I fell asleep. I woke up at around 3pm, the surgery took a little over two hours and it took an extra hour to wake me up. Waking up though? Not so pleasant. It seems I had a bad reaction to the anesthesia because I was throwing up. I couldn’t keep any fluids down. I was throwing up for about 8 hours after my surgery which had my family and I concerned. I attached some pictures of my surgical bra, new boobs feel a decent size just really sore! Updated on 13 Mar 2018: Hi ladies, Woke up today with some tight and sore feelings around my breasts. Pain for me has been severe enough to require the use of the medication my PS prescribed. I’m allowed to take a quick shower today, I have to replace my dressings after I pat dry my incisions. My back pain is gone! The pain in my breast comes and goes but I don’t think the medication is helping? She prescribed Percocet but the pharmacy substituted it for Oxycodone. My family came up to help me recover they have so helpful helping me navigate around the house. I still haven’t seen my new breasts, and I probably won’t peek during my shower either. (I’ll most likely wait until my post op visit next Tuesday). They are sitting pretty high (yay!) from what I can see through the bra. Updated on 13 Mar 2018: So, I did it ... I took a peek at my new boobs. I’m so happy I did though. No bruising, as of this moment and no bleeding/oozing. I am so happy with Dr. Lavallee, from the beginning I felt so comfortable and seeing how much of a great job she did has me in awe. Pre-op, I wore a size 34DDD but my boobs had become so saggy that I was difficult to even fit into a bra correctly. I had expressed my desire to be a c cup with my PS, and while they look a little bit smaller (closer to a B) I am more than okay with that. They are super perky and lifted, which is a new sensation because I never had boobs like that. My first shower wasn’t too rough, my mom was here to help so she made sure to keep my incisions safe. So far so good :) can’t wait to see them develop more. Updated on 13 Mar 2018:
I'm a week away from my procedure and still unsure about size. I don't want the obvious look, but I don't want to regret going too small. I am 5'2 ~100 pounds and workout regularly. At first I wanted 260, but have slowly decided to increase the size. I'm hoping if I get 300 they will fit like the 280 once in place. I am definitely lopsided and this is the first time I'm seeing pictures of how bad they are. My doctor said I don't need a lift right now, but if I decide I want one on the left side she could do a crescent lift as an in office procedure in a few months. Thanks to all the other small ladies who posted pictures and reviews, it had definitely held! *my phone won't let me post pictures right now, so hopefully I'll remember to later. Updated on 14 Nov 2014: I will be going with high profile because of my small frame. I'm also going with silicone under the muscle. Updated on 20 Nov 2014: I had my surgery yesterday and I feel great! I am not in nearly as much pain as I thought I would be, but I really try to stay ahead of the game by taking my pain med and muscle relaxers regularly. I think I will wean myself onto regular Tylenol tomorrow but continue the muscle relax for another 2 days. The surgical bra really is the worst part. I was instructed to wear it for 2 weeks, at least. It creates so much more pressure on my breasts. My boobs are up so high right now I feel like I could rest my chin on them. I slept on the recliner last night to help with the swelling, and I think that helped me get a good night's sleep. I would definitely recommend doing that! Along with keeping pain meds and a drink right by your side. And don't close the pill bottle all the way, it hurts so bad trying to twist them open. Also, drink lots and lots of water, it has really helped with the bloated feeling. I ended up with 300 cc under the muscle, just like I had planned. I told my doctor that if she put them in and they looked too big on me to go a size down. So I did give her the final say. (Do I really have a choice when I'm knocked out though!) I think once the swelling subsides they will be the perfect size on me. Not too big, but a noticeable difference. I am really bruised around my incision and my lower rib cage hurts. Like they were punching me or something. I don't know if that is normal or not. I haven't told anyone in my husband's family yet, and I'm not sure if I will. With Thanksgiving only a week away, I might have to through! Once I tell one person, they will all know because no one can keep a secret! I could probably hide them with a loose blouse so I'm not the talk of the dinner table. Knowing them, they would say something in front of my kids. I told them mommy was sick and had to go to the hospital and now she is lots of pain. My mom is staying with me to take care of them while my husband works. She has been a life saver! She yells at me to sit down and stop trying to do so much. I'm not one to just lay around while everyone around me is up and moving! Ok, I guess I rambled enough. It's 5 in the morning and I was a wide awake. Going to try for more sleep before the kiddos wake up! Don't hesitate to message me with any questions :) Updated on 22 Nov 2014: Ok, so as far as pain, I am feeling really awesome. I only did 2 days of pain med and muscle relaxers and then switched to extra strength Tylenol. I am able to move my arms around without some discomfort but haven't had any shooting pains through my breasts the last 2 days. My incisions are tender, but I think it is the surgical bra rubbing against the bandages. I am definitely sore, but I am able to do a lot around the house that I didn't think I would be able to do. I'm still sleeping on the recliner, I haven't experienced Morning Boob yet, and hopefully I won't. I am bloated and constipated (tmi, sorry). This surgical bra sucks and after my 2 weeks of wearing it are up I want to burn it. I'm so grateful my mom has been here taking care of my kids while I recover. It is hard not picking them up or being in pain trying to bend over for hugs. I'm worried I went a size too big. I didn't want to be so obvious, and they feel huge. I hope I learn to love them after everything I have gone through to get them! Updated on 23 Apr 2015: It has been 5 months since my procedure and I am very happy with my results. I am a 32 C or D depending on the brand of bra. VS bras are a D cup, but I think they have vanity sizing and their bras run small. While I'm very happy with the size I chose, there is still part of me that wonders if I should have went the next size up. I got used to the largeness and perkiness of them during the healing stage that now I miss that! But, I guess that would happen no matter what size I chose. I would be used to the swollen size and then be sad when they shrunk. I think getting them done in the fall/winter is the best idea if you want time to heal and not have it be such a big deal. I was able to cover them with bulky sweaters and I didn't mind wearing the surgical bra because I could easily hide that under sweaters too. One major regret was not getting a lift. One doctor said I should but I went with the doc who said I didn't. It was a purely financial decision as it would have added another 2 grand to the cost. But I wish they were a little higher. I hate complaining about size and placement because I feel after spending $6000 on myself I should just shut up and be happy already! I waited my full 6 weeks before lifting weights at the gym and I'm glad I gave myself time to recover. It took about 3 months to gain back my full range of motion for doing bench presses and push ups. It felt like the implant was tearing off my chest when I first tried doing them. My advice would be to take it slow and give your body time to heal. So, here are some quick pros and cons: The pros - very happy with results, they are definitely becoming part of the "normal" me, boosted my body confidence, clothes fit me much better, breasts are proportional to my small frame, no pain or general discomfort, feel real The cons - Feel very heavy or uncomfortable without a bra, wish I did a lift, constantly paranoid there is something wrong with them (too far apart, getting capsular contractures, pulling muscles while I'm lifting weights), slightly self conscious in a bikini like they are too big or noticeable, embarrassed by family member who constantly makes a big deal that I had it done. Updated on 25 Oct 2017: Just wanted to update that after 3 years, I still love my implants. So glad I did not go any bigger than I did. They are very natural and fit my body just right. I probably could have gone a size smaller and still been satisfied.
Hello I wanted to write a review on the allergan natrelle inspira implants. I was diagnosed with breast cancer in oct 2015 at 28 I was advised to get masectomy on my infected left breast and my right to prevent future reoccurance as breast cancer runs very strong in my family. I was able to do a skin sparing/nipple sparing on my right breast and skin sparing only on left. After healing from breast implant swap from expander to final implant i will be shating my nipple from right as it is large enough to do so amd a skin graft for areola. My doctor only uses natrelle brand implants,and I saw the new inspira she'll is filled more and that there were 2 types if cohesive gel to choose from. With being so young I wanted to be sure that my breast looked as normal as possible after this huge tragedy. I must add I was very small chested a flattee 32b with a small frame I weigh 100 lbs with bwd of 11.5 I chose the high profile to give me some upper pole fullness I never had and I wanted the 295cc responsive but she was not able to fit the 295 cc so she placed the 265 cc high profile responsive (SRF)265. So far in love the inspira it looks nice and I still have some dropping and fluffing to do. They feel nice and soft and can barley tell they are not natural. I can not wait to do my nipple reconstruction. I also would recommend this type of implant to any one especially women with little best tissue or woman like me going through breast reconstruction. I will upload some pics of progress. Updated on 6 May 2016: 1.5 month post op Updated on 20 Aug 2016: So ladies sorry it's been so long since I have updated! But I had so e complications with my previous implants and surgeon!! I found a hard spots on my breast and knew that it was the ADM they added at last surgery to help cover the implants folded and created a hard spot also my implants had a huge gap between them. I brought these issues to my surgeons attention and she said that she though the hard spots was OK and the gap is fine and that was best result I was gonna get!! So I went to a surgeon at Geisinger in Danville named Dr.Joseph DeSantis and he said that he seen the problems I was referred to and he could fix it and not only the issues I seen he said theta I appeared she didn't even center the impmants behind my nipples there was more implant on the sides of breast. Also after I healed I didn't really care for the inspira implants as they were kinda hard didn't really have any movement. So on August 16 the I went in for surgery and Dr DESantis marked me up and said that we were gonna use between 300 350cc Mentor Memory gel implants and either high profile or moderate plus. He would use his discretion during surgery as he would use sizers and would sit me up n see what looked the best. He decided on 350cc high profiles. As he said that looked most natural and that the moderate plus was to wide and didn't give me enough projection. During surgery he removed scar tissue (capsulectomy) and opened pocket to accomodate the new implant. And let me tell ya these implants are far better than the natrelle inspiras they are softer and squishy now at 5 days post op than whatvthe inspira were 5 months post op. I think that had to do with the implants themselves and the way the surgeon placed the implants. I am so very happy with my results!!!
Worst experience of my life. Went in for a Breast lift and small reduction of one breast. Came out with one DD boob and a B cup boob. She ruined my body. I went back for my check up and she told me she could only take out more on the dd boob to make it match my b boob. Never ever would recommend her to anyone. If she wasn’t comfortable with doing this procedure for me I wish she would have told me. I went to her 3 times to talk before actually agreeing to surgery so she had plenty of chances. I also know I’m 1 of 50 she’s completely ruined.
