I had upper eyelid surgery with Dr Nick Rhodes in April and I cannot recommend him enough. I am very fussy when it comes to cosmetic surgery and went to him based on personal recommendation and seeing how well he had done a friend’s eyes. From start to finish the experience was first class and I am very happy with the work he did on my eyes. If you choose Dr Rhodes you will not be disappointed.
I turned 50 last year, but that didn’t bother me as I see age as just a number! However over the last few months I’ve noticed fat loss from under my eyes which make me look tired and feel old! I discussed tear trough filler with Mr Rhodes, he said I would benefit from it! I booked my app with him at his clinic in York (Face Etc) and I went last Tuesday. I was very nervous as I’ve never had any facial injectables, ie Botox/filler etc. I was actually quite proud that I’ve reached 51 and never found the need for injectables until now!! Mr Rhodes explained the procedure to me, the benefits the risks etc. I honestly thought it was really going to hurt but to be honest I didn’t actually feel a thing, I felt a bit anxious still but that’s just the thought of having needles stuck in my face and also I was worried because what happens if I’m allergic to the filler! Would my face swell up! I had a cosmetic procedure 4 years ago on my teeth which went wrong and left me with nerve damage so I was worried putting myself through something else that was just for cosmetic reasons was a risk but I felt it was worth taking as your face is the first thing people see, it’s the first thing I see when I look in a mirror and I wasn’t happy with how I looked at this moment in time! I immediately bruised under my left eye, there’s tiny little blood vessels in your under eye which are pretty hard to avoid. I’m told tear trough isn’t the easiest of areas to treat so expected some bruising. I got an instant effect with the filler, I didn’t have that much put in as I was nervous so I have another appointment booked for a little bit more in a few weeks. During the procedure Mr Rhodes lovely wife Orla chatted to me and held my hand when she felt I needed it. I really feel she did a good job of keeping my mind off the needle going into my face as I was too busy chatting to her to worry about it. After a few hours and as well as the initial bruising I got under my left eye, the inside corners of my under eye started to bruise, not a lot but enough to make my eyes still look tired. I tried every concealer I had to try cover the dark bruising, ended up buying another (L’Oreal) which worked a treat, although I think I put that much on if you turned the lights out I’d probably glow in the dark!! I’m now 5 days post treatment and the bruising has faded slightly, I can’t really get the full affect until the bruising has completely gone. I’m having another surgical procedure in a week and hopefully now when I turn up to the hospital with no make up on I won’t scare anyone now I’ve had my under eyes sorted!! I’ll post photos soon. L xx Updated on 8 Jul 2019: There is quite an improvement, I just need the bruising to go so I can get the full effect!! The bruising isn’t actually that bad I’m just impatient!!! This is with a small amount of filler, so will be interesting to see if I actually do need a little bit more in a few weeks! L x Updated on 12 Jul 2019: 10 days post treatment, only a small amount of bruising, I can cover it with concealer but I’m looking forward to the day the bruising has gone! I now find myself totally obsessed with looking at people’s tear troughs!! This is my first experience of fillers and I like what it does but it has made me think about fat transfer in the future instead of more filler. For now I’ll look forward to waking up with no bruising! L xx Updated on 29 Jul 2019: Well it’s been 4 weeks since my tear trough fillers and I’m a tad worried as I seem to have a blueish tinge under each eye going up into the inner corners! At first I thought it was bruising but after 4 weeks it’s still there! I’m worried because I now look horrendous without make up on and people have commented that I look tired and to be fare I think I look worse than I did before! Sometimes I can’t work out of its shadows or if it’s actually a discolouration of the skin caused by the filler but I’m pretty sure it’s not shadows. With makeup I can definitely see an improvement but once the makeup wears off I look like I have black eyes! I’m seeing my PA surgeon tomorrow so hoping he can help or advise what’s caused this or what I can do. I see people all the time who have had fillers and they look great but I’m really quite confused about mine at the moment. #worried Updated on 30 Jul 2019: So I went back to see my PS today, he doesn’t think the blue/black tinge in the corners of my under eye is the filler underneath my skin which is a relief! (I guess logically it can’t have been as filler isn’t black!!) it could possibly be temporary pigmentation? I’ll just have to keep layering on the concealer in the meantime!!! Anyway he did my 2nd lot of fillers in the same area but this time there seems to be a massive improvement. Really quite pleased with it at the moment as long as I don’t bruise anymore! I’ve got a small red/black bruise under my right eye and a couple of tiny ones under my left eye. I also had a small amount of Botox in my crows feet, that didn’t hurt massively but a couple of the injections made me wince! Looking forward to seeing the results of both these procedures in the coming weeks. When I stood up after my procedure I came over a bit faint and shaky, probably a combination of nerves, heat and tiredness but to be fare I’ve had a few of these little episodes over the last couple of weeks, since I had a GA for a totally unrelated medical procedure. A relatively minor procedure but one that has caused me anxiety waiting for the results!! Michelle the lovely receptionist at Face Etc was very lovely and looked after me giving me a hot chocolate to bring my blood sugar up! I’m such a drama queen!! I look forward to the day I wake up bruise and wrinkle free. Thank you to Mr Nick Rhodes For yet again helping to restore my ever decreasing confidence! : ) Updated on 31 Jul 2019: So so happy with the look of this under eye filler, even with a bit of swelling and bruising I can see a massive difference. Now for the Botox to kick in! Oh and the bruises to do one!! The product he used I think was called TEOSYAL or something like that. Updated on 1 Aug 2019: This is a before and a photo 2 days after under-eye filler both with makeup on but what a difference it’s made! You can see the little bruise under my right eye, I’ve tried to cover it with concealer but it just won’t cover! A few people have commented on it at work today but who cares when the filler worked so well. Updated on 4 Aug 2019: It’s been 5 days since my tear trough filler and Botox around my eyes, today I started to see a difference with the Botox. Nobody would know I’d had it, it looks natural but I can see a difference, and a few people have commented how well I look! That combined with the tear trough filler has made a huge difference to how I see myself. Although I’m quite a confident person in some aspects of my life I still don’t have a huge amount of self confidence but this has made me feel so much better. My friends have been having Botox and or fillers for years and I was pleased I hadn’t felt the need for it until now at 51 years old, I swear I turned 50 last year & thought I’ve started to age, literally overnight!!! The bruise from my filler is fading and I can almost cover it with concealer now so I’m getting to see the results of that too and it’s fab, I’ll be gutted when it starts to wear off but I’ll worry about that when I have to. This photo was taken today in the daylight (which can be unforgiving) but your can see the results of both these procedures. So happy : )
What an amazing surgeon, made me feel at ease and has done an amazing job. I would highly recommend Mr Rodes to anyone who is considering having breast augmentation done, his work is amazing Fiona
I am 4 weeks post op from a full “mommy makeover” this included breast aug with mastopexy, tummy tuck with previous hernia scar revision, hernia repair, muscle repair and liposuction and added bonus of my old tattoo being removed in the process. I couldn’t be more thrilled with my results. Dr Rhodes is one of my new favourite people, he has restored my body confidence which took a huge knock after having 4 big babies, 3 delivered via c section. For the past 15 years I have hated my naked appearance, every year we discuss holidays and I am wracked with anxiety over the idea of wearing swimwear and feeling like a freak. I am now filled with excitement over the prospect of purchasing as many bikinis as I possibly can... I found the initial first few days pretty tough with 2 scar sites. The staff at the yorkshire clinic were excellent. Dr Rhodes has a really genuinely friendly manner, he is approachable and funny which instantly put me at ease additionally he’s a highly skilled plastic surgeon. I would recommend this procedure in a heartbeat but only with Dr Rhodes. Attaching before and after pictures only of my tummy tuck. Updated on 26 Jan 2018:
Updated on 23 Sep 2017: Ok this is my first review of this surgeon but my 2nd procedure with him in 6 years. I never thought after my first procedure (abdominoplasty) that he could surpas how he made me feel! This guy gave me my confidence back and I couldn’t have been more grateful. Fast forward 6 years and here I am again one week post op after having breast reduction surgery. I don’t actually think it’s hit me yet just what this amazing man has yet again done for me! I just keep staring at my new breasts thinking these are actually mine, the guy is a miracle worker and quite honestly my hero. Anyone who knows me well knows I have a fragile body image and low opinion of myself due to firstly my tummy after having a huge baby via c-section 20 years earlier resulting in my tummy muscles being totally obliterated but Nick Rhodes rebuilt me and gave me back my confidence and he just did it all over again a week ago! Not sure I’m brave enough to put my before pictures on just yet but eventually I will when I continue to update this review over the coming weeks & months. I’m quite a small frame, 5’ 3 and my huge boobs made me look fat and made me feel matronly! I decided something needed to be done so I went to see Nick Rhodes. He agreed they were way too big for my frame & after a long chat about what to expect, complications, expectations etc etc my surgery was booked for the 14th September 2017. I was totally nervous right up to being put to sleep by his lovely anaesthetist Khaled Ismail my blood pressure was through the roof with nerves!! Anyway off I went to sleep and was woken up 3 hours later all finished. I don’t really remember much about my time in the recovery room but I do remember a conversation with Mr Rhodes about how much he’d taken off & how much it weighed & feeling disappointed that it didn’t seem like a lot!! He then said do you want to look.........! They lifted off my theatre gown and there was the most fabulous perfectly formed breasts, gone were my huge pendulum matronly like boobs and I really couldn’t quite take in the difference in how they looked!! I could only see them while laying down from above but even that view was amazing. A few hours later feeling rather uncomfortable, I asked the nurses to help me to the toilet as I was still very woozy from the GA and attached to drains Etc, while I was in the bathroom I dropped my theatre gown over my shoulders & looked in the mirror and saw the full extent of just what this truly talented guy had done for me and I was Speechless! Actually made me cry. Like I said above I don’t think it’s actually hit me yet that I’ve actually had it done! I wake up every morning and I think I still have huge boobs but then I look in the mirror. I cannot recommend this guy enough, he’ll change your life xxUpdated on 24 Sep 2017: I was pretty much awake the whole night after my surgery, Emma, the lovely nurse brought me a cup of tea & a cheese sandwich (that had been left in the fridge for me) but I could only manage a couple of very small bites as it was too craggy & my throat was so dry & sore from the anaesthetic I thought I’d choke if I ate anymore!! So there I was sat with a drain in each breast, a drip attached containing fluid & an automatic blood pressure monitor. Not forgetting the lovely surgical stockings!!! My right breast drain was filling up fast so had to be emptied during the night. I’d had a tiny amount of liposuction on my back, that really felt quite uncomfortable and I’d developed a large swelling on my left hand side of my back by morning. My boobs till this point hadn’t given me any pain or discomfort at all and I was only taking paracetamol. Mr Rhodes came in to see me at 6:30am, he said the swelling on my back was nothing to worry about and was perfectly normal (but of course I still did worry about it!) it stayed most of th day & was quite painful but by around 5pm it had gone down. I had a string of visitors all of which wanted a sneaky peak!! Before surgery I remember saying to someone ‘I won’t be showing anyone so don’t ask, at the end of the day they are my boobs and I don’t show them to anyone now so why would I afterwards!! How wrong was I!! I was willing to show them to anyone who asked to look! I couldn’t quite believe how they looked still and the reactions of the people who looked said it all! I got a lot of ‘wow’ ‘omg’ ‘lucky you’ etc etc. Now everyone wants theirs doing!! My husband didn’t really want me to have them done at all but knew how my body image affected me, but even he was totally amazed at what they now looked like, he just stood there looking and just said wow he’s done a really good job hasn’t he! My drains were taken out just before lunchtime and I wasn’t really looking forward to it but it was over in a millisecond! Sarah the lovely nurse snipped the stitch holding the first one in and said take a deep breath and there it was out!! I didn’t even feel it. The 2nd one I felt only a tiny split second burning sensation & it was out. My cannula is removed and I’m now free of all my tubes etc. I could have gone home at lunchtime but to be honest I still felt really woozy every time I stood up and to be honest I was a bit worried about the swelling on my back still. By 5pm it had gone down so I went home. The drive home was pretty uncomfortable, any slight movement from the car & I felt it!! We live on a very bumpy quite long farm track!!! Even though my husband drove very very slow boy did I feel every bump!!! But I was home, it was so quiet & peaceful, hospitals are such noisy places, there’s always someone pushing a metal trolly which rattles, room buzzers & doctors bleeps going off even through the night! So to get home was heaven.Updated on 25 Sep 2017: Day 11 and a couple of days ago I started with shooting pains, sometimes they feel like electric shocks or like someone has a voodoo doll with my name on it!!! I know it’s the nerves coming back to life but over the last 24 hrs it has been unbearable! They come on out of the blue and make you wince & jump so much!! Fingers crossed this settles down soon! 2 more days until I go back to see the surgeon for my tapes taking off and I’ll see my scars for the first time! Very nervous of this if I’m honest but I know whatever they look like on Thursday isn’t how they’ll end up in the long term! Doesn’t stop me from stressing tho!!!Updated on 25 Sep 2017: Didn’t really want to post before photos as I’m so embarrassed by them but there’s no point doing a review without them! So here you go!!Updated on 25 Sep 2017: One of the biggest problems I’ve had in the whole process so far is lack of sleep!!! It’s probably to do with the sleeping position as I naturally sleep on my front but for obvious reason that’s impossible right now!! For the fist week I’d wake up literally on the hour every hour and was lucky if I got 3/4 hours the whole night!!! It’s not that I’m sleeping in the day either! The most I’ve had is maybe 30 minute cat nap in the afternoons! For the last two nights I’ve managed to wake up only a couple of times in the night so that’s progress!!Updated on 26 Sep 2017: Decided to venture out on my own today!! I had to get the lenses sorted on my glasses & it took a couple of hours so decided to have a walk around for a while! My handbag didn’t feel heavy at all when I left home, I also bought a couple of things, again not heavy but by the time it was time to collect my glasses I was shattered & my bags felt like lead weaights!!! Now sat at home resting my weary body!!! Still got the sharp electric shock type pains, mainly in my left breast! I think the woman behind the counter in Debenhams thought I had Tourette’s because one pain came on so sharp & sudden it made me jump & wince out loud??? She just looked at me and I carried on like nothing had happened!!!! HahaUpdated on 26 Sep 2017: I mentioned in my first entry on this review that this surgeon did my abdominoplasty 6 years ago. I never did a review back then but here are the before & after photos. I had zero confidence back then, I was so self conscious of my horrible wobbly tummy! My posture was terrible due to the lack of stomach muscles! He gave me back my confidence : )Updated on 28 Sep 2017: So today I had my two week follow up with my surgeon, he removed my tapes so I can now see my scars! I was nervous to see them but was pleasantly surprised when I looked in the mirror! I was expecting them to be raging red & sore looking but they look really good considering I’m only 14 days post op. The body really is remarkable the way it heals itself. My boobs are still quite sensitive to touch, I don’t know if that’s because parts of them are still numb but I’m told I need to touch them regular to desensitise them. I look at my scars now and I think it’s a small price to pay for the confidence I now have. I cannot wait to be able to buy new underwear and get measured so I know what size I have gone down to. Still getting sharp electric shock/stabbing type pains which can make me wince outloud!!!Updated on 6 Oct 2017: Ok so my 3 week update.....everything seems to be settling down ok, although I thought I’d got rid of the voodoo doll pains but every now and again one hits me when I least expect it and it’s usually when I’m in company!!! But they are very few & far between thankfully. Yesterday I had a swelling underneath one of my scars, it looked like a double bouble but I’m reliably informed that is impossible if you haven’t got implants which I haven’t, but that’s what it looked like. Was a little bit concerened but by the evening it had gone down. It reappeared again this morning but I’m sure it’s nothing to stress about. I still wake up every morning and have to check they are still small and not the ugly big boobs I had!! Wonder when that will stop!! All my bruising has completely gone, my scars are looking good & apart from a slight sore feeling around the underneath scars & sensitive nipples everything seems to be doing well. I just can’t wait to start using bio oil on the scars. I’ve tried on a few items of clothing in the last few days, I’ve actually lost 9lb (obvs not all from my boobs!!) clothes are either too big or just fit me better. I tried on my works uniform the night before going back and it was huge!!! I knew I’d bought that new sewing machine a few weeks ago for a reason!! My first project was altering my uniform.Updated on 12 Oct 2017: Ok so today I’m 4 weeks post op and Its time to start with bio oil on my scars for the first time. As soon as I started on the main scar underneath it was like bubble wrap!!! Tiny little popping sensations like little air bubbles!! Freaked me out a bit at first but I suspect it’s scar tissue breaking down??? Answers on a postcard please!!! I’ll google it!! Or maybe Alexa knows the answer!! Amazingly the scars feel less bumpy now!! Even after just one go! I never had this sensation with my Abdominoplasty, that scar was totally flat from the get go, so this was all new to me!! One thing I have learned after having a breast reduction, I must have looked positively plump before because the amount of people who have said to me I look different, I look like I’ve lost weight, have I been on a diet Etc Etc! Just confirmed what I already knew, big boobs + small frame = looking fatter than you actually are!! But even I’m amazed how just changing one thing can make everything else look in proportion! Should have had this done years ago but then everything happens for a reason so they say! I’m still wearing the little cropped support vests, actually rather comfy but not very attractive! But it’s needs must at the moment. My husband took one out of the washer the other day and came in to confess to me he’d shrunk it in the wash!!! Little does he know they are actually that small, they look like they’d fit a 4 year old!! But they stretch! Still not sleeping too well, no idea why, I can get to sleep it’s just actually staying asleep that’s the problem!! I’m waking up at almost the same times every night, I probably getting no more than 3-4 hours sleep, I’ve moved into the spare room because I don’t want to disturb my hubby plus he snores as do two of my squashed nosed dogs!! So I’ve got the silence of my own room but still I can’t sleep!! Other than that everything’s fabulous!! : )Updated on 21 Oct 2017: I’m now 5 weeks post op and doing very well, using bio oil a couple of times a day & the scars are flattening out nicely. I can feel the odd stitch poking out but that’s normal. I’ll post some more photos next week when I’m 6 weeks post op. Yesterday at work a colleague said something to me which really p***** me off, what’s more she knew what she was saying! She said she’s not that vain to have plastic surgery knowing full well I have just had my procedure!! I was a little taken a back by her comment!! I asked her if she truly believed that the majority of patients who undergo plastic surgery are just vain!! In her eyes it’s vain!! Ok so I’m vain.....not! Far from it. I really couldn’t be bothered explaining to her my reasoning behind my surgery (although I told her to go away & think about the comment she just made....to me!!!) The lack of confidence I had, the way I hunched my shoulders to try make them look smaller, the headaches I got from neck ache, the big grooves in my shoulders from my bra straps, the way my bikini strap dug into the back of my neck almost breaking the skin, etc etc! I wasn’t going to waste my breath on someone so narrow minded & quite frankly rude! But it’s people like her that will put a lot of people off having surgery, make them feel like they are being selfish, that they are doing it to please others!!! I did this for me and only me and anyone undergoing plastic surgery for anyone else but themselves is doing it for all the wrong reasons. Everyone is entitled to their opinion but some people really need to think before they speak!! On a lighter note I bought my first new bra today!! I needed a strapless one for an outfit I’m wearing next week, I was hoping I’d be a C cup but the one I bought is a D, it’s just a letter I know that! Maybe I’m still swollen a bit & eventually I’ll be a C.Updated on 23 Oct 2017: So today I bought myself a new sports bra on account of going back to the gym next week. I bought a C cup & it’s too big!!! I’m sure it’s a fluke, miss sized or something but loved that it was too big : )Updated on 24 Oct 2017: Updated on 29 Oct 2017: I bought a couple of new bra’s yesterday which in the store looked nice on but when I got home and tried one on again and looked in the mirror my boobs looked big again!! Don’t know what it is about my mirrors!! Don’t get me wrong they looked good but just big which was the whole point of having the operation in the first place. I think when I first saw my boobs after the op I was so elated that they were smaller and barring in mind the last time I saw them pre op they were horrible & huge so would look lovely and small post op. I think over the last 6 weeks I’ve got used to the size and although without a bra they look small enough for me, in a bra they look a lot bigger!! I tried on about a million outfits for my first night out last night rejecting anything that emphasised my boobs and got a bit upset with myself!! When I got home from my night out they were swollen and I went to bed thinking oh no they are still big!! Thankfully I’ve woken up this morning and like every morning since my op I looked in the mirror to check they were still smaller and thankfully they were!! Maybe I need to rethink the style of bra I buy and stop looking in the mirror every morning!!! My right one is still quite a bit bigger than the left one but I’m guessing that’s just the way they are swelling and will hopefully match up eventually. I need to stop being so critical of myself!! I guess it’s a confidence thing!!!Updated on 2 Nov 2017: This last week has been a bit of an emotional one since ’bragate’ on Saturday, my crisis of confidence or lack of confidence it appears from the comments I’ve received tell me its all quite normal. It’s like I’ve looked in the mirror for so long prior to surgery & seen the reflection looking back at me with big boobs making me look fat. I think I still look in the mirror sometimes and see that same girl but I know really that they don’t look like that anymore and it’s just taking some getting used to. Today however I feel ashamed for thinking the way I have in the last week after watching a programme about a lady with breast cancer, that poor woman had to have her breasts removed & then months later go through re construction all while undergoing chemo and radiotherapy and the worry she might not live to see her children grow up and I’m stressing because sometimes my boobs still swell up 7 weeks post op!! I used to work in a breast care surgery department and saw the raw emotion of such ladies with my own eyes, some of which the memories remain with me to this day yet I still got upset last Saturday because I thought my boobs were a bit too big (which in reality they weren’t it was a case of the wrong style bra!!!) Think I must just be hormonal or something because up until last Saturday I was so so happy with my results and I’m back to thinking that way again thankfully, was just a blip but I feel seriously ashamed for getting so upset over something so trivial!!!Updated on 4 Nov 2017: Today I went bra shopping again but wanted to avoid the meltdown I had last Saturday so I went to Victoria’s Secret because apparently they do ‘the worlds best bra’ and they actually do!!! I’ve never been able to wear Victoria’s Secret bra’s before so I’ve never actually frequented that store but today I was determined to find myself a bra that suited me & fit me and I did! I’ve chose one that is like a bra within a bralete it’s got a wide strap at the back and is lovely French lace. Very comfy even tho the inner bra is underwired. I bought a couple in different colours. They do make my boobs look slightly bigger but it’s very flattering & pretty. I’ll post a photo when I eventually wear it. The fit is true to size too, I always thoaught Victoria’s Secret were on the small side but today I was pleasantly surprised. Might just be my fav shop now!Updated on 5 Nov 2017: So here is one of the new bra’s I bought from Victoria’s Secret, it’s a bra inside a bralete with délicate French lace in a white coconut colour (as they call it) the back fastening is wide, you have 6 hook & eyes which is really quite comfortable. I got a couple all the same just different colours and I think they cost £45 each. I can’t wear them yet, not comfortable wearing underwrires at the moment as I’m only 7 weeks po. They do make my boobs look slightly bigger but I can cope with that!! I got a 34D (I’m sure I would have been better with a 32DD but I couldn’t bring myself to buy a DD after having a breast reduction!!) I’ll get my head around ‘it’s just a couple of letters’ eventually but for now I think the 34D is best for me.Updated on 7 Nov 2017: So today I went back to the gym, first time since my op. Didn’t do my usual stuff, mainly just legs & tummy work. Not sure what I can or can’t do until I ask my Plastic surgeon so I’m playing it safe for another couple of weeks. It was good to be back, saw a few familiar faces, didn’t elobotate on why I’ve been MIA, just said I’d had an op but all good now!! For the last few nights I’ve slept on my tummy which is a major achievement for me as that’s my usual sleeping position & not being able to over the last few weeks has caused me quite a lot of sleepless nights. Still struggling on the bra front!! Love the Victoria’s Secret ones but they aren’t for everyday. I’m struggling to find a soft non wired bra that looks pretty, I’ve got loads of cropped support vest kinda things and a few lace bralete’s (however the lace at the moment makes me itch so not wearing them.) there seems to be a gap in the market for pretty/ladylike/sexy non wired bra’s!! They all look old fashioned and mostly have a degree of padding (which as you all know is the last thing we want after a breast reduction!!) Other than that all’s good, scars are doing well, although the outer part of the main scars are still a lot more prominent than the rest of my scars, small areas of my ariolas are still numb. XxUpdated on 9 Nov 2017: I thought I had done very well to avoid itching, I’ve read a lot of reviews where people have said they have itches terribly after a few days and I got to 7 weeks with no itching at all but then.........Omg it’s driving me crazy!! They have started inching so bad and when you are at work or in company it’s kinda difficult to sit there itching your boobies without it looking a bit wrong!!! Just been out for dinner this evening and the itching started again!! Fingers crossed it doesn’t do it for long!!! Anyone any ideas how to stop this?? My areolas are still puffing up, sometimes they look fine then other times they look like they are all puffy and swollen!! I’m seeing my PS next week so will check it’s normal (which I’m sure it is!!) also areas of the areolas are still numb but considering they’ve been detached from my body & sewn back on again it’s really not that surprising!!! XxUpdated on 13 Nov 2017: It suddenly occurred to me today that my nipples are actually completely numb as are parts of my ariola’s (the latter of which change colour from pink to pale yellow on a daily basis.). I just presumed that because if my nipples were touched or I was cold they stood to attention (so to speak!) that they were ok but today I’ve realised there is zero sensation in either nipple. I’m 8 weeks & 4 days post op is this normal, will the sensation come back! Actually touched them with a needle just to check and nope absolutely nothing!! Think I’ve been so wrapped up in getting over the op and getting used to smaller boobs I just haven’t noticed. Feel a bit stressed now! I need to keep reminding myself I’m only just a couple of months the post op!Updated on 16 Nov 2017: So today I had my appointment with my plastic surgeon, I’m now 9 weeks post op. All is well, he is really pleased with my results. He said the scars are doing really well and that I’ve had a really good result. I have to agree, even though I had a wobble a couple of weeks ago, the guy has done a fabulous job for me. I mentioned my numb nipples and like you have all said it’s perfectly normal and I need to give it time to heal properly. I told him about my meltdown with the bra situation a couple of weeks ago & on that note I’m still hunting for the perfect bra!! I need one that keeps my boobies in basically the exact position they are without a bra, one that just holds them there without pulling them up and in creating more cleavage and I think I’m looking for the impossible! I wore one of my new Victoria’s Secret bras today and although it is very pretty after a few hours the underwires were uncomfortable! Think I’ll have to keep them for nights out! Maybe I’ll have a go at making my own! Can’t be that hard can it? I’ve made clothes before! There’s defo a gap in the market for pretty feminine non wired non padded bra’s! I’ve stopped using bio oil, not keen on it and as long as I’m massaging the scars with something I don’t think it matters too much what I use. For the last few days I’ve actually used my Estée Lauder night repair serum, I’ve used it for years on my face & décolletage and remember the promotions lady telling me it had excellent healing powers at an Estée Lauder evening many moons ago! It’s an expensive option to use on such a large area but it’s doing it’s thing but when I can get into town I’ll buy something cheaper to use. I’ve lost more weight too, in total I’ve lost 11lbs (5 kilos) under normal circumstances I would be chuffed at loosing weight but I’m happy with the weight I am and don’t want to loose more because I tend to loose it off my face which isn’t good!! I’ve been a little under the weather for a week now and basically looked like crap. Loads of people have commented on how tired I look which as all of you lovelies will know makes you feel worse when someone points it out!! I’ll keep you posted re bragate!! XxUpdated on 19 Nov 2017: So I’ve been going through my wardrobe & trying things on, I’ve lost 11lbs in the last 8 weeks so some things are way too big or just fit me better! However not everything suits me anymore!! A lot of my cloths were styled around hiding my big boobies and now they are small I don’t want to wear baggy or any clothes to desguise them! Don’t get me wrong I’m not one for having them on show (maybe I will now!!) but it’s like after my abdominoplasty I chucked out anything that hid my tummy which every piece of clothing I possessed back then was bought to do just that!! I had to start my wardrobe from scratch back then which was fun but very expensive and it’s happening all over again!!! I’ve been so preoccupied about the bra situation that I hadn’t even started to think about what I would wear!!! As it’s christmas coming up and I have a black tie ball to attend in early December as well as a big holiday in February I need to think about clothes!!! I need to embrace my new look and most of my clothes currently would just hide them so it’s time to go shopping! I’m inbetween sizes just to make like more complicated!! I’ve been off colour for well over a week now! Nothing specific just tired all the time & I look like crap. So once I’m back to feeling better I’ll be hitting the shops. Let’s hope I have better success with that than I have with bra shopping!! I’ve only been back in the gym twice because I simply haven’t got the energy just now but I need to get back into it so I can keep my weight steady. I don’t want to loose anymore, like I said previously I tend to loose it off my face which isn’t good. The Victoria’s Secret bra I bought I decided to alter it!! I removed the bones & wires so it’s basically a bralete now!! Could have gone horribly wrong but thankfully it worked. It’s sctaully very comfy just not as structured! XxxUpdated on 20 Nov 2017: This is an Aubade half cup bra, it has no padding just lace but is underwired so not for every day use at the moment!! This is about as much push up/push in cleavage I can cope with!! Very expensive at over £100 but they are a very good fit.Updated on 26 Nov 2017: Remember the melt down I had about 4 weeks ago after bra shopping, the bra's I bought just made me look big again!! Well I haven't picked those bra's up since that day! I said that all I wanted was to find a bra that just held my boobies where they are without much lift or pushing in!! Today I picked up those bra's again and set about altering them! I removed all the padding so they are just silk & lace and guess what, when I tried them on they are the perfect bra!! They now just hold them in their natural position with very little pushing in and amazingly my boobies now don't look big in a bra!!! I did the same with my Victoria's Secret ones butI removed the wires from them too, I have left the wires in these bra's and unbelievably they now look like the bra I have been searching for and getting fed up because I thought I was looking for the impossible!! It is the M&S Rosie silk & lace padded (now non padded) Beau Plunge Bra, comes in 6 colours and even though they are underwired they are very comfortable pretty bra's and cost £27.50. I originally bought it in 3 colours but now I'll just buy them all and remove all the padding. I have looked on M&S's website to see if they do a non padded version of this bra and from what I can see they don't, but I'm not bothered anymore as I now know I can easily remove the padding. I'll post some photo's tomorrow.Updated on 27 Nov 2017: Ok here are a few of the bra’s that I’ve altered & removed the padding, the Victoria’s Secret one looks a tad cheeky now as it’s totally see through but who’s going to see it!! The M&S ones are mainly lace with a band of silk up either side covering some of your modesty once the padding is removed!! But as you can see they don’t lift or push in they just hold them in their natural position. Going shopping again tomorrow so fingers crossed I find something else! XxUpdated on 1 Dec 2017: I’ve had many direct messages asking me about my surgeon and although I’ve previously mentioned him in my review & said how eternally grateful I will for ever be to him I haven’t really said that much about him. He’s a Consultant Plastic cosmetic & reconstruction Surgeon based in the north of England (West Yorkshire to be precise) he works in both the private sector & the NHS. Nick Rhodes (not to be confused with Duran Duran’s Nick Rhodes haha!) Before my first surgery with him 6 years ago (abdominoplasty) I followed a lot of his tummy tuck patients before deciding to go ahead myself. That surgery was by far the best money I have ever spent, even more so than my breast reduction which comes a very close second, It was absolutely perfect. He’s a very approachable likeable fellow, his bedside manner second to none but incredibly professional all at the same time. I had absolutely no worries about going into an operation with him (well apart from worrying about being put under a general anaesthetic but that’s not his domain!) I knew he’d do a fabulous job and he did both times. I wouldn’t hesitate to go into theatre with him again if I needed to. In both my surgeries I had very little bruising (absolutely zero bruising with my abdominoplasty) which surprised me as I can very slightly knock myself and end up with a humongous bruise yet with both surgeries it was a tiny amount!! I didn’t take Arnica or anything prior to surgery either. This guy is amazing and I would highly recommend him to anyone who is considering surgery. I saw him at the Spire Elland Hospital, Elland, Halifax but he works out of a few other hospital around West Yorkshire. XxxUpdated on 3 Dec 2017: I went out last night for my husbands birthday and I wore a style of dress that I haven’t been able to wear in years as the front is low, my old boobies would have just fallen right out of that dress as it has a wrap style front, but last night they stayed perfectly in tact!! I didn’t even need to pin the front either and thats a first!! Actually felt like I had loads of confidence XxUpdated on 4 Dec 2017: Today I went shopping (not for bra’s) but came across one in Next, it’s from their Signature Range and is called the ‘Georgie’ its a lovely unpadded silk lace bra. It’s underwired, I know lots of you want to avoid them for ever but I don’t mind underwires for just a few hours. It was only £22 and I bought it in nude & navy blue. I think I have finally found a bra that just keeps them in position and not up & in like most bra’s do!! It’s really quite pretty in the flesh & like I said wearing for a few hours the underwires didn’t bother me. Xx
After previously having a breast uplift and implant exchange last year and then 6 months later having to have revision on them because they dropped so quickly..(horizontal tightening thats was done by another surgeon.) I was so disappointed with the results and almost £8000 lighter. I researched Nicholas Rhodes and i had two consultations with him, he explained everything fully and advise mastapexy again but latrally and coleman fat transfer due to the width of my own breast tissue. 2 days later i am over the moon with the results.. my cleavage no longer looks loose and droopy due to the fat transfer and i also have an additional 2 top ups to go yet.. more fat transfer. Nicholas rhodes is a amazing man and a very talented surgeon, he has a fabulous bedside manner and he is so approachable and his explanation is to the point and factual. I would recommend this surgeon to anyone wanting cosmetic procedures.. you wont be disappointed. Thank you Nicholas Rhodes :))
Amazing surgeon.. cannot recommend enough. Professional and such a nice man! Would have surgery again by him. So happy with the outcome. Anyone wanting cosmetic surgery he is your guy nothing is too much trouble!
I've been embarrassed by the appearance of my inverted nipples for years and finally decided to have them corrected. The procedure was quick and done under local anaesthetic. The recovery was relatively painless. The bruising lasted about 3 weeks. My nipples sensitivity is increased. So pleased with the results
My surgeon used 375cc HP Silicone implants, he lowered both inframammory folds 1cm on the right, 2cm on the left, I am aware that this 'might' need revising (double bubble deformity) however will look at that in 6 months or so. My concern is that they look just the same but bigger, I always felt the right nipple was more floor gazing than straight ahead, will the right nipple change direction once 'if hopefully' the implant relaxes into its new pocket?Updated on 30 Nov 2016: One day 2 I had a bubble/trapped air type noise each time I moved my right arm, that thankfully has gone now however, I keep having a sharp stabbing pain in the left breast right by the tape/incision and aching in the top of my right breast, I feel like the right is still way more swollen than the left. I can't wait to have the strips removed and shower properly. If I put slight pressure on my breasts (as if to cup them) I get a strange sensation, I am guessing this is normal? Updated on 5 Dec 2016: Updated on 5 Dec 2016: 11 days post op and my breasts are just starting to soften slightly. They are numb towards the incision and most of the lower pole.Updated on 8 Dec 2016: I had my first follow up appointment with the surgeon today, finally got the strips off and had a first glimpse of my scars, they're hard and was told not to do anything with them as yet however, I can gently massage in a couple of weeks. The surgeon is happy with progress of the increased inframammary fold so far and encouraged me to massage the old fold to encourage softening of the tissue. I guess some fat grafting will have to be done at a later stage. I have to say I feel quite disappointed today, I don't particularly like the shape.. in fact the shape was the reason I wanted them augmented in the first place. Updated on 8 Dec 2016: Updated on 16 Dec 2016: My girls are just starting to feel a little softer, on the upper pole in particular. Lower pole still tight & numb :( (on both sides). My nipples are still very sensitive to the touch, I can just about bare to put my hands over them. I think the lower pole is starting to fill out a little, hopefully they will fill out and get rid of the double bubble, sometimes the new inframammary fold looks good... and other days I can't wait for fat grafting! The incisions are much more bearable and are healing nicely.. one more week and I can start massaging them :)Updated on 5 Jan 2017: Nipples are beginning to feel a little more normal, they are still quite sensitive but a lot less painful. Lower pole is still numb and hard however tingles from time to time. Over all they are feeling much softer:)
I felt my face was looking tired. In particular the hollows under my eyes. I tried dermal fillers but I think that as they absorbed they left my face looking even worse than before. My surgeon recommended a fat transfer. He took fat from my knee area and injected a small amount into the hollows underneath my eyes. The results are fantastic! No bruising and it looks very natural. My face looks younger and fresher. The surgeon and hospital staff were all excellent.
