I had 200cc silicone implants placed behind the muscle around age 27. I had them removed 30+ years later. They were ruptured so a fair amount of scraping was necessary, per my PS. Recovery has been more painful than I anticipated. I’m three weeks post surgery and although I’m not in pain, there is still discomfort. My breasts still feel raw from the scraping she had to do. I’m still wearing the compression wrap at night but I don’t during the day to give my incisions some relief. I imagine recovery would have been much easier if my implants were removed intact. I’m extremely happy with my natural breasts. I actually have more than I remember. Dr. Meystrick has a great bedside manner and I was very happy with her throughout my course of treatment.
I had a breast reduction with dr meystrik. My entire journey with everyone in her office to surgery and recovery was amazing. I couldn’t have dreamed it to be better. I felt so taken care of and I LOVE my results! I cannot thank them enough for giving me my confidence back and now I love my body! I highly recommend her! She made me feel so comfortable even the first time meeting her. Very personable and relaxed, easy going and professional. Can’t say enough good things about her.
I have been waiting for today for three years. Today I got to book my surgery. Its sept 16 2013 which is in two weeks in Springfield MO, with DR Rosellen Meystrik. I am getting a full tummy tuck with some liposuction of the flanks. I will upload before pictures in a few days. Crazy excited! I have an over the phone pre op appointment soon. Updated on 9 Sep 2013: I am starting to get nervous. I have one week left. I am really excited too. I keep wondering if a year or so after this surgery if people see my stomach will they know I had this surgery? Will my belly button ever look normal? I know I will be happier either way, but the mind tends to wonder. Updated on 15 Sep 2013: Updated on 15 Sep 2013: Updated on 15 Sep 2013: I just got done getting my clothes ready. I am little scared about the pain, I have my husband around to help. I have to be at the hospital at 9, and surgery at 10. Wish me luck. I will try to post picture s tomorrow. Updated on 17 Sep 2013: I had my surgery yesterday. I got brief look at my stomach, but I was to drugged to remember what I saw. I am excited to see even with the binder on, my stomach looks Super flat. Post op pictures coming soon Updated on 17 Sep 2013: Here Is a picture of 1 day post op. It hurts really bad. But it already looks really good. Updated on 17 Sep 2013: Picture Updated on 18 Sep 2013: I am really hurting alot today. When I get up to go to the bathroom it feels like I have been ripped open. I am taking all my meds. But the pain is close to hell. Updated on 18 Sep 2013: Still hurting. Updated on 19 Sep 2013: It was kinda a rough start, I haven't eaten much and with pain meds but my stomach is pretty upset. It sucks having gas pain when u really cant push it out. The doctor said everything looks great and she thinks I am healing really well. I think my result is far better than I even asked for. Dr Meystrick is the best doctor. She gave me a smaller binder so I dont have the top and bottom bunched up. I am in pain but happier than I could image. Updated on 21 Sep 2013: Laughing is the worst thing u can do. I am visiting family and we were talking about old times and laughing hurts more than anything I have done. I will take pic tomorrow and update. Updated on 22 Sep 2013: I am feeling okay. I got in my second shower today. I was able to take this one alone. I went the whole day with no meds but I was hurting. I am trying to wean off meds. My sides where I got lipo is really swollen. I am was able to go the bathroom today for the first time. It sucks because I cant push. I took some laxative and it helps alot. I have not messed with my incisions. The tape is still go good and I have ordered some silicone strips for later. I cant wait to sleep on my stomach again. Updated on 29 Sep 2013: I am pretty swollen. My scar is alot higher than I wanted. I don't know if it being swollen is pulling it up. I tried on a few swim suits and none of my scar is covered. My doctor seems like she is the type to help so maybe the is a fix. I have a follow up in two days. I will let u know. Updated on 4 Oct 2013: I have alot of swelling still, but I am starting to see what it will look like. I still have trouble sleeping, and when I have been sitting down for a while it take a good min to get to where I can stand up straight. I am getting there. Updated on 7 Oct 2013: I know i have been over doing it some. But I gotta get back to work. I called and left a message with my nurse. I have been feeling really run down these last couple of days. I hope everything is good. Updated on 8 Oct 2013: I called to ask about my swelling. She said I have being up and walking around to much. So I guess I have over doing it. I gotta slow down and take it easy. Updated on 23 Oct 2013: Now that my swelling has gone down quite alot. my incision is still high to me. I tried on swim suit and it shows, but i undertand I wear a low cut swim suit. However I tried on a pair of my jeans and my scar shows, right where the hip bones are. I am not happy with that. I feel like for the money that should have been a given. I talked to my surgeon before the surgery and she said she should have no issues getting it underneath my underware at lease. It half an inch higher than that in some places. I am going to call and set up a appointment. Updated on 23 Oct 2013: Updated on 23 Aug 2019: Just waited to show how it’s kept up over the years!! I’m still so happy with my results. I would totally recommend this doctor. I still have a few areas that are numb. Lost around the belly button. Doesn’t brother thought. I also got a tattoo over my scar so it’s like I never had it done.
I simply just wanted to be able to buy a bra from a store in a store. I have two children that I breastfeed, I only miss my breast for that reason. I love my new look and shape :). Very happy, the pain is slowly going away :) Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Updated on 17 Apr 2017: Going to have it looked at first thing tomorrow. The pain medicine is not helping at this point. Ice packs are my only relief..... Updated on 4 May 2017: I manage day to day tasks. I'm still sore by the end of the day. Most days I go without any pain medication, but by the time I should take someone it's bedtime. I was able to go into Target and buy a bra off the hanger. Don't remember the last time that I was able to do that...funny thing is when I saw the bra again at check out I reminded myself that I meant to pick it out.... I thought for a second " I can't fit that why is that in my cart?"... I laughed out loud. Sometimes underneath bleeds. I'm to completely healed yet. Still worth it though.
I've never had much breast tissue to start with. I'm only 5ft, give or take 100lbs, and petite. I have 2 boys which I breastfeed a total of 19 months. I had a nice B during those months, but shrank to a small A after. My current job is very physical, so naturally the remainder of my chest went to nada. I've been feeling very self conscious, but my tipping point was while shopping for a dress for my company's Christmas party. I was almost to tears when nothing would fit correctly and I felt I lost all femininity. That's when I began to research around and I asked my sister who she went through for her surgery. She greatly recommended Dr. Meystrik so I booked an appointment with her as soon as I could. I honestly can say I liked her the moment she walked into the room. Smooth as silk, we came to an agreement quickly and the waiting began!
I am a very deflated b cup now and I have done lots of research and thought I knew exactly what I needed to reach my goals. I tried on 450 and 550 sizers and I think we're going with 470-500 cc saline and she wants to go over the muscle even with the saline. I know from what I've seen on here most don't do this but she says I've got plenty of tissue and it will get me closest to my goals. I'm going to trust her, she's the professional. I've got 13 days and I know the wait is going to feel so long. I'm so excited to finally be doing this. I'm just going for a full perky look, not a super noticeable change for anyone but my husband and I. This is for me, finally. Now at almost 31 years old, 5'9" & 170 lbs it will give me the extra boost of confidence I've wanted for a while. I can't wait! Updated on 26 Oct 2014: OVERWHELMED! Going through with this is honestly something I never thought I'd do and now I'm less than 10 days away and I'm not only trying to mentally prepare for this image change but I'm trying to take better care of myself which includes cutting out the nicotine and eating better. I knew I would wait until after I was married to ever get my BA, I just never realized I would have no support whatsoever from my spouse and only him and one friend even know. So his lack of encouragement in quitting smoking, getting healthy, and my BA is honestly pretty depressing. He's not even going to be there for my surgery. I'm excited for me and concerned at the same time. Maybe I'm just toooo emotionally charged right now with all the excitement of my procedure coming up. : ( Updated on 27 Oct 2014: So I went online and found some great front close sports type bras, no wire of course and ordered 7 or 8 different types all front close, "extra support". My PS hasn't really mentioned doing that but good lordy the one she sends us home in is ugly and well its a pain to open with all the little clasps down the front, not to mention its only one bra. I didn't want to spend a ton on sports bras so I went with Danskin and Hanes type bras for now. I'll wait and buy expensive bras when I am ready for pretty ones in a few months. Any advice or suggestions? Oh I ordered 38d as I'm a 36-38 b/c now. I'm not a petite woman. ; ) Updated on 29 Oct 2014: 7 days from now I'll have boobs for the first time without having a baby! I'm excited but it's been an emotional roller coaster and my spouse and I are growing apart every day. The closer it gets, the less he seems to care so we're taking time apart. He's a very busy man and I'm a very family oriented laid back person so right now with me being so excited and him not it feels like we are roommates who don't like each other. I'm thankful for this site and my one friend who knows about my BA. She's picking me up and I'm staying with her for 2 nights after my surgery. That's pretty much the only support I have. Updated on 4 Nov 2014: I'm excited, nervous and ready to be done all at the same time. I have no pain meds that are prescribed, no food after midnight, water only, nothing at all after 7 am and my surgery isn't until 1230. It's going to be a tough morning with no coffee and no one to help me kill the time before my appointment. I feel like I'll be one of the very few women if any on this site who is going to have saline overs, but I trust my PS and I'm so excited to see the work she does. I can't believe I'm really doing this!!!! Ahhhhhh! Updated on 5 Nov 2014: I'm a very forward person so I'll be 100% honest! They look hilarious right now. I think they look like cones and I'm really really hoping that's just because they are only a few hours old. (Any one else experience this?) My right is significantly more swollen in the upper pole, making it look much larger. I believe she went with 475cc mentor saline overs. I haven't gotten to talk to her since before surgery so I'm excited to see her tomorrow. I'm not going to say whether it was worth it just yet, but I have some really high hopes and expectations! I never got nauseous after, ate a decent lunch and haven't felt sick at all. My husband actually came home from work with flowers and my pain med prescription!! That made my day so much better! Updated on 7 Nov 2014: I'm not sure if I'm happy with size, my belly looked like a pregnancy belly a little before but now not being able to walk or jog I just feel bloated and look it too. Even more than before the surgery. I actually started to lose a bit before, now I'm looking in the mirror thinking, "these torpedo boobs just make me look more fat!". Ugh, the wait for the results is definitely gonna be worse than the wait for surgery. My PS said yesterday at post op that I'd have the results I hoped for and I know it's just a waiting and taking care of myself game right now. I'm putting arnica and ice packs on my right its about a 1/4 bigger than my left from swelling. I've had no oozing or bleeding from my incision and the bruising from the numbing meds is minimal. The pain comes and goes. Last night wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, I slept laying down much better last night with only Tylenol. I miss my bed but with a kid who thinks I'm his pillow I've stuck to the couch until the pain is gone. I really just feel like I'm full of milk, same sensation, same swollen fullness, the only sore area is the side of my boobs. I'll get pictures up tomorrow. Hopefully. Updated on 9 Nov 2014: Ok, so I really don't know if I'm in store from some big pain but as of today I'm able to go all day with no Tylenol, or anything. I'm still pretty swollen, and have a lot of bruising. Yet I'm able to lift above my head, no issue, I even slept on my stomach for a bit last night. My right gets some sharp pains in the side every once in a while. Don't get me wrong there is a dull pain constantly and I'm not feeling up to jumping jacks or anything like that, I can start walking for exercise tomorrow and I was told I can wear whatever bra that is most comfortable the day after surgery. I have been emotional, but all in all everything about this is tolerable. I feel horrible for the women who can't breathe and are in severe pain. I'm thankful that I'm not. I wonder if it's because I'm one of very few that isn't under the muscle. I also didn't go as big as I could have, not even as big as my PS suggested. Updated on 15 Nov 2014: I would have never paid over 4 grand to get lopsided boobs. My ps's nurse informed me yesterday that the right always be more high and tight. To that I say "wth?" And if that's the case I want them out. They look stupid and if they do stay this way I will never wear a tank top again or that pretty dress I planned to wear at the end of this month. I'm praying like crazy that I'm just freaking out for no reason. I just know right now they look absolutely nothing like my goals. = ( Updated on 16 Nov 2014: In the mornings they are about even, due to swelling, so the right doesn't look bigger! Updated on 22 Nov 2014: My left breast is soft and honestly feels like a real breast should if you ask me, (I haven't felt many boobs in my day besides my own), that being said my right feels super tight and every time my pectoral muscle moves on that side I can feel it, it's almost like it's squeezing the implant, but I'm over the muscle, it's so weird. I can't wait to see my dr in a couple weeks to find out if this is normal. It sure doesn't feel or look very good. My pics look the same so I'll wait and post when there's a difference, oh, my steri strips are off, scars look pretty good, I'm using Mederma on them every day. I'll post pictures of the incisions soon. Updated on 29 Nov 2014: Well I'm about 3 1/2 weeks post and I feel like I've got a normal breast on one side and a rock on the other. Every movement on my right side feels tight and like the implant is going to bust out of my skin, the left seems great. This is so weird, I'm praying that this is normal. I see my PS Dec 4 so I'm really hoping she can ease some of my concerns. This has been quite the journey. Updated on 4 Dec 2014: Still not too thrilled about how much different they are now, because they weren't this different before. One still feels like a rock strapped to my chest, the other feels pretty normal. Luckily I did see my PS today, finally, (haven't seen her since 1 day post), & she said although she doesn't like to see this much swelling and tightness at this point, it can be worked through. She said I've probably overdone it with my right arm, which I know I have, (I don't have a choice with a 2 year old), so now I've got one of those fancy elastic straps that goes around the upper pole, this thing isn't terrible until it slides up under my arm, then it hurts. Oddly enough, my breast have no more bruising on them and haven't for a while, but my rib area right under both breast is super sore, tender, as if I got punched in the ribs on both sides, on my left you can actually see bruises. Of course I asked the nurse and she had no answer, then I totally forgot to ask my dr, oh well, she said I didn't need to see her again until March, so I guess I don't have anything she's too worried about going on. Oh and she didn't tell me when I can lift again so I guess I'll make my own call on that one. I've had to pick my kid up multiple times anyways so I guess I've blown that part of recovery. I'll post pics soon, I am just really unhappy with their looks right now. Hope everyone else is having a better time than me.
Tomorrow is the day. I am beyond nervous but so excited at the same time. I am 32 years old and have had two beautiful babies via c-section. My first was 10lbs 2 ozs. I have done almost everything imaginable to get the weight off. I run and do Zumba and have lost most of my weight. I am now 156 lbs and am 5'5". I would love to be 140 but with my horrible stomach that will always be hanging there I have lost my motivation and have been pretty much stuck. I am hoping that once my belly is fixed I will have a new found motivation and can soar on to my goal weight. Even at 156lbs I feel like I look more like 200 lbs with the way my belly looks. I am sure I am not the only one to be nervous about the surgery and think that if anything goes wrong I selfishly left my children without a Momma but that thought just sits there in the back of my mind. I have a great support system. My husband is willing to help me out as much as possible and my five year old daughter says she will be my nurse and take good care of me. My two year old however is not gonna understand why Momma can't pick him up for a while. I guess I just need to pray that everything goes smoothly and that this was the right decision for myself. Updated on 13 Feb 2014: So I thought I was absolutely dying. I hurt so bad and was nauseas every time I moved or got up to go to the rest room. Then the unthinkable happened...I threw up! That was the most painful thing I have ever done! I ended up calling Dr Meystrik at around 8 pm. (She is an amazing Dr I might add). She called me in a different pain medicine and now it is like night and day. No more nausea and it has helped with the pain level tremendously! Now I am not regretting doing this lol. Updated on 16 Feb 2014: I am starting to feel human again. Taking a shower is much easier. I am still very swollen. I can tell the Exparel is wearing off because when I get up I can feel a twinge of pain around my incision in spots. My husband and kids have been wonderful through this. It is kind of nice to just relax and let my husband do the laundry and cooking. Updated on 16 Feb 2014: Updated on 25 Feb 2014: Tomorrow I will be 2 weeks post op. I feel pretty good. I am having a burning sensation under my right rib with certain movements. I imagine this is from my muscle repair. Also I still have drainage from my belly button. I can take what is left of the steri strips off tomorrow and ease into walking for exercise which I am pretty excited about. Each day gets better. Updated on 5 Mar 2014: I am feeling pretty good. Back to work this week. I have had some issues with my incision healing. I had a small hematoma under my incision that made an opening. After that drained it felt a ton better. My incision was a little red so my surgeon put me on an antibiotic to be on the safe side. I have a couple of areas on my incision that opened back up just a little but they seem to be healing now. I am just ready for the silly incision to be totally healed so I can feel back to 100% normal. Updated on 5 Mar 2014: Updated on 26 May 2014: I am pretty much back to normal. My belly is still pretty numb but parts I think are trying to wake back up. I still have a little swelling which is a little more noticeable on the right side. I have been bad about eating healthy the last couple of weeks. I need to stop now lol. I did not go through all this to ruin it that easy. Do you all have days or weeks that are just harder to eat good? Tomorrow is a new day though. I am still running and doing Zumba. I am going to run my first half marathon in October so in July I will start training for that. I am still so very pleased with my results. I will post a couple of pics from 12 weeks post op.
