Wanted to improve asymmetry and throw out out all my ugly padded bras. Have total support from all my friends and family and some lovely ladies I have 'met' here on real self. So far...best decision ever. Even if they just stay like this I will be thrilled. Zero pain! 470 & 495 textured rounds XHP under the muscle natrelle. Updated on 12 May 2016: Successful
Hello all! Introducing myself =) I am Lauren, 26yo mum of a 3.5yo boy and 7mo girl. I have booked in for a long awaited BA with Dr Zion Chan in Sydney on the 4th March, just 17 days away. After breastfeeding, my boobies just aren't what they used to be! I have pseudoptosis but surgeon and I both agreed to do implants now and a lift later if necessary as he didn't want to place scars on me unless completely necessary. Have opted for 450cc UHP textured silicone unders. Currently a C cup, the implants will roughly make me a DD. Stay tuned! I'll update soon! Updated on 16 Feb 2016: So last night when we returned home from the consult, I had a big freak out thinking I'd gone too big. Seeing as though I'm starting off with some volume already, I thought that 450-500 would be too big. I called my surgeon today who advised that I was very confident with the smaller of the two sizers I tried on and still confident with the bigger of the two sizers but erring on the side of too big with those. So they ordered the size in between to go into my smaller right side. I'll be getting 470cc UHP in the right and then less in the bigger left side to match the right - he will take a few sizes ranging from 375cc into surgery to match up the other side. After calling I feel much more confident in the size chosen. She said based on my measurements, I could have gone up to 550cc. I am still a little worried that the reviews on here that surgeons have written about petite people going over 400cc mostly say too big. I just need to remember that everyone is different, these surgeons don't have my measurements and didn't do my consultation. Updated on 19 Feb 2016: Just transferred $7000 (Australian) to pay the balance of my BA. It's all locked in now! Updated on 19 Feb 2016: I found this picture on Facebook that a local surgeon had posted. This is not the place where I will be getting my BA but it just goes to show what a great result some borderline patients can achieve just by trying implants only first, lift later if needed. Updated on 21 Feb 2016: So I have decided to go back and see the surgeon to try on sizers again. I'm scared that I have chosen too large of a size. I'll have 475 going in the right and about 425 in the left. A lot of people on here have somewhere in the 300 range and still look huge. I'm only petite so I don't want to look silly and I definitely don't want to feel uncomfortable. Updated on 22 Feb 2016: Tried on the sizers again today and without knowing, basically picked the same I did last time. I guess that's a good thing!? 445 going in right and between 375 and 420 going in left. Updated on 2 Mar 2016: I'm only two nights away from surgery. Tomorrow both of the kiddies are at preschool so I'll be heading out to get any last minute things I need and to get a nice relaxing massage. I am still freaking out about my size, 445cc sounds so big on someone who is only 5'1. I did unknowingly pick that same size twice, so I guess I just need to try and remember how confident I was with the size at my preops. Gah!!!! Brain! Stop freaking out!!! Updated on 2 Mar 2016: Well that certainly snuck up on me. This time tomorrow I'll probably be just getting home from surgery. I have got some Valium to take tonight so I don't spend half the night overthinking and not sleeping. Wish me luck!!! Updated on 3 Mar 2016: Just got home from surgery. Everything went great! Woke up and felt fine, drive home was fine and I'm feeling fine now. Just a bit of muscle soreness on the outer side of my boobs towards my arm pit and a lot of numbness from both boobs around to my shoulder blades. Updated on 4 Mar 2016: So it's 1am here and I cannot get to sleep. I just hopped up and had another pain killer and a Valium so hopefully that helps. I'm not really in pain, just super swollen, achy and tight. Plus laying propped up a bit isn't all that fun. Updated on 4 Mar 2016: Well I didn't have the greatest sleep last night sleeping slightly elevated on my back. I took some more pain killers and muscle relaxants at about 1am and slept til 5am when miss 7 months old woke up. MORNING BOOB IS REAL!!! I felt quite tight but still not what I'd consider pain. Once I was up, moving around a little and had my meds it went away. I am a lot more swollen and it looks like the bottom of my boob closest to my sternum isn't looking so triangular, it seems a little more rounded. I think I can take my dressings off and shower today, I'll just have to double check paper work but I may leave it another day or two. Doc uses lots of dissolvable stitches and an antibiotic super glue so I'm happy to take the dressing off as I'm allergic to any type of adhesive. Hopefully my skin isn't too bad under the cause and tape! Updated on 4 Mar 2016: Waaaahhhhh!!!!! Is this an early sign of snoopy/waterfall diformity or will my implant drop and fill it out??? Did anyone else look like this and turn out fine in the end??? Updated on 4 Mar 2016: Updated on 5 Mar 2016: Some pics of my scars one day after surgery. They are internal dissolvable stitches with an antibiotic superglue on top. Updated on 9 Mar 2016: So I thought I'd dedicate a post to the dreaded morning boob and the fact that this morning was the first time I woke up without it. Let me start by telling the pre boobie ladies all about it. Morning boob basically feels like someone has clamped bricks to your nipples and under boob for a good 10-20minutes upon waking in the morning. I guess it's due to gravity when you sit/stand up after laying down all night. Now after waking up like that 4 mornings in a row, some people have it worse, I'm proud to say that I woke up morning boob free!!! Yippeeeee. Here's to hoping I've been released from the clutches of the wretched morning boob. Oh and here's a pic of my new ladies in one of my bikinis that now obviously no longer fits appropriately! Updated on 12 Mar 2016: So I grabbed my most "boobie" dress out of the cupboard and thought I'd try it on just for fun. I could only just get the zipper done up! Still super bloated from surgery, definitely not because of the KFC and McDonald's that I've been smashing lately. Must get back to eating better.... Hmmm.... Maybe after Easter =p Updated on 15 Mar 2016: So I'm 11 days post op and I'm being a sooky la la. I'm still tender. No pain, just discomfort. My sideboob is the main area that hurts all the time, kind of like enlarged lymph nodes when you get the flu. Then when laying down on my side my sternum, ribs and sideboob are sore. Still have the elephant on my chest when I roll from side to back. When will this go away =( how long until you were completely pain/discomfort/soreness free??? Updated on 17 Mar 2016: So today I went to be fitted for a bra. My surgeon recommends no bra for two weeks post op and then a properly fitted, supportive underwire bra. Only one or two as the size will change over time. So off I went to a local boutique bra store that specialises in augmentation and mastectomy patients. After having a look at me, she went off and grabbed a bra, Freya brand, it fit perfectly. Then she mentioned the size, 8FF!!!! Which is a US 30H!!!!! ARGHHHHHH what on earth! In no way do my boobs look that big. I guess most of the time we buy bras that are ill fitting. The bra I got is a big huge ugly supportive bra that will be great under my work clothes, once I start buying pretty bras, I'm sure I'll fit a smaller size. Plus is still have swelling, so I'm not counting on this bra fitting me forever! Updated on 18 Mar 2016: Just a quick photo update of my girls with some fake tan! Haha this is before I washed it off so it looks a bit yuck haha. I had my arms up and standing weird so they look a bit uneven but they're pretty symmetrical. Was a little asymmetric before surgery.
I had breast augmentation with dr.Zion Chan he's from Sydney and dr Stuart Harrison. They are one amazing team. The second day post op I wanted my implants removed and I was so stubborn. I gave him a call and he said I can do it within 2 weeks. I am now 9 days post op and I couldn't be any happier.
I had lost my my boobs after becoming a gym junkie, small boobs never really bothered me. After talking to my mother we decided to book a consultation with dr Zion Chan. I have had so many issues with my breast since they have been done. They are extremely uncomfortable and I feel as if they are not in the right spot. I have double bubble on both breasts and active breasts effecting both breasts, making it hard for me to do exercises. I have made dr Chan aware of my concerns, But they claim it’s common problems in surgery and I’ll hav to pay to get it fixed. I’m so unhappy within myself now even more then before. People go to surgeons to make themselves look and feel better. Unfortunately this wasn’t the case for me. Not only did I not get desired look, I am very limited to my exercises at the gym, as active breast make it very uncomfortable ???? I waited a year hoping they will settle in but it has not seemed to happen. Double bubble appeared right after surgery and has worsened over time.
had a breast lift and implants - 295 left boob, 345 right boob. I am 6 weeks post op and the upper pole swelling is very high, it looks ugly when side on, im scared the implants will not drop and it will stay this way. my right breast is more swollen with upper fullness, I don't know if I need revision or if it will take a few months, my surgeon is not helpful Updated on 23 Oct 2014: Still no change after another week . My surgeon is now getting concerned and believes i may need revision. I am booked in for am ultrasound to see if infact this is the implant or possibly fluid. Currently wearing a compression bra to help potentially drop the implant
