My stats 5'4, 132 lbs and after having my son a year ago and breast feeding for 5-6 months I completely lost any all volume. I did a lot, a lot of research, I live up in Phoenix and I was getting quoted 11-15k for this procedure, personally money isn't too much of an issue but for someone who never wanted implants to begin with prior my baby ruining them lol the price was still absurd, I decided to look in Tucson and I saw Dr. Arun Rao on the real self, and decided to make an appointment, the drive was far for me and at the last Minute I didn't go, being scared of surgery and what could happen. Luckily his staff was so sweet and understanding, Carmen was amazing at making me feel at ease over the phone and telling me it would all be okay, and she was able to reschedule me I believe the next business day. Dr. Arun rao told me everything about sizing and suggested the same sizes and method that doctors in Scottsdale suggested for literally almost double the price. And he was really patient with me wanting to see him a few more times because I was nervous, I at one point wanted to go down to 250-275cc Bc I wanted to be as natural as possible and he promised the 300cc would still be very natural and I wouldn't regret not going bigger Bc I told him that was a concern.
And I'm so glad we went with 300cc, he also was great Bc he never suggested a giant size to me which I believe is crucial if you want a natural look.
I also believe that these results are exactly what I would have recieved if not better if I went for a doctor in Scottsdale aka the Beverly Hills of Arizona.
My nipple placement and everything is beyond perfect and I couldn't be more ecstatic, I will be posting more pictures throughout recovery.
Thank you again Dr. Arun Rao and Carmen for making me feel so at ease.
Updated on 13 Aug 2018:
I've only showered twice since surgery, afraid to get bandages to wet, wear a new bra everyday, my nipples feel like the are going to burst out and a little bleeding but that's Bc they bandaged the aereola pretty tight. I wear my bra religiously. I took it off for two minutes to take this picture tho.
300 cchigh profile
Updated on 16 Aug 2018:
Loving them! Only
Concern is the scarring but I will update in a month when I get the steristrips off because I won't be seeing the Doctor till the 9th, far drive for me
Updated on 17 Aug 2018:
Looking good so far in stuff, just still haven't seen the scars and nipples
Updated on 23 Aug 2018:
Starting to drop, hurting a little bit tho my left one feels off, don't think it's anything other than nerves maybe and what not re awaking
Updated on 23 Aug 2018:
Updated on 30 Aug 2018:
Okay so I have noticed that my right nipple does seem to be lower idk if this will fix in time, I have my post op on the 10th which will be one month after I've had surgery. I asked a couple of other friends who had lifts who said this problem resolved on its own but they also had a lift with no implant so idk if that makes it different. Also some tape has come off well I guess I pulled it off Bc I didn't know if my doctor was going to remove the tape when he saw me? And I live far so I wanted to make it easier for him to remove it at one month post op so I'm showing how it's healing, I think he may have made my aerola smaller something I didn't want Bc it looks more fake to me, so it seems a little smaller but maybe that could be Bc it had gotten bigger with pregnancy and the pigmentation was weird so it was hard to put on, so benefit of the doubt then Bc it doesn't look crazy unnatural small atm and still has some puff to it. I just notice smaller ones look fake flat to me, just my opinion of what I didn't want. Still In pain when I sleep, but mostly bored out of my mind, and feel like I'm getting fat. I feel most days I'm regretting surgery because I just want to work out and what not but personally I got my boobs done to wear v neck shirts, swimsuits and for my line of work. So I hope it all pans out. If the nipple lowering is an issue I guess I'll get it moved up with another surgery but I hope it fixes itself or this will have to wait a year. As well as what looks like rippling to me but a doctor on here says it's puckering skin from stitches. All in all these should be things I find the answer too in a little over a week and I will come back and let anyone know who maybe has the same issue and concern
Updated on 30 Aug 2018:
Updated on 4 Sep 2018:
So I finally get my tape off tomorrow, thank god it's been annoying.
I unfortunately am getting stretch marks on my boobs, they are so read and itch like 24/7 I got horrible stretch marks on my breast when I was pregnant. So I'm trying not to itch but it sucks bc for he most part I feel the surgeon cut all of he ones off on the bottom when doing the lift. Any who I'm attaching the questions I plan to ask. Also I think I'm scaring hyperthotic or whatever you call it the raised scar that's not a keloid.
Month questions also this is like my first post op since surgery
1 month post op
Is this a keloid, why is the line red
Will they drop more
Breasts are itching can I put oil on them
When can I start silicone strips
Can I go in the ocean and if so make sure I have the silicone strips on
When can I work out
What work outs can I do
Go back to work
How long do I need to wear sports bras for
Spray tanning
Updated on 5 Sep 2018:
I'm feeling so anxious and depressed. I see him tomorrow but I'm so angry right now with how I'm scarring below.... I was under the impression I'd be getting a lollipop lift wake up to an anchor and tried to have the best spirit about it like it's okay I had a lot of thin skin maybe? And now seeing this keloid stuff like I'm heart broken.... it would be one thing if I had a normal 9-5 I'd still be upset don't get my wrong but I got my boobs done for work after pregnancy, I told him my occupation and how a lift was already a concern.... now seeing a keloid just is upsetting. Was the implant to heavy if my skin was too thin? Why did this happen. Idk we will see tomorrow :(
Updated on 5 Sep 2018:
So I've been really down on what looked to me a raised scar, hypertrophic. So I read on here to massage and I was doing that but this morning I pressed down harder and heard a few pops, I tried to flatten out more but it seems to be going down and hopefully by the end of the week or even today at my appointment it will completely go down and it was just bunched up skin. Those pops though this morning omg I can't even begin to say how happy I was ESP SINCE I had a dream I was getting it removed and then my son cried waking me up lol so I woke up thinking about it just as bad as I did trying to sleep lol.
Updated on 5 Sep 2018:
OKAY after today I am done with obsessing for awhile. First of all I think my surgeon did quite a good job with the foundation he had to work with. I think as women it's so hard to go through all our insecurities, even tho everyone says" you gave life, your body changes" it's is very hard to often times accept it and accept that we don't have the same elasticity as we had before. So with that being said he did do a wonderful job, my nipples are bigger bc I asked to not have them cut too much afraid they would look unnatural and of course now I wish I went smaller, I'm seeing now that I have maybe some more mental insecurities and that nothing would've been perfect, I wanted my old body back but my foundation has changed and the little things are little, so what my nipples seem bigger, I can make them smaller it is fixable but after having an emergency c section last year and being pretty much immobile for 2 months, literally the worst pain of my life, to now having a lift and going to be out for another 2 months. IM LITERALLY emotionally and physically exhausted with the stress that's been put on my body. Also the scar I was worried about looks fine now, and he said it would take 12 months to flatten but I could get a shot if I wanted to speed it up.
Sorry this post is all over but I guess what I want to get across is that we all striving for the boob job of a 21 year old before kids with bright pink nipples and good skin, and having babies and age can change that and our results will never be like there's but it's okay and it doesn't mean ours are bad we just don't have that and it's okay to strive for perfection but it's more important to just relax and let the process happen, with or without surgery. So I hope to delete this app in my phone area and just stop obsessing looking at everyone's results and just being crazy. Hope this helped some people, and happy healing :)
Updated on 5 Sep 2018:
Also I want to really say my breasts look absolutely amazing in bras and what not, he did a great job, I find myself just a little bit harder on accepting the changes also due to my profession as a "stripper" so lines even tho small, nipple looking different just effects me harder bc of my profession, which I knew would happen but really tho he did a great job looking at one month out esp for what I paid for.
As far as silicone tape I had scar away he said I could apply on when I got home, it is itching me quite a bit as of right now I'm only putting it on below my breast, with my c section I had put mederma on too soon which caused my scar to rise that was still open when I did that. Silicone bandaids helped my c section a lot, I wore it during this whole month HOWEVER since I did have that experience I want to just try on the lower area for a week until the top part that he removed stitches from still heals and then do the silicone def don't want any raised scars
Updated on 5 Sep 2018:
I just want to say the incisions are actually beautiful I'm just upset I CHOSE not to have smaller aerolas, and ofcourse I can't stop thinking about it! I didn't realize how much bigger they were when they weren't on saggy skin? Have any of you ladies gone back to get smaller ones and the price? I'm going to call tomorrow and ask, i still want to wait awhile bc I need to calm down and stop obsessing over something so minute, I think I'm literally just de crazy all I've been doing is watching tv like 24/7 the past month and of course hours on here looking for perfection. Once I go back to working out this will be so minute. However I'm def going through a manic like episode and can't stop freaking out when everything else really looks so good in person. So I will call tomorrow and get the update and post because I clearly can't delete this until I get my answer ha! But I'm so shocked and pleased with how tight he sewed me up it will heal beautifully
Updated on 6 Sep 2018:
Omg it is driving me bonkers I'm going to use this surgical tape my doctor gave me instead for a little bit and then move to silicone too painful at the moment
Still waiting to hear from doctors office for price of making my aerola smaller, which again was my choice not realizing how big they were once stretched out, I thought they went back to a smaller size but my skin was so saggy I was wrong
Updated on 11 Sep 2018:
I'm using silicone tape here and there around nipples and and vertical line but not under boob. EXTREME irritation, even with the other tape I pictured in the last post, so I'm just leaving them alone and will try scar treatment in a couple of weeks.
Updated on 25 Sep 2018:
I got a really bad irritation with silicone tape so my scarring is really bad now :( but they look nice here. However my right breast seems to sag more can't tell in this photo
Updated on 10 Oct 2018:
I have held back a lot of how I felt but here's the truth. I'm not happy.
I wanted a a lollipop lift was under the impression I'd have one, the surgeon I saw before, Dr malek in Scottsdale, said this could be done suggested I do 275cc explained I had thin skin and not to really go bigger and that's the biggest he would use, I went 25cc more with dr Rao which in my opinion would not have resulted in such a big anchor lift. Secondly I never would've put silicone tape on my scars if when I asked if it was okay to put silicone tape on once he removed the steri strips if it wasn't okay to do that. I have a dog ear now on my right breast. Painful scars, giant aerolas. I told him I didn't want them cut assuming they looked how they did when saggy, which was 2x smaller than they are now, onces expanded with an implant my aweolas are literally the size of sausages. Had Rao taken the time to just say hey I don't think that's a good idea, once we put an implant in it will expand, I would've said okay cut them. Who ever stitched me up around my aerolAs left so many knotted sultures. I wish I just didn't act cheap. The extra month I had to miss from work after my scars expanded and became painful to now working with giant salami nipple boobs, the pain from the scars. I've lost way more money then just going to someone else who felt more knowledgeable. Also no one ever called me after surgery to ask how my post op was. I've tried to give benefit of the doubt but I'm very upset and not happy. I don't think he is bad if you just want a boob job but maybe not a lift or have him feel your breast longer? I know I mentioned my previous doc consult and he mentioned I had thin tissue and spent 30 mins in a consult and said I had gotten stretch marks and we'd have to be careful. ThAt doctor told me things I didn't want to hear, but the truth.... after how this turned out I feel Rao told me what I wanted to hear and I do believe he thought it would work but I also don't think he really examined how thin my texture was in the consult, I don't think he should've suggested tape when I had sultures just taken out and possible open wounds, and wish he took on the approach of knowing best and leading with that confidence and explaining to me more what possible outcomes could happen with aerolAs, scars, and an anchor lift possibility with a bigger implant. With everything being said, I do think Rao is a very nice guy, I just am not happy with my experience and idk if he'd be able to fix these problems.
Updated on 22 Oct 2018:
I have a dog ear, salami nipples, scars are horrible still and no one has called. I work with over a 100 girls so I wouldn't say this was the best move 7 grand lost isn't the funnest situation and having every person ask who did my work knowing they are asking to make sure they stay clear. Would be nice if a. They called. B. Was offered a partial refund to get everything fixed. It takes so much for me to be a negative reviewer even if you've been reading my story. But real talk I'm paying you the surgeon for your knowledge and guidance not to look botched when my whole job is to be partially naked!!!