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My implants are too big, will they go down?

colon020707Dec 30, 2016

Previous to surgery, I was a 34/36 A cup. I wanted to go to a full C cup and my surgeon highly recommended 350 cc silicone high profile implants (hp due to my thorax he said). It's a month after surgery and my boobs are in HUGE, I have not gotten sized but I am probably around a DD or a DDD cup now. It is NOT what I wanted, my surgeon said they take 3 months for the swelling to go down. What do you think? I am absolutely devastated, I hate them so much, I can't even get out of my house anymore.

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