32g to 32c-ish! breast reduction with John Pereira

I’m 13 days post op and pretty much back to normal activity. I stopped taking painkillers a few days ago and have just had a few twinges of pain in the nipples (which is great because it means I hadn’t lost feeling!) . My incisions are still taped up (I went a week ago to have them checked and retaped) but I’m going to see the surgeon tomorrow to have them removed. So far, so good!

I had breast reduction and lift with Mr John Pereira at the Montefiore hospital in Hove 6 days ago. He’s a great surgeon and made me feel at ease in two consultations prior to surgery. I went from 32g to around a 32C/D cup. The first five days I had very little pain and no problem sleeping at night which was great and unexpected. I had no problems raising my arms to reach for things either which I had read about being an issue for some people.

Yesterday (Day 5 post-op) I had really bad chest pain and some dizziness. I went to the walk-in centre and they said my blood pressure was really low and recommended that I increase my water intake. I did that and rested and now feeling a lot better again. I think I got dehydrated because I took laxatives as I was constipated post-op (I suffer with that anyway). - something to be aware of!

Tomorrow I’ll be one week post-op and going to the hospital to have my stitches checked by the nurse.

Sorry no pre-op photo without a bra. It all happened so quickly at he hospital when I arrived that I didn’t have time. I’ve added an old photo of me in bra that I took when deciding whether to get the op or not.

So far I’m really pleased I got this done. Planning to go back to work on Wednesday (desk-based job). I’m worried about scarring as prone to bad scars so I’ll be looking for tips on here to keep the scars minimal.