32E to 32B/C I'm Nervous and Excited! - Auburn, CA

Congratulations! I am 24 and wish I had the surgery sooner. Would have saved me lots of grief in college.

Welcome KB! It is great that you are going to be able to schedule this around your winter break!

Thats fantastic I look forward to reading your updates!!

Haah! I know I was so surprised the first time I was eating in the car post-op and a tomato fell out of my chicken sandwich and landed on my....wait for it....LAP! I have ruined many shirts, but don't think I had ever spilled anything on my pants before! That was awe-some!

Hi KB, My name is Shelby. I just turned 20, (I almost typed I'm also 19. Still not used to saying 20 :) This past May, I had my reduction from Dr. Freed. We sound pretty similar in why we are having the surgery. It's so hard to be so young & want to wear cute clothes, dance, not hate bra shopping, feel more secure, not have crumbs go down clevage, lol. If you have any questions about Dr. Freed or anything else, please feel free to e-mail me at shelbymvanhorn@gmail.com I hardly ever update my blog here anymore. My pictures are from just a few weeks post op, and I look a lot different now. I was a 32 DD/E (right in between) and now I'm about a 32 small C. As far as the surgery, Dr. Freed is amazing. The surgery center is so comfortable and both the nurses and Dr. Freed are so nice. He prays with you before surgery and makes you feel very comfortable. As far as pain, I did really well. I think it was a mix between Dr. Freed taking excellent care of me and also me having the mindset of not wanting to be sick and tired and weak. I was literally at the movies the same night. Not saying that's a great idea, but definitely get up, walk around, take ten deep breaths every hour. Oh and another thing.. you have to wait 24 hours to take showers, but definitely shower as often as you can after. It made me feel so much better and more alive. You'll have two tubes after, and a really good trick to take care of those when taking a shower is to loop a dish towl around your neck and clip them to the towl. It hurts badly if you don't because they WILL drop and fall and feel like they're coming out of your skin. You won't be able to wash your own hair either. I was lucky enough to have my boyfriend not care about how I looked and he would get in the shower and wash my hair for me, but you can also have someone do it in the sink. More on the pain - I have a high intolerance for pain killers, so I only took one of the prescription ones. Motrin worked pretty well and I took those for a couple days. I was pain free for a month, and then I got an infection which was awful, but I'm assuming that was my fault for exposing myself to the lake too early. When I called Dr. Freed's office that day, he was booked solid and they still fit me in within an hour, so it's good to know that if something is wrong and you're hurting, they get you in. I'm trying to think of what else to tell you and I can't think of much more. It was one of the best decisions of my life. I've never been able to wear cute clothes and bras, and feel so free. My back doesn't hurt any more, and even with the scars, I feel much more attractive. Dr. Freed did my incisions differently than how it sounds like he will do yours. I have two small scars around my aerolas which you can hardly see because they blend right in, two vertical scars, and two under. They're kind of like the horizontal scars you've probably seen in pictures, but they are only about an inch while most of them go much further out. They have faded a lot, but they still have a long way to go. They're still red. But the freedom I got from the surgery is completely worth it. If you have any questions, want to see pictures, or anything at all, please email me! shelbymvanhorn@gmail.com GOOD LUCK! :)

Hi KB, My name is Shelby. I just turned 20, (I almost typed I'm also 19. Still not used to saying 20 :) This past May, I had my reduction from Dr. Freed. We sound pretty similar in why we are having the surgery. It's so hard to be so young & want to wear cute clothes, dance, not hate bra shopping, feel more secure, not have crumbs go down clevage, lol. If you have any questions about Dr. Freed or anything else, please feel free to e-mail me at shelbymvanhorn@gmail.com I hardly ever update my blog here anymore. My pictures are from just a few weeks post op, and I look a lot different now. I was a 32 DD/E (right in between) and now I'm about a 32 small C. As far as the surgery, Dr. Freed is amazing. The surgery center is so comfortable and both the nurses and Dr. Freed are so nice. He prays with you before surgery and makes you feel very comfortable. As far as pain, I did really well. I think it was a mix between Dr. Freed taking excellent care of me and also me having the mindset of not wanting to be sick and tired and weak. I was literally at the movies the same night. Not saying that's a great idea, but definitely get up, walk around, take ten deep breaths every hour. Oh and another thing.. you have to wait 24 hours to take showers, but definitely shower as often as you can after. It made me feel so much better and more alive. You'll have two tubes after, and a really good trick to take care of those when taking a shower is to loop a dish towl around your neck and clip them to the towl. It hurts badly if you don't because they WILL drop and fall and feel like they're coming out of your skin. You won't be able to wash your own hair either. I was lucky enough to have my boyfriend not care about how I looked and he would get in the shower and wash my hair for me, but you can also have someone do it in the sink. More on the pain - I have a high intolerance for pain killers, so I only took one of the prescription ones. Motrin worked pretty well and I took those for a couple days. I was pain free for a month, and then I got an infection which was awful, but I'm assuming that was my fault for exposing myself to the lake too early. When I called Dr. Freed's office that day, he was booked solid and they still fit me in within an hour, so it's good to know that if something is wrong and you're hurting, they get you in. I'm trying to think of what else to tell you and I can't think of much more. It was one of the best decisions of my life. I've never been able to wear cute clothes and bras, and feel so free. My back doesn't hurt any more, and even with the scars, I feel much more attractive. Dr. Freed did my incisions differently than how it sounds like he will do yours. I have two small scars around my aerolas which you can hardly see because they blend right in, two vertical scars, and two under. They're kind of like the horizontal scars you've probably seen in pictures, but they are only about an inch while most of them go much further out. They have faded a lot, but they still have a long way to go. They're still red. But the freedom I got from the surgery is completely worth it. If you have any questions, want to see pictures, or anything at all, please email me! shelbymvanhorn@gmail.com GOOD LUCK! :)