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Depending on if you ask my surgeons or insurance company I had a mastectomy/lumpectomy/breast reduction surgery where Doctor Bateman was my plastic surgeon. I had to have a large mass removed from my right breast (the mass was about the shape and size of a mango pit) and my left breast reduced to match. I went from bra size 34/36DD to 34/36C breasts. Let me tell you how amazing it is to be able to walk around naked now. I can even fit into off the rack bikini tops! Dr. Bateman did an amazing job. I am 1.5 years out from my surgery now and I still have scars and probably always will but they are light and are nothing compared to how good my breasts look and feel now. They're perky for the first time in my life! My breasts fit better with my body, the mass is gone, and I can walk around bra free like I should have been able to as a teenager. I don't have stretch marks anymore and when the spray-tan girl tells me to lift my arms so she can get under my breasts, she can because they aren't laying on my rib cage like the gravity victims they were. I am no longer one of those women who is afraid that one day she will have to stuff her breasts into her socks to keep them from dragging. If you're like me and have a mass, or if you've always had massive breasts and wonder what it would be like to walk around with normal sized breasts, get the reduction--it's awesome! Seriously. Totally worth the scars. Also, follow the doctor's directions...use the scar spray/cream and massage religiously. There will always be scars but you get to dictate how bad they are. The scarring is on you. My scars are a little lighter than my skin color and the shape of a lollipop. There is a line that goes from the bottom (underneath) my breast up to and around the areola. Dr. Bateman also reduced the size of my areola from the size of a silver dollar to a quarter. I would also like to share that my surgery took place at the time it was scheduled for, not 2 hours after. I was under for about 5 hours. Had zero pain before and zero pain after, and any other pain was managed with drugs. I was off drugs and driving 5 days after surgery. I was walking around the mall on Black Friday 3 days after surgery. I took a total of 3 weeks off and that was mostly because I was exhausted from the 5 hours of anesthesia. I guess the rule is that for every hour under you need a week to recover your strength. I was under for 5 hours and should have taken 5 weeks off but I was back to work in 3 (tired but in no pain). Dr. Bateman did an amazing job! Again let me emphasize how easy it is to find, buy, and wear a bralette (underwires were a must before) and a non halter bikini :)