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Dr. Minniti Consultation
I had my consultation yesterday wth Dr. Minniti. It was amazing! I was so impressed at how much knowledge he had about his line of work, which I feel is important because it shows a great understanding of past and current events and means he is prepared to answer the questions we have. His specific risk of CC is 2% and he does 150-200 augmentations a year. That is roughly 2-4 women who maybe will encounter it, but his efficiency and ethical practices really should hinder cross contamination. He never uses his fifer for tissue dissection, and never once touches the implant, thereby lowering the risk of bacteria, which is a main cause of CC. He sad there will be little to no bruising, and not much swelling if the procedure is done well. That is because there should be 0 (ZERO) blood while performing it, which greatly reduces all that excess worry. That is amazing!
And answer questions he did! I must have had about 20 of them. I mean, we sat down for a good while discussing everything, and never once did he seem overwhelmed or bothered; in fact, we even had a couple laughs.
It was funny actually, because I told him I found him through real self and explained who I was and he said, "oh yeah, I know you! I can see your breasts already." Lol. That was one of our laughs. Anyways- it was cool that he already had a sense of who I was.
Another cool part of his practice is that he explained WHY he wants his patients doing arm exercises immediately following surgery. He compared it to a Charlie horse. When you have a muscle spasm, like a Charlie horse, the only way to relieve that pain is to stretch the muscle. The reason women feel pain after surgery is because of the muscle spasms (and the blood that some doctors allow) to happen. So when you lift your arms over your head to stretch the muscle, you are prohibiting muscle spasm and it becomes a sort fm"pain management."
While I was waiting in the waiting room, I got to chat with Jodi a bunch too. She is so sweet and personable. We totally hit it off and chatted all about kids and family and why she is in southern ca and where we're from and about Christmas and so on. It's always nice to connect to the entire office staff and become a sort of "family," especially to something so significant.
I appreciated that when Dr. Minniti did my physical assessment, he had Gail in the room with us. I find that extremely professional and puts the patient at ease since there is someone else to witness.
As far as breast goes- I don't need a lift! I am small but a bit droopy. And I was sure I would need my crease lowered significantly, but apparently not. He said only a very tiny lowering, nothing much at all (I was concerned with implant migration from tissues not holding the implant well).
He measured my breast width at 12.5 and from nipple to crease at 8cm. So if I went with a shaped implant (which he seems to prefer), it would be no longer than 11cm. He gave me the personal choice of smooth round or textured shaped, though the latter is $700 more expensive. I feel that the quality of the smooth round (though softer yet still highly cohesive) is going to be a great bet. He said about 95% of his patients go with that option. There is a chance of rippling with it, which is why he likes the shaped (more cohesive) one. I know the rippling is not going to be anything like saline, sink feel fine going faith the smooth round mentor silicone.
I would be going wth 275 Mod plus. I got to try it on in room, and totally forgot to take a picture of that. He then let me try on the 250 to see what it would probably look like following surgery. I told him I wanted super natural with no excessive fullness at the top. Since my breasts are slightly droopy, he would perform a Dual Plane ll which increases the internal lift and the placement of my nipples would be directly at the middle (preferable) place on my breasts! Yay!!
The thing I am currently struggling with now is whether I truly want to go through with this or not!! I got nerves going on! I think it is because my husband keeps telling me that he really doesn't feel that it is necessary for me to get this done. He really truly loves me as I am. I am so blessed! His is not necessarily for him- as much as it is to fix a breast shape, and yes promote better self esteem, but also to have a possibly better breast shape for a baby to nurse on-- which that reminds me; another question I asked Dr. Minniti was whether or not just breast shape alone could allow for better breastfeeding. He said, "oh yes." Lol. He said more than that too, I just can't remember it all! I told you I asked a million questions! ;-) anyways- it gives me hope.
I know this body is temporary. My husband is precious to remind me that one day we are going to be old together. And I am going to love him even if he is all saggy. That's true. Of course I will! That's the way he feels about me, saggy little boobies and all. He is so sweet. Lol!!
This decision lays in my heart. WHY does my heart desire this procedure so heavily, and is that right before the Lord? It is my joy to bring glory to God in all that I do. So does this bring glory to him? Where there was something entirely certain, now lies a sense of uncertainty. I just don't know at this point!
I've got some praying to do.
But if I do move forward- I absolutely know that I have found the right doctor.
????????
And answer questions he did! I must have had about 20 of them. I mean, we sat down for a good while discussing everything, and never once did he seem overwhelmed or bothered; in fact, we even had a couple laughs.
It was funny actually, because I told him I found him through real self and explained who I was and he said, "oh yeah, I know you! I can see your breasts already." Lol. That was one of our laughs. Anyways- it was cool that he already had a sense of who I was.
Another cool part of his practice is that he explained WHY he wants his patients doing arm exercises immediately following surgery. He compared it to a Charlie horse. When you have a muscle spasm, like a Charlie horse, the only way to relieve that pain is to stretch the muscle. The reason women feel pain after surgery is because of the muscle spasms (and the blood that some doctors allow) to happen. So when you lift your arms over your head to stretch the muscle, you are prohibiting muscle spasm and it becomes a sort fm"pain management."
While I was waiting in the waiting room, I got to chat with Jodi a bunch too. She is so sweet and personable. We totally hit it off and chatted all about kids and family and why she is in southern ca and where we're from and about Christmas and so on. It's always nice to connect to the entire office staff and become a sort of "family," especially to something so significant.
I appreciated that when Dr. Minniti did my physical assessment, he had Gail in the room with us. I find that extremely professional and puts the patient at ease since there is someone else to witness.
As far as breast goes- I don't need a lift! I am small but a bit droopy. And I was sure I would need my crease lowered significantly, but apparently not. He said only a very tiny lowering, nothing much at all (I was concerned with implant migration from tissues not holding the implant well).
He measured my breast width at 12.5 and from nipple to crease at 8cm. So if I went with a shaped implant (which he seems to prefer), it would be no longer than 11cm. He gave me the personal choice of smooth round or textured shaped, though the latter is $700 more expensive. I feel that the quality of the smooth round (though softer yet still highly cohesive) is going to be a great bet. He said about 95% of his patients go with that option. There is a chance of rippling with it, which is why he likes the shaped (more cohesive) one. I know the rippling is not going to be anything like saline, sink feel fine going faith the smooth round mentor silicone.
I would be going wth 275 Mod plus. I got to try it on in room, and totally forgot to take a picture of that. He then let me try on the 250 to see what it would probably look like following surgery. I told him I wanted super natural with no excessive fullness at the top. Since my breasts are slightly droopy, he would perform a Dual Plane ll which increases the internal lift and the placement of my nipples would be directly at the middle (preferable) place on my breasts! Yay!!
The thing I am currently struggling with now is whether I truly want to go through with this or not!! I got nerves going on! I think it is because my husband keeps telling me that he really doesn't feel that it is necessary for me to get this done. He really truly loves me as I am. I am so blessed! His is not necessarily for him- as much as it is to fix a breast shape, and yes promote better self esteem, but also to have a possibly better breast shape for a baby to nurse on-- which that reminds me; another question I asked Dr. Minniti was whether or not just breast shape alone could allow for better breastfeeding. He said, "oh yes." Lol. He said more than that too, I just can't remember it all! I told you I asked a million questions! ;-) anyways- it gives me hope.
I know this body is temporary. My husband is precious to remind me that one day we are going to be old together. And I am going to love him even if he is all saggy. That's true. Of course I will! That's the way he feels about me, saggy little boobies and all. He is so sweet. Lol!!
This decision lays in my heart. WHY does my heart desire this procedure so heavily, and is that right before the Lord? It is my joy to bring glory to God in all that I do. So does this bring glory to him? Where there was something entirely certain, now lies a sense of uncertainty. I just don't know at this point!
I've got some praying to do.
But if I do move forward- I absolutely know that I have found the right doctor.
????????
Wish
These are perfect! Want this size!
Sizers at home
The first PS ha a really good idea about sizers at home. Instead of rice, you fill a small Baggie with the corresponding "ml's" to "cc's" you are hoping for, and tie off Baggie (pressing all air out) about an inch above water so there's room for it to move around. It gives a more accurate post op size because the water surrounds your breast better than the rice does.
Here's an example of my
Before and after with 275 ml's (cc equivalent) of water in a sports bra and shirt.
As you can see from the beginning photo, I am small and have a lot of cheat bone projection, which I am hoping to soften.
Here's an example of my
Before and after with 275 ml's (cc equivalent) of water in a sports bra and shirt.
As you can see from the beginning photo, I am small and have a lot of cheat bone projection, which I am hoping to soften.