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Hey ladies, I had my first BA in 2006 when I was...
Hey ladies,
I had my first BA in 2006 when I was 19 yrs old. I had been a 34B and had 285-300cc's put in which made me a 38C although hell I may have been wearing the wrong size. Anyway, they were a lot bigger and I've loved having them. However, the right side seemed to lose a lot of volume, possibly even rupturing, though now that I've gained a good 25lbs since then, I have enough breast tissue that it was not totally obvious. Now I've got a chance to get them revised. I'm honestly scared because I really like them now. But I'm told that most women who get revisions want a bigger size and that a common increase is of 150cc's. So I'm considering Sientra's "gummies" in 470cc's. I saw them in the office with Dr. Darrow (who wins my investment after 3 consultations with various doctors in the same building). He suggested up to 550cc's High Profile which means that they would stand upright instead of going flat when I lie down. I like the thought of that. However, he also noted that most women who go above 400cc's are back for revisions within a few years. That surprised me. I mean, when I got 300cc's, they were still small-----because I had worn padded bra's so long, my close friends didn't even notice unless I had told them. I got compliments on them for the first time, but only a couple girls asked me if they were real in a whole ten years. Although I've enjoyed them, and measured myself to be the same width of bust and hips (which is good, i think!) I hope that the Sientra's projection will be an improvement. They are more narrow with more projection, so the CC's behave differently.... which makes me nervous a bit. A friend's mom has pin-cone big breasts and I don't think that's a great look. On the plus side, the reports are that the feel of them will be more natural with Sientra's-- I never liked the water balloon feeling of the salines.
He is also doing a rhinoplasty revision, which I had some small annoyances from the first time I had it done in 2006. I honestly believe my surgeon allowed inexperienced students to work on my nose, as the surgeon works in a hospital that allows for that. His name is Julian Prebaz. Although my boobs came out great, I would not let him near your nose if I were you. I ended up with a notch in my nostril, a dent down the middle, and the entire thing angled in a way that only highlights the fact that I have a misaligned jaw and crooked chin. He basically made me into a Picasso picture, and if he hadn't given me perfect boobs to distract everyone with, I really would have been furious. I went back to him at one point and he and his assistant tried to convince me my nose had been improved significantly (I honestly only needed a nose job so I could breathe, and would have been better off not to agree to cosmetic alteration- I was very passive about all this!) I really hope that Dr. Darrow can correct what he messed up and that I don't end up looking too much like a butchered Barbie, but definitely a head-turning mamacita. I think that the result of these procedures will help me decide if I should go ahead with the BBL. I honestly think the BBL will make a big change in what I'm going for.
I plan on getting a Brazilian butt lift sometime in the future from Dr. Yily, so I also think about how my future body will look.... keeping the extra fat on my breasts and moving the other bits down to my ass.... I *think* this will make me superbly curvaceous which is what I'm going for. I wouldn't get my breasts done by her because she uses the stitch up the middle of the breasts, from what I've seen in other pics, and I can't fathom having such an obvious scar. I am hoping she will do a BBL and that my stomach won't have a ton of extra, sagging skin afterward. If it does, and there's sufficient fat left, I would plan to correct it through SmartLipo at Sono Bello because that procedure has a laser light component that works to tighten the skin as well as permanently liquify & remove the fat.
Incase anyone is sitting there thinking, how many things is this girl gonna do? Just know that I love my body, and I love it a lot more because of things I chose to get improved or altered to my liking. I'm healthy enough, I've got the money, and I've got the nerve, as Dolly Parton puts it. I don't care to look natural- I want to look SUPERNATURAL!
*note* watch out for scrubs! scientific studies prove that hungry and poor men with poor work ethic are mORE attracted to big-breasted women than wealthy, well fed men! 60% of all men are also more attracted to the butt than the breasts.
I had my first BA in 2006 when I was 19 yrs old. I had been a 34B and had 285-300cc's put in which made me a 38C although hell I may have been wearing the wrong size. Anyway, they were a lot bigger and I've loved having them. However, the right side seemed to lose a lot of volume, possibly even rupturing, though now that I've gained a good 25lbs since then, I have enough breast tissue that it was not totally obvious. Now I've got a chance to get them revised. I'm honestly scared because I really like them now. But I'm told that most women who get revisions want a bigger size and that a common increase is of 150cc's. So I'm considering Sientra's "gummies" in 470cc's. I saw them in the office with Dr. Darrow (who wins my investment after 3 consultations with various doctors in the same building). He suggested up to 550cc's High Profile which means that they would stand upright instead of going flat when I lie down. I like the thought of that. However, he also noted that most women who go above 400cc's are back for revisions within a few years. That surprised me. I mean, when I got 300cc's, they were still small-----because I had worn padded bra's so long, my close friends didn't even notice unless I had told them. I got compliments on them for the first time, but only a couple girls asked me if they were real in a whole ten years. Although I've enjoyed them, and measured myself to be the same width of bust and hips (which is good, i think!) I hope that the Sientra's projection will be an improvement. They are more narrow with more projection, so the CC's behave differently.... which makes me nervous a bit. A friend's mom has pin-cone big breasts and I don't think that's a great look. On the plus side, the reports are that the feel of them will be more natural with Sientra's-- I never liked the water balloon feeling of the salines.
He is also doing a rhinoplasty revision, which I had some small annoyances from the first time I had it done in 2006. I honestly believe my surgeon allowed inexperienced students to work on my nose, as the surgeon works in a hospital that allows for that. His name is Julian Prebaz. Although my boobs came out great, I would not let him near your nose if I were you. I ended up with a notch in my nostril, a dent down the middle, and the entire thing angled in a way that only highlights the fact that I have a misaligned jaw and crooked chin. He basically made me into a Picasso picture, and if he hadn't given me perfect boobs to distract everyone with, I really would have been furious. I went back to him at one point and he and his assistant tried to convince me my nose had been improved significantly (I honestly only needed a nose job so I could breathe, and would have been better off not to agree to cosmetic alteration- I was very passive about all this!) I really hope that Dr. Darrow can correct what he messed up and that I don't end up looking too much like a butchered Barbie, but definitely a head-turning mamacita. I think that the result of these procedures will help me decide if I should go ahead with the BBL. I honestly think the BBL will make a big change in what I'm going for.
I plan on getting a Brazilian butt lift sometime in the future from Dr. Yily, so I also think about how my future body will look.... keeping the extra fat on my breasts and moving the other bits down to my ass.... I *think* this will make me superbly curvaceous which is what I'm going for. I wouldn't get my breasts done by her because she uses the stitch up the middle of the breasts, from what I've seen in other pics, and I can't fathom having such an obvious scar. I am hoping she will do a BBL and that my stomach won't have a ton of extra, sagging skin afterward. If it does, and there's sufficient fat left, I would plan to correct it through SmartLipo at Sono Bello because that procedure has a laser light component that works to tighten the skin as well as permanently liquify & remove the fat.
Incase anyone is sitting there thinking, how many things is this girl gonna do? Just know that I love my body, and I love it a lot more because of things I chose to get improved or altered to my liking. I'm healthy enough, I've got the money, and I've got the nerve, as Dolly Parton puts it. I don't care to look natural- I want to look SUPERNATURAL!
*note* watch out for scrubs! scientific studies prove that hungry and poor men with poor work ethic are mORE attracted to big-breasted women than wealthy, well fed men! 60% of all men are also more attracted to the butt than the breasts.
BA with Dr. Darrow Sientra 565 HP's
I'm happy to have this site as a resource. When I was 19, ten years ago, and had my first BA & rhinoplasty, I wish I had anything like this-- I knew No One who had gone under the knife, no one to ask questions to besides my surgeon, and what with my mother leading the whole show, she didn't even let me know that she had breast implants too (I guess before I was born or maybe soon afterward). Anyway, I appreciate you all for posting your experiences and helping eachother to feel support and vital information when making these life-altering decisions.
I am scheduled for my revisions of BA & rhino on January 7th at 8am. After reading so many girls' concerns that they wish they had gone bigger, I decided, if I'm going under again, I may as well come out with something more than I have. I mean, having big D's is great... but as I've gained weight (I'm now 145lbs and 5'4'') my boobs appear smaller than they once were on my slimmer frame. Instead of losing weight, however, I plan to get a BBL and relocate the fat to my derriere ;) For a fully curvaceous figure. Dr. Darrow said that I'd be fine to do the lipo without a tummy tuck because I've never had kids and my skin doesn't hang down although there's plenty of fat to work with. I play to have Yily do it in the D.R. at the end of February around my 29th birthday and I'm looking for a buddy to go with, if any of you are planning for the same time. I figure that will at least give March and some of April to wearing the faja full time, before summer comes, before it gets hot and the perfect time comes to flaunt the results.
Anyway back to the boobs. I am getting the largest size that I can from Sientra, the 565 cc's High Profile. I am nervous because a lot of other pics I've seen have these boobs and they look ridiculous at first, with clear ridges on the top as a dead-giveaway. However, it seems that within the first 6 months, they're dropping into a more natural position and appearance. Mine were nearly Posh Spice when I had the first op done with 285-300 cc's, which was a very conservative choice for me at the time when I didn't really care for boobs and was really insecure that people would know I had plastic surgery.... (I grew up much more on the activist/artist's side of life that values authenticity and felt like a hypocrite, but wanted my mother to stop harassing me for being too ugly for her). Now this decision is MY OWN and while she's still footing the bill because she felt bad "the first time went badly" in her eyes, now she's paying again with my own ideas. Obviously this woman is a body dysmorphic freak and that is also what gave me a lot of guilt about doing anything to improve my appearance, but now that I'm experienced with it, I know what's worth the risks and am not as emotional about the changes I desire as she is disgusted by what needs to be fixed. She says not to go over 400 cc's but sorry Ma It's my body and If I'm taking the risk to cut it up, you best believe it's going to be to my specifications over anyone else's! Granted, Dr. Darrow also told me the rate of complications increases alot after 400cc's, but when I was in his office putting 450cc implants in my bra OVER my current 300 cc's, I felt like it was the right size for me and even wondered if 700 would not be better. Also, I checked up on stat's of what size women get, and it seems that an equal number get 300's as do the 600's.
Some things I hope don't occur again as they did with my first surgery:
assymetry --- somehow when they chose a 15cc difference between my implants to correct natural assymetry, the breast that got the larger 300cc implant is now much smaller than the one with the 285cc implant. This concerns me because Sientra's sizes are a 50cc difference between sizes. There is no way to tell which one is really larger without taking the implants out, so we decided to get the same size for both, 565 cc's and the doctor tells me because I already have good breast volume that they should be covered sufficiently to not be obvious if there were a 15cc difference. My concern is that it is more than a 15cc difference. Right now my right boob with the larger implant is an entire cup size smaller than the left boob with the smaller implant. I can only imagine how I would have looked without these things, or if they actually caused the size change like that, or if the doctor made a mistake and put the bigger implant in the wrong boob. It's nothing anyone's ever noticed but I sure have.
nipple balance--- this was done very well in my first op despite the size difference. I really hope that it can be achieved again because I hate the pic's I see of wonky looking nipples, that may have suffered bottoming out.
Obvious splitting- I think it could be called Double Bubble. If I bent over naked, I could see where the implant ended behind my muscle and the breast tissue began. This was more noticeable when I was 125 lbs instead of 140. And this is why I plan to get the BBL which will leave the extra fat in my breast while whittling down the rest and plumping up my butt, which I hope then will balance out a top-heavy appearance as I EXPECT to have after surgery.
bottoming out- when the implant slides too far down the chest. Granted, most of the HP's I see start out WAY TOO HIGH but then within months look more natural. However, many of them I see has the volume all up top and the nipples are the very bottom. I hope to not have that, or if so, it goes down quickly (probably with straps). But then the implant can also slide down so much that the nipples are looking upward. I think I already have had some of that with my bigger implant, but I also read that the best balance for volume is 45% up top and 55% below the nipple. I do hope I don't look ridiculous like some of these square boobs up at lady's collarbones like I'm seeing. The doctor mentioned that Sientra's top part does not collapse at all so I'm assuming that means they'll be curved at the top more than others. One thing I can take comfort in is that Dr. Darrow has NO bad reviews I can find anywhere online, out of more than 60 all I see are 5 stars. I hope that by not taking his tip of staying under 400's, that I will still have great results.
Oh and although I would have loved to have Sientra's textured, he talked me out of that and since it's a revision I don't think I'd qualify for their 2 yr guarantee of replacement in case of rupture or whatever.
That's all I will offer at the moment. Honestly I wish I could do the BBL first, but when someone wants to throw down more than $15G's to have the best guy in Boston revise you, you take it!
I have a lot of prepping to do before next week! And oh yea, it's New Year's Eve! Happy New YEar!
PICS WILL BE IN THE NEXT POSTS.
I am scheduled for my revisions of BA & rhino on January 7th at 8am. After reading so many girls' concerns that they wish they had gone bigger, I decided, if I'm going under again, I may as well come out with something more than I have. I mean, having big D's is great... but as I've gained weight (I'm now 145lbs and 5'4'') my boobs appear smaller than they once were on my slimmer frame. Instead of losing weight, however, I plan to get a BBL and relocate the fat to my derriere ;) For a fully curvaceous figure. Dr. Darrow said that I'd be fine to do the lipo without a tummy tuck because I've never had kids and my skin doesn't hang down although there's plenty of fat to work with. I play to have Yily do it in the D.R. at the end of February around my 29th birthday and I'm looking for a buddy to go with, if any of you are planning for the same time. I figure that will at least give March and some of April to wearing the faja full time, before summer comes, before it gets hot and the perfect time comes to flaunt the results.
Anyway back to the boobs. I am getting the largest size that I can from Sientra, the 565 cc's High Profile. I am nervous because a lot of other pics I've seen have these boobs and they look ridiculous at first, with clear ridges on the top as a dead-giveaway. However, it seems that within the first 6 months, they're dropping into a more natural position and appearance. Mine were nearly Posh Spice when I had the first op done with 285-300 cc's, which was a very conservative choice for me at the time when I didn't really care for boobs and was really insecure that people would know I had plastic surgery.... (I grew up much more on the activist/artist's side of life that values authenticity and felt like a hypocrite, but wanted my mother to stop harassing me for being too ugly for her). Now this decision is MY OWN and while she's still footing the bill because she felt bad "the first time went badly" in her eyes, now she's paying again with my own ideas. Obviously this woman is a body dysmorphic freak and that is also what gave me a lot of guilt about doing anything to improve my appearance, but now that I'm experienced with it, I know what's worth the risks and am not as emotional about the changes I desire as she is disgusted by what needs to be fixed. She says not to go over 400 cc's but sorry Ma It's my body and If I'm taking the risk to cut it up, you best believe it's going to be to my specifications over anyone else's! Granted, Dr. Darrow also told me the rate of complications increases alot after 400cc's, but when I was in his office putting 450cc implants in my bra OVER my current 300 cc's, I felt like it was the right size for me and even wondered if 700 would not be better. Also, I checked up on stat's of what size women get, and it seems that an equal number get 300's as do the 600's.
Some things I hope don't occur again as they did with my first surgery:
assymetry --- somehow when they chose a 15cc difference between my implants to correct natural assymetry, the breast that got the larger 300cc implant is now much smaller than the one with the 285cc implant. This concerns me because Sientra's sizes are a 50cc difference between sizes. There is no way to tell which one is really larger without taking the implants out, so we decided to get the same size for both, 565 cc's and the doctor tells me because I already have good breast volume that they should be covered sufficiently to not be obvious if there were a 15cc difference. My concern is that it is more than a 15cc difference. Right now my right boob with the larger implant is an entire cup size smaller than the left boob with the smaller implant. I can only imagine how I would have looked without these things, or if they actually caused the size change like that, or if the doctor made a mistake and put the bigger implant in the wrong boob. It's nothing anyone's ever noticed but I sure have.
nipple balance--- this was done very well in my first op despite the size difference. I really hope that it can be achieved again because I hate the pic's I see of wonky looking nipples, that may have suffered bottoming out.
Obvious splitting- I think it could be called Double Bubble. If I bent over naked, I could see where the implant ended behind my muscle and the breast tissue began. This was more noticeable when I was 125 lbs instead of 140. And this is why I plan to get the BBL which will leave the extra fat in my breast while whittling down the rest and plumping up my butt, which I hope then will balance out a top-heavy appearance as I EXPECT to have after surgery.
bottoming out- when the implant slides too far down the chest. Granted, most of the HP's I see start out WAY TOO HIGH but then within months look more natural. However, many of them I see has the volume all up top and the nipples are the very bottom. I hope to not have that, or if so, it goes down quickly (probably with straps). But then the implant can also slide down so much that the nipples are looking upward. I think I already have had some of that with my bigger implant, but I also read that the best balance for volume is 45% up top and 55% below the nipple. I do hope I don't look ridiculous like some of these square boobs up at lady's collarbones like I'm seeing. The doctor mentioned that Sientra's top part does not collapse at all so I'm assuming that means they'll be curved at the top more than others. One thing I can take comfort in is that Dr. Darrow has NO bad reviews I can find anywhere online, out of more than 60 all I see are 5 stars. I hope that by not taking his tip of staying under 400's, that I will still have great results.
Oh and although I would have loved to have Sientra's textured, he talked me out of that and since it's a revision I don't think I'd qualify for their 2 yr guarantee of replacement in case of rupture or whatever.
That's all I will offer at the moment. Honestly I wish I could do the BBL first, but when someone wants to throw down more than $15G's to have the best guy in Boston revise you, you take it!
I have a lot of prepping to do before next week! And oh yea, it's New Year's Eve! Happy New YEar!
PICS WILL BE IN THE NEXT POSTS.
Delaying BA// 2 days pre-op rhino revision// Waiting for Yily confirmation for BBL!
I am delaying the BA so I can get a BBL and sleep on my stomach, which admittedly has never been comfortable with my salines but I figure it's got to be better than laying on a freshly done BA.
My mother tells me I am absolutely insane for wanting a BBL but I figure why get a BA and still have a poor figure from the boobs down? If I'm gonna be curvy, I want to be the complete package.
I found Vecchio and haven't gotten a quote back but he does BBL's in Boston. He doesn't have the same aesthetic as Yily does. I am totally concerned that Yily will let students work on me. I'm not sure if they'd tell me it's her if I'm going to be totally knocked out and they can do whatever at that point.
Ironically my brother came to visit today and first thing he said was that he was moving to the D.R. and going on a trip there next month- the same time I'm hoping to get this done! Well, he's a 31 year old baby so I would never rely on him to take care of me, but that would be nice wouldn't it. Maybe I can at least go spend a few days with him there, because all the surgeons agree you should wait at least a few days after flying to get lipo because flying causes blood clots that are dangerous for surgery.
My mother tells me I am absolutely insane for wanting a BBL but I figure why get a BA and still have a poor figure from the boobs down? If I'm gonna be curvy, I want to be the complete package.
I found Vecchio and haven't gotten a quote back but he does BBL's in Boston. He doesn't have the same aesthetic as Yily does. I am totally concerned that Yily will let students work on me. I'm not sure if they'd tell me it's her if I'm going to be totally knocked out and they can do whatever at that point.
Ironically my brother came to visit today and first thing he said was that he was moving to the D.R. and going on a trip there next month- the same time I'm hoping to get this done! Well, he's a 31 year old baby so I would never rely on him to take care of me, but that would be nice wouldn't it. Maybe I can at least go spend a few days with him there, because all the surgeons agree you should wait at least a few days after flying to get lipo because flying causes blood clots that are dangerous for surgery.
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Board Certified Plastic Surgeon
170 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, Massachusetts
Dr. Darrow took like 2 hours with me! I didn't feel rushed. He explained things clearly although it was all new to me. He gave me books to review. His assistant Helen was able to move my surgery up by 2 weeks so I could recover at a convenient time and look forward to getting a job sooner. They've been impeccable with communicating. I am nervous but I do have faith in the doctor, all his 5 star reviews here, and that I've chosen a focused doctor who will take time to get everything as perfect as it can be! He said he would give me open rhino and try to "match it all down to the millimeter." He also told me I was very pretty and he saw no reason to change. But respected that I want to do it anyway. I cross my fingers he can improve what I've got- because I will miss these perfect boobs and at least one side of my nose if not. I just want to think of the long term and Sientra gummies have a low complication rate, among other benefits.