480cc Ultra High Profile Silicone Implants Under the Muscle by Mentor

7 days post op, they haven’t dropped yet of course but every day as they get less and less swollen, I’m becoming more happy with them! Here’s my stats: 480 cc ultra high profile implants under the muscle.

Will post before and after photos.

I’m 31, 5’6, 125 lbs, before bra size was a deflated C32 or B34.

My waist is 26 inches, hips 36.5.

My bust measurements before implants was 28.5 under bust, and 31.5 at widest part.

My current bust measurements with implants are 28.5 inches under bust, and 34 inches at widest.

I was a 32D a year ago, lost 25 lbs, and lost my volume which is why I wanted this done so I could get back my D cup and fill in the skin (my PS said I didn’t need a lift yet).

I tried on my old 32D bra today and it seemed to fit good - though it was hard to tell if that’ll be my size once they drop since they’re so high up right now (can’t believe it takes 6 months to a year to drop fully).

I now work as a personal trainer but won’t be doing too much chest presses anymore since I care more about aesthetics and lower complications than I do about my chest presses since I hear working out chest too much can cause issues in the future. And my PS advised that aesthetically, my chest presses were causing my pec muscle to look like what he called a double boob near my armpit, which I’m glad he pointed that out since I do care about appearance too.

As for pain:

My first 24 hours post op was easy breasy - I thought I got lucky - did a slow dog walk even, then after 24 hours is when the huge pressure feeling on my chest began. I’ll be honest it was a rough 5 days but today it’s so much better, the swelling finally is going down. And the pressure is almost completely gone too. I wonder if it was so painful because my pec muscle was strong from working out and it was pissed to be messed with ?????? and I’m an asthmatic - so thankful for my inhaler this week . Today at work was so good! No pain almost ! It’s as if the last 6 days of pain was just all a bad dream . But still can’t raise my arms too high without pain but it’s only day 7 so incisions haven’t healed much yet it feels like.

About my plastic surgeon and implant cc and profile choice process:

So a month ago, I called Liz at Dr Toohey’s office in Newport Beach, CA (i used to work for Dr Toohey at the front desk as a receptionist for 1 year in 2020 so I trusted him fully since I prepared the charts and saw such happy patients day after day).

During my consultation with Dr Toohey, I told him I want to be a D or DD cup. He said due to my small frame and to avoid the unsightly uniboob, and to give me back upper pole cleavage so I don’t have to wear a bra in public if I don’t want to in the future (so excited for that once they drop lol), and to still be able to workout but look classy at work, he recommended I go above 400 cc and ultra high profile would be best since they’re more narrow vs the other profiles that would be too wide on my frame and breast width. He left it up to me to decide how many cc’s based on trying on the samples in the office. So I put the 430 UHP cc’s in my tight sports bra and said this is good, and he said if you like those, then go with 455 UHP since it’ll always look smaller once in the body.

Then the day before surgery, I got my hair done by a new stylist who had my same small frame and she said she has 460 HP and said she wished she went bigger. So that inspired me xD

The next day before the surgery, I asked him if 480 UHP would fit, he brought out a measuring device, measured me and said yes! They’ll fit! I was happy with this choice since he also has a YouTube video called “my breast augmentation journey with Dr toohey the full experience” where it shows a girl who got 480 UHP and I thought they looked a good size despite she had less natural tissue to begin with compared to me. Btw - that YouTube video has Dr toohey explaining why he no longer advises to massage the breasts (new research has come out about it). So it’s been surprising to see so many plastic surgeons still advising to massage.

Btw - Trying on samples TOTALLY didn’t look like the final result. The 430 cc UHP in my tight sports bra’s projection looked WAY further out than my 480s under the muscles in my body. So glad I went 50 cc’s more than the original one I liked.

Before I made my 480 UHP decision, I thought about moderate plus since I was a bit nervous about too much upper pole cleavage looking not natural but Liz (his patient coordinator who I use to work with who’s amazing) said i especially needed that upper pole cleavage that UHP’s give and explained about a patient who insisted on moderates and was was so unhappy after/felt like they looked like flat pancakes and ended up paying to get them switched for ultra high profiles so heating that convinced me to stick with the ultra highs and trust the process ????.

Dr Toohey said he’s been using ultra highs since 2012 and never had any issues and he advised me why test something new when this implant has decades of positive results. I thought true true

Actually I even considered the new “boost” by mentor cuz at first that was my main wish is having back the upper cleavage, but Liz said a patient who got them felt they looked like round softballs so in the end, I’m happy I went with the UHP.

Here’s the side view of the post op 1 day, 7 day, and before pic. I couldn’t believe how tight and swollen they were for the entire day 1 until day 6. Day 7 they finally started to loosen a bit and not look so like snoopy xD

Dr toohey said to keep my heart rate below 90 for the first couple weeks and now I know why. Oops. Will be avoiding too much activity now. This is such a slow process for recovery but I knew that going isn’t this. Waiting for the implants to drop is like watching paint dry so I totally stopped obsessing over that lol. Gonna just wait till my 1 month for more pics most likely