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Christopher V. Pelletiere, MD
Board Certified Plastic Surgeon
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It's been awhile.

Not much to report since my last update. The slow and steady right boob is still on its downward descent. I've noticed that my nipples are different sizes.. So that's fun. Never noticed that before. I can sleep on my stomach without issue, which I'm so thankful for! I'm a stomach sleeper.
I don't have to massage them to feel comfortable anymore, so I have to remind myself to do it. Once in awhile they feel a little tight, but not every day.
I do feel that weird skip thing with my muscle in my left pec when I use that muscle. It almost feels like the implant slips over. It doesn't hurt, it's just a little weird. I have my next appointment in 2 weeks.
Still love them!! So proud of my girls! I admire them every time I walk by a mirror.. lol

Almost 5 weeks

So the journey continues. That is the journey of my implants into their final location. The left one is still winning the race. The right one is taking the slow and steady approach. I massage them several times a day. They start to feel a little hard and uncomfortable, and then I massage them and they feel better. I don't know if I was massaging to hard or if it was just the implants making room for themselves, but the undersides and lower inside parts, the tissue was sore, almost felt bruised as I massaged. That seems to be getting a little better now. It's been interesting feeling the changes over time. They are getting softer. I am feeling the implants lower on the undersides, and I can move them a little more when I'm massaging. Sometimes, the left feels so low that I think it's going to push right out and sit on my ribcage between my boob and belly button!
I hope that's a normal feeling. I never lost any sensitivity in my nipples or anything. The scars are pretty much healed. I see Dr Pelletiere this coming Tuesday for my 5 week. I'll ask about that pressure on the bottoms, the slight bruised feeling I get sometimes, if the size will change much more, and if I can start using scar tape now.
I had bought 2 bralettes a few weeks ago, and that worked fine. Nothing pretty or anything. But as the girls are dropping, I'm feeling like the bralettes were not providing much support. I don't want to go spend a bunch of money on nice bras yet, until they are done drop and fluffing, so I went to target and bought a cheaper bra that will give support, looks like a bra, and I can wear it under shirts workout it showing. It is also wireless. 36DD!! I'm thinking this is going up be my final size. Will they get bigger or smaller or stay this size once the drop and fluff process is complete? I wanted a D, but I gotta say.. I'm very happy! Went out for dinner last night, and wore a shirt that kind of accentuated the girls. At first I was a little uncomfortable about it. But when I went to the bathroom and looked in the mirror! .. I felt so proud and confident and like a woman!! It's hard to explain. I tried explaining it up my husband. I felt like a woman before, but now ... I feel like a WOMAN!

3 weeks

I now know what 'morning boob ' means. A few days ago, I woke up and had scooted down off my pillows during the night, so I slept flat on my back. My breasts felt rock hard and when I sat up I had a hard pain under my left breast, near the incision. I tried rubbing them to soften and move them around a little. It did get better, but I was worried about the hardness under near my incision. And after doing the massaging, my incision was sore now too. I thought maybe the implant was dropping down farther than it should.. that's what it felt like. I could almost feel it on my ribs. I was freaking out a little. I did a bunch of research and because this site is so awesome, I was able to find someone else that experienced this and there was a Q and A with a bunch of Drs saying it was normal, and just the incisions healing inside. The same thing happened the next morning. Since then, I have been making sure that I sleep elevated a little and that seems to help reduce the morning boob feeling.
I made the mistake of walking our 100 lb dog the other day too. This was before that first morning boob event, so I thought it may be related.. but of course he saw someone walking there dog and he doesn't listen and pulls towards them. We turned around and went home after that. But I'm left handed, so I think I may just be over doing it a little on that side. I've seemed to have more issues on the left. Between the incisions hurting, that burning sensation whenever I bent over for the first week, and now the under boob hardness.
The right one is slowly making progress on it's slow migration. I don't feel like I have such a huge lump so high up on top. It looks like it's starting to drop because I am getting the roundness on the outer edge too.
Massaging morning, my afternoon shower, and then again before bed.
I can't wait to be able to wear a nicer bra. I bought these bralettes, they seemed to have good support, but now as they are dropping more, I don't feel like the bras are providing that much support. I bought scar tape, but am not sure when to start using it. It's been 3 weeks, the incisions are closed, but the left one still hurts a little. I'm not sure if I should wait or if the tape would help it or make it worse.. any suggestions?

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