Silicone Breast Implant Review

After relying on this site for my breast augmentation decision I wanted to share my experience to try to help others!
Overall I’m happy with my decision. Im about 8 weeks post op from under the muscle silicone implants, 255cc in one breast and 275cc in the other. I love the way they look but do hope they soften a bit more over the next few months.
Week 1: The first week was pretty tough for me. I expected an easy recovery based on some other reviews, but was certainly not a breeze for me! The first few days were incredibly painful and uncomfortable. It hurt to hoist myself out of bed, I had to wriggle out without using my arms like a worm lol. I couldn’t wash my hair properly because I couldn’t lift and hold my arms above my head. My throat was sore from the tube for anesthesia, and I highly recommend getting some throat lozenges to have ahead of surgery. Also would open your pill bottles ahead of time. I didn’t and when I had to take my prescriptions I felt like I was ripping my chest open to open the bottle. I’m glad I took a full week off work, I almost didn’t since I’m working from home, but glad I gave myself plenty of time to relax to recoup.
Week 2: the pain was mostly gone unless I was using my chest muscles at all. But, I was still in a lot of discomfort and chest tightness that made it hard to even take a deep breath. I was able to stop wearing the surgical bra which was good since it was starting to irritate my skin. I went back to work week 2, and although I was tired, there was no real problem resuming work (at a desk job working from home)
Week 3: the pain and discomfort subsided a little more everyday. But the implants still felt pretty uncomfortable, they were hard and painful and ugly looking. The recovery definitely requires a lot of patience which is tough for me.
Week 4: started to feel more like myself and less burdened by surgery. The implants were still uncomfortable to the touch but definitely getting better
Week 5: I started to really notice a change in feel and appearance around week 5. I started working out a little doing light cardio workouts. I started to feel comfortable sleeping on my side again and thank god because I never slept comfortably on my back.
Week 6: had my next post op and was told everything is healing great and I had no more restrictions. I started exercising more but am still wary to go full steam. I can’t imagine trying to do something like a plank or a push up even today, my chest is still sore from little movements and I’d be so afraid of messing something up
Week 7: implants are softening little by little each day. I finally started to feel like my implants were an after thought rather than a constant concern to think about all day everyday.
Week 8: I go back and forth on how they feel. Some days I think they feel so soft and am happy I work from home so I can feel myself up at my desk lol.
Other days I’m worried they’re still too hard and dense but it’s early enough they should still continue to soften and drop. The shape is mostly good, I sometimes nitpick and see some unevenness, but this is to be expected since I had asymmetry pre-surgery
Overall, I’m happy with my decision and would do it again. Im excited to see them continue to get better over time. There are some days I wish I went bigger but I think I might’ve regretted it if I did since I wanted something subtle, and so far I don’t think anyones noticed since I always used to wear padded push-up bras, and that’s exactly what I wanted! I was so afraid of going too big and initially chose 190cc. My surgeon told me the biggest regret people usually have is going to small, so I decided to go up a little and am so glad with the size I ultimately chose. I think they feel smaller irl than they look in photos, so keep that in mind when choosing a size.