Second fat transfer to breasts with liposuction from thighs and lower abomen

Hi all,

I tried on a regular bra for the first time yesterday and I am…..still an A cup. A full A cup - whereas before the fat transfers I couldn’t even fill an A cup. I was gunning for a B cup, but those are just sizes, a the end of the day. My breasts are no longer deflated and I even have some cleavage, which are both really positive!

I’m still compressing as much as possible, which some days is still 24/7. I workout in medical grade compression tights also. It’s the cold of winter here, so I don’t mind as much. I’m still watching my sodium. When I have salty foods I notice the intense swelling, particularly in my lower abdomen and thighs. It’s only close to 4 months post op, and I know that my results will continue to improve over the next 8 months and that the swelling will eventually resolve completely. My thighs are uneven both compared to one another and uneven results in each individual thigh, which I knew was a good possibility going into this. It’s nothing I can’t live with, but it’s a bummer. My thighs are ultimately not as thin as I hoped for and I don’t look any better in shorts or skirts than pre lipo. My biggest motivator in all of this surgery was thinner thighs. The fat transfer to breasts was a nice bonus. My lower abdomen turned out perfect and I couldn’t be happier with my results there, and I’m excited to experience it swelling-free one day! My flanks made a big difference too! I’m still in awe, and flank lipo was over a year ago!!! I don’t hate my thighs. I just did hope for thinner than they’ve turned out so far. I’m still hopeful that I’ll continue to see change over this coming year. If not, I can live with my body as it is now.

Hi all. I am 2 months post-op and so tired of compression gear. I have chosen to continue to compress 24/7 (despite being permitted to go to 12 hours of daily compression at the 6 week mark) because my thighs are still so swollen. They look bigger to me than pre-liposuction. It's discouraging and a bummer and I can't see how my swelling will be 80% resolved by the 3 month mark. I am trying to stay positive and keep the "faith" and reminding myself that complete results may not be visible for 12 months. My flanks and abdomen were so noticeable right away that it's hard not to worry about my thighs. Although, the legs are a different animal - they retain a lot more swelling, in my experience. The backs of my knees hurt from the constant chaffing of the compression gear when I bend my legs (which is basically all the time) and I took scissors to one pair of compression gear in frustration last week, cutting it just above the curve of my rear knees, but ruined the compression gear (which is an expensive lesson to learn.) Once I cut it (it was a just below the knee length compression suit) to just above the knee crease it lost it's compression. So, now I only have ankle length suits left (which actually have half feet in them, so they are technically longer than the ankle). I'm using scar tape 24/7. Some of my scars aren't resolving as fast as my hip scars from my first round of surgery. The scars that look like they have the most way to go are the ones just south of my hip bones, in my pelvic creases. The Dr. does beautiful work and I am confident my scars won't be that visible in time. You can barely see my flank lipo scars and my underboob ones were virtually invisible after a time after my first fat transfer. I am anxious and eager to see my thigh results and feeling quite in my feelings about not having a thigh gap (...yet?) It takes a lot of patience and faith to keep plodding along in the post op care (24/7 compression, 24/7 scar tape, zero breast compression, ab board, dry brushing, and massage). I get really itchy sometimes under my compression gear, and that gets old real quick too. I have been feeling a bit down as the season changes and I am constantly in this compression gear and can't go out in regular clothing and have to go through annoyances and obstacles to use the washroom (snaps, hooks, pulling down compression leggings, not peeing on faja gusset opening, etc). Also, to wash the ab board (which is not machine washable and I wouldn't trust soaking it) I spray it with laundry stain remover and scrub it with a cloth or wet wipe and then blow dry it. I only do this once a month to keep it fresh, because it is never against my bare skin - it's always between my bodysuit and faja - but it can start to smell unfresh, as you would expect. This is all part of it - part of the process, part of the recovery. I just wanted to be open about that on here. I'm also eating an anti-inflammatory diet and watching my salt intake and the rigidity with which I'm doing that is getting old. I already watch my sodium and try to eat anti-inflammatory in everyday life, but I'm quite strict about it during post-op and that is another chore and another thing to consider and another area of annoyance. I apologize for the negativity right now. I know it's a great privilege to get to have plastic surgery. My intention is to snapshot various realities of the recovery process. It's definitely not sunshine and roses. <3

Everything is going well and healing nicely. The surgeon said 80% of swelling is resolved at 3 months post op, so I’m looking forward to seeing my thighs continue to slim down over the next six weeks. I still have swelling in the lipo areas, understandably. I’m sad my breast will continue to shrink until the 3 month mark too. I’ll post a picture from over a year ago, pre any surgery, compared to yesterday’s photos which are 6 weeks post two fat transfers to my breasts. My surgeries were 11 months apart. You’ll see that my results are quite subtle. I don’t seem to have the same retention that a lot of other posters on here have and I have wondered if I should have gotten implants after all. But, I think I’ll appreciate my breasts more once I can wear push up bras and clothing that boosts them and accentuates them. Right now I’m mainly completely bra free (surgical bra, of course. I can’t wear a regular bra for another 6 weeks. Zero compression on my breasts for 3 months, but he opposite for my lipo sites - compression for 3 months). I’m back to working out and feel great and continue to stretch daily to break up the scar tissue in my lipo’d sites. It hurts to stretch out the scar tissue but it’s instrumental to great results and full mobility after surgery. I do think my breasts are noticeably improved and I’m grateful for what I now have.