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Age 70, 5’9”, 165lbs, 800cc, don't give up! 35 years to get it right
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Don't Give Up
Honest72134October 29, 2022
WORTH IT
Getting it right the 5th time. Lessons learned.
BA #1 1996. From AA to almost B. 300cc silicone.Living in a large city with many choices of plastic surgeons. Did you know that teaching hospitals will perform BA’s at a reduced rate? That a plastic surgery specialty is one of the longest and most intense practice?
My surgery was perfect and symmetrical.
BA #2 2008. 20 years later. Weight gain. This time I picked out the size I wanted. 500cc. Ivy League doctor. I wake up and start to cry. He inserted 375’s. I am a big girl. The girls look smaller than BA#1. The doctor thought the smaller implants looked more proportioned. HIS version of an esthetic, not mine. I made him do a Mulligan, but I had to wait 2 months.
I now have 500’s. BA# 3. I am still unhappy.
BA#4 2015. I now live in Florida. I am 65 years old. New husband. Many plastic surgeons to choose from. Once again we look at size options. We decide on 625. The price is ridiculous $15k, but we move forward. Once again, a decent job. Proportioned. But the incremental difference is unnoticable. The outcome is disappointing. My doctor says nothing.
BA#5 2020. I now live in Tennessee. Good surgeons hard to find. Add Covid to the mix. Lots of demand. Very little supply.
Long waits for appts. I travel a great distance to Memphis. I am now 70 yo. Too old for yet another BA? I am told I need an internal bra. And webbing. Estimated cost is over $22,000. Office is rude and disinterested. Doctors are qualified but eccentric.
This is where RealSelf was instrumental in setting up appointments. And yes, there is a God. I find Dr.Chase. Located at the opposite end of Tennessee.s Office staff is great. Dr.Chase actually listens. Cute office. On site surgery center. We talk size. The largest silicon in the preferred brand is 800cc. I want them. At 5’9”and 165lbs, they are not too large. Dr. Chase did a fabulous job. A combination of under & over muscle.He worked within my time schedule. He gave me what I wanted. The girls are perfect. He listened. !!!
It took over 35 years to get it right. Do not give up. Do not give in.
Sorry this review is so late.
BA #1 1996. From AA to almost B. 300cc silicone.Living in a large city with many choices of plastic surgeons. Did you know that teaching hospitals will perform BA’s at a reduced rate? That a plastic surgery specialty is one of the longest and most intense practice?
My surgery was perfect and symmetrical.
BA #2 2008. 20 years later. Weight gain. This time I picked out the size I wanted. 500cc. Ivy League doctor. I wake up and start to cry. He inserted 375’s. I am a big girl. The girls look smaller than BA#1. The doctor thought the smaller implants looked more proportioned. HIS version of an esthetic, not mine. I made him do a Mulligan, but I had to wait 2 months.
I now have 500’s. BA# 3. I am still unhappy.
BA#4 2015. I now live in Florida. I am 65 years old. New husband. Many plastic surgeons to choose from. Once again we look at size options. We decide on 625. The price is ridiculous $15k, but we move forward. Once again, a decent job. Proportioned. But the incremental difference is unnoticable. The outcome is disappointing. My doctor says nothing.
BA#5 2020. I now live in Tennessee. Good surgeons hard to find. Add Covid to the mix. Lots of demand. Very little supply.
Long waits for appts. I travel a great distance to Memphis. I am now 70 yo. Too old for yet another BA? I am told I need an internal bra. And webbing. Estimated cost is over $22,000. Office is rude and disinterested. Doctors are qualified but eccentric.
This is where RealSelf was instrumental in setting up appointments. And yes, there is a God. I find Dr.Chase. Located at the opposite end of Tennessee.s Office staff is great. Dr.Chase actually listens. Cute office. On site surgery center. We talk size. The largest silicon in the preferred brand is 800cc. I want them. At 5’9”and 165lbs, they are not too large. Dr. Chase did a fabulous job. A combination of under & over muscle.He worked within my time schedule. He gave me what I wanted. The girls are perfect. He listened. !!!
It took over 35 years to get it right. Do not give up. Do not give in.
Sorry this review is so late.
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Replies (2)
January 7, 2023
I loved reading every word of your review. I just turned 35 and I have wanted a BA all my life. When my boobs started coming in, that is where it ended. It was like I started to get some and then just did not. I am racking my brain and working hard and saving money to try and get a BA. I live in Tennessee too and it has been a hard road. I hear too many horror stories to go to Florida. It has been so difficult trying to get this paid for. I have two children, buying a home, running my own business. It is very hard to make the BA priority. I just want to know what it is like to have confidence in my body. I am built so disproportionately. I have the big butt and hips and thighs, no boobs at all. I am bigger framed so I just look so odd. I really appreciated your review and what you said. I wish I could just GO DO IT lol
Thanks so much for sharing your experiences with the community!