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Wish pics that I gave the Doctor
These are the wish pics that I gave to the Doctor. I said “I love the look of these and want either a big C or small D” and that was it! I emphasized the little space in between the breasts saying that I’d really like the same effect with my surgery. He nodded and was able to do exactly what I wanted!
20 year old Half-Asian/Half-White Female, No kids, AA to C, Gummy implant, 350CC Left, 420CC Right, Beverly Hills BA
I was going to chronicle my BA journey but back before I did the surgery, Real-self had problems to do with posting reviews. I wasn’t able to post back then but retrospectively I overthought things too much and would have wrote more of a diary entry rather than a factual experience.
My doctor’s name is David E. Kim and I think I actually found him through Instagram. I scheduled the date of the surgery to be Friday, July 20th 2018 and I paid $10,625 two weeks prior to surgery. I got an Airbnb for 2 days about a mile away because I didn’t want to travel back to Pasadena (my hometown) since I didn’t know how much pain there was going to be. My boyfriend was going to pick me up and take care of me during this time.
Surgery day:
I entered the suite of Dr. Kim At 6:30 am since my call time was scheduled at 7 am. 7:10am rolls around and I’m panicking because there’s no one there to help me and the floor is empty. I open the door that says EMPLOYEES ONLY and go inside desperate to find somebody because I didn’t want them to think I was late. I find my assigned nurse that said “oh! I forgot about you!” Which sucked because I was already nervous about the surgery and her disregard for me only added to that. They checked to make sure I had no nail polish on, I got hooked up and then Dr. Kim took a before picture. I walked into the surgery room and saw the anesthesiologist, he started the medication and the last thing I remember him saying was “the anesthesia effect kind of feels like you’re drunk right?” And all I could think in my head was, dang, if being drunk feels like this I don’t ever wanna drink omg. It feels like you’re SUPER sick, I’m sure if I had anything in my stomach I would have thrown it all up at that point. Like the feeling right before you vomit, a mix between a gag and something being stuck in your throat.
I woke up in on the bed and was shivering so hard. They stuck a huge tube that blew warm air under my blankets so that I could warm up but I was shivering hard enough that I couldn’t speak at all. All I could do was nod my head around LOL, The feeling in my chest was like an unbelievable soreness, every breath was hard to take. I left in a wheelchair to my boyfriend’s car and sat inside, moving my arms from above the wrist ached so badly that my boyfriend bucked me in, lifted me out of the car and helped me flush the toilet.
THANK GOD I GOT THE AIRBNB. Maybe I’m the anomaly but OH MY GOD that [RS bleep] hurt. I didn’t resemble anything like a human until more than a week later. My arms were glued to my sides and I was always hunched over as if I were cradling something. I distinctly remember wishing I could take it all back and rewind time because of how much pain I was in. I feel like I have high pain tolerance as well, previous surgeries recovering I’ve never elected to take the pain meds. This time I was taking two pills every 4 hours like it said on the bottle but still miserable.
Retrospectively I am so happy with the results, sometimes I wish I went bigger with the size but I feel like the size I got was the biggest I could go without it getting disproportionate to the rest of my body. A happy unexpected side effect is that my nipples are always erect now.
In some clothing I looked kind of fat whereas before I would look slim, I expected this and wasn’t too disappointed. The pain was worth it if you have been thinking about a BA for a while, not if you are on the fence about it. Overall I recommend it, Dr. Kim is great. Many reviews say he’s super cold or whatever but if anything he’s just curt. A friendly person that won’t oversell you something.
Attached are before and afters; afters taken December 12th, 5 months post.
My doctor’s name is David E. Kim and I think I actually found him through Instagram. I scheduled the date of the surgery to be Friday, July 20th 2018 and I paid $10,625 two weeks prior to surgery. I got an Airbnb for 2 days about a mile away because I didn’t want to travel back to Pasadena (my hometown) since I didn’t know how much pain there was going to be. My boyfriend was going to pick me up and take care of me during this time.
Surgery day:
I entered the suite of Dr. Kim At 6:30 am since my call time was scheduled at 7 am. 7:10am rolls around and I’m panicking because there’s no one there to help me and the floor is empty. I open the door that says EMPLOYEES ONLY and go inside desperate to find somebody because I didn’t want them to think I was late. I find my assigned nurse that said “oh! I forgot about you!” Which sucked because I was already nervous about the surgery and her disregard for me only added to that. They checked to make sure I had no nail polish on, I got hooked up and then Dr. Kim took a before picture. I walked into the surgery room and saw the anesthesiologist, he started the medication and the last thing I remember him saying was “the anesthesia effect kind of feels like you’re drunk right?” And all I could think in my head was, dang, if being drunk feels like this I don’t ever wanna drink omg. It feels like you’re SUPER sick, I’m sure if I had anything in my stomach I would have thrown it all up at that point. Like the feeling right before you vomit, a mix between a gag and something being stuck in your throat.
I woke up in on the bed and was shivering so hard. They stuck a huge tube that blew warm air under my blankets so that I could warm up but I was shivering hard enough that I couldn’t speak at all. All I could do was nod my head around LOL, The feeling in my chest was like an unbelievable soreness, every breath was hard to take. I left in a wheelchair to my boyfriend’s car and sat inside, moving my arms from above the wrist ached so badly that my boyfriend bucked me in, lifted me out of the car and helped me flush the toilet.
THANK GOD I GOT THE AIRBNB. Maybe I’m the anomaly but OH MY GOD that [RS bleep] hurt. I didn’t resemble anything like a human until more than a week later. My arms were glued to my sides and I was always hunched over as if I were cradling something. I distinctly remember wishing I could take it all back and rewind time because of how much pain I was in. I feel like I have high pain tolerance as well, previous surgeries recovering I’ve never elected to take the pain meds. This time I was taking two pills every 4 hours like it said on the bottle but still miserable.
Retrospectively I am so happy with the results, sometimes I wish I went bigger with the size but I feel like the size I got was the biggest I could go without it getting disproportionate to the rest of my body. A happy unexpected side effect is that my nipples are always erect now.
In some clothing I looked kind of fat whereas before I would look slim, I expected this and wasn’t too disappointed. The pain was worth it if you have been thinking about a BA for a while, not if you are on the fence about it. Overall I recommend it, Dr. Kim is great. Many reviews say he’s super cold or whatever but if anything he’s just curt. A friendly person that won’t oversell you something.
Attached are before and afters; afters taken December 12th, 5 months post.
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Board Certified Plastic Surgeon
436 N. Bedford Dr., Beverly Hills, California