Textured Tear Drop to Smooth Round

I had a BA in January of 2016. I started with a small 32A. I love boobs and always felt like I was missing a body part. I nursed two babies and the tiny perky breasts had lost any cuteness they had. It was time to give myself this gift!

At that time, the textured tear-drop implants were a kind of trend. I was extremely torn between getting those and smooth round silicone. I wanted to look as natural as possible and it was theorized that the anatomical shape could be better for someone starting with very little tissue, like me. Dr Vath was not super into these textured implants and was not convinced i would have a better result. He was suggesting I go with the smooth round, but I just did not know what to do. I knew someone else who got a great outcome with the tear drop, plus the patient coordinator i was working with also had them and loved them. I had all the thoughts of what if I go one way and wish I had chosen the other...ugh. In the end I chose the textured tear drop.

For the longest time I was just so happy to have boobs! They never really dropped and rounded out at the bottom like I had hoped, but I chalked that up to my anatomy to begin with. My distance from crease to nipple was very short and I knew that that skin would only stretch so much. They also felt a little too firm and how they looked and felt at any time was very dependent on what my arms and peck muscles were doing. Found out later that that was a pretty decent animation deformity. I also read more about how the texture binds to your tissues and it seemed like they were just so stuck where they were and had very little give. They didn’t even seem to be exerting any pressure on the lower part of my boobs. I could almost slide my real boob over the bottom of the implant. Weird.

So over time the novelty of just having boobs gradually shifted into really second guessing the choice of the textured shaped implants. They just never felt right to me.

Then came the recall of the textured implants due to the risk of ALCL and I was like ok I’m done. I did not have those specific implants and I understand the risk is extremely low. But coupled with these other issues I was having I became resigned to get them out and have an implant that was not integrated with my body in that way.

I met with Dr Vath again and we had a good discussion about how we were somewhat victim to the fad of the textured at the time. He said almost no one is doing those implants anymore. Dr Vath is very easy to talk to and he is very smart and honest. He checked me out and believed that just switching to smooth round would fix most if not all of the things I didn’t like. He gave me a discount on his fee which I greatly appreciated.

Also, interestingly, I worked with the same patient coordinator and she had also had her textured implants swapped for smooth eventually.

I had my surgery yesterday! It was so much easier than the initial BA. Shorter OR time, less anesthesia. No nausea at all which was a problem last time. I have almost no pain. Took two oxy yesterday but woke up this morning only needing Tylenol.

I have not taken off the surgical bra to take a look yet, but they do already seem softer. The textured were a Mentor 280cc and the new are Natrelle responsive gel 295cc. I am 5’2 and 120lbs. 41 years old.

I don’t have any pictures of my original flat boobies but I will post some of the old implants and of course the new ones as I can. I am very curious to find if they drop and fluff like everyone talks about!

I didn’t find any journeys exactly like mine when doing my research so I hope this helps someone else out there! Good luck!

Very happy so far. Already lower and much softer than the previous implants. They feel like they actually have some weight to them and just act more like a real breast. Definitely sore still but the pain has not been too bad. Nipples very sensitive and ouchy. Lefty is numb on the lower pole but this is already improved since the day after surgery. This happened last time and I got all the sensation back in 6 months to a year. The animation deformity seems to be better too, but since it hurts to flex I am not testing it out much.

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