Breast Lift on 33" bust

I am 28 years old with no kids. My surgery is scheduled for February 2nd, 2021. This will be my first surgery ever, elective or otherwise. I first had a phone consultation with Dr. Malek during which he looked over some photos I sent via email (I'll share those here) and we discussed my desired outcome. I didn't feel rushed, pressured, nor misunderstood by him at all. I was then transferred to a patient coordinator, and I scheduled a follow up in-person consultation. I ultimately chose Dr. Malek for the following reasons:
1) The consultation process was one of the more organized and professional ones I'd encountered.2) I got the impression that he wants the results of his work to skew more "natural" looking as a rule.3) He has his own surgery center so I would not have to travel to a hospital for my procedure.4) He and his office staff are being proactive during the pandemic. I was told to wear a mask to my appointment, call before approaching the door, and to wash my hands immediately upon entering the building. I am also required to test for antibodies/the virus prior to going into surgery.I have decided to document my journey here on RealSelf in order to help those who, like myself, have had some trouble finding examples of women with smaller breasts undergoing a breast lift. My go-to bra size is 34A. I fit into a 34B well enough when my breasts swell at the start of my menstrual cycle. My bust measurement is about 33 inches usually. In the future, I may opt to get implants in order to fill out more lingerie, but I would prefer the implants to be small.In addition to supplying you with the usual array of the graphic before and after photos, I'll be documenting scar healing and concealment. I have been making erotica/pornography independently for ten years and I'm not stopping any time soon. After the procedure, I will have scars around my areolas and vertical scars beneath them. My content can be more oriented around teasing so it would not be out of character to keep my breasts hidden under clothing, but after a few months, I plan to experiment with makeup, pasties, shelf bras, and the like. I never use Photoshop nor other media editing software to alter my proportions and skin quality. I instead prefer to rely on practical fx like makeup, diffusion filters that screw onto lenses, lighting, angles, etc. For this reason, I think I will likely be more on top of sharing my scar progression than the average poster and I'm hoping to be extra helpful in that regard.2 weeks!

Hello! I am just here to provide some initial after photos to show what they look like in the very beginning stages of the healing process. Even now I'm really pleased with how they're looking! I think Dr. Malek did a fantastic job. I will try to get photos from the side in natural light at some point but I am pretty tired. Apparently surgery makes you tired. Who knew?
As for the actual surgery I feel like describing the process in detail would be almost useless to you because there are so many reviews on this site that give you a great idea of what to expect generally. Your surgeon will tell you all you need to know to prepare, or that info might even be on his or her website somewhere. To save you the trouble of reading the same stuff for the Nth time I will just sum it up this way: I fasted starting the night before as per my instructions, I showed up, I changed into a hospital gown and got an iv stuck in me, they put me on the operating table, and after that it's all a blur up until the point when I woke up in the recovery room. Everyone was very nice and accommodating. The entire time I felt like I was in competent hands.
On day 1 and 2 my incisions were still bleeding the tiniest bit but they've stopped. I'll include a picture of the dressing pads just to give you an idea of how much bleeding there was. I've since replaced the pads with new ones and there have been no spots of blood on them at all. I have to sleep and lie around with my back at a 45 degree angle so I'm using a wedge pillow. Sometimes my incisions sting but I assume that's normal. Pretty smooth sailing thus far!
I get my sutures removed on the 11th.

Just popping in to include these photos.
Everything has been proceeding just as anticipated. I'm so happy I did this, truly. I'm so much more confident even with the surgical tape and young incisions. It's nuts.
I have been changing my tape every Thursday. I think it's important to note that my incisions split the tiniest bit in one spot and oozed the tiniest bit in another (see 1 week post-op photo) but nothing bad came of it. I simply dabbed the areas with alcohol before re-applying my tape. The next time I changed my tape you couldn't even tell that anything had happened, so I'm happy I didn't freak out about it. Dr. Malek advised me to begin using a scar healing treatment called Embrace, so I'll be doing that soon instead of the tape.