Breast Lift & Reduction on Sept 2011 - courtesy of The Boob God! ( * )( * )

Everyone scars differently but these days surgeons know how to do this with minimal scarring. Be patient, for the first 3 months I thought I had been disfigured! "Normal" doesn't present itself until month 6.

Thank you so much. 100% attributable to Dr. Hochstein. And to think he didn't use implants!! I'm very happy, one of the best things I've ever done for myself.

Thank you, I'm so happy with them. Should have had them dine sooner!

Wow, that's great. Dr. H is the best. Two years have passed since my reduction/lift surgery and my scars are barely visible. They just healed on their own. If I had known the scarring would be this inconsequential I would have done this 20 years ago. Good luck, keep us informed!

Hey Girl.

Yes, every day I'm wowed by this gift I gave myself. When you consider the pay-per-wear cost of this surgery it is the best VALUE of anything I've aid for in my life.

Now what? I guess I'll see you all on here when we get our chins done!

Absolutely! In one breast it felt like a hunk of tough meat. It all went away. I promise.

I think it was my right breast but it was square and big on the bottom bc of that big lump. It freaked me out to even touch it. It is blood believe it or not, in tissue, and will be absorbed by your body. It's been a bit over a year and other than very fine scars my breasts feel totally natural as if I had never had any surgery. And I had every single weird thing you've described.

Oh thank GOD!!!! You know, at first I had not a worry in the world regarding my post op healing. My surgeon told me my scars were healing remarkably well -- better than average even. I was calm, and happy. Then 3 weeks post op, I thought that all my incisions had healed enough that the thought of them opening was an impossibility. Wrong. I was massaging my swollen, hard breast to try to soften it up. One day, some dead blood (the colour of iodine) seeped out from a tiny tiny opening in the "T" incision (@ the meeting point of the T). It then became what I self-diagnosed as a hematoma. Dark red, blackness behind a very thin layer of stretched out skin in the shape of a triangle between the "T". I sent photos to my surgeon, who said not to worry. Easier said than done. Tonnes of liquid has seeped out, releasing the swelling so that the breast is now softer and matches my other breast more closely in shape and size. That's the good part.... bad part is the dark, thin, stretched out section of skin, that I worry will not heal nicely. So I am ever so frustrated that the path to recovery has had some bumps. It has made me into a worry wart! My mom's friend spoke of some hard lumps that never went away after her surgery. Sooooo, I was freaking about the hunks of tough meat in mine. How long before they started to go away?

One more question -- were your tough meat hunks there from the get-go post-op or did they appear during healing? Thanks!!

Did your ps tell you to massage..mine Did not so I asked her and she said that was only beneficial in breast augmentation and not breast reduction ....

All of that happened to me too! All I can tell you is that at month 6 you start to head towards your final boobs. I had incisions split etc all the way to month 6.

They appeared during healing BUT DON'T massage them! Your body will do all of it. You need to leave them alone to do all their weird stuff.

CKmia, seriously -- literally -- I am SO grateful for you. I felt so alone with all of this tonight and it actually pushed me to tears of frustration and worry. I don't cry easily, but all of this is a methaphor for other painful things in my life. (i.e. just when you think it's going well, it isn't, etc. etc.). I am also PMS ing. I can't believe you had incision split too, how did it happen? Were you tough meat hunks bruised or just super hard, almost cyst-like? I don't want to panic, but I googled it and read about fat necrosis and scar tissue lumps that require surgical intervention..... argh!

Aurora you don't have necrosis! My "lumps" felt hard as rocks and the size of say a kiwi on one side. I made a special appt with my PS b/c I was panicked and he told me to just chill and come back in six months. I haven't been back. If I remember correctly it took forever for that big rock to dissipate, Like 8 months for it to TOTALLY go away. All in all, I didn't stop healing 100% until about the 1 year mark.

CK, once again, thank you so much for your encouragement and feedback. It is invaluable to me. I am so grateful!!! ♡♡♡

Thank youuuuuu. You literally eased my mind. If easing of the mind made a sound, mine would have been audible from a distance :P

My pleasure. Go back to my pics and look - you'll see all kinds of wonkiness throughout the healing process. Let them do their thing and get back in touch in a few months. Good luck!

My pleasure. Go back to my pics and look - you'll see all kinds of wonkiness throughout the healing process. Let them do their thing and get back in touch in a few months. Good luck!