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One year you guys!!!!
OK you guys, I'm absolutely exhausted. I'm gonna go to bed here once I'm done doing this, but today is my official one year anniversary from getting my breast reduction. I have included photos, and to be honest I wish that my scarring was a little bit better, although every day I try to wear scar silicone sheets on the scars. When I take a shower I even wear them in the shower, and then take them off and wash them with soap and water before putting them back on again later. The smaller of the two boobs, which was the smaller one to begin with anyway, is a regular C cup. But the bigger one is more like a C and a half or a D cup, which is annoying, but not unbearable. Victoria's Secret definitely has vanity sizing although I've found that it's not so much the namebrand, or the store will you buy it from, it's more the cut of the bra. If it's a full coverage bra, I can wear a 34C- but if it's a Demi cup, Balconette style, or push up (even just lined, but no extra padding) I'm a 34D. Anyway, The scar around my right nipple is fine, and that nipple doesn't hurt when you touch it. But my other breast, the left one, there's parts of that scar that do hurt a little bit when you touch it there...Kind of like irritated almost. Scars and all I'm still happy that I did it, I've been SOOOO much more confident, and happy with how I look in t-shirts, not to mention all the back pain that's gone away. I need to start massaging my scars, especially the one that is underneath my right breast because it is still quite raised.
Almost 9 months update!
Hey everybody, sorry it's been so long! I wasn't sure if I wanted to continue to update my profile, considering I'd gotten some rude comments from people and wasn't sure if it was worth it or not. But then, like many other women have said on here, I realized that my review was helping a lot of people, or so I hope, so I'm back.
Anyway, it's one week shy of 9 months since my surgery. I had thought that I was going to be a 32DD or 34D for good and while I wished I was a little bit smaller, I was accepting of it because it was better than what I had before. But lo and behold, my boobs weren't done with the swelling. Now I can fit into 34C bras if they're unlined. If they have a light lining, (and definitely if they have padding), I'm (for the most part) a 34D. I am trying the trial bra from Third Love, that company that keeps on popping up in my Facebook feed, and according to their bras I'm a 34 1/2 C, which makes perfect sense since I'm literally right in between sizes (34C and 34D) at Victoria's Secret. Most of my bras are unlined though since I'm definitely a 34C in those and I don't really like any sort of padding at all, although light lining isn't always necessarily bad (it's good for hiding your nipples when they're hard as rocks sometimes during the winter). I just feel like bras with lining or padding makes me look bigger which is exactly WHY I had a breast reduction to begin with- to actually be, as well as give the appearance of being, smaller! It's actually the left breast's fault since it's the bigger one and is the one causing the problems, because the right is a solid C.
For a while my nipples wouldn't really get hard (the left one only, really) and sort of retracted back into the areola instead which was frustrating but now both are getting more sensation back and will stay hard if I play with them which is nice to have.
It's weird but I still have some pain in the scar around my nipple on my left breast, like on top the scar tissue is still sensitive and doesn't feel good to touch. My boobs swell when it gets to be around my period which I never really noticed before when I was a 32G. I noticed the soreness they would get around the outside underneath on the tissue near my body and under my armpits they would be soooo sore! They still get sore around my period, but I notice the swelling more now that I'm smaller.
I have so much more confidence now that they're smaller, too. I don't mind wearing lower cut t-shirts either since that type of low cut makes them look even smaller, but also it's just the confidence that you know you look good and therefore feel good! Whenever I put on a push up bra at Victoria's Secret I almost have to bust out laughing, like, who in the world would wanna look like this when I'm already a C 1/2 on my own lol.
My scars are taking a long time to heal which is annoying but nothing I can do except what I'm already doing which is using these sheets of medical grade silicone I was given to by my plastic surgeon and putting them over my scar tissue every day under my bra wire. It's a big sheet of silicone and you cut it to the length you want with scissors. I knew going in that I don't scar well and knew I wouldn't look as good as quickly as some of the girls on here. That's ok though because I know I'm not the only one out there who doesn't scar well either. And to be completely honest, even with the scars, I wouldn't go back to what I had before. I still don't really have any feeling on the entire top of my right breast, (the smaller one), near my armpit but on top of my boob too. It's a weird sensation to rub your nail (gently) along the top of your breast and to have full feeling- and then everything just all of a sudden goes numb and tingly like the doctor numbed your skin and the tissue underneath so he can start cutting in to you. I'm not really concerned with if feeling returns or not though, I'm just happy I have nipple sensation.
Anyway, it's one week shy of 9 months since my surgery. I had thought that I was going to be a 32DD or 34D for good and while I wished I was a little bit smaller, I was accepting of it because it was better than what I had before. But lo and behold, my boobs weren't done with the swelling. Now I can fit into 34C bras if they're unlined. If they have a light lining, (and definitely if they have padding), I'm (for the most part) a 34D. I am trying the trial bra from Third Love, that company that keeps on popping up in my Facebook feed, and according to their bras I'm a 34 1/2 C, which makes perfect sense since I'm literally right in between sizes (34C and 34D) at Victoria's Secret. Most of my bras are unlined though since I'm definitely a 34C in those and I don't really like any sort of padding at all, although light lining isn't always necessarily bad (it's good for hiding your nipples when they're hard as rocks sometimes during the winter). I just feel like bras with lining or padding makes me look bigger which is exactly WHY I had a breast reduction to begin with- to actually be, as well as give the appearance of being, smaller! It's actually the left breast's fault since it's the bigger one and is the one causing the problems, because the right is a solid C.
For a while my nipples wouldn't really get hard (the left one only, really) and sort of retracted back into the areola instead which was frustrating but now both are getting more sensation back and will stay hard if I play with them which is nice to have.
It's weird but I still have some pain in the scar around my nipple on my left breast, like on top the scar tissue is still sensitive and doesn't feel good to touch. My boobs swell when it gets to be around my period which I never really noticed before when I was a 32G. I noticed the soreness they would get around the outside underneath on the tissue near my body and under my armpits they would be soooo sore! They still get sore around my period, but I notice the swelling more now that I'm smaller.
I have so much more confidence now that they're smaller, too. I don't mind wearing lower cut t-shirts either since that type of low cut makes them look even smaller, but also it's just the confidence that you know you look good and therefore feel good! Whenever I put on a push up bra at Victoria's Secret I almost have to bust out laughing, like, who in the world would wanna look like this when I'm already a C 1/2 on my own lol.
My scars are taking a long time to heal which is annoying but nothing I can do except what I'm already doing which is using these sheets of medical grade silicone I was given to by my plastic surgeon and putting them over my scar tissue every day under my bra wire. It's a big sheet of silicone and you cut it to the length you want with scissors. I knew going in that I don't scar well and knew I wouldn't look as good as quickly as some of the girls on here. That's ok though because I know I'm not the only one out there who doesn't scar well either. And to be completely honest, even with the scars, I wouldn't go back to what I had before. I still don't really have any feeling on the entire top of my right breast, (the smaller one), near my armpit but on top of my boob too. It's a weird sensation to rub your nail (gently) along the top of your breast and to have full feeling- and then everything just all of a sudden goes numb and tingly like the doctor numbed your skin and the tissue underneath so he can start cutting in to you. I'm not really concerned with if feeling returns or not though, I'm just happy I have nipple sensation.
One Month post op feelings and observations
Hey everyone! So I'm officially past the one month mark- the update I just posted has some photos attached that go along with this review. My left breast is still bigger than the right, just like it was before the reduction, but I try not to let it bother me too much. It's the reason I'm a 32DD and not just a 32D, although as I'm sure most of you know, it depends on the bra and make (demi cup, underwire, wireless, plunge, padded, unlined, super push up, etc.) because sometimes I'm a 32D and even though a 34C rides up in the back since the band is too big, I could make it work with an unpadded bra that's either lightly lined/moulded, or just unlined all together. Still, my "true size" is a 32DD, both Victoria's Secret and Nordstrom's measured me to that size. But if both of my breasts were as small as my right one, I'd be a 32D. Not that I'm complaining, but it's hard to find a 32 band in ANY size other than an A cup or a B cup (because apparently if you're bigger than a B cup, you've got to be at least a 34- smh lol...."smh" means "smacking my head", I think...). Anyway, so bra shopping isn't as hard as it was when I was a 32G, but it's still not super easy. At least now I can shop at Victoria's Secret, and my Mom was so sweet- she sent me a $100 gift card to V.S. since she wanted to celebrate my new breasts lol. It made me really happy!
I now own 16 bras- 3 wireless, 6 underwire, 4 bralettes, and 3 sports bras; I owned the sports bras before the reduction, they're just those cheap Walmart ones that pull over your head and are made by Hanes and come in small, medium, and large, so nothing like intense mega support Nike running bras or anything. (I don't know why I felt I had to make that distinction lol).
Anyway, the only complaint I have is that I wish my left breast was a liiiiiiittle bit smaller, so that I could wear a D cup instead of a DD, but it's really not that big of a deal. I don't think my left one would pass the "pencil test" (which is when you can put a pencil underneath your breast and have it stay there) although I'm not complaining because before my reduction I would have been able to pass the "keys, bottle of shampoo, box of mac and cheese, a small dog, etc." test lol....I probably could have fit an infant underneath my breasts before hand haha!).
I don't know why but I'm obsessed with wearing this super soft v-neck white t-shirt. It looks just like a mans undershirt, but it's super soft, lightweight, and I got it at Nordstrom Rack for $10. The best part though is that you can see my nipples through it, and for some reason I find this incredibly sexy and makes me really happy, giddy even! Even though my breasts are slightly different sizes, my nipples are more or less at the same level with each other- at least a LOT better than they were before, when they were a good solid what seemed like the left one hung 3 or 4 inches lower than the right, maybe more. I absolutely LOVE how they look in v-neck shirts, and if I were to ask people what size they thought I was they would probably say a B cup since they look super small in that style of shirt. This is understandable since the mainstream media has put it in our heads that "double D's" are absolutely MASSIVE, when it's not about the bra letter, it's all about the band size. As I'm sure you all know by now, there is a big difference in cup size between being really tiny like me at a 32 band, and somebody who is bigger and wears a size 40 band, for example.
Virtually all the bruising is gone from both breasts, there's only the tiniest spot on my right breast; it's so small I'm not even sure it shows up in photos. I'm still numb on the top of my right breast, and when I reach my arms up above my head I can still feel a bit of discomfort near my right armpit. My left breast has dropped and fluffed and I'm pretty sure it's the way it's going to be from here on out. Oddly enough, as much as I like the overall size of my right one better, I like the shape of my left boob more. It has more of a "tear drop" look, although when I lift my left arm above my head, the shape changes and it looks like a quarter of my breast kind of goes missing, if that makes any sense. Still, these are small complaints and I'd take what I have now over my massive G cups any day!
I can't begin to describe how much more confident I feel in clothing. Last week, I noticed my lower back hurting and it wasn't from the weight, it was from I think me intentionally sticking out my chest because I was so proud of how small and cute they look! Even though I said intentionally, I still don't think I was fully aware that I was doing it. My breasts fit my frame really well, and I could probably wear a size small shirt, but maybe it's because I've never been a fan of skin tight clothing, or anything that feels really restrictive, but I still mostly buy mediums, although it depends on the top. In the womans section at TJ Maxx and Marshalls, I wear a size small in most shirts. It's nice to be able to show off how thin I am and not feel like I'm intentionally showing off my massive size G [RS bleep] when I wear anything that is tapered or slightly form fitting (which for me is literally t-shirts since that's all I wear).
I'm debating about taking my posts down and possibly closing my account, just because of the horror stories of men following women on here to other social media sites, and me being scared that one of my co-workers (who all know I had this surgery since we're pretty close, but not close enough for me to show them my boobs) will somehow find out about this site and find me on it. I haven't been harassed by any more men (or women, actually) since before the reduction, but I'm nervous posting photos on here. I realize I could update my review without photos, but what would be the point of that since the photos are what helps most women out that come on here, including myself. Plus, I just don't like naked pictures of me on the internet, even though it's all anonymous and I never posted any photos of my face, nor do I have any identifying markings like tattoos or birth marks. So, I don't know, we'll see how I feel in a couple of weeks when I probably will post next, whether I still feel the same way.
I now own 16 bras- 3 wireless, 6 underwire, 4 bralettes, and 3 sports bras; I owned the sports bras before the reduction, they're just those cheap Walmart ones that pull over your head and are made by Hanes and come in small, medium, and large, so nothing like intense mega support Nike running bras or anything. (I don't know why I felt I had to make that distinction lol).
Anyway, the only complaint I have is that I wish my left breast was a liiiiiiittle bit smaller, so that I could wear a D cup instead of a DD, but it's really not that big of a deal. I don't think my left one would pass the "pencil test" (which is when you can put a pencil underneath your breast and have it stay there) although I'm not complaining because before my reduction I would have been able to pass the "keys, bottle of shampoo, box of mac and cheese, a small dog, etc." test lol....I probably could have fit an infant underneath my breasts before hand haha!).
I don't know why but I'm obsessed with wearing this super soft v-neck white t-shirt. It looks just like a mans undershirt, but it's super soft, lightweight, and I got it at Nordstrom Rack for $10. The best part though is that you can see my nipples through it, and for some reason I find this incredibly sexy and makes me really happy, giddy even! Even though my breasts are slightly different sizes, my nipples are more or less at the same level with each other- at least a LOT better than they were before, when they were a good solid what seemed like the left one hung 3 or 4 inches lower than the right, maybe more. I absolutely LOVE how they look in v-neck shirts, and if I were to ask people what size they thought I was they would probably say a B cup since they look super small in that style of shirt. This is understandable since the mainstream media has put it in our heads that "double D's" are absolutely MASSIVE, when it's not about the bra letter, it's all about the band size. As I'm sure you all know by now, there is a big difference in cup size between being really tiny like me at a 32 band, and somebody who is bigger and wears a size 40 band, for example.
Virtually all the bruising is gone from both breasts, there's only the tiniest spot on my right breast; it's so small I'm not even sure it shows up in photos. I'm still numb on the top of my right breast, and when I reach my arms up above my head I can still feel a bit of discomfort near my right armpit. My left breast has dropped and fluffed and I'm pretty sure it's the way it's going to be from here on out. Oddly enough, as much as I like the overall size of my right one better, I like the shape of my left boob more. It has more of a "tear drop" look, although when I lift my left arm above my head, the shape changes and it looks like a quarter of my breast kind of goes missing, if that makes any sense. Still, these are small complaints and I'd take what I have now over my massive G cups any day!
I can't begin to describe how much more confident I feel in clothing. Last week, I noticed my lower back hurting and it wasn't from the weight, it was from I think me intentionally sticking out my chest because I was so proud of how small and cute they look! Even though I said intentionally, I still don't think I was fully aware that I was doing it. My breasts fit my frame really well, and I could probably wear a size small shirt, but maybe it's because I've never been a fan of skin tight clothing, or anything that feels really restrictive, but I still mostly buy mediums, although it depends on the top. In the womans section at TJ Maxx and Marshalls, I wear a size small in most shirts. It's nice to be able to show off how thin I am and not feel like I'm intentionally showing off my massive size G [RS bleep] when I wear anything that is tapered or slightly form fitting (which for me is literally t-shirts since that's all I wear).
I'm debating about taking my posts down and possibly closing my account, just because of the horror stories of men following women on here to other social media sites, and me being scared that one of my co-workers (who all know I had this surgery since we're pretty close, but not close enough for me to show them my boobs) will somehow find out about this site and find me on it. I haven't been harassed by any more men (or women, actually) since before the reduction, but I'm nervous posting photos on here. I realize I could update my review without photos, but what would be the point of that since the photos are what helps most women out that come on here, including myself. Plus, I just don't like naked pictures of me on the internet, even though it's all anonymous and I never posted any photos of my face, nor do I have any identifying markings like tattoos or birth marks. So, I don't know, we'll see how I feel in a couple of weeks when I probably will post next, whether I still feel the same way.
Provider Review
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Dr. Lori Cherup is very good at what she does, as she should be since she's one of the top rated plastic surgeons in the Pittsburgh area. she has a lot of energy, and is always buzzing around her office doing ten things at once. The first time I met her, she came off as a little abrasive, and I wasn't totally comfortable with her, but as time went on she grew on me and now I'm more comfortable with her. She even gave me a hug once my surgery was over, at the post-op appointment. As far as her actual work is concerned, I think she did a beautiful job on my breasts and I couldn't be happier! Thank you Dr. Cherup!