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Very Pleased with Dr. Geldner, Highly Recommend. Breast Augmentation Revision Surgery for 34 Year Old Mommy, - Chicago, IL

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After consulting 4 different doctors with no...

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Thumperbunni
WORTH IT$6,800
After consulting 4 different doctors with no avail, I finally found Dr. Geldner by the grace of god. I was looking forward to the consult, it was slotted for an hour, the standard for his breast surgery consultations. Right away, I felt at ease when I arrived. The office has wine colored carpet throughout, and feels like you are in an upscale living room! I met with Marilyn, whom I had spoken to on the phone, Dr. Geldner's assistant. She had been working with him for over 20 years. She is such a sweetheart, and felt like a family member to me. We started off by trying on sizers to see how much volume I was looking for. I wanted a 150-200cc based on that. Then I got to meet the man himself. We discussing my concerns and the best course of action. For the past 15 years, I've had saline implants overfilled to 315cc's. Always unhappy with the size, I wanted to go bigger. I had a noticeably deformity in my right breast, it humped over and the nipple pointed downwards. I had a daughter a year and a half ago, and had some mild ptosis or droopiness from breast feeding. A previous doctor said he would only do it with a lift, which involved vertical scars-something I was absolutely not willing to do. Dr. Geldner said that though the bi plane or dual plane technique, I could get a lift without scars, and correct my right breast. Based on the wish pictures I initially showed him, Dr. Geldner recommended a 550cc high profile silicone gel implant. This would involve lowering my breast crease to accommodate it. All the doctors I consulted before only offered up to 450cc's. I was soooo excited! I gave both Marilyn and Dr. Geldner big hugs before I left because I had so much faith in them. At my pre op, I met nurse Lynn, who guided me though my pre op instructions. I was given a very informative folder of instructions to take home with me. Surgery was 2 weeks later. We took of the bandages only a day later. I was initially worried because they didn't look how I expected. But that was because the breast tissue takes some time to settle. They started to look much better within 2 weeks. They are larger on the sides and underneath, and I am filling out bras and bikini tops really nicely. They are so much perkier! I don't have that droop I had before, the nipple position is actually elevated! It will still take some time for them to completely settle and soften up, but by week 4 they were looking even better. The right breast will take more time to catch up to the left one, because the abnormal tissue will take more time to settle. They look quite big in pictures when I am wearing bras especially, but when I am nude, I still want ultimate fullness. If and when I afford it to, I want to go up about 100cc's. It would be safer to do once my skin stretches out and the new crease softens. I can say as of now that I am pleased with the results and am feeling much more confident. I was lucky not to get any stretch marks from pregnancy, I have a beautiful 18 month old daughter. I am a very fortunate women!

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Peter D. Geldner, MD

Peter D. Geldner, MD

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September 24, 2015
Nice results! He is an amazing person. I'm looking to go to him for my breast augmentation in a few months hopefully by my birthday which is in December!!
October 29, 2015
In bras the 34 band is wayyyy to big on your tiny ribcage and 32 band definitely better but the gore isn't laying flat definitely to big of a band so guessing your no more than a 30 band which most stores don't carry but Nordstrom doe's carry some you could at least try on what they have get measured maybe not right now as you still have changes coming but just to get an idea on ideal band size would be a great idea and you definitely don't need to purchase there as bra's are expensive at Nordstrom ;) at least above my budget Lol
December 24, 2015
Hello, congratulations, what size and profile did you choose eventually? I'm slightly confused, I'm sorry.
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November 18, 2016
You look great, I'm amazed that it was only 6800! I paid 9800 in 2005... I wouldn't let anyone else but dr geldner do my breasts, he's amazing
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I only uploaded bikini/bra photo, so now I am going to share the results.

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October 29, 2015
Not sure what nnatural tissue you began with but wowzers those are big and gorgeous 550 ccs!!!! And projection is so ah amazing!!!!! Congrats on 1 month boobies birthday ☺ guess your past that now guessing you are now 2 month's post op YAY that's when I noticed most of my changes with second ba. We have talked on my page I didn't realize you had already had one ba 315 ccs saline implants and P's only wanted to offer you 450 top's really dislike conservative P's Lol so glad you found a PS willing to take you to at least 550 ccs and did an amazing job too ☺ although I can see that you definitely your Boob's could have fit in larger implants ;) but congrats he really did a superb job ☺ on another note your bra's are not fitting correctly I think bands are to big and the gore isn't lying flat ;) hopefully you didn't get sized at Victoria's secret they are notorious for wrong sizing. Nordstrom good place or bra boutiques. Or you can get soft measuring tape measure snuggle under Boob's around body best if you have help or mirror then measure fullest part of breast and then you can go to a website called Sophisticated Pair type in those numbers and it will tell you proper band size and cup size. My ribcage is 27 so I'm supposed to wear 28 & 30 at most in band sizes. You look tiny so can't imagine your ribcage being anymore than a 28 ;) it definitely makes bra shopping more difficult big bust tiny ribcage but lots of online stores offer UK brand's that specialize in small band's and large cups. Also A Polish brand I haven't tried but everyone seems to love them on my forum JBI there's a group just for girl's who love Polish bra's although you have to reach member status before being able to join that group. If you decide to ever join my other site let me know and I'll private message you on here my username on there as it's different from here. I really enjoy the site more privacy as they do their best to keep out guy's ;) but I love this site too so I'm always bouncing back and forth Lol

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October 29, 2015
Oops meant when measuring ribcage you hold tape tightly under bust but even better go to that website I mentioned they show pictures and will walk you through step's although it will still be trial and error as different brands and style's all fit differently;)