20 Years Old, 32DDD/E to 32 B/C, College Student - Chicago, IL

It's hard to believe it has already been over a year since I had my breast reduction in December of 2015! Here are some (unfortunately) low quality photos I took to give an update! I'm about 5'4" and 115 pounds in these photos. They've healed really well, I have sensation in both except for a little at the bottom near the scars. The one side looks irritated because I just had a scar revision this fall (covered by my insurance luckily!) which is still healing! I'm so glad I did the revision though because the scar looks sooooo much better now! If anyone had any questions about that whole process I'd be happy to answer!
My breasts naturally hang low and are not super perky, and you can see in the photos that they have definitely dropped a bit- but i don't mind! I can wear either a 32C or 34B cup but I usually just wear bralettes or sometimes nothing if I'm layering sweaters in the winter! I'm not crazy about bras with underwire (I never have been) and I love not having to wear one now that my breasts are so much smaller!!! Literally not a day goes by where I don't think about how glad I am that I got this done. It sounds dramatic, but every morning I'm getting dressed it is such a relief to feel comfortable in my body :) Please let me know if anyone has any questions! I know this was brief haha!

I posted the photos for this update above! I wish I'd posted more often this past week, but I actually went back to school on Wednesday so I've been super busy! It wasn't difficult at all to transition back to school, I haven't been in pain or felt fatigued, so that's been great!

The bruising/pain on the sides of my back is almost all gone and I can almost reach my arms all the way above my head now. A week ago I had the stitches taken out that were underneath my arm so I think that helped. The stitches all along the bottom of my breasts were left in though, because my doctor didn't want to take them out that early. I'll probably go back home from college for a weekend and have them taken out! He said if he took them out too early they would scar worse, so I didn't mind leaving them in.

I still can't hug people super tight, but if I'm wearing a winter coat I can barely even tell that my breasts are a little sore! The only time they feel bruised is just if I try to lay on my stomach or something (which I'm not supposed to do, but sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night because I'm trying to turn onto my stomach haha! I've always slept on my stomach, so it's hard sleeping on my back).

Nobody at school has said anything about my breasts looking smaller which is good, because I don't know what I would say! And I told all my close friends about it, so that wasn't an issue. They were all so shocked at how much smaller they were! Everyone was very supportive and complimented me :) I'll try to find some pictures from before where I'm wearing clothes, because the difference is insane! It's hard for me to post pictures at school though because I'm so busy and I don't have the right computer for it.

Overall my recovery has been great! I go to the gym and bike (I just don't do anything with my arms or lift any weights) and carrying around a backpack, walking to class etc has been totally fine! I'm excited for the remaining soreness to go away and to be able to use my arms again because I miss doing yoga. I'm also hoping to be able to lay on my stomach soon, but I think it'll be a while before I can do that. I'm never in pain though unless I reach too far or am bumped really hard in the breast. I'm the most sensitive person in the world though, so I think most of the time I'm just psyching myself out haha!

I am so so SO happy with all the clothes I'm able to wear now! The light blue fleece I'm wearing in the pictures above is something I NEVER could have worn before, my boobs never would've fit in it! But now I can wear it and look so much more normal and proportionate :) I honestly just feel so much lighter, it's crazy!

I'll try to keep posting updates, but as school ramps up I'm not sure how much I'll be on here! Please feel free to ask any questions though, I'll get to them as soon as I can!