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Benjamin Mandel, MD
Board Certified Plastic Surgeon
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After going through puberty and my body started...

After going through puberty and my body started maturing it had always been very clear that my breasts were causing negative effect on my body not only physically but emotionally as well. The challenges I was faced with everyday things like finding a covering swim suit, a shirt that would hide my breasts as much as possible, and not giving off the wrong impression by accidental spillage. At one point I was wearing my full coverage bras swimming because, as many people with big breasts know, a lot of the time they cover and the girls under control more; and I was told that I was making people uncomfortable and asked if I could put a shirt on.. I was absolutely devastated, my boyfriend is the one that told me that it is appropriate to swim in and his brother own brother had told me this. I believe that's when everything hit me hard. People started to only see a girl who they thought tried to flaunt her breasts and that is not me. I wasn't Shayla anymore I was that girl with big boobs.
After thinking about a breast reduction since 8th grade I finally took initiative and got my much needed breast reduction.
In all honesty i have NO REGRETS! I only see positive outcomes because of this surgery! My back/shoulder/neck pain is already noticeably better! To me the scars aren't a big deal to me because I was so uncomfortable with my body before and the positives out weigh the bad by far! This is a surgery that I would highly recommend if you have any of the same feelings or thoughts as I do!

5 Days Post Op

I LOVE my new girls! This was my 5th day (yesterday) and I'm pretty sore but it's mostly around my bottom incisions ! Wondering How much should I be walking around and how often I should be showering?

8 Days Post Op

I am so proud to say that I love my chest now. My Dr really listened to what I wanted and I don't think that it could of turned out any better! Now I am just hoping that I heal good with minimal scaring???? this was before my shower yesterday!

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Board Certified Plastic Surgeon
980 W. Ironwood Dr., Coeur D Alene, Idaho
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My plastic surgeon Dr. Mandel was better than I could of asked for! He was very informative and easy to talk to! I felt so comfortable around him and was was very reassuring about everything and answered all of my questions very thoroughly!