Happy I Finally Went Ahead with Implants! - Columbia, MO

I have been reading a lot of experiences and comments on here for a while and wanted to share my story. I have been very small chested all my life (34 A or AA)and always wanted to get implants. i am 5'9, 145 lbs. there was always the fear of the surgery, then what would others think and of course the cost that made me think it would never really happen. I literally thought about it off and on for 15 years never seeing it as a real option. A few months ago I received an implant flyer in the mail and jokingly talked about it with my husband. Then figured what would it hurt to have a consult. It's free and at least I'd know cost and better details if I ever decided to go for it. Well all it took was a consult with my Dr and trying on sizers to know I was done waiting:) I was shocked how much having sizers in changed my whole body image of myself. I was so impressed with my Dr, his credentials, and reviews that I knew he was the best choice for me and scheduled my breast aug for a month later! I am exactly one week post op and am so happy with the results! I was not knocked out but instead sedated and numbed locally. I was awake portions but didn't feel any pain. Pretty certain I talked nonsense half the time;) I believe that was a better option for me bc I seem to recover quicker without the shaking and nausea that I had with a prior medical surgery. I have the mentor smooth round high profile 375 gel implants and with my height I think they look very natural. My stitches are inside dissolvable ones with steristrips on outside. I had those taken off today and am amazed how good my incisions look. I was expecting something horrible but apparently the outer layer of skin heals pretty quick. Excited to see how I heal weekly but already have dropped substantially so am very happy with results. Sorry so long but wanted to share:)

One week post op with old swim top. As you can tell its not snug as it should be at bottom bc I don't want to irritate incisions. That is why they look a little uneven. Also incision pics one week post op after having steristrips removed. I'm very happy with how well they are healing.

Tomorrow will be 2 weeks since my breast aug. I'm still feeling pretty good with little pain. I do have some pains here and there but am told its just nerves healing. The worst time of day is when I wake up. I am so tight! I immediately take my bra off for a moment of freedom while I get ready for work. My PS told me last week that was fine and not to feel guilty about it. I seem to be different from most on here that up until 2 nights ago I still took a Valium at night. Decided not to last night bc I only had one left and didn't know if it helped. Today I felt tighter than normal all day. I had to take my ace wrap off at work midday bc it was driving me insane! Felt better but am wondering if its from stopping Valium or just a coincidence. Plan to ask PS at appt mid week. Adding new pics (pg rated:) with incision pics. I seem to be healing well but curious if everyone else's incisions were about like this at 2 weeks out. Thanks!