21-year-old Breast Reduction - Draper, UT

Well, it's been enough time into my recovery that I feel up to telling you all about my surgery. I had the surgery last Tuesday. I arrived at the surgical center early in the morning. They promptly got me processed and into a robe. Dr. Motoki drew some markings at the incision sites and they took me to the OR. I don't remember anything between the anesthesiologist putting in my IV and waking up in recovery with a slight stinging in my chest. The nurse let me know that my left drain came out in the OR and they would have had to open me back up to put it back in, so they just left me with the one drain on the right side. It took me a while to wake up enough to even lift my head, but after just 90 minutes I was well enough for them to wheel me to the car. I was driven home and the pain medication and residual anesthesia had me dozing the rest of the day.

The first couple days were the hardest, but my pain level never rose very high thanks to excellent pain meds. I slept a lot, and felt mostly sleepy, week, and nauseous. I was able to walk short distances on my own, but anything further than the bathroom required assistance.

On Thursday, I had my first post-op appointment. The surgeon checked my bandages and my drains and scheduled another appointment for the following Monday to remove my drain. My strength returned over the weekend, but moving around was still very awkward with the bandages and the drain.

Yesterday (Monday), they took the drain out. Pulling the stitches out stung a bit, but the drain removal itself was quick and painless. It just made a gross squelching noise. At this point, I can do just about everything on my own; it just takes a little more energy than usual. I still have restrictions on how I'm allowed to move and how much weight I can lift, but I feel like as long as I don't overexert myself, I can do just about any regular task. After my appointment next week when they remove the tape covering the stitches, I should be able to do even more.

So far, I like how my size is looking. They removed 472g from the right side and 760g from the left side (they're much more even now). Everything seems much more proportional now, and I don't have any regrets. I think Dr. Motoki is very good at what he does and he made everything as painless as possible.

Thanks for reading. I'll update next week with pics!

Here are my before pics. I have picked up my prescriptions (antibiotics, Ibuprofen, and other pain meds), and my sister is on her way here to run my house during post-op. Tuesday is feeling very close now!

I just had my pre-op appointment today. The surgery is next Tuesday, May 5th, so we had to get all of the paperwork out of the way. I've been avoiding caffeine and pain medications for the past couple of weeks, as per instructions. Bonnie, who runs the place, talked me through the surgery and explained the drains I'm going to have and how to empty them (ew). She also helped me pick what size I wanted to go down to by showing me some photos of previous patients' reductions. They want me to bring in a bra in the size that I want to go down to for them to have as a visual reference, so I grabbed a 32G bra on the way home. It sounds like a lot, but the way I size myself it's what most people call a 32DDD.

Now I just have to fill out my prescriptions and get ready for my sister to fly in and take care of me. Wish me luck!