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5' 4" 115 Lb Breast Augmentation - Draper, UT

UPDATED FROM Cozypeach27
2 months post

Going to talk to doctor about downsizing or explant

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Cozypeach27
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I feel so terrible, but I just feel so uncomfortable with my implants. I know my doctor did a great job, and I have no complications, But they are too big for me.
It's been almost 8 weeks since my surgery, and I've felt too big for 90% of the recovery. I actually really liked them around week 3-4 when the swelling was gone, but when the drop and fluff process began, they started to get bigger again. I wish I could go to that higher smaller stage, because I loved how they looked, and where they were placed. Now they are lower and heavier, and I feel more matronly because of the dropping. And I'm sure they will continue to drop since I am only 2 months out at this point. I wonder if I would have been better served with a lift and a smaller implant.
I am trying to figure out what solution is best at this point. I cry so much over them, which sounds so ridiculous. I never thought much about my boobs when they were small, only when I was in a swimsuit- but now I am painfully aware and self conscious of them almost always. This is also stressing out my poor husband, since this was supposed to be a confidence booster, but instead has created a much bigger problem.
I called and left a message at my PS's office to make an appointment to discuss my options. I'm very nervous to talk to him about this, since he did do a great job with what I started out with. I don't want to offend him, but I just know that I am so unhappy with the implants I have now. I also have no idea what to expect cost-wise, which will be the main reason of the appointment.
I would love to downsize, but am worried that this will be complicated and expensive. Because I had slight drooping pre-BA, I feel I will need a lift and possible pocket re-construction to ensure that the smaller implant does not move around. If downsizing would miraculously be not too expensive, I feel going down to 200cc or even less would be my ideal.
The other option is to just explant. It makes me so sad to think of this, since I know I was still not totally happy with my previous small boobs. Not to mention all the money that would be thrown down the drain.... but at least I was weight and pain-free, and happy about how I looked in clothes.
But this would probably be significantly less expensive than a revision, so it may be my only feasible option right now, aside from just living with these.
Ladies, I feel so down right now :(.

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April 21, 2017
Hi hope you're feeling ok! I'm having mine done next month with 265cc high profile implants. I have a bwd of 13 so similar to you. The base of the high profile implants are only 11cm, do you think that they will look to far apart and i should change to moderate ones? I am so scared of making the wrong decision and regretting it! Hope you're doing ok it's so hard to know what's for the best isn't it!
April 22, 2017
Did you get it done yet. I am having same challenge.
April 22, 2017
No I'm not having it done until the 27th of next month when are you? I did ask my PS about moderate profile and he said it might be a bit wide for me. I know they take more than your bwd into account so it may be something else like i have enough breast tissue, I'm hoping anyway!
October 26, 2018
March 8, 2019
I wish I had found your review before I got mine done! Im in the same boat now post-op. I got almost 300 and I just can’t adjust to them months later. Lots and lots of tears trying to be patient and wait for them to settle but I know deep down I should have just been decisive and said I wanted the low 200 sizers I tried on and liked. It’s been really difficult.
May 28, 2024
Hi! What did you end up deciding on? Did you keep your implants and get used to them or did you revise or explant? I am so invested in your story since I am 1 month post op trying to get used to mine. I sent you a direct message yesterday because I could use support since my poor husband is tired of me talking about my worries everyday. Please let me know. Thanks! :)
UPDATED FROM Cozypeach27
2 months post

I'm back!

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Sorry I didn't keep everyone updated. It has been pretty up and down these past 6 weeks.

I had no idea just how emotional this process would be. Even with all my research, and preparing myself to not judge my results too early on, it is another thing to see such a big change on your own body and psychologically adjust to the new image you have. I'm still adjusting to be honest. It's a process :).

The first 2 weeks I could not believe how big and swollen they looked. It really made me depressed and panicked that I had made the worst mistake, and on top of that, they were too high, and odd looking. (Which pretty much everyone is...it's just another thing to see it on yourself). My lower portion of my breast was a little "saggy" looking. I would post pictures, but I didn't take any.

Swelling is a funny thing because when I would feel them at first, I swore most of the bulk felt like the implant, so I immediately felt like there was NO WAY I was going to shrink down to my desired c cup.

It was exactly 2 weeks post op that I really noticed my breasts reducing in size. DRAMATICALLY. In a good way. I was finally liking them. And everyone would tell me that they couldn't even tell a difference in my clothes- which is exactly what I wanted. Subtle results, but to feel more confident in a bikini and naked.

I haven't gotten officially sized, but I'm guessing I am around a c or maybe d depending on the bra.

There are still days where I feel a little too big. Part of this may be because I still have a "heaviness" feeling on and off- especially in the morning. I still feel like I need to be careful how I sleep, or I feel a little uncomfortable. Sometimes I feel like I need to hold them up-worried that they will drop too low. Hoping that this feeling subsides eventually, so I just feel like they are my own breasts, and not foreign things inside of me.

But I think I'm still in the adjusting phase. When I look at photos, they look amazing, so I just have to remind myself that it is a process.

Just want to be real with you ladies! I wish (and I'm sure my husband does too) that it was a smooth sailing ride, but it will be all wonderful, and I'm extremely blessed to have a wonderful surgeon. He really did an amazing job, and has been incredibly accommodating to all my questions and concerns.

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UPDATED FROM Cozypeach27
4 days post

Flat spot and closer together

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Really worried today, my left breast now has a flat spot and when I press on my sternum, it crackles. Also- my implants have moved much closer together. Missing my spacing from right after surgery. Now they seem like they are almost touching. Worried that this is because I have too big/wide of implant for my body size. :( hopefully I'll have more positive updates soon. So far this has been incredibly emotional and rough

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March 8, 2017
Wow so sorry. Hope it works out. Its still too early to tell.
March 16, 2017
Thanks for the updates. I also have a petite frame and am nervous about going too big. I'm thinking of asking to stay under 300cc. Keep us posted.
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March 22, 2017
Hi....how are you doing????? Just curious how your recovery is?
March 24, 2017
I understand what you are feeling. I had the same goals you did and I am still feeling my implants are too big one year later. I am 5'4" short torso, 127lbs. Everyone said go bigger, I should have went with my gut and never went over 300. I was fighting between 295 and 325. My surgeon swayed me larger. Wish I had chosen the smaller implant; maybe even 275. Was a 34A/B and now I am a whopping 32D. Wish I were a 32C. I hope you end up happy and wish you the best. Want you to know I feel how you feel.
March 24, 2017
I ended up going with 325 which is too big for my petite frame.
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March 24, 2017
Hello all! This has been such an emotional month for sure. I have been on and off sick on top of the healing and adjustment period, but I can honestly say I am SO happy right now. I am 4 weeks post op, and the swelling has gone down SIGNIFICANTLY. You can't even tell I had anything done when I have my clothes on, and they look so great in a bra/bikini. I really am so happy! They are the PERFECT size. I feel silly now looking back at how worried I was. So if you feel very large at first, please! Don't worry!! I would say that around 2 weeks post op, I started noticing the swelling subsiding. But it would also flare up and down quite a bit, so depending on the day and how active I was, my boobs would start to swell/fluctuate again. The flat spot has significantly improved, and you can't even tell unless you really look. I'm starting to drop a lot, so they are looking more natural everyday. Very excited! Hope everyone is doing well :)