29 Years Old, 5'2", 140lbs, 32A. 360cc Pure Silimed, Anatomical Silicone - Dublin, Ireland

I am 3 days post op beginning this review. I have always wanted to do something about my breasts. For as long as I can remember, I have been self conscious with my body. I am very bottom heavy and have always felt out of proportion.

When I was younger I was a master at pretending I had boobs! Massive padded bras, chicken fillets, socks in my bras, I really worked all the tricks very well and I think with clothes on, I had people fooled!! Living in Ireland, it rarely gets hot during the summer, when there's a freak heat wave people flock to the beaches, taking full advantage of the weather. I lived in fear of hot weather as it was always so much more difficult to fake having boobs! As I got older, I became more comfortable with my body but I couldn't help but think it was missing something!

I began to seriously consider a BA in 2007. I went to two consultations in different clinics, these were the only ones offering the procedure in my city at the time. I got bad vibes from both clinics and felt that they were just trying to make a sale and push me into making a decision. I got disheartened and stopped searching. In 2010, I began to seriously consider a BA again, this time there were more clinics in my city so I went for consultations with three surgeons. I remember feeling like I was on a conveyor belt when going to consultations, they were rushed, the surgeons were annoyed at me asking questions as if I was interrupting their routine sales pitch. I would be passed to the lady out front who would then try to get a deposit from me to secure a surgery date! I wanted a breast augmentation so bad at the time that I did settle for one of the clinics, even though in my gut I didn't feel 100% confident in my decision. My hours got cut in my job at the time due to the recession and my bank refused the loan I had applied for the pay for my surgery. I was so upset at the time, I felt like my life had been ruined! In hindsight, the gods were definitely looking down on me! Later that year I got accepted to college and my dream of getting boobs was put on hold once again!

In 2014, I began the search once again and this time I came across many studies on polyurethane coated implants. I wanted a natural look and loved the results of girls who had gotten anatomical shaped implants, because there is less chance of implant rotation with polyurethane coated implants and less chance of capsular contraction, I really wanted to get these. I discovered that Dr.Ahmed Salman was the only surgeon in Ireland using these and so I scheduled a consultation for September 2014.

I prepared myself for the possibility of not feeling comfortable with the surgeon and the clinic. This time, I would not allow myself to be sucked into something. No matter how bad I wanted the boobs, I would not settle unless I was completely happy with the surgeon. I had began looking to the United Kingdom in case I was unhappy with my consultation.

When I walked into Dr. Salmans office and shook his hand, I was immediately put at ease. He was very kind and took the time to chat to me as a person. It didn't feel like I was being rushed, like all my previous consultations. He explained to me in detail the procedure, the type of implant and the benefits of polyurethane coated implants. He then allowed me to try on different sizes to get an idea of what size would suit me best. We decided on 360cc, he recommended a sub muscular placement and a crease incision. Having asked him all my questions, I left and spoke with the lady at the desk to inquire about possible surgery dates. She was really nice and wrote down the dates that were available for the time that suited me, there was absolutely no pressure to hand over money which was such a change from my previous experiences.

I was so nervous on the day of surgery and it really was a breeze! I was more nervous of getting a needle than being under anesthetic or the recovery!! I woke up from the anesthetic in really good form, my mouth was dry and I was in a little pain but the nurse gave me something for the pain straight away and gave me a glass of water. I went into theatre at 11:30am and returned to the ward at about 1pm. My boyfriend came to pick me up at 4:30 to drive me home. I felt fine, just a bit tired and spaced out from the meds. Dr Salman told me not to wear a bra for 5 weeks. My nipples look really puffy and weird so I will probably need to cover them with nipple shields if I'm going anywhere in public!!

So far, my recovery has been amazing! I woke up a few times during the first night with pains, it wasn't severe and just felt like I had been at the gym, more discomfort than pain really. Other than that the only pain I have been feeling is in the mornings when I first wake up, I find it really difficult to sit up and get out of bed, the pain is intense but once I get up and move around it just goes away. I read this is pretty common in the beginning so I'm not worried about it.

I am really happy with my results so far, I can see them changing already. They seem looser than they were immediately after surgery. I know I have a long way to go yet before they are fully settled and healed but I can visualize the outcome and I'm very happy right now. I attached some pre-op pictures and some from 2 days post op!

These stories and reviews really helped me throughout my research and my journey so I will try to update this as often as possible. Hopefully my pictures might help others in making decisions. :)

I've been really tired today! I took my dog for a walk this morning and when I came home I just crashed on the couch and haven't really moved since!!
It has also been the worst day yet for 'pain'! I use the word pain because I really don't know how to describe it! I feel like my skin between my boobs is stretching and causing a pulling sensation and slight pain, i also feel like I'm sunburned and every so often i get a twinge of pain in my boobs. I'm putting it all down to the healing process, its not even that bad but definitely worse than previous days. I should mention that i was taking panadol for most of today, i wasn't sure it was necessary for me to be taking the strong pain killers as i had been feeling so good. I did take a strong pain killer a few hours ago, i could have done without it i think but took it anyway!
I just realised i haven't really mentioned anything about the sensation in my boobs. I wasn't able to feel anything for the first few days, today i definitely feel like there's parts of my boobs with more feeling than before. I have no sensation in my nipples but today they did go hard when i went outside in the cold which hadn't happened every other day!! I'm working in the morning and tried on my uniform to see how my boobs look! I will definitely need to get some nipple shields tomorrow but plasters will have to do temporarily as the air-con at work might make things slightly awkward!!! Other than that i don't think people will notice as they don't look any different than when i wore padded bras!!
I feel like they have changed a bit from the last pictures! They definitely feel a little bit softer but still a long long way to go!! :-)

It feels great to be getting rid of all these!!!! :-)