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Implant Removal, Time to Take Them Out

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Four weeks from today I will have a new look. I am...

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CheekyChick
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Four weeks from today I will have a new look. I am so excited! First a little background info for those who are interested….
Currently an empty 34B, 5’1”, 110lbs. I have 3 children and I never breastfed any of them. Friends and family were quick to tell me how my stomach would change but no one said anything about my boobs. I was a 32B when I got pregnant for the first time and they ballooned to a 38DD. I thought they were obscenely huge and I couldn’t wait for the milk to dry up. When it did I was devastated – my perky, little B’s were gone. I don’t hate the size I am now I just miss the fullness.
About 4 years ago I went to see a PS about a lift but when I found out how it was done and the scars it would leave I decided I’d just have to accept the changes brought on by three pregnancies. In November of 2011 I started to think about implants. I broached the subject with my husband. He didn’t think I needed anything done, said he loved my boobies but he also realised that I wasn’t happy with them and said if that’s what I wanted then he would support me. I researched online and found this site and have been lurking around on and off for several months. ? I have enjoyed reading everyone’s stories and the doctor’s comments.
In May 2012 I had my first consultation. I brought some photos with me and I chose photos of women’s whose breasts looked like mine before their BA and their after pics were what I wanted mine to look like. (No unrealistic expectations.) The PS was very informative and said the sag in my breast was minimal and he didn’t feel I needed a lift at all. He measured me and we (he) decided on high profile round 300cc cohesive gel implant (gummy implants) with a periareolar incision and they will be placed under the muscle. The PA said this will take me from a 34B to a 34C. I am wondering now if maybe I shouldn’t go a little bigger, like 310cc. I don’t want to be a D just a big C. I’m tiny so too big would look out of place on me.
My husband thought I should get a second opinion so in June I saw another PA. What a different experience it was from the first consultation. The second PA took one look and said he wouldn’t dive me implants without doing a lift first. This made me a little angry because from everything I have read online, on this site and others, about ptosis I knew mine was very minor as my nipple is not below the inframammary crease. I felt this PA just wanted my money. Maybe if I wasn’t so well informed I would have believed him.
Needless to say I decided to go with my first PA, made deposit and booked my surgery for November 24, 2012.
I am nervous and excited… excited to have fullness again, nervous about the pain, the recovery time, the scars. I see from the pics here that some women’s boobs look fantastic in just a few days while others still have the spongebob squareboobs months later. I am going to Mexico mid-December and I hope, hope, hope mine look great by then.
A question to all you ladies who have already had your BA… how long was it before your husband/boyfriend could enjoy the new you … um … physically? Meaning when could he get aggressive in his handling of the new and improved you? I’ve looked around for an answer to my question and haven’t seen one, maybe I’m just being pervy but I want to know and I’m sure others want to know too
Well, this is my story so far. I will post some pics later. I am moving to a new place on October 1 and my house is in disarray at the moment. Need to find the camera.

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UPDATED FROM CheekyChick
27 days pre

I just realised I put the wrong date for my...

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I just realised I put the wrong date for my surgery, it's October 24 NOT November 24. I spoke with the PS office today and I am booked for 7am with a surgery time of 7:30. I have decided to go with 325cc.


I also took some pics this morning with my iPhone.

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September 27, 2012

I think your nipples look great, not saggy at all, so I'm glad you don't feel you have to go with a lift! Here's what some doctors have to say about sex after breast implants. Here's another link about that. Please keep us posted as your big day gets closer!

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September 29, 2012
Thanks! I always thought they were big but after seeing others I know mine aren't. We are are own worst critic.
September 27, 2012
How exciting!!!! Yeah, you don't need a lift, lucky you!!! I got the okay for sex at my 1 week post op-but no pressure on them or manhandling.....haha. You are pretty petite, so the size your ps picked seems good!
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September 29, 2012
When exactly can they be manhandled???
September 28, 2012

Hello chick~ congrats on booking the surgery! I went with 304 cc's, silicone, mod +...your results should be similar to mine. Look forward to seeing the post op piks. I think you're going to look amazing!!....GOOD LUCK;-))
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September 29, 2012
Yours are exactly what I want mine to look like ... like fantastic natural looking boobs.
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October 3, 2012
Exactly three weeks from today. I am getting super excited. Reading everyone's stories, it's nice to know what to expect. Psyching myself up for the pain and hoping it won’t be that bad. Pouring over pics trying to get an idea of what I'll look like. I think I am driving my hubby crazy with all the boobie talk. I haven't told anyone I am having a BA done so he is the only one I can talk to about it. I had printed off some after pics of what I was hoping to achieve and left the in my laptop. My daughter found them and I had to tell her I was thinking of having a BA because she thought my hub was looking at [RS bleep]. She said she didn’t think I should get implants. Still not comfortable talking to her about it not to mention she’d blab it to my parents. I guess soon enough everyone will know. I need to make the hotel reservation for the night before and night of the surgery. There isn’t a PS in my city so I have to travel 4 hours. I’ll see him the day after the procedure and then drive back. Hopefully the meds will make me sleep in the car. I still need to pick up a sports bra and really have no clue what size to get. If I am a 34B now and wear size small what size sports bra do you ladies recommend? Also need to pick up a few zippered tops. Did your PS give you an anti-inflammatory? I am allergic to NSAIDS and hope there will be another alternative to aid in the swelling. Well these are my ramblings for today.
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17 days pre

October 3 - Exactly three weeks from today. I am...

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October 3 - Exactly three weeks from today. I am getting super excited. Reading everyone's stories, it's nice to know what to expect. Psyching myself up for the pain and hoping it won’t be that bad. Pouring over pics trying to get an idea of what I'll look like. I think I am driving my hubby crazy with all the boobie talk. I haven't told anyone I am having a BA done so he is the only one I can talk to about it. I had printed off some after pics of what I was hoping to achieve and left the in my laptop. My daughter found them and I had to tell her I was thinking of having a BA because she thought my hub was looking at [RS bleep]. She said she didn’t think I should get implants. Still not comfortable talking to her about it not to mention she’d blab it to my parents. I guess soon enough everyone will know. I need to make the hotel reservation for the night before and night of the surgery. There isn’t a PS in my city so I have to travel 4 hours. I’ll see him the day after the procedure and then drive back. Hopefully the meds will make me sleep in the car. I still need to pick up a sports bra and really have no clue what size to get. If I am a 34B now and wear size small what size sports bra do you ladies recommend? Also need to pick up a few zippered tops. Did your PS give you an anti-inflammatory? I am allergic to NSAIDS and hope there will be another alternative to aid in the swelling. Well these are my ramblings for today.

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October 8, 2012
I am excited to see your results. We are similiar in breast size and I am looking at getting 275cc, just enough to fill out the tissue. I go from being super excited to being very nervous. I am looking at the 8th of November so you will get yours just before me. Are you having silicone or saline and where is your incision going to be?
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October 8, 2012
Like you I just want to fill out the upper pole, I don't want to go much bigger than I am now and I know what you mean about fluctuating between nervous and excited. I love reading everyone's journeys but then when I read some of the bad experiences I start to worry. I just hope I don't end up with implants that sit just below my collar bone for months before dropping or look like I have two grapefruits on my chest. I am having cohesive gel implants through a periareola incision. I initially planned to go with saline because if they ruptured it's safer but after researching and finding out about the cohesive gel and hearing that they feel more natural I changed my mind. I will post some after pics.