Finally got the boobs of my dreams!!! Sientra 565cc HP Breast Augmentation - Dr. Mabourakh

I have been wanting a breast augmentation since high school. I was always told that if I waited my boobs would grow more and unfortunately that never happened.. so last year I turned 22 (which made me eligible to get silicone implants) and I decided it's time to go under the knife!!!
During the research process I heavily relied on Realself.. I swear sometimes I almost had an obsession with this website. I had been lurking for years trying to find the perfect surgeon.
I found a review with a lady who went to Dr. Mabourakh and I was in love with the results. I found every breast augmentation review for Dr. M and was so impressed with everything that I had read.
In December 2020 I called to schedule a consultation.. the next available consult was in late January. At the consult Dr. M explained the entire process to me amazingly and answered every question I had before I had to ask it. After talking and showing me videos of the process I went to do the 3D imaging and try on sizers. I knew that I wanted the biggest breasts possible without doing too much that it would cause problems down the road. I wanted my breasts to be big, very round, lots of side boob, lots of upper fullness and be a lot closer together. When I explained that to Dr. M he suggested I start trying 450cc moderate profile sizers.. I immediately thought it was too small for my goals. We worked our way up to 485cc moderate profile. I was pretty overwhelmed to try on sizers, I feel like I went to the consult a little unprepared. Dr. M did the 3D imaging after I tried on the sizers because he wanted the emphasis to be on how they felt rather then how they looked in the imaging. When I saw the 485cc implants on the 3D imaging I was disappointed, they looked too small for my goal. I tried on more sizers and told Dr. M I wanted to go as big as he'd let me and he told me the 565cc high profile implant is the biggest and widest implant that would work for my body. I loved how the sizers felt and looked.
About a month after my consult I scheduled my pre op appointment, which turned out to be on May 4, 2021. My surgery date was set for May 21, 2021. If you choose to go to Dr. M know that appointment dates will be months out.
At the pre op appointment I was asked questions about my health history and got to try on sizers one last time before the implants were ordered for surgery. I felt great choosing the Sientra 565cc HP.
The morning of my surgery I arrived at 7 am.. I was very nervous but the nurses were so sweet and comforting. I was in a waiting room in the back of the office and had an IV inserted and watched Netflix until it was time to go into surgery. I woke up and felt dizzy and tired. The pressure on my chest was pretty painful. The skin on my breasts was so tight and was being stretched so much, which was probably the most uncomfortable part.
When I got home I continued to take my medicine and the next couple of days were a total blur. My boyfriend had stayed home to take care of me the first week.. I would not have been able to do anything myself. The first couple of days I had close to no interest in food, I had lots of Jamba Juice and soup though. Going to the bathroom was a struggle, my arms were extremely sore and for the first week I could not even pull my own pants or panties down. It's kind of embarrassing.. but I had to wear a skirt so I could pull it up to go to the bathroom without help. I couldn't close or open doors on my own either. It honestly even hurt to lift glasses of water that were full.
Looking at my boobs in the first couple of days was a terrible idea.. they looked like boxy pointy torpedos and I was convinced that they would never be able to drop and fluff.
I took 2 weeks off of work to recover and I'm so glad that I did. I read some reviews of people driving a week after their augment and I have no idea how they could do it.. I didn't even try driving until 2 weeks and I had a lot of pain trying to turn the wheel. Dr. M did warn me that recovery would be harder and longer because of the large size that I chose. I couldn't fully use my arms without pain until the 2 month mark.
When I was finally able to start massaging my breast it hurt very badly, this got much better with time. My breasts had to stretch so much to accommodate the large implant.
My breasts were up too high and looked ridiculous up until around the 2 month mark.. then I started to trust the drop and fluff process lol.
I am now almost at 3 months post op and I feel as if my breasts have finally finished dropping and fluffing and I overall couldn't be happier. Sometimes I do wish they were bigger, but for my first surgery I know it wouldn't have been possible.. so that makes me feel better. When I get my implants replaced in the future I will definitely move up to a larger size.
I currently measure as a 32 DDD (F) in Victoria's Secret bras. What I do like about the size of my breasts is that it's easy to wear a loose shirt and have my boobs go into incognito mode when I want them to.. but if I wear a tight bodysuit or bikini they look poppin!!!