800cc Silicone BA

I've been reading reviews for about a year from this site now and have finally decided to make things happen. Had a consult for breast augmentation on May 10th and paid in full that same day. I'm having my surgery on Tuesday, May 24th at 5:00 pm.

I contacted a friend of mine, Sarina Valentina, to discuss what she had done and she told me she has Mentor 800CC Moderate Profile Silicone and offered to have her Dr. in Vegas do mine. I said I had already paid but really liked hers and wanted similar results. She provided me with a few pictures to give to my Dr and advised against Allergen as she had them before and didn't like them. She said the moderate profile will give me the look I'm wanting and said there should be a 1 finger gap between your breasts. Dr. Clark looked at the photos and said she should be able to achieve these results fairly easily based on my current breasts. Sarina is a 34DD whereas I will be around a 38D.

I also decided on lip implants as well. I have read quite a few reviews on the success rate of them and have been up and down and I decided to go ahead and do it. I have no lips. Seriously. No. Lips. At. All. Besides my nose it's probably been my biggest complaint. I explained what I wanted and will be performed by Dr. Kaufman at the same time Dr. Clark is doing my breasts. I've seen a lot of really nice looking 5mm implants and hoping mine look just as good.

I also had a consult for Rhinoplasty and having a 2nd consult on July 5th. That surgery should be shortly after but is being performed with UC Davis of Sacramento. I have a severely deviated septum which they will be fixing under my insurance and will perform the rhinoplasty at the same time. Otherwise, I would have had Kaufman and Clark do this one too.

After all that, I will probably have one more surgery with Dr. Crane in San Francisco. He was recommended by Dr. Clark as well as my primary care physician to do an orchiectomy . I had an ultrasound done and found out I have two benign cysts, one on each side and also have microlithiasis on both and was told these could possibly be cancer forming and something to keep an eye on. My primary said she would require another ultrasound in 6 months but knew I was looking to have them removed anyway so she sent my results to Dr. Crane. He called me and I have a phone consult on Wednesday at 4:30 to go over options and how we want to submit for insurance but said either way, my insurance would cover the cost.

Stay tuned. :)

So my surgery is tomorrow at 5:00 pm. I was told to show up an hour early and to keep my phone on me at all times as they could call me in early. The woman I spoke with today said it's pretty common to get a call 1-2 hours earlier than expected.

I did experience a bit of anxiety today but luckily I had a friend at work who talked me off that ledge and I was able to focus on what I needed to get done before my vacation. Now, I'm just really excited and can't wait to go in. Funny thing is I'm not worried about the BA as much as I am the lip implants.

I have everything ready to go but if anyone has any suggestions on things that can help with after care - like swelling, bruising, scaring, etc I'm all ears. I did purchase some coconut oil as I read some people use it to massage in to help with the tightness.

I didn't get called in early so I showed up at 4:00 pm as requested. I checked in, went over everything with the nurse and met the anesthesiologist. I asked the nurse if they sell videos of "the ride" like they do at Disneyland and she said that would be a good idea, but unfortunately they did not. I asked if she would be willing to take a few pictures for me and she was more than happy to.

Right after, Dr. Kaufman came in and we went over the lip implant procedure. He said he would be doing my lips after Dr. Clark did my BA. Dr. Clark then checked in with me, double checked the size I wanted and we were ready to go. At this point there was not an ounce of anxiety or nervousness. This had been a long time coming and I was just ready.

I was brought into the operating room and laid out on the table. I was told to put my arm straight out on an extension table and then the anesthesiologist asked to put my right arm straight out on that extension table. I don't remember a thing after that. I was out immediately.

I woke up in a total fog. The nurse was chuckling at me as I was groaning and feeling at my chest. It took a few minutes for me to actually come to and my chest felt really tight and lips probably hurt more. At that point, I was off and out the door, heading home with all my pain medications.

Once I got home, I couldn't talk. My lips were in so much pain and so swollen but I definitely liked what I was seeing. I HAVE LIPS. For reals - Lips! I've never had lips and now I have full pouty quack quack duck face lips. I know the swelling will go down but I am sure appreciating them. I took my pain meds and went to sleep - or at least tried to. I couldn't sleep at all. My bottom lip hurt worse than my chest. It wasn't fun.

I had my first post-op appointment at 10:00 am the next morning. The nurse came in, unwrapped me and checked me out. Everything looked great so she put me back together, told me I could shower in a couple days and to go home and get some sleep. Which I did. I spent the rest of the day, and that night in bed finally getting a good amount of sleep.