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Just Had a Lift and Augment and Think That They Are Too Small

UPDATED FROM KGregg85
6 days post

Decided to get a redo and go bigger

Well I made the decision today to just go ahead and get the bigger implants put in asap rather than waiting 3 months to see if I like them after they've settled. I spoke with the surgeon and he said they won't be getting any bigger after 3 months, so I made the decision to just do it now. If they are small a week out, they will be small or smaller in 3 months. I should've had the 475ccs made available to me on surgery day but that was their mistake....very frustrated... I cannot afford to take a full 6 months off of my marathon training..... so here goes nothing. Should be hearing when my surgery is by tomorrow.... No pain no gain right? ????

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Larry Reaves, M.D.

Larry Reaves, M.D.

Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

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It's good that you are going to just T for it now because if u hate the size now u will hate it later aswell. However, 425 to 475 is really NOT a big difference at all. I have had three surgeries. I went from 435-475-600. I thought 600 would be way to big on my 5"3" 125 pound dram but they were perfect. I am just Giving my opinion and by no means do I know that you would not be happy with 475, I just think if you are going thru it again I would atleast go 500. If not 525. Good luck and I hope all goes well for u!!
Thank you SO much for your advice. It's reassuring.. on my frame these 425ccs just look too small.. it's weird how different everyone's bodies are and how some implants can look HUGE on others and SMALLER on others... my friend's boobs look amazing, but look so big and she has 375ccs... they look bigger than my 425's... it's really interesting... thank you again for commenting!! Hope you have a wonderful new year!
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I came in from out of town over Xmas to get my...

I came in from out of town over Xmas to get my lift and my augment. The surgeon was recommended by a few friends of mine that had their's done by him. I had my initial consult back in February when I was in town for a half marathon and during that consultation I was told I needed a lift and 425cc would accommodate my look and active lifestyle. Come July, I did more research about sizing and asked my running friends that have had the procedure if going bigger really impacts their running that much. They also recommended HP implants bc they stay up and don't bounce around as much while running. So, I contacted the nurse and said I wanted to change my sizing to try out 450-475cc and do high profile. She told me she would order those for me. Come two weeks before the surgery I called again to check in about the sizing to make sure we had multiple choices ranging from 350-475cc. She said she had those.... dec 22, the day of surgery I am in the hospital bed about to go into surgery and the anesthesiologist asks me what procedure I was having done. I said a lift and an augment. She said o we don't have you down for a lift. That's when my panic set in. It thankfully got resolved, but when the nurse asked me about my sizing I said I wanted to go on the bigger side 450-475 whatever you think looks good and big but not too big to effect my running. She told me that I only told her to order 425cc implants. I was like, um no. I spoke with you twice about going bigger and I even asked if we needed a pre-op appt to finalize what I wanted. She told me that was not necessary to do. I wish I would have pushed that.... I should not have consented to go ahead with the surgery with just the 425cc implants, but at that point coming in from out of town for the surgery, and just wanting to get it done, I said ok...... the day after I looked at them and just started bawling. I think they are way too small for my frame and are not the look I was wanting at all. They look like the same size as my old saggy boobs but just lifted. Not what I wanted. I am concerned they are going to get even smaller after the swelling goes down. I'm pretty distraught over this whole ordeal, and I am hoping to get them redone with them trying the 450-475 cc implants to achieve the look I want. The nurse even told me my frane could support 500cc if I wanted that large, but I know those would be a bit too big for me... but I'm just confused as to why she never ordered what I wanted....Does anyone have any advice as to what I should do about my situation?

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You might want to heal and then determine what makes sense. Going too big may have impacted your running. You have to heal from this which is a journey.