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450cc HP Saline - Houston, TX
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I have always wanted breast implants, I mean...
$5,900
I have always wanted breast implants, I mean literally since I was 8 years old! :) Ever since I turned 18, I have been researching surgeons and critically looking over hundreds of before and after pics. Now that I work at a upper scale club as a waitress and make a good amount of money, I figured that I could take the plunge and be able to afford the surgery and my college/living expenses.
I decided on Dr. Scott Yarish at Town and Country Plastic Surgery here in Houston. I had my consultation on the 14th of June, and it went great. I explained that I wanted to go as large as I could. I don't care if people can tell I have them done, I just want them to be beautifully done. I told him that of course all of his photos were very nice, but I noticed that some girls I know and some pics I had seen on other Dr.'s websites looked like torpedos, with the nipples pointing down and he explained what surgical error causes that, and assured me that would not happen to me. He said that is typical of discount docs, which isn't hard to believe. He explained that with my being so small, 32B-C naturally, and not having any children, 500cc would be most likely that largest I could INITIALLY go without getting stretch marks. He said that during surgery, he would fill the saline slowly watching to make sure my skin wasn't tearing. He estimates I will go between 450cc (saline) and 500cc. He knew that my goal was 650-700cc, and said that it would be a two step process for that in my case. If after the initial surgery I still wanted to go bigger, he would wait about 6 months and go back in under local anesthesia and fill the implants more, letting my breasts stretch slowly avoiding stretch marks and nerve damage. Who knows, I may not even want to go bigger anyway :)
He explained he would put the incision under the breast, because most patients have the most success with that incision. He will be implanting Mentor Ultra High Profile and fill them anywhere from 450-500cc. He will be going partially under the muscle. After Dr. Yarish going through everything with me, and patiently answering all of the questions I had on my list, I knew he was the surgeon for me so I scheduled a surgery date. His staff was wonderfully warm and compassionate, telling me to call/email if I had any questions before my pre-op, and said that I could come back by as many times as I wanted to keep trying on implant sizes or ask questions. My pre-op is 2 weeks before my surgery. I am so excited!!!!!! I feel a very strong trust with this surgeon and feel very positive and at east with the whole situation! The best part, is that the surgical suite is in his office building. I won't have to drive far at all. Plus, it is much more comfortable and spa like as opposed to going to a hospital or surgical center. Does anyone have any tips for me? I will keep tracking my progress on here. Only 8 weeks til D-day! Thanks!
I decided on Dr. Scott Yarish at Town and Country Plastic Surgery here in Houston. I had my consultation on the 14th of June, and it went great. I explained that I wanted to go as large as I could. I don't care if people can tell I have them done, I just want them to be beautifully done. I told him that of course all of his photos were very nice, but I noticed that some girls I know and some pics I had seen on other Dr.'s websites looked like torpedos, with the nipples pointing down and he explained what surgical error causes that, and assured me that would not happen to me. He said that is typical of discount docs, which isn't hard to believe. He explained that with my being so small, 32B-C naturally, and not having any children, 500cc would be most likely that largest I could INITIALLY go without getting stretch marks. He said that during surgery, he would fill the saline slowly watching to make sure my skin wasn't tearing. He estimates I will go between 450cc (saline) and 500cc. He knew that my goal was 650-700cc, and said that it would be a two step process for that in my case. If after the initial surgery I still wanted to go bigger, he would wait about 6 months and go back in under local anesthesia and fill the implants more, letting my breasts stretch slowly avoiding stretch marks and nerve damage. Who knows, I may not even want to go bigger anyway :)
He explained he would put the incision under the breast, because most patients have the most success with that incision. He will be implanting Mentor Ultra High Profile and fill them anywhere from 450-500cc. He will be going partially under the muscle. After Dr. Yarish going through everything with me, and patiently answering all of the questions I had on my list, I knew he was the surgeon for me so I scheduled a surgery date. His staff was wonderfully warm and compassionate, telling me to call/email if I had any questions before my pre-op, and said that I could come back by as many times as I wanted to keep trying on implant sizes or ask questions. My pre-op is 2 weeks before my surgery. I am so excited!!!!!! I feel a very strong trust with this surgeon and feel very positive and at east with the whole situation! The best part, is that the surgical suite is in his office building. I won't have to drive far at all. Plus, it is much more comfortable and spa like as opposed to going to a hospital or surgical center. Does anyone have any tips for me? I will keep tracking my progress on here. Only 8 weeks til D-day! Thanks!
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UPDATED FROM Delta20
14 days pre
Pre-op visit tomorrow!
My surgery is 2 weeks away! I have my pre-op tomo where I will find out my exact time I need to be at the surgical suite and what I need to do to prepare.... I also make the official payment! Whew! I am so excited..... I am going to ask 100 more questions tomorrow.
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December 13, 2014
Hi!! I am curious as to why your profile says this was not worth it? I actually planned on doing my BA with Dr. Yarish, and was about to call it off when I saw the "not worth it"! I would be so greatful if you could email me. I read through a lot of your posts, and everything seemed great. And all your problems seemed to be resolved. Please email me! Katherine.wheeler8550@gmail.com
UPDATED FROM Delta20
Day of treatment
Surgery was today! THRILLED
Hey everyone, I know I didn't update much in between my consultion and my surgery, but nothing much happened between just keeping busy working and preparing for my fall semester of college.
SO, my surgery was scheduled for today at 1, so I had to come in an hour early. Dr. Yarish has his own private, spa-like surgical suite right behind his office so it was super convenient to get to. My mom came with me, and she is a registered nurse so I had the best support person possible!
My pre-op room resembled a 5 star hotel room and had a little water fall and relaxing jazz music playing :). I did a urine pregnancy test, (negative of course) then crawled back into my heated blankets :). The initial nurse, Sarah then came in and started my IV. She was absolutely beautiful and just as sweet. She told me that A Registered Nurse Anethesit would be performing my general anethesia and that she was great and had not only domr anethesia on her herself, but all of her family! Really made me feel that much more at ease.
The CRNA then came in and She gave me a quick "cocktail of meds" through my IV that included relaxing agents and an anti-nasuea med.
About 2 minutes after the cocktail, I felt this sudden feeling of doom and panic. I leaped forward in the bed and told my mom I needed to just leave! My mom looked concerned and went and got the CRNA. By the time she came in I had relaxed back to normal and was slightly dosing. She explained that 5% of the population has that adverse reaction to a medication she had adminstered called "regalin" and not to be worried. Like I said, 10 minutes later the panic feeling had left.
After dosing for about 30 minutes Dr. Yarish came in and went over my implants, and said that today my R breast looked a little bigger and so he would adjust them by pputting 20 extra cc in my left. He also explained the if he could fit 500+cc he would use UHP saline to accomodate that size on my chest, but if he was using 400-475cc he would use HP. He then said he would be taking me back in 10 minutes! He also made some marks on my chest. He is just a calming man, it just reconfirmed why I chose him in the past.
The CRNA (can't remember her name, darn!) then came back and walked me to the operating room, already fully of surgical staff :) I had a great feeling knowing the moment I had been waiting for was about to happen! I quickly asked her if the post pain would be unbearable and she said that no, they would already have narcotics in my system when I woke up. SHe also said that due to my small stature (115lbs, 5'5) not too take as many of my Vicadin at home and to try to just take the Soma (muscle relaxer as that would get to the source of the pain. (chest muscle stretching.)
I laid down, and noticed they had a top 40 station playing :) My kind of music! Anywa, they attached 2 things on my leg (blood pressure cuffs I am assuming) and some kind of electrode thing on my back (checking me heart rate I am assuming) they felt cold but no pain at all. It was incredible to see everyone doing something different at the same time! Next thing, I felt a slight burn in my IV so I know they were inserting something. Right after the nice CRNA put a mask delicately over my face and told me to think of my dream vacation. That is all she wrote!
I woke up to my post-op nurse saying my name over and over. My body felt heavy and I didn't think I would be ale to speak very clearly. Some how I managed to mumble out, "Where's my mom?" :) She gave me some sprite and went and got her. Much to my surprise and pleasure, I had NO stomach issues. My chest felt tight and sore, but was able to move from the bed to a recliner to wait to see my Doctor. The post-op nurse told me I had the most beautiful breasts and DR. Y did an absolutely fantastic job. Then, the CRNA came around the corner and gave me the same compiment :) Felt great.
While relaxing in the recliner, they kept telling my to keep my eyes open and the anethesia makes it hard to talk and move at first. I ate afew animal crackers, finished my Sprite, and Dr. Yarish came by.
He told me that I had beautiful breasts and I did great!! He was very very pleased with his results, and asked my how I was feeling. He also spoke with my mom for a few moment. (I was busy trying to keep my eyed open that I missed that convo) lol.. I was told that my first post-op visit would be tomorrow at 9am.
I felt wobbly wallking to the car, but luckily it was an extremely short walk to the car bc Yarish had his own private walkway to get to the pickup area/car. The nurse helped me out and even seatbelted me in! Now that is excpetional care.
Now, originally they had given me a RX for Soma, Vicadin, Xanax, andanti-biotics. Before surgery I was like, oh I don't want to take much for pain, I will be fine. I had too much pride I guess.... STUPID.
Once I got home, I propped myself up in bed and was in pretty severe pain. I called my mom in and asked her for a Soma and a Xanax after laying their for like an hour. The pressure on your chest can make you a bit tense and anxious. I still could not sleep. I felt like a stabbing pain, especially in my right breast. After 2 more hours, I conceded and took some vicadin, then slept 3 hours. By now it was like 11pm. THERE IS NOTHING to be embarrased about taking your pain medicatipn. They just cut your muscle and if you hadn't had kids before, especially stretched your skin the the max! It is bound to hurt.
It is around 12:30 central time, and I was able to eat a lean cuisine (light on the stomach) with no problem, and even some strawberry shortcake! I am know sitting in front of the tv watching flashpoint and writing this all for ya'll :)
My big tip from this point would be to TAKE your pills before the pain is excruciating, however often it says on your prescription bottle. Manage it before it get too bad. Hopefully after another day or two I will lessen them if not stop them completely. Thank you guys for reading :) I incuded a pic of my in my peaceful pre-operative suite and my right now (day 1 ) with the gauze wrap :)
SO, my surgery was scheduled for today at 1, so I had to come in an hour early. Dr. Yarish has his own private, spa-like surgical suite right behind his office so it was super convenient to get to. My mom came with me, and she is a registered nurse so I had the best support person possible!
My pre-op room resembled a 5 star hotel room and had a little water fall and relaxing jazz music playing :). I did a urine pregnancy test, (negative of course) then crawled back into my heated blankets :). The initial nurse, Sarah then came in and started my IV. She was absolutely beautiful and just as sweet. She told me that A Registered Nurse Anethesit would be performing my general anethesia and that she was great and had not only domr anethesia on her herself, but all of her family! Really made me feel that much more at ease.
The CRNA then came in and She gave me a quick "cocktail of meds" through my IV that included relaxing agents and an anti-nasuea med.
About 2 minutes after the cocktail, I felt this sudden feeling of doom and panic. I leaped forward in the bed and told my mom I needed to just leave! My mom looked concerned and went and got the CRNA. By the time she came in I had relaxed back to normal and was slightly dosing. She explained that 5% of the population has that adverse reaction to a medication she had adminstered called "regalin" and not to be worried. Like I said, 10 minutes later the panic feeling had left.
After dosing for about 30 minutes Dr. Yarish came in and went over my implants, and said that today my R breast looked a little bigger and so he would adjust them by pputting 20 extra cc in my left. He also explained the if he could fit 500+cc he would use UHP saline to accomodate that size on my chest, but if he was using 400-475cc he would use HP. He then said he would be taking me back in 10 minutes! He also made some marks on my chest. He is just a calming man, it just reconfirmed why I chose him in the past.
The CRNA (can't remember her name, darn!) then came back and walked me to the operating room, already fully of surgical staff :) I had a great feeling knowing the moment I had been waiting for was about to happen! I quickly asked her if the post pain would be unbearable and she said that no, they would already have narcotics in my system when I woke up. SHe also said that due to my small stature (115lbs, 5'5) not too take as many of my Vicadin at home and to try to just take the Soma (muscle relaxer as that would get to the source of the pain. (chest muscle stretching.)
I laid down, and noticed they had a top 40 station playing :) My kind of music! Anywa, they attached 2 things on my leg (blood pressure cuffs I am assuming) and some kind of electrode thing on my back (checking me heart rate I am assuming) they felt cold but no pain at all. It was incredible to see everyone doing something different at the same time! Next thing, I felt a slight burn in my IV so I know they were inserting something. Right after the nice CRNA put a mask delicately over my face and told me to think of my dream vacation. That is all she wrote!
I woke up to my post-op nurse saying my name over and over. My body felt heavy and I didn't think I would be ale to speak very clearly. Some how I managed to mumble out, "Where's my mom?" :) She gave me some sprite and went and got her. Much to my surprise and pleasure, I had NO stomach issues. My chest felt tight and sore, but was able to move from the bed to a recliner to wait to see my Doctor. The post-op nurse told me I had the most beautiful breasts and DR. Y did an absolutely fantastic job. Then, the CRNA came around the corner and gave me the same compiment :) Felt great.
While relaxing in the recliner, they kept telling my to keep my eyes open and the anethesia makes it hard to talk and move at first. I ate afew animal crackers, finished my Sprite, and Dr. Yarish came by.
He told me that I had beautiful breasts and I did great!! He was very very pleased with his results, and asked my how I was feeling. He also spoke with my mom for a few moment. (I was busy trying to keep my eyed open that I missed that convo) lol.. I was told that my first post-op visit would be tomorrow at 9am.
I felt wobbly wallking to the car, but luckily it was an extremely short walk to the car bc Yarish had his own private walkway to get to the pickup area/car. The nurse helped me out and even seatbelted me in! Now that is excpetional care.
Now, originally they had given me a RX for Soma, Vicadin, Xanax, andanti-biotics. Before surgery I was like, oh I don't want to take much for pain, I will be fine. I had too much pride I guess.... STUPID.
Once I got home, I propped myself up in bed and was in pretty severe pain. I called my mom in and asked her for a Soma and a Xanax after laying their for like an hour. The pressure on your chest can make you a bit tense and anxious. I still could not sleep. I felt like a stabbing pain, especially in my right breast. After 2 more hours, I conceded and took some vicadin, then slept 3 hours. By now it was like 11pm. THERE IS NOTHING to be embarrased about taking your pain medicatipn. They just cut your muscle and if you hadn't had kids before, especially stretched your skin the the max! It is bound to hurt.
It is around 12:30 central time, and I was able to eat a lean cuisine (light on the stomach) with no problem, and even some strawberry shortcake! I am know sitting in front of the tv watching flashpoint and writing this all for ya'll :)
My big tip from this point would be to TAKE your pills before the pain is excruciating, however often it says on your prescription bottle. Manage it before it get too bad. Hopefully after another day or two I will lessen them if not stop them completely. Thank you guys for reading :) I incuded a pic of my in my peaceful pre-operative suite and my right now (day 1 ) with the gauze wrap :)
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Thank you for sharing your awesome story! Glad you are confident with your PS. Sounds like he is truly looking out for your best interests by avoiding potential stretch marks. Do you have someone to help you the first few days of your recovery? Here is a list of items you may want to purchase and set up. Looking forward to following your journey!