POSTED UNDER Breast Implant Revision Reviews
425 cc Sub Muscular Allergan High Profile, 5 Foot 2 Inches, 100 Lbs, 29 Year Old, No Kids. La Jolla, CA
UPDATED FROM freyja_619
2 months post
425 cc hp silicone 32 A to D - 6 weeks PO
$3,000
100 lbs 5 foot 2 inches BWD 11.3 cm. Allergan Natrelle style 20 round silicone implants. Implant width is 12.0 cm with 5.2 cm projection. Went from a 32 A to a full D not VS D but real D. VS I can wear a 32 D now. I'm 6 weeks post op and have noticed big changes from my first surgery.
Breasts are now soft and squishy. They are starting to feel very natural. This definitely wasn't the case with my first surgery. The way my implants feel now is how they felt between 3-6 months post op. I'm also able to sleep on my stomach.
I massage implants 2-3 times per week with bio oil and coconut oil to prevent stretch marks and help with scaring. When massaging most of the time I squeeze the bottom and top of my breasts to move the implant in the pocket. For scar treatment I am using Mederma PM, bio oil ($9 small bottle), and spectrum unrefined coconut oil that I bought at whole foods for $9. The coconut oil has been the best edition to my skincare routine.
No numbness in the nipples or breasts any longer. I love the high profile implant I've woren under wire twice. It's nice because I don't need to wear a push-up bra to get cleavage and have been happy wearing wirefree bras I bought at Soma after my first surgery for work. I am so happy with the cleavage the hp gives. One of my biggest disappointments with my first surgery was that I had to wear a push-up super padded bra if I wanted cleavage and that is totally fixed.
I am so glad I had a revision. This size and profile is just perfect. I also am glad to have some side boob and that there isn't a huge gap between my breasts any longer. These are benefits to selecting an implant size slightly over your BWD.
I don't have any distortion or rippling on the sides. I can feel the implants under my breast but this happened with 250 cc and my PS said it is impossible to prevent or fix regardless of size.
Breasts are now soft and squishy. They are starting to feel very natural. This definitely wasn't the case with my first surgery. The way my implants feel now is how they felt between 3-6 months post op. I'm also able to sleep on my stomach.
I massage implants 2-3 times per week with bio oil and coconut oil to prevent stretch marks and help with scaring. When massaging most of the time I squeeze the bottom and top of my breasts to move the implant in the pocket. For scar treatment I am using Mederma PM, bio oil ($9 small bottle), and spectrum unrefined coconut oil that I bought at whole foods for $9. The coconut oil has been the best edition to my skincare routine.
No numbness in the nipples or breasts any longer. I love the high profile implant I've woren under wire twice. It's nice because I don't need to wear a push-up bra to get cleavage and have been happy wearing wirefree bras I bought at Soma after my first surgery for work. I am so happy with the cleavage the hp gives. One of my biggest disappointments with my first surgery was that I had to wear a push-up super padded bra if I wanted cleavage and that is totally fixed.
I am so glad I had a revision. This size and profile is just perfect. I also am glad to have some side boob and that there isn't a huge gap between my breasts any longer. These are benefits to selecting an implant size slightly over your BWD.
I don't have any distortion or rippling on the sides. I can feel the implants under my breast but this happened with 250 cc and my PS said it is impossible to prevent or fix regardless of size.
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UPDATED FROM freyja_619
30 days post
1 month post op with 425 cc hp
They are beginning to soften. I have been massaging for 20 minutes at night with a mixture of bio oil and coconut oil I got a whole foods. I love the coconut oil. I'm also using it as a mask for my hair and on my eyebrows/ eyelashes. Scars seem to be responding well to my treatment regime. Had an odd experience last night during my massage I felt a lump/ knot under my scar. I massaged it and it was gone by my post op appointment. Very strange. Did anyone else have an experience like this with a lump under your scar?
Lots of pictures! Includes side boob for meme.
Lots of pictures! Includes side boob for meme.
Replies (5)
March 26, 2016
I love your cleavage and side profile! Can't wait for mine to soften up... But I've gotta be patient since I'm only 4 days post op.
April 1, 2016
You look fantastic!! This is my second surgery so the softened really fast. Give them 3 months and they will be ridiculously soft.
March 26, 2016
Hey Freyja, I'm so happy for you love. You got cleavage without push up bra. Thanks for side boobs pic. I love it. How do you use coconut oil? Do you have to melt it in microwave?? I have been loving Bio oil. Thanks so much for the tips
March 27, 2016
You're welcome meme. Wearing a push-up for the first time tonight. I'm really getting bad not following restriction. So coconut oil is thick kind of like cream but it melts when it touches your skin. If you want to liquefy it you can place the jar in warm water. I use in the same way as bio oil. I rub coconut oil all over breasts for massage and add some bio oil. I usually massage until it's mostly gone. I love the coconut oil for my eye lashes eye brows and hair so it doesn't seem redundant to have bio oil and this. :)
March 27, 2016
What coconut oil do for your eye lashes and brown Freyja ?? Jealous , you wear push up at 1 month ? I couldn't do it , they were hard as rock lol. I think Bio oil helps my skin softer or maybe in my head haha. I should have use that long time ago. Do you get back to your normal energy and activities?? I don't want anyone knows when I have revision. Hope restrictions not as much as the first BA. Thanks again for taking time answer my questions
April 3, 2016
They soften up so much quicker with revision so push up is doable for short amount of time. I ended up being very glad to put on my carefix post surgical bra as soon as I got home. With revision normal energy and activity returned in under a week. Was able to go back to work the Monday after having surgery. Felt great at 2 weeks. No one was able to tell I had a revision unless I chose to tell them. This would be something you could keep on the down low. I had the usual bad first two days so expect to have those and plan accordingly. The coconut oil I'm using is spectrum unrefined organic. I got it in the body section at whole foods for $9. I hear trader joes has a good one but I would repurchase the one I have since I'm happy with my results and it's rather large 15 oz. sorry it took me so long to reply :(
April 3, 2016
That's good to know you get back that quick after revision. I was thinking I may want to get done in July instead of Oct. I already booked vac in June. I should be ready for Nov vac with bigger boobs. Do you think 425 is perfect for you ?? You and I have exactly stats n BWD.
April 9, 2016
Yes I'm very happy with 425. I have cleavage in even wirefree bras and no distortion.
March 27, 2016
WOW stunning results! Size and shape is perfect and balance your body soooo well! Congratulations!
March 28, 2016
Thank you!! I was very surprised being 5 foot 2 and weighing 100 lbs that this turned out to be the right size for my body. Really trying to help all the ladies out there who go in wanting implants in the 400's whose doctors tell them they can only go with really small implants.
March 29, 2016
You look great!! I think the 425cc's fit you amazingly! I can't believe your previous surgeon told you he could only go in the 200cc's?! That's crazy! These implants don't make you look too heavy or fake. Sometimes I wonder if the surgeon wishes for their patients to return for a revision? Or maybe they are playing it super safe. I'm trying to do the same thing!! I want to get my story out to all the petite ladies out there that they can go bigger and won't have a bunch of problems! Me being 5'3 and skinny I'm happy with 450cc. I would have been so upset with 350cc's.
April 1, 2016
So I kept my surgeon for the revision and he handled my dissatisfaction really well. I did have to pay for anesthesia, new implants, and OR time but he waived his fee. That hardest thing is going through a surgery like this and being unhappy with your results. It becomes an obsession and you are filled with regret and essentially go through the stages of grief. I don't know if it the 250 cc selection was a communication issue that caused him to guide me to that implant size initially. I told him I wanted to be a C-D. They always tell you they don't deal in cup sizes but I know they have a pretty good idea of what cup size you will end up with after implants. It kills me when I see girls select the 250 cc size because I worry they will go through what I did and I wouldn't wish that on anyone. So glad you feel me on this. Absolutely love your size!
April 1, 2016
Hi! You look fabulous! Your new implants fit your body perfectly ;-)
Now that you mention it I do remember having a lil lump under a my left incision area early post op, just 1 lil spot. But it obviously went away with time, but I just checked & it's nowhere to be found. Must be a side effect of the scar tissue while healing, the massaging probably helps it.
I am also in love with coconut oil, lol! I'm past the daily massaging stage but I still use the coconut oil on my face at night as a moisturiser & my hair LOVES it.
Well, congrats on a great augmentation & you look beautiful ;-)
Now that you mention it I do remember having a lil lump under a my left incision area early post op, just 1 lil spot. But it obviously went away with time, but I just checked & it's nowhere to be found. Must be a side effect of the scar tissue while healing, the massaging probably helps it.
I am also in love with coconut oil, lol! I'm past the daily massaging stage but I still use the coconut oil on my face at night as a moisturiser & my hair LOVES it.
Well, congrats on a great augmentation & you look beautiful ;-)
April 2, 2016
Thank you so much! Glad you reminded me it's time for another coconut oil hair mask :) of course I tried putting mine on my face too but sadly it didn't work out well (broke out after using). Same thing happened when I tried boscia's oil cleanser. I'm not 100% sure mine is cosmetic grade since I can't find it on the labeling. It says "perfect for hair and body" and I bought in the body area at whole foods but nothing about the oil other than that it's "unrefined". I'm so new to coconut oil I don't know much about it. Good to know the lump wasn't out of the ordinary makes me feel better :)
April 2, 2016
Oh yeah, I've heard other women get breakouts from coconut oil, too. I think it just depends on your skin type, my own skin is pretty oily on its own so the extra oil doesn't do anything, lol! I put a very thin layer, though. It helps reduce fine lines around my eyes good!
I use Trader Joe's brand, it's organic, pure & unrefined.
I use Trader Joe's brand, it's organic, pure & unrefined.
UPDATED FROM freyja_619
24 days post
Life Hacks for BA
Wanted to do a bit of a fun post for a change and share some of my BA hacks and hopefully hear some others. So I have 2 hacks that came to mind this week.
1) Reuse your Scar Away Silicone Strips
So you get a pack of 3 sets in a box for $23. For my first BA I went through 3 of these boxes because I'd use the strips for a few weeks then throw them away. That got expensive after 3 months.
After a couple uses with these (especially if you use a self tanner) these get gunky and lose their stick. That's when this hack comes in. Rather than throwing the strips away and opening a new pair cover in antibacterial soap and rinse under warm water. Stick on the edge of your tub or sink to dry. I like to be using two sets at once so I can wash one and have a clean one ready. I usually wash these every 1-2 uses now. The silicone is as good as new once you wash your body product and skin cells off of it.
2) get blood out of post surgical bras using a bar of soap
A little background on this hack. This comes from my great great grandmother and is one of the most useful life hacks I have that I haven't seen all over the Internet. I'm third generation Sicilian on my moms side so I get some good advice on how to make the most of what you have from that side of the family. We waste nothing. Anyway my story for this hack was when I was recovering from my revision my husband found my bra from my first surgery and was horrified to see that it was covered in dried blood from almost a year ago. I know this sounds nastey but I just forgot to clean it and being raised with nothing you don't throw things away. So last weekend I did my bar of soap blood hack. I didn't think to get a picture before but I have it after a few rounds included on this post.
So what you do is wet the bra and wet a bar of soap. Then you rub the bar of soap over the stain. For some stains like period ones in underwear you just rinse and repeat a few times. For this stain it required sitting over night then rinsing in the shower and the another overnight session. So this was a lot of blood caked on for a year and the bars of body soap dissolved the blood stain without damaging the fabric.
Anyway I did this with both post surgical bras from my doctor and they are good as new. These were cheap bras but I know a lot of ladies on here whose surgeons spring for the good ones. So save them. You never know if you might want them later on or if you could gift them to a friend.
Let me know your BA hacks.
1) Reuse your Scar Away Silicone Strips
So you get a pack of 3 sets in a box for $23. For my first BA I went through 3 of these boxes because I'd use the strips for a few weeks then throw them away. That got expensive after 3 months.
After a couple uses with these (especially if you use a self tanner) these get gunky and lose their stick. That's when this hack comes in. Rather than throwing the strips away and opening a new pair cover in antibacterial soap and rinse under warm water. Stick on the edge of your tub or sink to dry. I like to be using two sets at once so I can wash one and have a clean one ready. I usually wash these every 1-2 uses now. The silicone is as good as new once you wash your body product and skin cells off of it.
2) get blood out of post surgical bras using a bar of soap
A little background on this hack. This comes from my great great grandmother and is one of the most useful life hacks I have that I haven't seen all over the Internet. I'm third generation Sicilian on my moms side so I get some good advice on how to make the most of what you have from that side of the family. We waste nothing. Anyway my story for this hack was when I was recovering from my revision my husband found my bra from my first surgery and was horrified to see that it was covered in dried blood from almost a year ago. I know this sounds nastey but I just forgot to clean it and being raised with nothing you don't throw things away. So last weekend I did my bar of soap blood hack. I didn't think to get a picture before but I have it after a few rounds included on this post.
So what you do is wet the bra and wet a bar of soap. Then you rub the bar of soap over the stain. For some stains like period ones in underwear you just rinse and repeat a few times. For this stain it required sitting over night then rinsing in the shower and the another overnight session. So this was a lot of blood caked on for a year and the bars of body soap dissolved the blood stain without damaging the fabric.
Anyway I did this with both post surgical bras from my doctor and they are good as new. These were cheap bras but I know a lot of ladies on here whose surgeons spring for the good ones. So save them. You never know if you might want them later on or if you could gift them to a friend.
Let me know your BA hacks.
Replies (5)
March 20, 2016
Thank you for the hacks. I bought silicone sheet at TG 16.99. They ate on sale now for 15.99. TG probably the cheapest I can find.
March 22, 2016
Yeah that is likely the cheapest you will find. I'm so annoyed that I couldn't use my FSA to purchase these. Was able to use it to buy all my wound care products. So funny I pay 10k for boobs and then I don't want to spend $23 to take care of them. Thanks for the tip :)
March 21, 2016
Great hacks, Freyja. I have been saving my Scarway sheets, too. The bar soap and blood stain removal is an awesome tip. Thank you for sharing. xoxo
March 22, 2016
Am totally amazed by the soap thing. Have used so many times to get blood out of sheets etc. It's great and sneaky if you are out of the house and unprepared. Glad you liked it :)
March 21, 2016
FYI peroxide gets blood stains out. Super easy
March 22, 2016
Interesting I've never tried that. Would be a little worried about bleaching. One time I bleached all of my fingers just applying peroxide to my face as an acne treatment. I've seen random stuff about shaving cream too. Thanks for the tip :)
March 22, 2016
Haha you are not alone. I finally bought Bio Oil after 5 months. I figure I use it now to get my skin stretch and soft ready for revision lol.
April 1, 2016
Great tips! I wish I had known about the silicone scar strips hack when I was still using them, LOL! My coconut oil & cocoa butter would make them not stick after 1-2 use :-(.
I have another great trick to get blood out, even old blood... peroxide! I work in the dental field and sometimes during the extra bloody procedures will get a spot or two of blood on our lab coats, and rather than take it off and have no lab coat for the rest of the day we use a little peroxide on a 2x2 gauze and simply wipe for about 5 Seconds, it disappears right away! At home you can just pour some peroxide on the clothing that got the blood on it and rub together gently for a few seconds then run under cool water.... viola! Good as new!
The best tip I got from my PS to help my post-op healing was to use family-size bags of frozen peas instead of ice packs over my breasts to help ease pain the first few days. I got two big bags, one for each breast, and it worked like a charm! Thile small individual peas contour perfectly around the new breasts, and isn't so stiff and heavy as using big, awkward ice packs ;-) Happy healing, Ladies!
I have another great trick to get blood out, even old blood... peroxide! I work in the dental field and sometimes during the extra bloody procedures will get a spot or two of blood on our lab coats, and rather than take it off and have no lab coat for the rest of the day we use a little peroxide on a 2x2 gauze and simply wipe for about 5 Seconds, it disappears right away! At home you can just pour some peroxide on the clothing that got the blood on it and rub together gently for a few seconds then run under cool water.... viola! Good as new!
The best tip I got from my PS to help my post-op healing was to use family-size bags of frozen peas instead of ice packs over my breasts to help ease pain the first few days. I got two big bags, one for each breast, and it worked like a charm! Thile small individual peas contour perfectly around the new breasts, and isn't so stiff and heavy as using big, awkward ice packs ;-) Happy healing, Ladies!
April 7, 2016
This is great to know, thank you for the tip. The other top I have is when I ran out of my mederma scar cream I cut the middle of the tube and scrape from the inside. Not even kidding half the scar cream is left. To keep it from oxidizing use the cut off end like a lid and slide it over the bottom. Will include pics later. If you end up having your revision soon you can use these :)
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