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Best Decision - La Jolla, CA

UPDATED FROM Amerrill23
1 month post

Annoyed

WORTH IT$6,300
So Its now full force bathing suit season here in San Diego and I kept all my bathing suits from before my surgery and I put on an extra small victoria secret triangle top bikini and it fit perfectly.. Like Perfect Coverage on all 3 sides... Like WTH..?? I new i didn't fill it out well before my surgery and now it fits perfectly now that I am supposedly 2-3 cup sizes bigger.. ? That was a really big blow to how I felt about them. I am already having SUPER emotions about wishing I had gone bigger. I am at 4 weeks as of yesterday and I look down and see a B cup and wonder where the heck the rather large 400cc Implant went in my body? I must have a deeper chest cavity because I look semi flat again in sports bras and I am back to hunting for Bras with a little bit of padding in them to make up for the lack of cleavage I have and I can not make that much cleavage no matter what I do to them which is incredibly annoying! My boyfriend also noticed how small they seem. He went with me to my consultation and saw all the sizes on me and we both said 400cc seemed big enough if not to big... How does it just disappear?

I went with the bigger size because I started out at 350cc and went with 400cc in both because I was told to go bigger and now bigger isn't big enough... What to do??

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Wendell M. Smoot, III, MD (retired)

Wendell M. Smoot, III, MD (retired)

Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

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I think the more we look at them you tend to get used to it and as women we always want more ;) I think they look beautiful !
I have same issue!, I feel my 420cc is not my ideal and that after 6m or so I will be crying to my husband that I want to go bigger. For my size right now they look like my own fat! :( I keep going to read the cons of bigger implants to make myself feel better, lol
I think it's a bummer you think they are too small. They do look gorgeous. They should keep dropping tho and may look larger. I am going for 397cc mod plus for my now 34b boobs. I hope to have a look much like yours :)
They don't look small! You look amazing!
hows everything going? still like your results?
UPDATED FROM Amerrill23
22 days post

Everyone looks at themselves differently

Some days I wish I had gone bigger.. other days I Love them.. All depends on the day. I live in southern california and boobs are normal. I see girls who got high profile implants that are 400cc and they look round and high and very unnatural and they have had them for years so they are not dropping at all and I am glad I didn't go that route... but I also feel like I wish other people could tell I have good size boobs under the shirts!!. I wanted them to be natural and they most certainly look that way in clothing now because I am unable to wear bras right now just lacy bralets and sports bras that do nothing for me. I have put on under wire bras and they look Huge in shirts so in a couple months I will be MUCH happier I know.. Its just a weird feeling to pay so much money and put on a shirt and feel like you look like you did wearing victoria secrets miraculous bra. But I have to keep telling myself I look this way without a bra on and usually a loser fitting shirt... But I LOVE the way they look in bathing suites and just nothing on so I guess thats all that really matters. I love them just naked!

I have had an incredibly easy recovery.. I went out and bought heating pads and Ice packs and scar creams and stretch mark creams and all the extra stuff that you read about you should have... I didn't and wont use any of it. The heating pad i use sometimes when I cuddle my little dog.. just because he loves it. but everything else was such a waste and Im kind of kicking myself in the bum for buying them..
I just suggest doing things the way you think your body will heal. If you feel like you are going to have a rough recovery go buy what you think you need. If you are in great shape and feel like you can handle a little bit of pain I would suggest waiting until you absolutely NEED something to go buy it.

I am on week 3 and my boobs are soft as can be all day long and the second somebody goes for a good handful of boob (my boyfriend) at the end of the day my muscle protects them and gets a little tight which he hates but they soften up again pretty quick just a funny little thing. My nipples are still healing and are pretty sensitives since thats where my incisions are.. I have to still wear a sports bra to bed because the movement of the sheets makes them achy but hopefully that will end soon.

I can not wait for June gloom here in SoCal is over so bathing suit season can start!!!

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I feel same way about the no bra issue, I feel like I need for them to get pushed together more so I and everyone else knows I have big boobs!! I also see that in black clothes it hard to see how round they are, I dont want to shop right now for new clothes so im stuck with alot of black clothes. for 400 yours look nice at 3weeks, ill be 2w on friday.

Thank you for writing an awesome review on RealSelf. I think you look perfect! I cannot believe that you slept 7-8 hours the night before surgery. I really envy your calm demeanor. Maybe a girlfriend getting a BA can use the post op items you didn't use. Have you told any of your friends about your surgery? Congratulations!

             they are beautiful; def. look bigger than 400cc!
UPDATED FROM Amerrill23
22 days post

Pictures of day 1 thru week 2

Went to Victoria Secret Im a 34 D..

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Congrats !! They look amazing !! I just went to my pre op appointment today . I was the same as you wanting to go larger always being so small . Hubby and doctor were more reasonable . Lol . We also decided on 400 cc moderate silicone implants ! I am also in need of a lift , having breast fed two kids . I see you didn't need that . Yours look so amazing ! I hope mine turn out as pretty as yours! And with your wonderful healing experience ;) that would be wonderful ! ;) fingers and toes crossed .. My surgery is June 24th !!