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Breast lift with implants portion of my mommy makeover/combination procedure

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Experience at Artisan Plastic surgery 2017. Mastopexy with aug, and Lipo

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Midlifecrisisk40
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I have always had large bunched up upper thighs, upper arms, fat on lower abdomen and large boobs. 2 pregnancies didn’t help and neither did turning 40. I can start a fire when I walk, however I want to maintain feminine contours and only want just enough removed that I can wear jeans and walk without rashes when wearing swim suit. Not sure if lipo can take care of the chowder but keeping my fingers crossed. I do not want my thighs to look like shapeless popsicle sticks. I will sooner forgo the thigh lipo. I have aweful hip dips due to fatty deposits at my lower waist and upper outer thighs that also contribute to me not ever being able to look right in jeans. My wardrobe consists of stretch pants, long shirts or skater & sweater dresses. Anything tha form fits my legs looks no bueno. The pooch in my stomach was there before pregnancy but is now way worse. Has become 2 fat deposits, one on each side of my navel that has not gone away since first child. Breasts were grapes into my 20’s, but raisins now. Stubborn axillary (or bat wing) fat pockets and upper arm fat. Probably will not be addressed this time because of $ restraints. I am fortunate to have the surgeries I am having. It seems like my awkward thick....short stature body holds on to fat at the tops of everything but is obnoxiously skinny on other places and the lower areas and like near ankles, calves, forearms, and areas on my face....like my temples.

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Francis Johns, MD

Francis Johns, MD

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November 18, 2017
Thanks for sharing your story! Do you know what type/size implants you’ll be getting? Any other details you have to share would be interesting to know. I also had a BL/BA, so I can understand this must be an exciting time for you. Wishing you the best! :-)
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November 18, 2017
Thank you so much!!! I am excited!
November 18, 2017
Good luck with your surgery! I had the same procedures: full body lipo, breast aug and lift done two weeks ago. You're in for some healing, but it will be worth it! Definitely keep us updated.
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November 20, 2017
Thanks petite! Will do! <3
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2 days pre-op

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I been all over the valley looking for Arnica supplements...from department tires to nutrition stores, to drug stores, to dollar stores. They don’t call it Death Valley for nothing I suppose. All I could find is arnica gel. I should have purchased on the internet when I had the time but took for granted I could get locally. It doesn’t look like I will be taking any Arnica ore-op. Possibly not post op either. I don’t know weather to order tonight with amazon prime or if my mom will have success finding it tomorrow in pittsburgh. I’d bet to buy it twice. I need to pinch every penny because most of my downtime from work will be unpaid time. I’m sure if worst case scenario, I will
Not be the first or last not to have Arnica supplements or new stockinets at home. As a wound nurse, I can bet I have some stockinet stashed away...just hope it’s not too old and that it will fit. I think it will come quite handy post lipo. Hope I find it. Tomorrow is my last day and my “no po after midnight”. I work midnight shift tonight so I hope I can get some sleep and accomplish some of the SOOOOOO much I have to do tomorrow. I’m seriously thinking of getting trained and certified in the cosmetic field. This is so exciting.

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November 20, 2017
I hope my las post can be understood through the combo of my spelling errors and spell check errors. I can’t type today. :D
November 20, 2017
You are going to feel beat up from the lipo and you will feel like there’s sandpaper scaling your chest from the inside. If you’re going under the muscle with the implants keep in mind they are shoving the implant under there and it HURTS! Your chest is reworked. The recovery sucks. You will feel like you have cement blocks riding in the front of your chest. Make sure your okay the weight of the implants bc they will be with you 24/7 for years to come. Recovery is no joke but you need very little supplies: plastic sheets for the leakage, pain medication prescribe by dr. Gatorade, crackers, water, food on hand. Compression garment, Comfy clothes and your recovery bra. Lots of pillows so you can sleep at an incline while the implants drop and settle. Of course, all of this is worth it, but be patient with yourself as you heal up ! Keep in touch!!! I’m traveling to Pittsburgh next month for work!
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November 20, 2017
Thank u so much! Tomorrow will be here before I know it!
November 20, 2017
Yes!!!! It so will! You will look dramatically different right away!
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November 21, 2017
You’re so awesome. I keep reading your reply cuz I’m freaking out. Everyone I watched on YouTube and read about on here made the breast surgery seem so easy. I’m so nervous. I hope the scopolamine patch will have some effect on that. Will I be draining that much? I figured I’d stocking some puppy pads on. I hope I’m prepared enough. Scared scared SCARED. But at the same time, I’m laying in the tub disgusted at what has become of myself. If I don’t do it I will be miserable every time I babe or see a mirror.♥️
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Surgery tomorrow morning!

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I don’t think I’m going to be as ready as I hoped. They want me to wear sweatpants and a button down. I don’t have any sweats. I’ll have to go back to the store. I also have to pry an acrylic nail off so they can monitor my pox. I worked midnight shift so I am extremely tired. And drinking lots of pineapple juice. I have to take Zantac tonight. And it’s NPO after midnight!!!! So excited. I’ll never look like Paris Hilton or Carolyn Bassette Kennedy. I have more of a Shakira slash Britney Spears stature so I post some wish pics that might be 80% attainable I know they are all about 20 years younger than me and some may have had TT & BBL, but I’ll take as close as I can get with what I’m working with.????

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November 21, 2017
Yes! Realistic expectations are key lol! Do the best you got with what you are working with. You know you will look different for certain and that’s something !
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November 21, 2017
Thank u so much for responding to me. I don’t know anyone who has gone through anything like this...who will admit it. It’s nice having someone I can talk to.
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November 22, 2017
Omg so much pain. I can’t lift myself from a chair because of risk of damage, and it hurts sooooo bad using legs and Abdominals because of the lipo.