I'm 35 years old, married for 10 years, mother of two girls - One year later... - Little Rock, AR

They feel very soft and very much a part of me now. Luckily, I haven't had any rippling. From what I've read online (now I'm an expert, right? lol), the risk of rippling increases when saline implants are underfilled. For example, my implant size is 375cc, but my ps filled them to 425 (left) and 450 (right). There's a chart on Mentor's website that lists recommended fill volumes for all the different implant sizes. They recommend "overfilling" for all of them. If he had only filled them to 375cc, that would be considered underfilling. Hope all that makes sense. On another note, I think your sizer and 3D imaging pics look great! From what I've experienced, the difference between before and after isn't nearly as noticeable to everyone else as it will be to you. Good luck!

Thanks so much!!

Thanks! Actually, I have told a couple more friends. The reaction I got from both is that they had no idea, and would never have known. They seemed genuinely happy for me =) But I still will never tell the friends who talked badly about their acquaintance who had it done. Guess we're just not that close!

My $5 fun bra? I got it at walmart, it's just a little cotton bralette. I normally wear a 36D. They are firm, but I'm still able to sleep on my side (don't feel comfortable on my stomach).

No in a comment before that you mentioned a great bra, I assumed it was for recovery or in between or something, lol. I don't want them too firm:(

In your 1/9/13 post:)

My favorite bra is from Gap. It's wireless and it comes in a D cup which is hard to find in wireless. Super comfy! Saline implants are firm. Not too firm in my opinion, have had no complaints from the husband :)

Ok, thanks. Yeah you said super comfy and supportive, I was like...gotta get that, lol! A lot of my friends have saline and they arent too firm but I read overfilling more than the max recommended makes them super firm and i dont want that, but my ps & nurse are pushing it. Im so unsure and its stressing me out so much im getting sick!! I wish i wouldve went to more consults but I thought he was good. I think I let my friends and the 5 reviews he had effect my judgement bc I definitely dont feel comfortable or listened to. I have severe anxiety so I need a more compassionate group:( too late now already paid in full and 2 weeks away. Also r u a "d" in most bra brands? Because id say preop I have a cup size on you and they are recommending 375 o/f to 450 on me as well and I made it clear I didnt want dd...in any brand! The nurse said I cant tell you a cup size they vary from brand to brand but I dont want a dd in any brand! Im too active for big uncomfortable ones

Tours just look so good and proportionate, but I am not even 5'3"! Lol....so short and not stick thin...im thick and muscular. Ugh. ...so stressful.

Band size matters when you're talking about cup size. A 36D isn't the same as a 32D, it's bigger. In some brands I need a 34 band size, and in that case a DD fits best. You have to be assertive and take control of your own wishes. Did you try on sizers?

Yes only the sizers she wanted me to try, she was very pushy. She made me try on 500 even though I told her I know i didnt want it. Then immediately went to 450 and her and my husband agreed thats the look, which thought I was okay with until she told me they were doing 375 o/f to 450. That's way too much overfill and apparently it causes extreme firmness and in most instances scalloping. I am very assertive with them and it gets me nowhere, they just treat me like i don't know anything and that I'm crazy. These people do not know how to work with patients period or maybe thats how they treat people who they know are in a hurry. They keep repeating its elective you dont have to do it, but elective to me just means its not necessary so it should be done keeping my do's and dont's in mind since I'm paying so much for something "elective." I'm going to demand another appointment to have my doctor look at pictures of what I like because this is bullshi*! How can they say you cant tell me what cup size you want but not even bother to listen to what im saying or look at any of the thousand pics on my tablet and phone I brought to BOTH of my appointments. I should've trusted my instinct and went somewhere else. But I had to have it done asap bc of vacation time and I thought I liked the doctor but the more I think about it I realize he never let me talk or ask questions really. I felt rushed both times and all he did is talk and tell me stuff I already knew. I was out of my zone and said I wanted to talk to him again before my preop, which never happened, I saw him after, & the nurse was still there. This place is beyond frustrating I just pray it gets better. I have always bought 36 bands well since I had kids, lol. Your look like you can still be active easily whereas I have a short short torso, like from where my hip bone ends to my breast crease is like 4-4.5"!!!! But I have a broad chest and shoulders, im built so weird! I think I will feel better once he actually listens to me and not his nurses and looks at the pics. I will try yo print them, we were renovating so we dont have the computer/printer hooked up. I even had my VS bombshell bra on and showed the nurse this is what I want...with 20 years experience she keeps throwing in my face toud think she'd be able to say ok well this many cc's will come close to that. And maybe thats what she thinks 450ccs will do but I am against overfilling that much and told her that so instead of moving the implant up size to keep the 450ccs she says she will change it to 425! So I dont understand them or their reasoning. I'm feeling really negative about it all and thats not good to have a bad outlook on something this serious and expensive. I wanted to be so happy and excited like all these other women and I feel the total opposite:( I feel helpless bc I already paid.

What bra did they have you wear postop? And did you get muscle relaxers?

Ugh, sounds like they could be a little more cooperative. I wouldn't worry so much about the overfilling. That might give you more projection, whereas a larger implant filled less would be wider and flatter. As for firmness, I can only speak for myself, but I have zero complaints with mine. They're still squishy. I really have nothing to compare them to, though. I had no breasts before, and have never felt anyone else's boobs lol. For me, it was more about how they look under clothes than how soft they feel. But they're not hard by any means. Trust how you looked with your sizers. I'm sure your PS knows what he's doing :)

My PS recommended wearing no bra post-op. I don't remember taking muscle relaxers, just sinech and pain meds.

That overfill amount sounds about right. As long as its not over 20% of the implant size they will not be hard. Mine were pretty soft before my revision. Beleive mine are overfilled over the 20% now and that is a huge mistake. They are extremely hard and painful. But you should be good.

I called mentor and they said it isn't recommended to overfill that much, so I just don't know. I know there paper says max of 425cc, because they said they are going with moderate profile, which I kinda don't understand because he told me I lacked upperpole fullness and from what I read moderate isnt the right implant for that, but since I haven't gotten to talk to him about it, I'm confused. These people are like on their own planet, they do things so different and backwards. He said absolutely no sports bras either, that was new to me too. We're yours overfilled 20% before your revision?

Thank you:) I felt huge with my sizes but it really did help proportion me. I have a slight muffin top not terrible but I hate it and a huge huge butt! Lol. The sizes made my waist look smaller but I still felt like they were soooo big. I'm just not sure if I can get used to big boobs period with trying to sleep and exercise, lol. I'm glad yours feel good, you got 375cc o/f to 450 right?

Autocorrect!! Sizers! I wish I could trust him but I never get to have real one on one info sessions and the next time I'm scheduled to see him in DDay! Lol

Wow no bra? Crazy how doctors are so different. Mine makes you get a Bali double support bra! My friends ps had them take muscle relaxers, crazy how different they all are! I was afraid mine was stuck in historical ways, lol

They were overfilled by about 15%. And they felt great!! My only reason for doing the revision was because my right side was noticeably smaller. So I trusted my Dr when he said that he can just go back and overfill them both a little. Big mistake!! I didnt know they would feel this hard. I am very upset. But I am scheduled for a revision in July switching to Silicone with a different Dr of course. Hope it goes well for you.

My rheumatologist will not approve silicone for me, but I know lots of people happy with saline, I pray I will be one of them! I hope all goes well for you, you've been through so much! So my dr wants to fill 20% over, do you think that will still be okay, or too firm? I really don't want real firm. I'd rather feel like I have bags of water then taught water balloons, lol

Y won't the rheumatologist approve silicone? From everything I've researched, there's no proof silicone cause harm to the body. Plus the implant shell is made of silicone, so you'll have silicone in you anyways and there's silicone in more products that most people are aware of.

Not sure, that's just what she said to me. I don't believe any of the medical research studies anyway, nothing anymore is safe, they allow too much crap in our air and food and makeup etc. but I know a we people with the silicone and they are just fine although its only been like 2 years, lol.

I know i have anxiety and am bitchy and stressing out, but I assume many people who pay for elective surgery just want to make sure they are being listened to and are on the same page as everyone that will be involved in the surgery; am I the only one? I guess they are reading my comments and had the surgeon call me to tell me he thinks its best to give me my money back because his staff thinks nothing will ever please me and i wont be happy with the results no matter what. i think if they would just listen and we all get on the same page, I'd be happy and excited like I am supposed to be. How can I be happy and excited about something I don't understand or know what results to expect. I never got to show him pictures i like and wish pics for him to know what I am going for. I'm stressed out beyond belief now because vacation is already set and sitters lined up. I have another appointment with him and his staff on Thursday to see if we can all work it out, but will they really try, can this experience be fixed? I canceled the lipo because I didn't think I'd be happy, but the implants I was excited about. I'm a mess now

Thanks!

Thank you =)

Thanks, yeah I want to go stock up on these. So comfy!!