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35, 5ft6, 110lbs, 2 Breastfed Kids, 32A, 225cc moderate mentor textured - London, GB
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Hello! Firstly - i've been so pleasantly surprised...
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Hello! Firstly - i've been so pleasantly surprised by the warmth, openness and genuine desire to help on this website; it's been a really heart-warming experience so far and so I wanna say a big thank you to all the lovely ladies who are brave and honest on here as each of you help make this process for us BoobieNewbies a little less scary and a little bit more informed!
In the spirit of this I feel it's only right that I should open up and post a review too. So here goes......
I'm (almost) 35, like many here I used to like my boobs - small, perky, nice shape and width (and yes i definitely would have loooooved bigger boobs many a time but I saw the benefits of my little ones and they fitted my frame etc..). Fast-forward a few years and two breast-fed babies and i don't love them so much. They're fine, but I want more than 'fine' :)
Stats:
5ft6
110 lbs approx
27.5 inches band width under boobs
BWD 11-12 (but I could be measuring wrong...), surgeon says we need to only consider implants with base width 10.5-11.5 max.
Bony chest, visible ribs, hollow between breasts.
Currently I am guessing 32A
What I want:
I love a natural slope to the boob and i'm not a fan of a full upper pole (can look great on some women but i have such a bony chest I fear would look too odd on me), i like lower pole fullness, i do like a rounded shape to the sides (if that makes sense) and i like it if the curve of the boob swells just outside of the ribs to the side.
Please check out my wishboobs.. i have TONS! that is the edit (of the edit....). I sadly think that most are too big so I think I've really got to work on my expectations as otherwise i'm going to be so disappointed after the op.
I've had a few consultations with my surgeon but tbh still feel confused what to go for (have one more tomo before surgery on 8th May EEEEK!). He uses Mentor implants, and i will def be dual-plane under muscle and silicon. The big final choice is whether teardrop (Mentor MemoryShape/CPG) or round (cohesive gel 2). Size-wise I sadly don't have a lot of choice due to thin breast tissue, ribs, general smallness etc.. So looking at probably 250cc in either round or teardrop is the safest bet. Confusing as I see women on here who seem to be the same stats/size and yet are going for larger but my surgeon really is cautious and equally I don't want to have rippling/bottoming out and I do really want a natural look.
My surgeon is leaning towards teardrop/shaped. I'm hesitant because:
1) they are firmer
2) hence they are less fluid when you move/bend etc so despite possibly looking more natural they feel less so.
3) sometimes they seem to look a little bit oblong shaped (?!)
4) small risk of rotation (but my surgeon is very skilled and so this is not my main concern)
Also - big question - don't round implants if placed under muscle and if not too large volume for my size also have a more teardrop/sloped look to them after they have fully dropped and fluffed?? And if so, why go for teardrop when they have their drawbacks? Any ideas ladies?
Thank you for taking the time to read my review... :) [RS bleep]
In the spirit of this I feel it's only right that I should open up and post a review too. So here goes......
I'm (almost) 35, like many here I used to like my boobs - small, perky, nice shape and width (and yes i definitely would have loooooved bigger boobs many a time but I saw the benefits of my little ones and they fitted my frame etc..). Fast-forward a few years and two breast-fed babies and i don't love them so much. They're fine, but I want more than 'fine' :)
Stats:
5ft6
110 lbs approx
27.5 inches band width under boobs
BWD 11-12 (but I could be measuring wrong...), surgeon says we need to only consider implants with base width 10.5-11.5 max.
Bony chest, visible ribs, hollow between breasts.
Currently I am guessing 32A
What I want:
I love a natural slope to the boob and i'm not a fan of a full upper pole (can look great on some women but i have such a bony chest I fear would look too odd on me), i like lower pole fullness, i do like a rounded shape to the sides (if that makes sense) and i like it if the curve of the boob swells just outside of the ribs to the side.
Please check out my wishboobs.. i have TONS! that is the edit (of the edit....). I sadly think that most are too big so I think I've really got to work on my expectations as otherwise i'm going to be so disappointed after the op.
I've had a few consultations with my surgeon but tbh still feel confused what to go for (have one more tomo before surgery on 8th May EEEEK!). He uses Mentor implants, and i will def be dual-plane under muscle and silicon. The big final choice is whether teardrop (Mentor MemoryShape/CPG) or round (cohesive gel 2). Size-wise I sadly don't have a lot of choice due to thin breast tissue, ribs, general smallness etc.. So looking at probably 250cc in either round or teardrop is the safest bet. Confusing as I see women on here who seem to be the same stats/size and yet are going for larger but my surgeon really is cautious and equally I don't want to have rippling/bottoming out and I do really want a natural look.
My surgeon is leaning towards teardrop/shaped. I'm hesitant because:
1) they are firmer
2) hence they are less fluid when you move/bend etc so despite possibly looking more natural they feel less so.
3) sometimes they seem to look a little bit oblong shaped (?!)
4) small risk of rotation (but my surgeon is very skilled and so this is not my main concern)
Also - big question - don't round implants if placed under muscle and if not too large volume for my size also have a more teardrop/sloped look to them after they have fully dropped and fluffed?? And if so, why go for teardrop when they have their drawbacks? Any ideas ladies?
Thank you for taking the time to read my review... :) [RS bleep]
UPDATED FROM TamaraTay
9 days pre
Final Pre-Op Consultation
So it's looking like I need to seriously adjust my expectations - most of my 'wish boobs' are just too big for my frame... feeling quite disappointed. My surgeon has stressed that the max volume he wants to use with my frame is 250cc if we go round (but he prefers more like 225cc) and if I want bigger he would use teardrop/shaped and only up to around 270cc max..and of course no promises as it depends what fits/works in surgery when he tries the sizers......and tbh he didn't seem that optimistic (could be just his poker face..). By the end of the consultation we had settled on trying for the max volume with teardrop, and if it didn't work then I said I'd prefer round if he's going into lower volumes.. Have this horrible feeling that i'm going to wake up next week and be told that he's used low 200s CC round.. Don't mean any offence to any ladies who have this - it's just what I wanted was ideally a slightly bigger look so i'm a bit gutted tbh! On the plus side it would look super-natural... on the down-side I go through all this only to get a slightly bigger boob and not ones that i look down and go 'whoohoo i love these!'.. Let's see.
In reality there is very little difference between, say, 250cc or 265/270cc - so in that sense I'm now wondering whether to just go for round 250 mod+ and at least have a more natural feel (he uses mentor, textured, cohesive 1 round which does feel significantly softer than mentor cdg shaped cohesive 3) rather than trying to eek out 20 extra cc's and go shaped.... Any suggestions?! So so hard to know what's best!
In reality there is very little difference between, say, 250cc or 265/270cc - so in that sense I'm now wondering whether to just go for round 250 mod+ and at least have a more natural feel (he uses mentor, textured, cohesive 1 round which does feel significantly softer than mentor cdg shaped cohesive 3) rather than trying to eek out 20 extra cc's and go shaped.... Any suggestions?! So so hard to know what's best!
Replies (2)

July 30, 2017
Hi there,
I'm so sorry to read your agonising torment and I see no post op pics!!!
Did you opt out?
Are you seeing another PS?
Please don't give up on yourself!
You deserve to be happy with your body and I don't think any of your wish pics are unrealistic!!!
Hang in there.
Do you know if your PS was planning over or under the muscle?
I went over as I had a lot of tissue to cover the implant but under will give you a more natural looking outcome. I also initially wanted teardrop implants but my PS showed me that rounds in an upright position (ie on the chest) naturally fall into a teardrop shape anyway. And there's the added risk of them rotating and they are harder to the touch.
Anyway.... I went Mentor HP round micro textured and I couldn't be happier.
Please let us know how you're getting on hun!
Thinking of you [RS bleep] :)
I'm so sorry to read your agonising torment and I see no post op pics!!!
Did you opt out?
Are you seeing another PS?
Please don't give up on yourself!
You deserve to be happy with your body and I don't think any of your wish pics are unrealistic!!!
Hang in there.
Do you know if your PS was planning over or under the muscle?
I went over as I had a lot of tissue to cover the implant but under will give you a more natural looking outcome. I also initially wanted teardrop implants but my PS showed me that rounds in an upright position (ie on the chest) naturally fall into a teardrop shape anyway. And there's the added risk of them rotating and they are harder to the touch.
Anyway.... I went Mentor HP round micro textured and I couldn't be happier.
Please let us know how you're getting on hun!
Thinking of you [RS bleep] :)
July 31, 2017
Thank you so much for your kind words and support. Went with 220cc round mentor mod profile. Too early to say 100% but happy with the results given that I didn't have much choice re size. Best of luck with everything and thank you again for your comment :) x x x
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As you read in my review, I had 265CC as that was the largest my PS could fit in my narrow breast and not risk rippling/etc (he is also a conservative PS like yours), but I wouldn't have been upset if I had just a tiny bit more. I wouldn't say I have boob greed, I'm very happy with my results so far considering the anatomy that my PS was working with - but, 300 would have been nice. Or maybe I just like round, even numbers! Haha. After all, the difference of 35cc isn't much more than a tablespoon.
Whatever you and your PS choose, I'm sure you'll look amazing! :)
Hope your recovery is going smoothly and you're feeling good.. you look it! :)
So try to go back to yourself and what you want, what fits with your lifestyle and general aesthetic. Hope that helps. Oh also I asked my PS about loss of volume when under muscle etc and he doesn't really believe it's much different.. So in terms of 235 looking more like 215 - my PS would say that's not the case! I know pretty much everyone on here disagrees and as of yet I can't help as too swollen.. but i would add the my PS is one of the top surgeons for breast aug and reconstruction in London so I do think he knows what he's talking about!
Good luck with your decisions! I don't think you can go too wrong between 235 and 255 as very small difference in volume and it sounds like your PS is conservative and cautious so she won't let you go too big. If in doubt - be guiding by her, as long as you have clearly expressed your goal look then should be fine. :)
I'll post some pics once a week is up as right now there's really no point as everything looks out of shape and swollen!!