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32 Yo with Tuberous Breasts and Saggy After Weight Loss - London, UK

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My breasts have always been embarrassing to me,...

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HalfKiwi
WORTH IT$12,500
My breasts have always been embarrassing to me, limiting my sex life and my confidence. I finally got the gumption to throw off the "love your body as it is" yoke, recognize that this truly bothers me and that I can do something about it. After shopping around in Chicago and then London, I found a doctor who specializes in tuberous breast deformity. I haven't told many people due to the associated stigma and those that do know have attempted to talk me out of it.

HalfKiwi's provider

Adrian Richards, MBBS, MSc

Adrian Richards, MBBS, MSc

Specialist Registered Plastic Surgeon

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February 24, 2016
It will be the best decision you ever made! Good luck!! Couldn't be happier with my choice!
February 24, 2016
I was even smaller than you, and survived using extra padded push up bras for years...and I went about that size with my implants. Don't worry about what anyone else thinks. When I told my sister in law and my mom, I showed them my breasts, and they were like OMG, my niece actually laughed. The people who are trying to talk you out of it either have good breasts or wish they could get it done. Go for it and don't look back. I couldn't be happier. I look int he mirror and I am finally balanced
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February 25, 2016
First of all I just want to say that as another woman with tuberous breasts I think it's fantastic you're going to have surgery to correct them :) Trust me, I had to dump a friend of almost 10 years due to a similar situation. She tried acting like I was selfish to get my breasts fixed and that nothing was really wrong with me. She has natural D's so of course she couldn't understand. Plus, she was overall just being passive aggressive about the surgery overall. Don't let the negative Nancy's in your life make you question going through with this, you deserve to love the skin you're in. If they don't like it they can deal with it or not. It's your body and your choice
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February 25, 2016
Congratulations on this step in your life! I have the same problem you do and will get mine fixed in early March. I commend you for having the guts to stand up to all the negative opinions (from people who don't have breast anomalies) and fix something that's been getting in the way of your own self-confidence and self-love. Also, thank you for posting pictures. Before and after pictures have been SO helpful for me and other women with tuberous breasts see what can be possible for us. I am happy and excited for you! Best of luck.
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February 25, 2016
You're making the right decision, believe me, I agonised for years, wondering what, if anything could be done. I'm ecstatically happy with my results, beyond my wildest dreams. I wish I'd done it years ago, it has changed my life. My mum tried to talk me out of it beforehand, without knowing the problems I had, she made me feel selfish for wanting it done, she's always been against 'boob jobs', I'm so glad I chose not to listen!
You know how you feel, and I totally get why you haven't told many people, there are a lot of preconceived ideas about surgery.
You've chosen the best surgeon, Mr Richards is amazing.
Good luck for the 29th!
xx
UPDATED FROM HalfKiwi
Day of treatment

Surgery cancelled - Infection detected

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HalfKiwi
Hugely disappointed and in tears after:
(a) after emailing back and forth with the office during the week to confirm timings and procedure, I receive a letter the day before surgery telling me my time has changed from 9:30 for a blood test to 7:20am. Of course, no one associated with my clinic or any nurse at the hospital are available to answer my questions, so I end up being transferred to another clinic where, after multiple calls, the nurse tells me that the Lab to run a blood test doesn't even open until 8:30. And I shouldn't bother arriving before then.
(B) I arrive at clinic, get all geared and marked up and then told immediately before I walk in that I had a positive result for an E. Coli infection and from a urine sample taken I had at my pre-op appointment 2 weeks ago and despite the nurse telling me that "No news is good news." I never received a call, voicemail, letter, email that I had an infection. An infection that could have been resolved in the intervening weeks with a round of antibiotics and is likely a false positive anyway given that I have no symptoms - fever, diverted or otherwise.

Then they give me a prescription and note for my doctor explaining the circumstances in which they reference "enclosed materials" aka a copy of the urine cultural...which they forgot to include.

My confidence in this doctor and his staff is severely shaken. I just want to cancel this procedure and have someone else do it.

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February 29, 2016
Oh, and no blood test was taken at pre-op because my appointment made made for 5pm...when the Lab closed.
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February 29, 2016
Oh, how horrible! And after traveling so far to have it done!! How incompetent to not tell you the results of your urine sample, to schedule your blood test for a time when the lab was shuttered, and not communicate well at ALL about the times you were supposed to arrive. I can't begin to know how frustrated you must feel! Please keep us informed what you decide to do.
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March 1, 2016
At the moment, I've re-scheduled, but am very much questioning the decision. Can I trust that the staff's lack of care doesn't reflects the surgeons?
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March 1, 2016
Oh no! That's awful, really feel for you that you've had to go through all this! It doesn't sound like the same people. Where were you scheduled to have op? I was under the impression Mr Richards didn't operate in London anymore, working out of Northampton and Buckinghamshire instead now.
UPDATED FROM HalfKiwi
2 months post

Rescheduled twice, but Now cleared for surgery

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HalfKiwi
Don't even know where to start. After the fiasco that was my original surgery date, I went in again for a pre-op assessment and it was determined that I still had an E Coli infection. Two things: given what happened last time, I made a point to call the hospital to find out the results. I haven't been symptomatic at all and after a bit of reading found that false positives are quite common if you don't clean the external area around the urethra before giving a sample (which I wasn't asked to). After those experiences I them insisted on having a wet wipe before giving the urine sample. After three more trips 2 hours each way, I am finally cleared. Until my partner gets a call saying that I need to return out there again, because I have an infection. The lovely pre-op nurses, hearing my sob story, did the test straight away so I knew I was clear. I even took pictures as proof.

Some staff could to be shockingly incompetent. Surgery date is next week. God help me.

I just keep returning to the before and after pictures of what Dr Richards has accomplished for other people. Please -you don't have to do tests right, or be informative about the results, or be convenient for your patients to get to and from, or accurate in the paperwork, just please, please make sure my breasts look beautiful after this.

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April 21, 2016
Oh sheesh! What a pain this has been for you. I would be nervous too if I had a similar experience, but I think the greatest indicator is your experience with the surgeon himself and the ratings on his previous surgeries. I hope all goes well for you the day of. Sending you positive thoughts!