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Linda Fiumara, MD
Specialist Registered Plastic Surgeon
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Incisions - post up day 12

Things are pretty much just the same as my last update but I thought I'd post some incision photos.

I've been back at work for 3 days now and it's all been pretty good. I do get sore during the day but I think it's more the pressure from my stupid breast band more than anything else, I can not wait to burn that thing! I even have a count down going on my calendar haha 18 days to go! I asked my nurse if I was allowed to take little breaks from it and she said a very stern no, I was to wear it 24/7 except when showering... I do however take it off for maybe up to an hour some afternoons when I get home and also had to wash it the other day so had it off for a few... Am I bad? Haha I doubt that it's going to hurt them and I already think they have dropped heaps so I'm not in a massive rush for them to drop now. My left nipple is becoming a bit sensitive at times but no major nipple erection which is good! My right hurts sometimes when I use my arm but I guess it's because it's the more dominant arm. The only thing at work I have struggled with is hole punching, have to do about 10 pages max at a time haha I'm so weak!

Here are my incision photos. Still a bit bruised and haven't been about to clean the markings off because I am nervous cleaning them too much. I'm pretty happy with them, they are smaller than I expected, I think the photos actually make them look bigger and darker than they actually are.

Back to work! Post op day 8

I feel like I choose the perfect amount of time to have off work, I think any earlier and I would have been slightly pushing it but was so ready yesterday and it was absolutely fine! The only pain I had was when one of my darling work mates come up from behind while I was sitting and gave me a massive cuddle haha he's a very good friend of mine but I hadn't told him, it didn't hurt too much but I was definitely concious of it. I also had a slight drama, my other work mate (another friend) asked me to help her in our storage room when a whole heap of boxes had fallen over. I said I couldn't help pick them up sorry and then after a long list of guessing (are you pregnant? Oh my god are you sick?) I told her and she loved it haha I knew she wouldn't be against it or anything, I just know that she is a big loud mouth (as much as I love her) and wouldn't keep it to herself. Now that I feel 100% happy with the decision I don't really care who knows but I would of hated to have lots of people judging and asking questions while I was doubting myself. I then had to tell my huggy friend as they are good friends and he also loved it, wants a good look once they are healed haha and I inspired him to starts seriously saving to get his teeth done as he has always wanted too. Don't know that I want to go inspiring everyone to have plastic surgery haha but life's to short to stick with something you're not happy with right! I had another look at my incisions last night before taping to up and I am so surprised, they are so much smaller than expected! I also expected them to be really sore and sensitive but they are already kind of hard and look like they are healing. It was too dark to take photos but I promise to add some of them soon! I'm only allowed full showers every 3 days and then have to keep them dried and covered the rest of the time. As you can see in my photos I have stretch marks on my boobs. I expected this as I am unfortunately prone to them but I can't work out if they are just the ones I already had which are now a bit more noticeable. Side note - in what unfair kind of world did my not even AA cup boobs get stretch marks! When I was 20 I did turn into a bit of a porker and then lost the weight and have been up and down by about 5kgs ever since (story of every girls lives!) but my boobs never grew enough to warrant an extra cup size let alone stretch marks haha life is unfair. Annnnnnyway, my lovely nurse said that she also got stretch marks but she got rid of them by exfoliating them away! I didn't quite believe this because I thought I'd done all the research in the world to get rid of the ones covering my hips and thighs but surely enough it is an actual thing - googled it! By exfoliating you break down the skin and allow the product (bio oil in my case) to get to the actual damaged skin - science! So I have started doing this and hopefully will have some good results to share. Wasn't planning on uploading a photo but I feel like they are definitely starting to drop and get rounder so here's a sneaky one.

1 week post op appointment!

A week today since surgery! The time has gone so fast yet some of the days sitting at home have gone soooooo sloooow. Strangely looking forward to going back to work tomorrow. I started venturing out of the house on walks and to the shops from post of day 3 and it was fine but I do find I have to walk quite slowly because I'm very aware of my chest. I've stopped pain killers but have a few saved for tomorrow at work, just in case. The main pain I have been getting is at night and randomly when I lie down, my left incision burns. My left boob is also the one that's nipple went numb and I get weird little vibrations in it as it comes back to life. The nurse took off the bandages and I had a look at my incisions, they are a lot smaller than o thought which is great! She covered them back up so I can't put a picture up yet. She said everything is looking great and gave me the all clear to have a full shower, yaaaaay! I feel much better about the shape and size now, I might just put my last post down to the boobie Blues though I wasn't that down about it. I have to wear this hideous breast band for 3 more weeks! Its a little uncomfortable but the main issue with it is finding clothes that will hide it. It's the arm holes that always give it away but I managed to find some outfits that work. I got stuck in so many tops in the changing rooms and almost thought I'd have to ask someone for help getting them off haha that would have been embarrassing! Nothing much else to report. Im adding some more photos here. I can't quite tell what has changed with them as my attention to detail is hopeless haha but I do think they are looking a bit better then the last photos. I'm also a terrible boob photographer it turns out haha they never look very good! I feel like in all the photos one looks bigger than the other but I don't notice it in the mirror.

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