Transaxillary 375cc - 1 Year ago added - then and now

You too are in my prayers. We all need all the prayers we can get. I will pray for no complications! You will be just fine I am sure and so happy when it is over. Best of luck!!

I am so glad you found it helpful! Best to you and, I will include you in my prayers for a wonderful happy outcome!

Sorry I have not been here in a while. I really do not have the problems on the left side - maybe he made the pocket on the right a little (different?) I did have real issues on both sides for about 10 months though. I think my pectorals had to learn to get along with the new roommates. ;-) My doc also said that womens' pecs are WAY different than mens' and we have such a thin muscle. Maybe most women do but, I feel not everyone is the same! Some of us that have USED our pectorals more may just have MORE - or even genetically predisposed to have more. Heck, some men can naturally muscle up and some men just do not have it in them! My take is this, We cannot think that it will be the same after all the implants. I loved to workout rather aggressively and asked my doctor specifically about how implants under the muscle would effect my fitness lifestyle; and he just said, they may move a little interestingly and if in a public gym to wear a baggy shirt over top if doing chest exercises because people might notice. My workouts are in private and so I paid not much mind to it. I now see that it is MORE than the way they move, it is how they feel too! If I were you, and this meant a lot to me to do this, I would look into the over the muscle technique and speak to people that have done this that way and how it effects them. It sounds like you activities are a huge part of your life and you have to 1. Have time to heal. 2. Know that this may effect your performance and be ok with it. 3. research all your options to make it wirk best for you if you still want to go ahead with it. I really think that over the muscle may be your answer and also size may be important so that they don't get in the way too much. I would wear falsies in a sports bra and do what you normally do and see if size may be an issue and how big works best. I do know where you are coming from. You do so much to look and feel your best and seeing 'them' in the mirror .... it just isn't fair is it? You sound absolutely amazing!

Thank you so much! And for your kudos. Your journey is inspiring and I truly appreciate you sharing so much of it with us. Your thoughts on how a BA could affect my paddling and other activities, very helpful, I have my 1st consultation next week. Your reply gives me more to ask about. Thank you and please keep sharing :-)

Thank you. Yes I also felt the recovery was longer than some say. I too am also glad to have waited until my late 40s as I did and had the breast feeding and natural atrophy under my belt. I knew where my body was at, and where it was going. I feel sorry for the girls doing this before breast feeding. I never got stretchmarks from childbirth but did from breast feeding and some drop. (Funny my stretchmarks seemed to disappear after the BA.) I just think the young girls may need a revision after that. (I never want to do this twice) One surgeon on here said nothing that can guarantee you a revision as much as a revision. To me that says avoid a second surgery if at all possible! Thanks to you sharing about your mother, I do feel better. I will try to quit the worry... That could give me grey hair! Ugh! ;-) I know what you mean about the emotional issues. I did see your picture and see what you mean about asymmetry but you look great. In clothes no one would ever be the wiser. Some of this is dependent upon our differences from side to side, the small things we do not notice are amplified by augmentation. BUT, I also believe it is the way the pocket was formed by the surgeon that dictates as well. You may have had a little of both. My surgeon DEFINITELY made my pockets different. (maybe because of my bones, chest slope was a little different, or something...) Maybe he was wanting to compensate? I never knew I had any issues. I can tell by the way mine feel the pockets are different and one is lower. The right side I supported differently while healing because the bottom of the pocket was weaker and I was freaked out about that (it was like I could feel the implant trying to slip out from behind the muscle - freaky!). Another of his patients had theirs slide down and do a double bubble thing. She shared her experience with me before mine and so when I felt that was a possibility for me I was very careful on that side, I pushed it up and wore my sports bra holding it tightly . It was not until month 10 that I felt more comfortable about that pocket and not totally. It is a little lower not too bad and still sometimes I just feel funny know it needs extra support. Yeah, even the real thing is not perfect though. I am just grateful feeling. You need to write too. It is good to keep telling about how we are changing and our experience. Honest, and real.

Thank you so much. It is so funny how things change and the sloshing you talk about... that has not happened to me in a couple of months. Sometimes when I wake up in the morning I have to message them to make them feel NORMAL. Weird air like sensations in there. Then it is better. I think that mine have changed for the better in the last 2 months. I love them lately. I made a naughty slide show for my husband that travels... teehee. --tastfully done ;-) Smokin' HOT! I am amazed that is me!

I know what you mean. I told me bf that I have to send him all new dirty pics so he can get rid of all the ones where I had no boobs. Lol

Thank you so much. It has been 13 months now and I feel good. Over the past month it seems like they have gotten even better and changed since last month in that ..... drum roll please...... I am FINALLY able to do UPPER body work outs without feeling weird. Maybe a little weird but, before it was just plain strange and Uncomfortable. I AVOIDED upper body all together! Push-ups really made me feel yucky. I feel nearly normal. I have always done things like kayaking and did use my arms though without issues just some exercises I just hated doing. Now I am BACK at the whole thing! I am not sure what happened but my patience has paid off. I am not going full throttle and doing modified push ups but it is going well. ALWAYS listen to your body!! To me waiting until I felt comfortable was small price to pay. I believe (have a theory) that capsular contracture has many causes.....Bacteria, irritation against the muscle etc, etc.. I believe for ME that it just took 13 months for my capsules to settle down and fully form properly and just plain heal. Healing on the inside and allowing time for the capsule to form is important in my mind. In my mind and my theory it was my contribution or even insurance against developing a contracture. It was ALL I could do, and I wanted to do ALL I could. You listen to your body too and don't fret about your workouts. You will be doing everything again. 1 month or 13 like me, it will be worth the wait. I was in good shape before so even the 13 months off didn't make me all fat and flabby! I look fine. I am going to be 50 soon and so maybe I just heal slower on the inside? I feel not a day over 30! I am very healthy and seem to heal pretty fast otherwise. It could be the Transaxilary factor.To me the TransAx was a longer recovery and hard to be good but, worth it! NO scars!!!! You cannot see the armpit incisions at all. I look very natural and I followed the Dr orders to keep my arms down and that was tough but, he said if I wanted to look good naked I should abide by his recommendation. It was interesting to tighten up so much after healing and the stretches I did were VITAL! Good luck!!!!! And remember, Everyone is different. I will be thinking of you September 4th and my prayers will be with you for a wonderful result and recovery.

Love your handle - reflects a great attitude! I went to your review and I see us as very similar. If you look at my "before" shot with the sports bra (black and white) and the "now" in the same garment it is an amazing the transformation in me. I was pretty deflated from nursing, weight loss and just breast atrophy that happens with age. I do not have any nude before pics. I was 115-118 pounds - depending on the day. I worry a lot too. A real over thinker! I mean heck, I bought a caliper! I researched EVERY aspect of this thing!! So, you are like that too huh? I was so afraid of looking matronly and hey, that is STILL a concern. I look great in most clothes but some sloppy fitting things 'I think' make me look dumpy or matronly. I am as big as I would ever wish to be both in breast and body. I did put on some weight after - Hey, in all fairness 2 lbs are the implants. They DO get bigger with weight gain just as before. I am now about 124 - 128 and look fantastic I think. I do aspire to get back to my old weight + maybe 2 lbs for the implants. So I want to be 117 - 120. Happy researching! I Googled the brand of implants my doctor liked to do, to get the size of their different profiles. He said he would only do moderate profile and if I wanted stripper/Vegas boobs I came to the wrong place. I decided right then and there he was my guy! BUT LATTER I was worried about the implant getting too much into my armpit or worse!!! (uniboob!) He told me they position them to be centered under the nipple. Then, I was really worried..... I bought the caliper!! I brought it to my pre-op and told him why I wanted to go moderate plus, explaining why the cc's I wanted would be a better fit with that profile for my chest he agreed and ordered in my special implants. I am HAPPY! I think after a woman has breast fed a baby the moderate plus gives that little bit extra projection that is nice. It is not much but I love my result (natural NOT stripper - no scars!) and honestly even though I didn't have enough boob to say I had breast "sag".... the skin was a little loose around the nipple. I look like I never had kids now!! I had slight stretchmarks from babies too and they are VERY hard to find. :-) I was very strong especially upper body prior to surgery - my breasts seemed to get bigger as time went by and I know people call it "fluffing" here, but it was way later than people speak of here. I figure it just took way more time for my pectoral muscles to relax. I also had like, contractions in my breasts, off and on sporadically for a long time after the surgery. It was like my pectoral was resisting the stretch?? That quit after 9 months but in the latter months I would stretch against a wall and that made it let go. At 10 months everything changed for the better.

Thank you again for the incredible feedback! I'm thinking mod+, too. On my page you recommended saline. Both surgeons that I've met with said I should go with silicone. Why would you recommend saline? Just curious because I thought I was set on saline before the consults and they didn't necessarily talk me into silicone, but after both recommending it, I've swayed that way.

By the way, I love your results!!! You look fantastic!

Hey Scrappy! My heart is with you and I appreciate your reply. How is your doctor with the cc? Are they supportive and helpful? I know someone else here that had them ex-planted after cc. We had the same doctor. He is NOT capable of compassion or listening. He is in a rush to get you out of the office the moment he enters the room. I never went back after my 2nd check-up. I may go for my year check because of the weird feelings these things are giving me sometimes. I am sure it is normal (?) I know I have to write my questions down (he gives you no time to think) and talk fast or he will be out of the room in less than 3 minutes. Last visit he got up mid question and answered as he left the room. His receptionist need a personality augmentation as well. Oh well. ..... and NO way on the exercises! Man I hate ANYTHING that uses the pectoral muscle. I EVEN hate to vacuum! I still get weird feelings in my chest when I even vacuum! I do do stretches though and they always soften up after them. I raise my arm above my head and put it against the wall and lean in. It feels so much better after!

Sorry to hear your doc is like that. Mine is probably somewhere in between. He does have a tendency to blow you off regarding any concerns. But so far nothing to really complain about. What kind of weird feelings are you having?

Risks and complications I researched heavily. I also tried to be realistic about size. I think that most doctors will tell you that the most common regret newly augmented patients tell them of is "I just wish I had gone bigger". It is not the fact that they really believe you should they are just (men)... kidding, no, it is just that they hear it so much. I think MOST people get what we fondly refer to as "Boob Greed" at some point or another. For the first few months I think some women feel that way but hey, the skin is still going to sag and bigger is not necessarily better. I have spoken with two women on another site that wished they had gone bigger in the first 4 months and now it has been one year for one and 2 years for the other, and they BOTH say Man, I went too big because of gravity and sag and just discomfort. Fake boobs can be darn uncomfortable at times too. I feel weird things all the time. It is a silicone bag of saline under my skin and muscle .... what did I expect right? It is NOT horrible do not mis-understand me, it is just that I wish someone would have told me to expect this because I expected after healing to just feel totally normal for the most part. Also unless you have a long torso, you risk looking matronly or sloppy or fat in some things that are not form fitted if too big (I am borderline). God forbid I gain some weight and do not want to be so fitted. I have always been fairly slender but being only 5'3" I must watch it! On the flip side... I would like to maybe lose 8 pounds but on my frame that 8 really shows and I remember pre- boobs that the 8 seemed to come off the size of my chest as well as the more desirable places. I am honestly afraid of losing some breast tissue and having wrinkling of the implant show in certain positions or be palatable by my significant other!! Ugh! As for exercise, I was warned by my doctor that I should leave certain exercises to the home gym or wear a big sweat shirt at the gym for certain chest exercises because people may notice them moving in an unnatural way. Mine are behind the muscle and yes they do move a bit wonkie (that's a word right?) They feel yucky as they flex too. I also fear irritation the area too much. I read tons of FDA reports and such, some of which site friction as a factor (there are many theories) in capsular contractor. I do NOT believe in putting myself at more risk and so I do avoid chest exercise but sometimes we all do things that involve that muscle group and when I do it feels uncomfortable for me, another reason I choose to avoid it. Long and short of it, if you are young only go as big as YOU feel will be comfortable because, barring complications, you will need to have at least one more surgery in the future (after children or with natural sag) and then elect to go maybe higher profile and maybe a little bigger to avoid the breast lift and those nasty scars, but that is just MY feeling. I have a small chest and rib cage. I went with moderate plus (because the plain moderate was so much a wider implant) and 325 size filled to 375 was my choice. I researched implant manufactures dimensions and measured my chest with a mm caliper. I should have maybe gone with a 300 filled to 350 because that one was less diameter but this is my last surgery - at my age should last my lifetime - and I listened to all the boob greedy gals and went as big as I could for my frame. Sometimes the get in my way. I was 34 A/B before surgery. Full 34D after. You will do what is best for you. Good luck!

Thank you so much for taking the time to respond. Your reinforcing what I have fealt through this process and that is to go with my gut and go with a smaller size, I'm almost 5'8" so most docs (I have been to eight consults) talk about "what I can handle" but I don't feel just because I can means I should, even though I'm on the taller size I still have a very small frame, I wear a sz 0/2 dress! Thanks again for keeping up with the update and sharing your very sound advise.

Hey Eva, I just wanted to say- go with your gut and get the smaller ones if that is what you think you want. I have heard of a few girls here on RS who were very unhappy by going bigger when in they in their "heart of hearts" are not big boobie girls. So don't get pushed into it and be very clear to your doc that he is NOT to switch them for bigger during surgery even if he thinks they are too small. You are after all the one paying for it. It is easier to go bigger later than to go smaller. They would have to do more to you surgically after you've gone big. Good luck!