Coming Soon....Miami, FL

It's been a few weeks since I've posted any updates or pics so I figured I'd check in real quick. I'm 6 1/2 weeks post op and feel great. I've had no complications with healing. The morning boob doesn't happen anymore. My incisions are fully closed, but I continually wear silicone scar sheets over them for protection and to prevent my sports bras from rubbing against them. I change them every 3 days or so to prevent any bacteria from growing around them. During the sheet changes I do apply the Biocorneum scar treatment the dr recommended and let it fully dry before I put the sheets on. All of my swelling has been gone for atleast 2 weeks now. My right incision does itch a lot, but I don't scratch it or anything I just massage it for a minute or so and it stops. All my friends that have had surgeries on multiple sites says it's a normal healing process. I still have some numbness on the undersides of my breasts. It's not complete numbness because I can feel sensations it's hard to explain. I got sized at vs as a 34dd and racked up at the semi annual sale. I got close to 30 bras...I know that's bad but they're like a new car to me. They need accessories :) I really didn't have the whole drop and fluff experience. Partly because we didn't want my breast location to move any. I will say my breast maintain their shape now where before if I put on a maximum support sports bra it would smush my breast down and I'd have to have my bra off for a good 14 minutes before the implants expanded back out if that makes sense. Doesn't happen anymore though. I know this is kind of all over the place but I'm trying to answer and describe things as I think of them. Oh I recommend not wasting your money on the make me heal post op vitamins. They were $65 and I think I only used 2 packets (they are individually portioned for 60 days). I'm not sure of the effectiveness as far as healing goes but each pack has 6 vitamins that you're supposed to take twice a day and along with keeping up with the antibiotics, muscle relaxers, and pain pills as needed after surgery it was just too many extra pills to be messing with my stomach. I would recommend the arnica gel though. I went through 2 tubes of it in 3 weeks. It helps combat swelling and discomfort and its topical. What else...oh muscle spasms pretty much stopped when I stop wearing the surgical bras. I only get them if I go out braless for an extended amount of time like if I wear a backless maxi dress since I'm not allowed to wear regular bras for 3 months. I think I've covered everything I wanted completely out of sequence lol. I'll post a few pics. If anyone has any questions feel free to ask. Good luck to all of you with upcoming procedures :)

So it's been one week since my surgery and I am more than satisfied with my decision to go through with this and my results thus far. Recovery for me has gone pretty smoothly. I have never been in much pain even on the day of the procedure, but I do have a very high pain tolerance so that might have something to do with it. My post operative bloat is slowly subsiding, but not quick enough for my liking. I ordered some natural water pills off amazon so hopefully that will help. I've been off my pain pills for the last 3 days and hope my digestive system will get back on track soon.

I do want to touch on something that is not really discussed and that I didn't see covered in any of the hundreds of reviews of ba's I read on here.. MUSCLE SPASMS!!! Holy [RS bleep], this has been the worst part of this whole process. I'm not sure how to even explain what it feels like. They come out of no where and there's nothing you can do to stop them. Your chest muscles tense up and start contracting almost like period cramps. Your boobs become hard and tight and man does that [RS bleep] hurt. Massaging doesn't help, icing doesn't help. Only thing that does release it is taking a muscle relaxer and it takes like half an hour for it to kick in. So ladies who are getting a ba soon beware!!!

I'm starting to get the feeling back in the bottom portions of both my breasts. They had been numb since surgery. I guess all the nerve endings are beginning to regenerate, don't quote me though I'm not sure if that's the correct "medical" term for what's going on. Also I wanted to touch on finding yourself a good supportive/compressive bra to wear after surgery. The one the put on you is good, but I found that it was highly irritating to me on my incisions (crease). It's so tight that it gave me edema right above my diaphragm and made my incisions really sore. Because you can't really use your arms to get yourself up out of bed, you're using your core a lot and exactly where you bend is where the bottom of that damn bra pushes into your incisions. I tried quite a few front close bras that I found at Walmart. They were ok, but I stumbled across a great one on Amazon made by playtex. I'll insert a pic of the page off amazon, but it's great because it's supportive/compressive but the bottom band is so soft and comfortable and does not irritate your incisions whatsoever. I ended up purchasing all 3 colors. They are in the $20 range, but you can't put a price on comfort when you're recovering.

My boobs have been pretty soft from the beginning. The only time the feel hard is during spasms and the occasional morning boob. They don't need to drop and we don't want them to as per Dr. Ortega, but no fluffing has happened as of yet for me. I was told to wear compressive bras for 2 weeks then switch to regular sports bras. No underwire for 3 months. Also I don't have full range of motion in my arms yet. I can't extend them straight up yet. I can go just above my head with my arms bent. Any higher I feel a pulling sensation on the side of my breasts under my armpit. I know this entry is kind of all over the place, but as I think of things I'm just kinda writing them in. I'm really happy with the size implant that was chosen for me. I think it's proportionate to my frame without looking overboard. Once I get rid of this belly bloat I'll post a full body shot lol. That's all for now gals - later :)