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3 Month Update

Hi all! I thought three months would be a good time to post an update. I've split my thoughts into three sections: activity, size, and shape.

ACTIVITY - I've fully returned to all pre-op activity, including yoga. I've started training for a fall marathon, and larger boobs have had no impact. In fact, I think I love my boobs the most in workout gear and working out because that's the one situation where I never wore push-up bras and was uber-flat. Chaturangas and push-ups still feel odd, but less so every time I do it. I haven't noticed any weird boob movement either, thank goodness.

SIZE - I went from a VS 32A to a 32DD. Whoa. Honestly, there are still moments that I wish I had stuck with my original B/C goal instead of upping to C/D. After spending 16 years with a flat-chested, lithe figure, it is taking time to mentally adjust to a new body type. However, I also often wake up like a kid at Christmas, look down and thinking, "Omg, omg, I have boobs" :-D.

SHAPE - Some thoughts here. It is important to have realistic expectations. You cannot cheat your anatomy with breast implants. If you had wide set boobs before surgery, you will have wide set boobs after. If one breast was higher than the other, it will be higher after. If one boob is larger than the other, these can be balanced out a lot but still not perfectly.

After reading some threads about "ideal" breast distance being 1-2 fingers (when mine is closer to 4), I was pretty upset. I thought angrily, "mods would have been better, they would have pushed by breasts closer together". Then I examined before pictures of myself and realized with some shock that they were wide set to begin with, but they were so flat it wasn't obvious. A valley's less noticeable between hills than mountains. The implants are restricted by the shape of my chest wall. If I had gotten mods with a wider diameter, I would have ended up with mad side-boob and the same gap...

And finally, slope. After 3 months, they are assuming a much more natural slope as you can see in the side pictures I posted, which means they look more natural in bathing suits and low cut tops. And I got excited realizing that it's *only* been 3 months when it takes 6-12 months for them to fully settle. I hope that the rounded top decreases even more.

Before and After (7.5 Weeks Post)

Take progress photos, ladies! If you ever doubt your decisions, this is really helpful. I also feel like this is a good rebuttal pic. I've luckily not had the issues I've imagined (or read about) with family or friends reacting negatively and saying things like, "How could you do that to yourself?" But I'm sure this conversation will happen and probably more than once. Not that I plan on showing it, but this picture reminds me why I did this. It wasn't an overreaction, I'm not crazy vain, I just wanted the curves on top that nature didn't bless me with.

Wow is it nice to have boobs!

I'm 6 1/2 weeks post op and very happy! I think I may have finally crossed the bridge and am happy with the size ALL the time. Because even after my last post, there were still days I thought they were too big and wished I had gone smaller. I never regretted the surgery though. Looking at my pictures from today, they're great!! Definitely not too large for my body. I started running at week 6 (okay, 5 weeks and 6 days), and have NO issues. I think that was the last thing I was holding out on. If doing this affected my ability to enjoy running, I would have been crushed. But nope, so two enthusiastic thumbs for being WORTH IT. Haha, it is kind of funny, they don't budge. Of course I have a really good sports bra so that's the point, but I do notice the jiggling on others. Oh well!! Real boobs may be really bouncy but they can also be really saggy, so it balances out. I'm just thrilled to have boobs!! ( . ) ( . ) <3

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Board Certified Plastic Surgeon
2805 Campus Dr., Plymouth, Minnesota
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I'll review again after the procedure, but I choose Dr. Harrington after going to a couple of consultations with other surgeons in the area. I'm sure they're all excellent, but I choose her because I feel most confident I'll get the look I want. Instead of doing the whole sizer thing, which I just felt was imprecise (what you look like under clothes is so different than naked!), Dr. Harrington asks you to find pictures of your ideal look and proportions, and trust her to make the decision of what size implant will give the result you want. Love it! ***6 week post op update*** Worth every penny and emotional/physical recovery time. I was so worried about the size and that she had gone larger than I wanted, but once they really settled I've been satisfied. Dr. Harrington's work is beautiful. Even with natural assymetry in size and crease, the end result is very pleasing. I've also had an uneventful recovery with no issues. I have a tad bit of numbness on the underside, but didn't have morning boob and barely any shooting nerve pains during recovery. I saw her every week until week 3 and won't go back again until 4 months post op, which is when I assume she'll take the post pictures meaning they've truly reached their final form. I love them now and look forward to watching them change even more over the next couple months.