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Here It Goes - Nashville, TN
UPDATED FROM shootingstar
2 years post
Happy 2 Year Anniversary to me!!
shootingstarSeptember 21, 2014
WORTH IT$3,658
Today marks 2 wonderful, free feeling, liberating years since having my implants removed. I've re-discovered so many things I had forgotten about. I can sleep on my stomach again and do a push up without that weird feeling. When the weather turns cold, my chest is the same temperature as the rest of my body, and did I mention I can sleep on my stomach comfortably?! I barely fill an A cup and I'm okay with that :-)
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UPDATED FROM shootingstar
3 days post
Had my first post op appointment this morning. It...
shootingstarSeptember 24, 2012
Had my first post op appointment this morning. It was quick and easy. I will live in compression garments for a month or so, the skin glue will come off on its own in 2-3 weeks and I'll get the stitches out then. My incisions feel "thick". I forgot to ask him about massaging them. I'll have to call him and ask about that.
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September 24, 2012
ditto shooting star! I have always had very little breast tissue, but things will return to normal...just give it a few weeks. I literally thought I had lost what little tissue I had prior to implants right after the explant. I had to be bound in addition to a tight sports bra for the first 3 weeks due to some swelling. When I was able to remove all of the binding, my skin finally started to bounce back. Hang in there! :)
September 24, 2012
I hope so. I'm in a compression garment for a few weeks too and taping but mainly so the tiny bit of tissue I do have will heal in a lifted position. Did you massage at all?
September 24, 2012
Hi Shootingstar, I think you look fantastic! Your pictures were the ones that gave me the most courage to go forth, because I was about your size when I implanted 30 years ago. You aren't dented in, or saggy. You look youthful and fresh.
September 24, 2012
I meant to ask why you are in compression garments for so long? I only wear my sports bra part of the day. The rest of the day I wear a soft bra so that the girls can breath and maybe fluff up a bit.
September 24, 2012
Thank you Rosie. It gives me strength knowing my pictures made an impact on someone. Today is day 3 since my surgery. My PS wants what little tissue I have to heal in a perky position and pull what there is on the sides toward the front. I left it off for a bit afer my shower today. I hope it helps with the incision sites too.
September 24, 2012
Well, I just put my sports bra back on because I do have loose skin on the sides! My PS didn't say I had to wear it all the time, she is very casual about the whole thing. I do sleep in the sports bra every night, and that's probably why I hate to wear it all day. And yes, your pictures look great!
September 24, 2012
Hi Shootingstar. I just called my PS. She said "no" I don't need to wear a sports bra. All the doctors give different advice. You would think they would all be of one mind on these kinds of things!
September 24, 2012
Ha, you would think!! I don't mind wearing mine, its kind of like a security blanket for me. I feel safer in it if that makes any sense. I'll have to post a side shot me after, I'm all chest wall and nipple.
September 24, 2012
I didn't post a side view because I didn't want to scare anyone off the idea of explanting, but I am really flat from the side too! I like to think it makes me look younger than my age, like you said, about 12, haha!
October 2, 2012
Hi shooting star! I hope you are doing well.
October 2, 2012
Hi Beba!! I'm trucking along. Scars are healing. I have the skin super glue but I can see under it that the skin is healing together well. It feels kinda of lumpy under the scar, probably the interior stitches but I'll start massaging them soon. I do it a little now but it feels like the scars sit right on one of my ribs so i don't rub long. I know you are having a tougher go of things than some, you're strong, deep inside you know that. I tell myself that in the end it will all be ok, and if it's not, then it's not the end! No matter what you decide about this decision, you will be ok Beba. [RS bleep]
October 11, 2012
hi shooting star! would you mind listing your height? my implants are 350cc and i'm wondering why i am so much bigger! i'm guessing you must be tall? i still say you look amazing, runway model style! i would love that look, now that i have grown very weary of my big ol boobs!
October 12, 2012
Ha, thank you! I'm not that tall, 5'6" when I stand up very, very straight. :-)
UPDATED FROM shootingstar
2 days post
So now I'm starting to feel a little down. I feel...
shootingstarSeptember 23, 2012
So now I'm starting to feel a little down. I feel like I look like a 10 year old boy in the chest area. Did anyone else feel this way after their surgery?
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September 24, 2012
I don't think you look like a 12 year old. I'm kinda jealous, actually. I will be very saggy when mine are removed, as I can't have a lift (hopefully I'll be pregnant soon). I think small chests are very sexy, very "runway model!" You're still in adjustment mode.
September 24, 2012
I believe you are right, I am in adjustment mode, I will feel better with time. Good luck with being pregnant soon!
September 24, 2012
Hi Shooting star, yes i felt the same and more some as my nipples turn down and back into my breast so at the moment i fell really ugly BUT i am learning to deal with this--there are more important things in life, i can hide my size easily i think with a padded bra. I feel much more comfortable who i am now, with small breasts. I am still at the stage of Why did i do it in the first place? Why did I put my body through all this?? Roll on a year -lets hope we all feel differently eh? Hang in there. We are all going through the same or very simular emotions x Dont be too hard on your self. Having bigger breasts is DATED now!!!!! Small IS BEAUTIFUL!! xx
September 24, 2012
Those are my thoughts exactly! When I was 21 - I couldn't wait until I spilled out of my top. Now, I am looking forward to getting this implants out and all of the tops I can wear without looking obscene! :-)
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