So far so good

At 42, after breastfeeding 3 kids my boobs were in need of repair. I wasn’t looking for perfection but seeing my deflated and saggy breasts was never an uplifting experience. Many of my clothes just didn’t fit right anymore. So since I stopped breastfeeding my third child a year ago I was contemplating a surgery. I was scared of being under full anesthesia, of having implants in my body but mostly of the recovery as I knew I wouldn’t be able to take much time off work and with young kids and little help it would be hard to recuperate. I live in NYC and there are plenty of good surgeons but I was interested in a lift that doesn’t leave the anchor scars, just incisions around the areoles. Through realself I first became aware of this type of surgery and a Houston doctor who specialises in it but such a trip would be too hard to arrange. More search on realself lead me to Dr. Freund who is located in NYC and performs breast lift with areola only incisions. Dr. Freund is very knowledgeable (one of the books he wrote was on Brest surgery), personable, efficient and I felt confident in my choice. I explained to Dr. Freund that I want to go to the B size and shape I was before I got pregnant so he suggested 210 so I went with that. At the day of my surgery i had second thoughts whether I should go bigger but went with 210. The surgery went well, the only complaint I have is that I thought I was too dizzy to ho, wanted to stay more but the nurse told me I should go so I was sitting in the waiting area ready to throw up and everyone staring at me (I didn’t throw up after all). I took 3 days off work and the weekend, so really 5. I have an office job so I was much more relaxed at work after a weekend with the kids and not being able to pick them up or play with them. It wasn’t very painful or I had good drugs, but I stopped taking painkillers after day 3. My implant last are small so not much pressure. I like the shape. Areoles look asymmetrical but it’s still early to judge. I’ll give it a few months to assess final results. So far I like the shape! My husband said I should have chosen bigger implants but my idea was to go back to the way they looked before or close at least.

It has been 4 months now. In hindsight recovery was a breeze. My scar though doesn’t look as nice as I hoped. I got a rash on my left breast that left some discolouration that isn’t going away. The sensitivity on in my right nipple area has not returned and I’m worried that it may never come back. I also wish I got bigger implants, I made a mistake. But even with all this regrets I am happy I did it and wish I had it done earlier.