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49 Yo Mommy Makeover BL, BC, TT, Lipo - Sacramento, CA

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49 yo mom boobs. After considering a mommy...

MarylynD
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49 yo mom boobs. After considering a mommy makeover for a few yrs I'm finally going through with it. BL, BA, TT, lipo. My ps is Dr. Jeffrey Sweat. Tomorrow is the day and I'm increasingly anxious & excited. Dr. Sweat is doing a lollipop lift with 485cc moderate Sientra implants.
Like everyone on Realself, I'm hoping my results are so amazing that I'm glad I did this and have no regrets. I'm afraid they'll be too big and I'm afraid they'll be too small.
I found choosing an implant size to be the most confusing part of this. I spent a few minutes at my pre-op making a guesstimate on cc's and really don't know what it will look like. I'm totally relying on Dr. Sweat to make it look great. I'm taking a few wish pics to give him an idea of what I'm going for.

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Jeffrey A. Sweat, MD

Jeffrey A. Sweat, MD

Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

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August 8, 2016

Good luck tomorrow! I hope you get all the support you need here to have a wonderful recovery. Please keep us posted on how everything went when you're up to it!

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August 8, 2016
So excited for you. I just had my TT from someone else but planning on doing my BL BA and arm lift with Dr. Sweat when I heal. Look forward to seeing your results.
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August 8, 2016
Congrats on taking this step for you! Looking forward to your recovery process and seeing your results!
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August 16, 2016
I've been thinking about you and I really hope your doing well!!!
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August 16, 2016
How are ya?
UPDATED FROM MarylynD
1 month post

Not Happy - yet?

MarylynD
I've refrained from posting because of negative experience from lack of pain management to ignored infection. I'd hoped to resolve issues and then have nothing but positive to post.
However, since I'm nearly at 5 weeks post-op, I figure I should try to post to maybe find support or answers. I was told the drains stay in about a week & no longer than 2 weeks. I am going on 5 weeks draining over 50ml/day. It was explained to me that the infection could cause this. I'm feeling increasingly anemic, flu-ish, sluggish and sore. I felt much better at 2 weeks post-op.

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September 9, 2016
Oh no! I'm sorry try to hear you're having a bad experience! I hope things work out for you! Years ago I had breast implants and a lift and had some minor complications. They wouldn't have been so awful if my doctor and his staff had been more compassionate and supportive! Not feeling well and not getting the support from your medical team is just frustrating! I wish you the best and am sending positive thoughts your way! My rge y (similar to yours) is in 6 days! I'm very nervous as I'm sure you can relate! Best wishes,
September 10, 2016
Yes it's been frustrating. Good luck to you though, are you redoing the surgery to change breast size? Thanks for your kind words and validation.
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September 10, 2016
Hi @MarylynD. I sure hope things are getting a little better each day for you! Positive thoughts heading your way! No, I am going to stay the same size. Gravity has once again been unkind to me after 15 years. It's time for a new lift and an exchange. On my mammogram it looks like there may be some leakage in both of them. The doctor said it's advisable to change them to be safe! This should be the last time I need to do this though! I sure hope so!!!
September 11, 2016
Oh, I wish you all the best. I'm sure your experience will be much better than mine. That's great to get them lifted again. What are the effects on your nipples and did/do you worry about that? After your previous lift did the nipple sensitivity take a while to adjust /increase or did it stay the same as immediately after post op?
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September 10, 2016
Your pictures look great! I know you are not feeling great and not having the best experience, but the results look absolutely amazing!!! I bet once you feel better, you will be VERY excited and happy about how you look! .....and that's why are are doing this, right? ....to look amazing! Hopefully you will fight off that infection soon and be able to REALLY enjoy how beautiful you look!
September 11, 2016
THANK YOU very much! I needed to hear that since right now, I can't really see it for myself. I'll believe & trust you and hope to get there in my own head later. Thanks again. Good luck to you!
September 12, 2016

I went they a similar experience. 12/24/15 I had a breast reduction and had my tummy tuck scheduled for 2/11/16. 27 days post op from my breast reduction I developed a severe cellulite of my left breast. I took many of pictures and sent to my surgeon. Fortunately he trusts my judgment as a RN & fortunately I had my antibiotic script in hand for my upcoming tummy tuck so I was able to start them quickly given it was on a weekend.

My tummy tuck actually got moved up to 2/9/16 and went off with out a hitch had the first drain pulled at 5 days then second drain pulled at 9 days. However after the second drain was pulled I kept having large amount of drainage from the second drain site. Long story short I had drains, drainage and complications for 3 months so I know how frustrating it can be. But it will get better.



Plastic surgeons are fortunate in that there patients are very healthy and therefore have very little complications as it relates to infection however this also gives them a lack of experience in managing infections. I am fortunate in that not only am I a RN but 17 yrs ago I had to deal with a post op MRSA infection from a should surgery so I knew all to well what blood tests to demand and how long to continue antibiotics during my cellulitis and thru my tummy tuck. 

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September 12, 2016
Yes, I had quite a bit of numbness in both of my breasts for a very long time! (Probably close to a year). But it came back slowly. Ever since my last surgery I do have 1 nipple that is a little more sensitive than the other, but I do have feeling in both of them. I'm sure hoping this time won't be much different than the last for me. I had been warned that the feeling in my breasts might be gone for an extended period of time but usually comes back, and that's exactly what happened! I'm sure over time the same will be true with you as well! It takes a while, so don't be alarmed quite yet! I hope things will turn around for you soon and you will be more comfortable and happier with your results! 4 more days to go for me and I'm pretty much freaking out, as I'm sure you can understand! OMG!!!!!.....I can't believe I'm going to do this!
September 13, 2016
I'm sorry to hear things haven't been going so well, but you do look great! What are they giving you for the infection?
September 13, 2016
Thank you very much.
This is my second round/prescription, it's Sulfamethoxazole-Trime 800-160
Generic for Bactrim DS 800-160mg
UPDATED FROM MarylynD
1 month post

Reluctant to offer pain meds or antibiotics

MarylynD
Fever, infection, boobs are much larger than expected.
Zero feeling in one nipple the other nipple is ultra sensitive. I knew the risk was decreased sensation but not numbness. New size of my nipples is too small, looks ridiculous to me for the size my breasts are now.
I have my TT drain after 5 weeks.
Just started more antibiotics.
Yesterday Rosalie, Physicians Assistant, had to re-open TT remove infection, staples and resuture.
Hurts like hell. NO pain meds offered at this office! "Take ibuprofen". Unbelievable! Hurts badly enough I can't sleep at all and I suspect that is slowing my healing and causing complications.
In an email from Dr Sweat's office I was told running a low fever is normal. ???? I've had 100 to 101 degrees temperature.
My experience with the medical staff is they do not listen to the patient and have a dismissive or condescending answer until I have to press, persist, restate concerns, issues.
From the moment I woke up from surgery in excruciating pain I was told that's my problem because I was too tolerant since I had been on prescription from an injury, and instead of giving me something else to give me any comfort, the nurse stated they couldn't manage the pain.
Unacceptable. I had several surgeries, never treated this way.
I even had foot surgery this month and there was sharp pain as I awoke, it was managed immediately with some percoset from a wonderful anesthesiologist.
Not once have they asked how I liked the results or my treatment. This is probably due to the rapid pre-op process. Such a major decision and body-altering, expensive experience and there were no details/plan discussed/decided on between patient and Dr Sweat.
A nurse asked me to guess cc's I wanted. I had no idea. But they don't use sizers for testing size during surgery or inventory to size up or down as in cases with full facilities where physicians can adjust bigger or smaller based on clear goals agreed upon. They operate based upon my guess and I had no idea, especially since Dr Sweat would be removing tissue from my larger side, there's no way I could know.
If I had it to do over again I would go to a full facility with that process in place. Sizers, inventory, a physician who considers your "wish pic" examples and has confidence to assist with that decision. That's the primary professional advice I felt I paid for, and he doesn't discuss it with you?
I was told that Dr. Sweat doesn't help with determining size because it has caused problems with other patients. Red Flag! Ugh, too late to get my deposit back?
Started to worry and mentioned I was sure I didn't know what cc's and afraid I guessed high, the response was we already ordered them, sorry. !!
I should have known that when the intake experience offered only about 10 minutes with Dr Sweat. He is over worked by cooperate. During my 10-15 minutes with him before major surgery, he was complaining about not having eaten lunch yet and did not discuss any final decision or real process or plan for what my goals were aside from taking the basic measurements. Although I felt for him not able to eat lunch, I obviously wanted to have a reasonable amount of time to figure out how to proceed.
It appears he was just hungry and I had another set of saggy boobs to lift at the Breast Aug mill, who cares about details that are critical to the patient.
If you're repeat B/A patient or entirely certain what cc's you need (relieving Dr of those responsibilities) this may not bother you. But I paid full price expecting full service, guidance, planning, inventory, pain relief, infection free. Unlike many practices, no antibiotics are given until or unless you get an infection. Then it will take them a couple weeks to believe you need a prescription.
My infection was bad enough it wouldn't go away with the first round of antibiotics. They had to prescribe stronger prescription AND reopen the tummy tuck to remove calcium staples they suspected were aggravating the wound.
Most/all of this trouble is preventable.
I asked for full C/small D, not 36DDD. Maybe I'm swelling still and will go down, hoping.

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September 10, 2016
Hope you are just swollen. My BA -8 years ago I ended up bigger then I ever wanted. I was never happy although I never had a problem. Now at 59 I finally had them removed and I'm much happier. Hope all works out for you Less pain and infection clears up.
September 11, 2016
Thank you! Nice to know I'm not alone, and it is reversible. I'm thinking that will be my story too. I am hoping not to have to go back in but unless these get more comfortable I will be.
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September 11, 2016
I got fat transfer as I and hubby did not want silicone. So far so good. Three weeks out
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September 11, 2016
That whole situation sounds absolutely horrible and unprofessional! I'm so sorry to hear what a difficult and painful time you are having! It's just so unnecessary! It's a shame that any doctor or his staff would treat a patient like that! I'm not sure if there is anything you can do about it right now to get someone else (a different doctor) that would be willing to help you get through this more comfortably.....but I'd be absolutely sure that I shared my experience with everyone that is considering using your surgeon! Not only will you spare them a horrible experience but also it will be some negative consequence for the doctor who has been so heartless! Hopefully as time goes by some of your swelling will go down and you will be happier with the size of your implants! It's such a hard lesson for us all to learn....we need to ask more questions, pay attention to our "red flags", and not assume the doctor is a nice person. I hope you are feeling better soon and I hope somehow your doctor learns compassion for the next person that comes through his door!
September 11, 2016
Dr. Sweat and his staff have been very good to me. I have called 3 times in a panick after my surgery because I thought something was wrong and they had me come in each time to take a look and assured me that it was normal healing. We as patients have to take the time to ask the questions and get the answers. I didn't ask enough questions and when I go back for breast augmentation I will know better.
September 11, 2016
I had a tt and lipo with Dr. Sweat on August 1st 2016 and so far am enjoying the results. I only took Tylenol and ibuprofen. I hope that when the swelling goes down and your incision heals you are happy with the final results. Good luck
September 11, 2016
Thank you
September 11, 2016
How much/often of each Tylenol & ibuprofen did you have to take for it to be effective? Infection site is my main source of pain right now, hopefully in the next few days I'll be able to get there.
September 11, 2016
I took 800mg of ibuprofen every 6 hours and 2 extra strength Tylenol in between taking the ibuprofen. I also had a couple of small areas on my incision that came open and the nurse told me to put triple antibiotic ointment on it and it finally cleared up. I have a very high pain tolerance so that helped me. I still have a lot of swelling and I hope that my hips shrink as the swelling goes down. I had lipo on them and hope enough fat was removed.
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September 11, 2016
Wow! @mopdog! I'm impressed that you only had to take tylenol and ibuprofen!!! That seems to be fairly rare from what I've been reading in preparation for my upcoming surgery. I'm VERY nervous about the pain. I'd like to say I tolerate it fairly well, but I highly doubt I could survive without some strong narcotics the first few days! You must have a very high tolerance! I wish you could rub some of that off on all of us (especially ME!!!) hahaha!!! Glad you had a good outcome! :))))
September 11, 2016
I didn't take the script the Dr. Wrote for me at my preop because I hate Narcotics. I am in law enforcement and see alot of addiction. I do have a high pain tolerance. The morning after my surgery I was homr alone and was able to take a shower and wash my hair on day 3. The only downside was I probably did too much because I didn't sleep during the day so I have had a lot of swelling. I wish you luck with your procedure and a quick recovery.
September 11, 2016
I'll give that a try, thank you!
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September 18, 2016
Wow, I am so sorry. What a horrible experience to start off with. I was put on antibiotics and told I would have to remain on them until after the drain was removed. I'm commenting way after your post so hopefully you are healing.
September 19, 2016
Yes, it's still a tiny bit red on my right hip, but not infected anymore & I think the worst is behind me.
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September 19, 2016
Oh thank goodness, continuing healing vibes your way.
September 20, 2016
I'm sorry. It is really unacceptable the way this Dr. has handled all of this. I am a nurse and would never dream of leaving my patient in pain. We continue to medicate until the patient is comfortable. If one med doesn't work, we get an order for another med until the patient is comfortable.
After my mommy makeover, my PS only wanted me taking narcotics for pain and encouraged me to take as many as necessary (within guidelines) and didn't want me taking any ibuprofen since it can increase bleeding, etc
Also, I can't believe he didn't have you on antibiotics until your drains came out. I thought that was pretty standard practice.
Hopefully things start improving for you. I know this is a lot to go through so hopefully your results will be great in the end.
September 20, 2016
Thank you for your validation. I thought antibiotics were standard practice as well and did not find out until after surgery he did not prescribe any.
It's a mystery to me that an open hole for my drain wasn't the site of infection, I kept waiting for it to have problems.
I also felt that ibuprofen affected how long I had the drain besides the fact it upsets my stomach too.
Certainly was Not full service!