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Competitive Combat Athlete LOVES Results of Lift with Minor Augmentation

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WEEK 2: Every day is a bit better. Still abit...

DFM8878June 28, 2012
WORTH IT$11,000
WEEK 2: Every day is a bit better. Still abit hunched despite best efforts to relax. Feels like there are bowling balls under my pecs...tylenol is my friend as are the static squeeze "massages" my doc has me doing every 2 hours.

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Joseph Thomas Cruise, MD

Joseph Thomas Cruise, MD

Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

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WEEK 3: Light at the end of the tunnel! I am...

DFM8878June 28, 2012
WEEK 3: Light at the end of the tunnel! I am certainly not back to normal - still cant quite lift arms completely above my head, and light exercise (walking) makes me tired and feel swollen and frustrated - but I am seeing progress and the implants have started to drop ever so slightly from my collar bone and appear to be heading to wear they belong a tiny bit.

It was feeling like I would never be normal again / able to do day to day things, but now I feel more optimistic. The constant heavy feeling that made walking uncomfortable / my pecs feel like they were ripping out is subsiding to some extent. I am officially not hunched over anymore and I can raise my arms high enough to shave my armpits! Success! (Ill take what I can get haha)

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MD1979
June 29, 2012
Would love to see your progress! Tomorrow marks my two week anniversary of getting a BL and BA.
DFM8878
July 1, 2012
Taking this page down right now and putting another back up that is less identifying...I will message you when i do because I will be putting all of my progression pics up...Tuesday will be week 4 for me! Its finally starting to feel like there is a light at the end of the tunnel!
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MD1979
July 1, 2012
Great! I'll be eager to hear from you.
Natalian
October 30, 2013
I would love to see pictures too! Glad you are healing! Although not nearly as light as you, I too have 32DD's and am getting just a lift/reduction, no implants. Nervous!
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DAY 7: Drs appt. He said everything looked great...

DFM8878June 12, 2012
DAY 7: Drs appt. He said everything looked great (I disagree but I know that he means "great for 1week post op" - so that is reassuring. The most valuable thing I got out of the visit was that it is ok to relax my shoulders and back. I had been walking hunched over and with my shoulders up a bit because I was scared of the pressure on the stitches - felt like they were exploding when I relaxed my shoulders. Now that I've stopped hunching I am getting more and more comfortable. The swelling is down a bit but I'm still anxious for them to look more natural and less like round bolted on torpedoes.

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axtion
June 12, 2012
Are you going to post updates with tape off interested...
DFM8878
June 12, 2012
Yes! The tape is still on since the surgery and the doctor plans to take it off in a week but put more back on. So if I can get pics in between the old and fresh tape I will. In addition to three layers of stitches he uses glue and this steri-tape to hold the incisions tight to minimize scarring. One of his assistants had the same lift as me 2 years ago and showed me her scars and they are extremely thin and nearly invisible! So apparently it's a good strategy.
DFM8878
June 12, 2012
At fitluv - well at least you are back in the gym. I'm sure the heavy lifting will come soon! I was looking at all the figure and bodybuilding competitors with tatas and getting reassured the other day! It must get back to normal for them to remain competitive so it will for us too!! :)
angel5280
June 14, 2012
U look awesome, congrats.
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diamondgirltx
June 18, 2012

You look great congrats on the new ladies! My husband is in jiu jitsu and he would love for me to join b/c I'm super flexible. Lol. So my question is how would the implants be affect by the grappling & all the very one on one toughness? Thanks

DFM8878
June 18, 2012

Thank you!! I can't stress enough how much I love MMA and if I thought that this would keep me from it, I would have carried on with saggy boobies forever! What convinced me I would be fine is one of my coaches is a female black belt with implants and they DO NOT hold her back at all. She rolls with the best and taps out large guys daily. I asked her and she said they cause her no problem...that said she got hers when she was already a black belt and had already learned to defend against being smashed etc. I think you should absolutely give it a try, just avoid very large male partners who are not aware and conscientious enough to not smash your chest until you learn how to defend from this enough not to end up in that position. That said, my doctor said that pressure from this kind of wrestling would not be likely to cause rupture, just discomfort...Ill let you know how it goes when I get back to training!!

DFM8878
June 18, 2012

p.s. TX is an awesome place for women's MMA! There are open mats, all womens tournaments, and all kinds of event there. Let me know if you get into it and want some info!

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diamondgirltx
June 18, 2012
That's funny. My husband is a large guy, right I let him roll w/me for practice. He has a tournament coming up in a month so his training pretty hard right now. So maybe I'll let him use me more for my own experience! You're right about tx having all the different places for women.
Please keep me posted once you fully recover & return to rolling. Best of luck to you.
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