I Need Boobies! Allergan Natrelle Inspira 485cc SRM (Smooth Responsive Moderate Silicone), submuscular, transaxillary incision

My stats: Age: 47
Height: 5’6”
Weight: 123 to 126 pounds
Measurements: 33 - 26 ½ - 37 (Yes, I am shaped like a pear ?)
Chest width: 33”
BWD: 12.5 centimeters
Bra size currently: 34b with a little space left


Oh, my goodness, am I really going to do it this time? I have wanted and needed (in my mind) to have a ba for many years. I birthed and nursed two children who are now teenagers and boy oh boy, am I deflated. Before children I was a small 32b cup. The time has never been right, and money is always an issue. I am hopeful that I will really follow through with it this time. I am thinking high profile silicone submuscular as well. I am in the process of choosing a plastic surgeon. I’ve been researching on RS for several weeks now, which has been very helpful. I am currently planning on four consults and have scheduled two. This is the farthest I’ve ever gotten besides talking about it, lol. After reading lots of reviews, I have a consultation scheduled in Destin, Florida. And thanks to the very complimentary reviews by Scaredy Cat and fea002, my second consult is scheduled with Dr. Csikai on the East Coast a couple days later. I have not scheduled the other two consults yet. They are a lot closer to where I live and will be easier to schedule and attend. I am both nervous and excited.

I am blessed with an amazing and talented husband who has helped me make rice sizers (two different times!) as well as made me a set of liquid starch and Elmer’s glue sizers in 450 and 425ccs (asymmetry compensation). I love squeezing them, so very squishy. My dh (dear husband) is also my photographer. I will try to post some pictures that we have taken so you can get an idea of my size pre and with homemade sizers.

I would like to avoid a lift if possible. I am trying to figure out what size works best for me. I like the look of the 450cc rice sizers. At first my sweet dh worried about me going too big. I do work out and a concern is that they may get in my way and hurt if I go too large. My workouts consist of fairly intense hiit, some strength training, and a little pilates/yoga for flexibility. I realize “big,” is subjective. Those of you with over 400ccs, do you find it uncomfortable or painful to workout now? It is very common for ladies in my area to go with 325cc’s so that their augmentation is more discreet. I am getting to the age where I don’t worry about that as much (finally). I haven’t noticed my boobs for years, and I really want to notice them, lol. My ultimate goal would be to be able to dress them down a little in clothes, but be “BAM!” when I bring them out for show and play with my husband.

I'll be sure to post again after my consults.

I’m posting some of the sizer pics we took at home and a couple of pics when I was at my largest, 36 C. My husband loved these boobs!!! When my husband made the rice sizers he found there was some difference when measuring rice on a scale versus in a measuring cup. If you measure the rice on a scale using ml your sizer will actually be roughly 75 to 100 cc’s larger. Because measuring rice weight is different than measuring rice volume in a measuring cup. It’s difficult to measure rice accurately in a measuring cup. He found it best to measure the rice in a measuring cup or on a scale to roughly the desired milliliter (ex. 350ml) first, then place rice in a Ziplock bag removing as much trapped air as possible. Then completely submerge bag in a 1 liter measuring cup filled to about half (500ml) with water and then subtract the starting measure from the ending measure and that is the size in cc’s of the rice. Ex. 850ml - 500ml = 350ml. You can adjust the size of the rice by adding or removing before you transfer the rice to a stocking. Hope this helps.

It’s been a wild ride so far. I have now been to three consults. All are board certified, talented, recommended, and experienced plastic surgeons. They have all given me different recommendations, which has been very confusing! I will repost my stats (with a correction) and then give a rundown of the consults.

My stats: Age: 47
Height: 5’6”
Weight: 123 to 126 pounds
Measurements: 30 - 26 ½ - 37
Chest width: 28”
BWD: 12.5 centimeters
Bra size currently: 34b with a little space left

Panhandle Doctor: My husband and I both liked him a lot. He is a southern gentleman who was kind, personable, and very informative. He spent a lot of time with us. He also had Vectra 3d scanning capability, which indicated my BWD was 12.5 cm. He recommended Sientra Moderate Plus in 457cc. He indicated that it would give me a little cleavage, a little side boob, and some projection -- of which I currently have almost none. He also said when he examined me that moderate plus would really help fill out the width of my chest as I am very narrow and my current breasts take up very little of my chest. I have a tendency to like HP usually, while my husband likes moderate plus, but he loves all boobies so whatever makes me happy, makes him happy (he’s so awesome!). I did ask the doctor about using an HP implant and he did not seem to like the idea of using that on me. Because of Vectra scanning, no sizers were tried on. I was a bit surprised by that, but have since gleaned from RS that sizers are more commonly used at pre-op appointments. He uses a Transaxillary approach with a camera endoscope and Keller funnel (no fingers). BA cost: $5,600.

East Coast Doctor: We liked him, too. He spent a good amount of time with us. He examined me but did not take any measurements. He recommended Mentor High Profiles and advised that I go to at least 450ccs and really liked the idea of 500cc’s on me. I asked him what he thought about Moderate Plus, and he said it would not give me enough projection. I then asked if 500cc’s would fit me (knowing my bwd and Mentor’s sizing), and he indicated it wouldn’t be a problem at all. This surgeon does get very good results, but we felt like that he sort of shoots from the hip, so to speak. We did get the opportunity to try on sizers, which was really nice. He would use an inframammary incision, no camera endoscope. I will say I think I caught a little boob greed here, because I thought the sound of 500ccs sounded quite titillating. BA Cost: $5,000.

Local Doctor: We really, really liked him, which for some reason was an unexpected, pleasant surprise to us. He spent a lot of time with us. He took detailed measurements with a tape measurer and then indicated my BWD was only 11cm on one side and 11.2cm on the other! I did indicate that we had measured them to be at least 12 cm and he indicated that he measures and then deducts the amount of breast tissue I have, which gave him the dimension of 11 cm. He is the only doctor that pulled out the Mentor Product Chart and said that I had options. I could go with Mod Plus up to 250 cc (he knew I didn’t like that), he said in HP I could go up to 350cc, and in UHP I could go up to 430cc. He likes to write down what your goal is and then the next size lower if your goal is at the max. He does like and continues to sit the patients up with implants in and make sure the implants are placed well and suits the patient’s frame. If he can close the incision opening easily, then you can have the highest implant in your range, but if not, he will take them out and go just one size smaller. He uses the Inframammary approach, too. Best price for BA of only $4,400!

Each of the doctors spent a good amount of time with us. We liked all three doctors. All three doctors indicated that my asymmetry was not enough to try to correct with different sized implants. Well, that’s something in common at least, lol.

I think we were hoping that if two had roughly the same opinion, we would pick whom we felt most comfortable with of the two. No luck there, lol.

What to do? What to do?

I’m surprised and a little disappointed by Panhandle doc to only want to use Moderate plus. I understand I am supposed to trust my PS and his skill and experience as he would like for me to have the best outcome for my frame. He has people all over the world come see him for cosmetic surgery.

The East Coast PS is actually the farthest from us, a little over 3 hours. I’m somewhat drawn to the idea of 500cc but also afraid of it, too. I think 450cc to 475cc would be good though. We did try sizers on here, and the 500’s didn’t look bad to me either. I think I would be more confident if measurements were taken to be more accurate in what sizes would work on me. Maybe that’s a bit of my need to know all the details. I love the results from a couple of the RS users that have used him though.

I am disappointed in the conservativeness of the BWD given by our local PS because I do not think 350cc is going to do very much for me. I’ve been thinking all along that some where between 425 and 500 would be what it would take to fill me out. I am pear shaped and was hoping to give me more of an hourglass shape, evening out my bust to hip ratio. It will be noticeable naked and in a bathing suit, but not much different in most clothes. This PS is perfectly fine with using UHP. He does have some patients use it, but by far, most are currently picking HP silicone, especially in my age bracket. We tried on sizers at this office as well and compared with 350cc HP to 400cc UHP and then 400cc UHP to 430cc UHP. I liked the look of the 400 UHP sizers and felt that 430cc UHP would be what I needed. I’m not sure I want UHP though. I’m worried I will have a greater chance of rippling, bottoming out, and of my breasts sagging at a quicker rate because of my age and of the extent of the projection.

I feel like my brain is going to bust, lol. I'll try to add some pictures of the sizers I tried on later.