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38, BA (255cc) & Capsular Contracture (taken care of now)

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After roughly 3 decades of waiting for my breasts...

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After roughly 3 decades of waiting for my breasts to blossom, I decided to throw in the towel and go ahead with my BA. Despite an excruciatingly painful 2 1/2 week recovery, I am thrilled with the results (yes, even though the 410 "teardrop" / 255cc twins have yet to fully settle). I am no longer hunching my back over a flat chest, I am (for the first time ever) looking forward to wearing a bikini, and I am in love with what I think are the perfect little Bs :) Thanks to everyone on Realself - I can't express how grateful I am for your stories and for sharing your experiences - you've helped me more than you can imagine through some of the most difficult moments of my feminine journey! xox

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December 7, 2014
Congrats on the new additions :) I am only on a very painful day 5 and have had a terrible recovery so far. I'm happy to see I'm not the only one who is taking longer to recover. In reading all these reviews of girls going out and trying on bras 3 days post. I'm not even close to that!! Best wishes :)
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December 7, 2014
Hi KMarieK - congratulations on your BA!!! I'm with you on the pain...I'm so sorry to hear about yours :( I wasn't prepared for for the hell that I went through - perhaps because I subconsciously convinced myself that I'd be fine (I watched countless post-op videos on YouTube, including one of a young lady who went out shopping and went out for dinner within a few hours of her surgery!). Point being, my awful recovery freaked me out...but that's why I am so incredible grateful for this community/site! KMarieK hang in there - for whatever reason, our recoveries are a little more challenging than others, but speaking from my experience - it does pass, and you will get through this - it does get better...much better :))) Best of luck KMarieK - you're not alone :) Hoping for your quick recovery!!!
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December 8, 2014
Fingers crossed soon! I'm so tired of being in pain!! I watched those videos as well. Maybe they were over the muscle or something less invasive haha. I'll just tell myself that anyways :) no pain no gain I guess!
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December 8, 2014
Haha! No pain no gain (literally ;) indeed! I'm crossing my fingers for us (more for you of course, since I made through the worse part), again - hang in there KMarieK :)
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11 days post

BA POST-OP RECOVERY - during the winter ;)

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As if trying to squash your sensitive torpedoes into a fitted jacket and dealing with contracting muscles in every part of your body (including your chest) during even the shortest winter outings wasn't bad enough...you've got the sniffles, and the occasional sneeze.

Who knew that something that I normally truly enjoy, would be become so darn scary. Yes, brace your boobies, I'm talking about that convulsive expulsion of air that some of us love so much. Has anyone else experienced this? You're still in recovery mode, super sensitive and still in pain, then you feel it coming on...your nose gets tingly, then FEAR sets in...how will I execute this sneeze without rupturing my scars and newly acquired boobies?

There's actually no point to this post other than 'here's another example of something else I experienced and learned during my BA recovery'...if you're chest is still tender, odds are sneezing is no longer cute, and definitely not pretty. In my case...it resembles a National Geographic special on the sea lion mating call - in slow motion.

I hope everyone else looks better than I do ;) Happy healing!!!

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December 8, 2014
haha ... nose job experience definitly helps with this issue ;-)
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December 9, 2014
:)
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March 28, 2015
almost one month post op and still feel like my chest muscles are ripping when I sneeze!! Have to hold on to my chest.
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May 1, 2015
Hang in there Takingtheplunge1234 (literally ;) Heal well!
March 30, 2015
I read if you put pressure with your fingers in center of your chest when you sneeze it helps!
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May 1, 2015
Thank you for the tip Taginvegas!
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12 days post

BA PHOTOS: Before and After

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A few pics at 2.5 weeks post-op...

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