Awake Breast Augmentation and Areola Reduction - Paramus, NJ

Hello, RealSelf. I have scoured this site for months during my research phase and I truly do appreciate all of the knowledge I have gained, and the help and feedback I have received. So, to return the favor I will be documenting my procedure from pre-op to [possibly] a year post-op. I am 5'5, ~158lbs, 20 years old and will be entrusting Dr.Michael Constantin Gartner to give both my sister and I the bodies we desire on January 12, 2016. We had our consultation on December 16, 2016, and it was as great as I expected based off Dr. Gartner's reviews. I had a full 3.5 pages of questions (hell yes there is an extensive screening process for someone possibly going to operate on my sister and I.) Dr. Gartner took his time answering each question and after that hour long Q&A my family and I were at complete ease. He is board certified and it certainly showed in the answers he gave. He was extremely knowledgeable and well mannered. After the Q&A came the try on session and my sister and I both chose to go with 500cc saline, under the muscle. We have no intentions on suffering from "boob greed" so we basically told him to put in the largest that would fit in our bodies while still allowing us to have the natural look. My sister will be having her incision in the breast fold crease because luckily, she scars the same shade as her skin, so the scar should not be noticable, and she was not willing to go through the areola (for fear of breast feeding difficulties when she decides to have kids.) Because I am also having the areola reduction, I will have the areola incision as well (I didn't mind going through the areola as I will never have children, and so I couldn't give less of a crap about jeopardizing my milk production). Both of us will be doing the local anesthesia (aka "awake" surgery) and that was a major factor in deciding to go with Dr. Gartner. I felt the awake procedure was far safer and would benefit us with an easier recovery. My family and I are out of state so we flew to New York, rented a car, and drove to Jersey to meet with Dr. Gartner. Now for some background: I have absolutely DESPISED my areolas since I was old enough to realize what a disfigurement they were. Combine that with already too small boobs on a reasonably wide frame and I was convinced by age 13 that I was hideous and destined to die alone. After surviving 12 years torment going to public schools located in the 7th circle of Hell, I decided to try and begin enjoying life once and for all. After losing 25+ pounds, going vegan and thus getting clear skin, long hair and nails, and overall vitality, I must say I still can hardly believe that I am finally one of the "pretty girls" (I never thought I would be.) But there was one problem no amount of diet, exercise, and vegan detoxing could help. I was still ugly when that VS bombshell bra came off and those horrid areolas reared their faces. I didn't go through all that hard work just to revert back to hating my appearance when it was birthday suit/bathing suit time. And so my amazingly beautiful mother whom I love with all my heart and soul, has decided to give my sister and I the bodies we need/want/f**king deserve. I will post some preop photos at a later date, and will update you after our final preop which is scheduled for January 7, 2016. I can say without a doubt I am far more excited than nervous as lord knows I was born with boobs on rock bottom so there is no where to go but up from here.

These are a few of the photos that I showed to my doctor. I would like to be a full D cup and I have also included some photos of women my doctor actually operated on. Within the next week or two I will be adding pre op photos of myself.

Here are photos of my horrendous breasts before my augmentation and areola reduction. As you can see in a relaxed state my areolas are nothing short of a deformity. I have included pictures of how my nipples look when introduced to extreme cold. My surgeon told me to measure my areolas during this state and he would use that measurement for the new size of my areola. Since I took all of these pictures myself and my phone is rather large and hard to handle with one hand the position if my arms often distorts the appearance of my breast so let us account for that. One is a bit larger then the other of course and also appears lower than the other at some points. But nonetheless here they are...