Excited and Nervous! 34h to 34c/d (I Hope) - Sarasota, FL

I can't believe it's been almost 3 months! The healing went by so slow...and so fast! I would say at 9 weeks I felt really "normal". No pulling, and overall no pain. I do still get some nerve shooters, and when I sleep and move from one side to the other, I feel a bit of an "not so comfortable" feeling. But it passes in a few seconds.

My breasts are really nice overall, still have the pinch on the side, so probably will need a slight revision on the scar. Still have some swelling at lipo spot too. I have not used tape, once it cools off I may do it, it's just too hot in FL. I have been doing ASTYM on them, but more on that. I def go bra less, but it was better a few weeks ago. They def jiggle now, lol! I am a36/34 d but I don't wear underwire! Probably never will again! This is the size I "wanted" I do feel it matches my figure. But sometimes I wish I had gone smaller :) I will say I am still thankful I did it, and think it's one of the best gifts I ever gave my body and my back!

Speaking of back...pain was gone immediately! But, and this is HUGE- I ended up with shoulder pain, bc I hunched a little during healing to protect them so no one would bump me. Once I got back in the gym and started lifting, I got tendinitis. So, bug takeaway- stretch, stretch, stretch. Your pec and Lat muscles will be so crazy tight! I recommend a foam roller it will change your life, I promise! This has def been the worst part, bc I am ready to be 100% and I don't think about my boobs at all...but now the forces me back to taking care of things again. My physical therapist does ASTYM and started on those muscles and my scars (she does it for masectomy clients) and hopefully will help them stay flat and heal fast. If you have ever had it done it hurts, but on the breast it's totally different. I find the PT part to be amazing, and really helpful!

Well that's it for me! I will try and check back at 6 months and 1 year. Overall, real self is probably the best thing ever for me going through all this. You have all been amazing. Thank you to all the women who shared before me, and I hope that my review helps someone else. Best of luck to everyone!! Xxoo

These are reversed, one is a selfie and the other is not so that's why mole is on two diff sides. It amazes me how much the shape has changed!

I have waited to do an update for awhile so I could give a full overview.

Where I am now: pain is very low. The only place I still feel much is on my sides where the lipo was. I am still swollen there. I am sleeping on my side again, and at night when I shift, I feel some pulling and pain tinges, and then once I settle they stop.

Scars- I started in tape per my dr, but it irritated my skin, but that may also be the heat, so in the fall I will tape again. Using tape gave me a blister on my right breast below the nipple that is just now almost healed- going braless at night helped that heal. I am using maderma advanced, and some creams- in picture below. I am def red on the lower half of each breast. It's a soft pink color, and not sure if it's just my skin, which is sensitive or healing.

Sensation- the left is pretty great, always hard, lol. But feels better than before surgery. The right is a little slow but eventually gets there, lol. The lower half of both breast is still
Numb, and so is the spot where I had the lipo done.

How do I feel? I would recommend this surgery 1000x over! I agree with other posters that said your boobs end up "wide" I think they are the same shape as before just smaller. I go braless, and it's amazing to not have these giant heavy things hanging down! I am a 36 D ish...which is just where I wanted to be! I am hoping to get back to a 34 but with lipo swelling it may take some time. Buying clothes is a dream! I am released to work out at 100% on Thursday. I have been doing light cardio and some leg weights. Once I had the issue with tape and it pulled some
Skin off I stopped for a bit so that I had no sweat, so the wound would heal. I have a dog ear on the right side, he thinks it will go down with swelling but if not, I will get that fixed. Overall I am mad I waited so long! This has been life altering!!