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I Cannot Imagine Having Perky Breast In This Lifetime - California

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"Normal Bra" Unplanned Review

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WORTH IT$6,000
Six hours into my 1st "normal bra" day & my new perki^^ breast feel like they are falling off my chest. They feel like were sagging when it is clear that are locked in this Vanity Fair bra. The ache, pulled feeling is real....clearly the sports bras has been a support my new breast more comfortable with. The feeling of "sagging" may be mental but I've taken some Tylenol, wearing my comfy sports bra:-))

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Steven M. Gitt, MD, FACS (in memoriam)

Steven M. Gitt, MD, FACS (in memoriam)

Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

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April 26, 2015
That happened to me as well. I didn't start wearing my natori bra until ALL the pain was gone. Tylenol was a good friend. Happy Healing
April 29, 2015
The bali 3820 is a great bra. keeps you perky and no wire. My doctor suggested the natori bra but it had wire that was hurting. I found the bali at Kohls and 2$ cheaper on amazon
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May 6, 2015
Just seeing yr posts Reneeisbae- Hey Girl!! Where did u find the Natori bra, what style #/stores? I love Kohls. So far, the 2 bras I've been working with during the day have underwire but the are a flexible cause they were part of my old "too small" inventory that now fits, lol.
May 7, 2015
No don't buy the Natori. I wear the Bali Bra 3820. It is nice and keeps my boobs up and lifted with NO wire. The Natori I bought on amazon but the wire was hurting me so I tossed it. lol I'm almost 2 months out. Still a lil numb under the trouble child but healing nicely. I think I'll put some 3 month pics up, Hope all is well with you hun!!
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May 8, 2015
Okay! Bali bra 3820 is what I'll look for this weekend. Thx girl :-)) I definitely cannot buy a bra without trying it on, that's out the question because I do not have any idea what size anymore, lol. I'm wearing a old Vanity Fair til I shop, it's too big in the cup but my breast actually sit Beyoncé perki^^ almost 2 months out (May 11). I'm still numb under my arm pits.
May 7, 2015
How is your nipple sensation?? I was completely numb in the right and have total feeling in the left (the one with all the leaking.) I get the zaps to my left and every now and then to my right. It feels like some feeling is coming back. Are you numb around your incisions?? Mine is a lil bit under the left.
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May 9, 2015
Hey Reneeisbae! I never lost sensation in either breast. From my 1st visit, my PS checked for nipple sensation & there was sensitivity, feeling in both. I'm only numb under both my arm pits and around towards my back area, but it's getting better.
May 9, 2015
I guess I was lucky when I went for my first checkup the dr took a tissue and lightly brushed it across my nipples and oh what a relief. I had heard about lost sensation but when he fluttered that kleenex across my nipples and i felt it I was on cloud 9. Giggles and all...
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May 9, 2015
Me too stbeht! My Dr. plucked my nipples with his fingers during my 1st visited. I've never been so happy to feel surprised in my life...:-))
September 19, 2016
You look absolutely amazing !
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1 month post

Compliments, Sutures, & Progress

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Attended a surprise retirement party only to feel like the guest of honor because of all the compliments I received from everyone thinking that I had lost a major amount of weight. I'm guessing I was pretty heavy weight on top prior because you would've thought I had lost more than 5-10 pounds loss that I maintained since having the procedure. A follow-up with my favorite PS found my walking on cloud 9 when I left the office. He was very happy with his work & my healing progress - Me too!!! Sutures that decided to appear since my last visit were removed from "righty", painlessly. Told I could wear regular bras, whatever makes me comfortable so I dug in my dresser & found a 36C with underwire that was once too small & it fits comfortably during the day. Today was my 1st day back in the gym, felt so good!

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April 23, 2015
Awesome!!!!
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April 25, 2015
Yes girl:-))!!! Thx so much!
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1 month post

Imagine 1 Month Later

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Impossible for me still to imagine that last month when I walked myself into that operating room and played on that table I would be here today giving a one month update of my progress so far. After today I will post my monthly progress pics until I become so busy with regular life that my perky breasts seem as though they were always apart of me, lol! Let me make one thing clear, all I wanted from my Breast Lift surgery was the opportunity for my breast to be lifted so my nipples were facing forward on their own, that's all I wanted and I made this perfectly clear to my Dr. and he came through 110%. I requested from my anesthesiologist that I wake up, he informed me that if I promised to breath everything would work out - we both did our part! Everything else that has happen I've learned after the fact from RS and I am forever grateful to all who have shared their stories with me because its more than the pictures that are shared, it our personal experiences during this process to perfection. The only thing I would change after the fact, is that I wished I had researched the whole mommy makeover surgery to have everything done at once. If I don't get my stomach right by the end of the year with excersise I'll be calling Dr. Gitt in January for a tummy tuck or liposuction :-))
This past month I've:
*Fired and rehired my Nurse/hubby 4 times. He was too caring...the worse/best nurse ever!
*Learned everything I will ever want to know about breast procedures from Realself! Everyone has different needs and wants to get their ideal personal breasts. I'm just happy that I learned many of these needs things after the fact. Just do it! :-))
*What the heck is a hematoma? Thats what I blurted out to my PS the night of my surgery when hubby rushed me back to the Dr. office as he inserted a drain into my really swollen right breast while I lay there not feeling a thing because I had just taken 5-325 x2 on top of the anesthesia still flowing through my body...1st ever side effects from any surgery in my life :-)(
*One week after the initial drain was removed, I walked slowly by a mirror only to notice my perki right boob was bloody through my shirt, next day Dr. scheduled a quicki surgery to clean out clotted blood and put in another drain. Mind you, this is my body rejecting this healing process - had nothing to do with the PS...they were on top of everything and had seen all of this before, the BEST! :-))
*Took a LOA from work, 20 years with the hotel industry. I return in 10 days, and I wonder what they will think of my less bulky upper body. It is obvious something has thinned out my upper body :-))
*Have no idea what size bra I will end up and I could care less right now because know I'll be able to go braless with perki^^ until i figure it out.
*Sex is great from the waist down,lol! Hubby enjoys watching the transition from black&blue frankenstein boobs as they heal into something neither of us have ever seen before. Says my nipples are huge and tastes like cocoa butter :-))
*I'm seeing the impossible dream happen before my eyes, so happy!

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April 12, 2015
I just want to say, Thank you so much for sharing your journey with us all! How lovely and uplifting it is to read your post! Congratulations to you honey, you look AMAZING!! I hope you continue to have happy healing and we'll look forward to seeing it!! :)) xx
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April 25, 2015
Thank you Wonderland_86!! When I 1st had my procedure I read a review of someone who said she was going to keep this experience "a glass half full" instead of "half empty"
April 12, 2015
our stories are so similar we had our surgery on the same day. we both had to have second drains put in. I'm really happy with the decision and would do it again. I put on an old bra and tada! Same size. Happy for you!
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April 12, 2015
I know!!! And reading your reviews this past month gave me some sort of relief that I was not a lone soldier in the [RS bleep] healing race. I would also do this again in a heartbeat, without hesitation because I never imagined my breast not hanging like baseball bats from my chest.
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April 12, 2015
My old bras had so much going on to keep me lifted, padding, wires, & who know what else I'm hoping I won't need all that extra moving forward, lol. But, because I paid big $$ for them I'm gonna a hold on to my 38Cs for a little while longer. PS says bc of the extra drain "righty" has to catch up with my left breast & they both are still pretty tight underneath from the internal stitches.
April 13, 2015
The left breast that gave me the most drainage is more sore. Do you still have any soreness?
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April 13, 2015
Yes, "righty is still sore, numb, yesterday both were sore w/ my underarms aching after I walked...trying to exercise a little
April 14, 2015
That's good to hear. Once again I am not alone :-)
April 12, 2015
Are you using anything on your incisions so they don't raise up?
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April 12, 2015
Okay I am using 2 things: 1. palmers cocoa butter formula with vitamin E Intensive Relief Treatment Oil. I'm pretty much using in this all over my body because my skin has been SO dry using that antibacterial soap for the last month. On my breast only I'm using Palmers Cocoa Butter formula scar serum on areas where I don't have a scab. Since we are in a bra 24/7, I wonder if any of this works? I see my PS later this month & will talk to him about other options. My old, old surgery scars didnt raise up, they only darken, yuck. How are your scars looking?
April 13, 2015
Mine are doing good. Just using tape for now. Gonna ask my doctor about scar sheets tomorrow.
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April 13, 2015
Glad to hear & know we are both on other side of this! I never had tape put on, my PS said I didn't need it that's why I can use palmers. I have no opening, just a little scabbing under "righty" at the T area. I think I see some stitches right there
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April 13, 2015
10 more days till I have mine done.... Both your stories have helped so much.... Thank you
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April 13, 2015
Good to hear! :-)) Congratulations on your upcoming procedure!
April 14, 2015
She said I don't have scars so I don't need the scar sheets. Bought those things for nothing on amazon a while back and can't return them. Ebay here I come! lol
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April 14, 2015
That is funny, lol!!! I had a breast lump removed 15 years ago and that scar pretty much disappeared, I only knew it was there because it was so traumatizing to go through the diagnosis process. Dr. Gitt used that healing to gage this procedure..."lefty" is looking good so far...jury still out on "righty"
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April 12, 2015
Thank you! Your words are so kind! Happy healing to you as well!! :-))
April 14, 2015
nice.
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April 15, 2015
Thank you AubreyE