POSTED UNDER Mentor Breast Implants Reviews
35 y/o, 3 Kids, 325cc Mentor smooth round moderate plus profile silicone, dual plane under muscle - Pittsburgh, PA
UPDATED FROM nvso13
1 month post
5 Weeks...and my left is finally starting to move!
WORTH IT$7,300
I noticed the other day that my left side finally has some side boob, and the upper pole finally almost totally matches up with the right (at least much more than it did thus far). The nipple sensitivity is pretty much gone, but has been replaced by a dull numbness all over - like I have muted feeling everywhere, if that makes sense (no longer spots that are hyper sensitive and spots that are completely numb). I am occasionally getting shooting pains in my left boob, which was happening in my right about two weeks ago, so another indication that it's catching up. Noticing a little more roundness at the bottoms too..not a ton, but slight progress. I have been putting the Bio Oil on every night, and wearing my compression band, mostly overnight...here's hoping I'm going to start seeing some significant progress now!!
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November 18, 2015
looking good honey! great progress. OMG your scars are totally invisible already! that's fantastic and also amazing. That bra looks great on you BTW! :)
November 18, 2015
Thank you so much :) Still not exactly where I want them to be, but the progress definitely helps me be patient!!
November 18, 2015
where did you get that bra? Does it have underwire? Your incisions look great
November 18, 2015
Target...yes it has underwire. My surgeon instructed me at my 1 week post op, to start wearing an underwire bra all the time, as a technique she uses to shape a more defined crease under the breast, in women like me who didn't have a crease to begin with. I had a heck of a time finding an unpadded underwire bra in 32DD!! I think this one is a 34D. I don't wear it too often because it's a little loose around the band, and my doc wanted it tight (for the reason above).
And thank you for the compliment on my incisions! Just about a week before this pic I was getting nervous because they felt thick and lumpy and I didn't think they'd ever start to look healed - and now they're even more faded than they were a week ago in these pics!
And thank you for the compliment on my incisions! Just about a week before this pic I was getting nervous because they felt thick and lumpy and I didn't think they'd ever start to look healed - and now they're even more faded than they were a week ago in these pics!
November 19, 2015
You look great:) at least you can wear a normal bra I'm stuck in ugly sports bras until I get the go ahead at my 5 week appointment. It's hard to dress in some things because the thick straps of the sports bras show. I also have a hard time finding them that are tight enough around. Anyway congrats!
November 19, 2015
I can imagine!! The times I have worn a sports bra since my surgery, I had to use the sports bras that I wore BEFORE my surgery...the ones I bought in anticipation of a larger chest, aren't supportive enough. It's interesting that every doctor has a different instruction on what to wear after surgery....so many women on the thread have been instructed to go braless, then there's the other end of the spectrum with sports bras and constant support, some say absolutely no underwire, mine says underwire...so weird!!
November 19, 2015
The strangest part is that the photos DO NOT do justice to the size....seeing them in person, or even in clothes, they just look like an average size (B or C cup) - but when you feel them, they are huge! My boyfriend even said it's so deceiving the way they look, because when he feels them, he can't even get his hand around one...and he's a big guy!! Most people can't believe it when I tell them a DD is a little tight in the cups!
November 19, 2015
I totally hear you on this. My boobs definitely do not look like D cups in photos and I feel the same as you insofar as they look like a standard small C. For me they don't even physically feel like D cups if I grab them (grabbing them sounds like a really odd turn of phrase and as though I'm about to hijack them and take them hostage, but you know what I mean). But, when I put on certain clothes they look massive. I tried on a horizontally striped top the other day and there was no way on earth I would have bought it because my boobs looked freakin ridiculously huge in it. So weird because I have always worn a lot of stripes but it was just too much! I've had a couple of comments from shop assistants saying they my boobs are "deceptive" (lol) so clearly they didn't look like a D cup to them until they measured me up properly, at which point they're like "wow, ok, definitely a D in most brands and a DD in others." They seem somewhat surprised by this but that's cool... I couldn't care less! :)
November 20, 2015
I SO can relate!!!! I am actually really excited about it though...I think it's a mental thing, but being a D cup makes me feel good and not like I should've gone bigger, because any bigger would be custom bras!!
UPDATED FROM nvso13
27 days post
What "4 Weeks Post Op" Feels Like
Just want to keep track of what these feelings are, in the event it will help others when experiencing these symptoms at certain times. I can't even count how many times it helped me to refer to other women's reviews every time I had a new "sensation," and was comforted to see that they had the same thing at the same point in their recovery.
So right now, it seems like a lot of the feeling is coming back. The incisions this week have gone anywhere from hurting, to stinging, to being intensely itchy. My nipples are getting a little better with the hypersensitivity, but still hurt a bit to be touched. The numbness in the lower pole is starting to ease up in spots, but even those areas don't have 'full' feeling back yet. Overall, they are MUCH softer, and I didn't even realize it until I put on a bra that I hadn't worn in a week or two, and when I put it on, I noticed that the bra was suddenly shaping my boobs this time, rather than my hard-as-rocks torpedos shaping the bra lol Still riding a bit high (and the right is still higher than the left), but I see big progress...I have been wearing my compression band religiously (but per my doctor's instructions not all the time).
On Sunday (day 25), I was feeling particularly good - no pain or soreness in my chest muscles for a change. So I got a little cocky, and did too much (vacuumed, cleaned, carried laundry, etc.). Yesterday I paid for it (day 26). My left pec was essentially in a constant state of contraction, and I had the strangest feeling in my left boob - like I was hyper "aware" of the implant - I can't even describe it, but it was driving me nuts and was a "giving me the heebie jeebies" kind of feeling...I had to take a xanax and go to bed it was bothering me so much!! I'm feeling much better today! But I still can't stand the way it feels when my pec contracts and squeezes the implant :/ ugh...I hope that goes away. It's probably just a strange sensation since they've been so numb and/or sore I haven't really felt my muscle contracting up until now. I will post some progress pics later tonight, since it has been a while since I took front and side pics.
Happy healing ladies!
So right now, it seems like a lot of the feeling is coming back. The incisions this week have gone anywhere from hurting, to stinging, to being intensely itchy. My nipples are getting a little better with the hypersensitivity, but still hurt a bit to be touched. The numbness in the lower pole is starting to ease up in spots, but even those areas don't have 'full' feeling back yet. Overall, they are MUCH softer, and I didn't even realize it until I put on a bra that I hadn't worn in a week or two, and when I put it on, I noticed that the bra was suddenly shaping my boobs this time, rather than my hard-as-rocks torpedos shaping the bra lol Still riding a bit high (and the right is still higher than the left), but I see big progress...I have been wearing my compression band religiously (but per my doctor's instructions not all the time).
On Sunday (day 25), I was feeling particularly good - no pain or soreness in my chest muscles for a change. So I got a little cocky, and did too much (vacuumed, cleaned, carried laundry, etc.). Yesterday I paid for it (day 26). My left pec was essentially in a constant state of contraction, and I had the strangest feeling in my left boob - like I was hyper "aware" of the implant - I can't even describe it, but it was driving me nuts and was a "giving me the heebie jeebies" kind of feeling...I had to take a xanax and go to bed it was bothering me so much!! I'm feeling much better today! But I still can't stand the way it feels when my pec contracts and squeezes the implant :/ ugh...I hope that goes away. It's probably just a strange sensation since they've been so numb and/or sore I haven't really felt my muscle contracting up until now. I will post some progress pics later tonight, since it has been a while since I took front and side pics.
Happy healing ladies!
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November 10, 2015
great update hon... I can totally relate to your 4 weeks p/o experience... I felt lots of the same things at four weeks. Glad to hear you have some feeling coming back to your numb areas... I still have a truck load of numbness (am 9 weeks p/o) so it's slow going as far as I can tell with nerve regeneration. My nipples drove me around the bend and back again with hypersensitivity until about 5 or 6 weeks but they have slowly improved since then.
Uggghhh overdoing it is the worst. I did the exact same thing at 4, 5 and 6 weeks when I had particularly good days and regretted it every time!
I hope that muscle spasming settles down for you ASAP... it's so not nice.
I have no doubt heaps of people will find your 4 week update super helpful hon... good on you for documenting it. :) xoB.
Uggghhh overdoing it is the worst. I did the exact same thing at 4, 5 and 6 weeks when I had particularly good days and regretted it every time!
I hope that muscle spasming settles down for you ASAP... it's so not nice.
I have no doubt heaps of people will find your 4 week update super helpful hon... good on you for documenting it. :) xoB.
November 10, 2015
Thanks! :)
I'm rubbing the zingers right now as we speak lol...The nerve pain, the shocks, the tingling, the stinging, I stay positive through it by telling myself "be grateful for all of it because it means feeling is on its way back!!" Hahah
I'm rubbing the zingers right now as we speak lol...The nerve pain, the shocks, the tingling, the stinging, I stay positive through it by telling myself "be grateful for all of it because it means feeling is on its way back!!" Hahah
November 13, 2015
Yep! that's what I've been trying to drill into my head the whole time too... and it's true... it does test your patience though! :)
November 11, 2015
Hooray for 4 weeks...right! I agree with the strange sensations all over (burning, pulling, Stinging bah blah) I'm glad your making progress. I feel like its going to take me at least 3 months to even put on a bra. My incision are still super sensitive as are my nipples. Can't wait to see some 4 week pic, I'm going to try and update soon too.
November 11, 2015
Hi,
Wow, I've just read your story from the start to your latest post this evening just now. I love how you write and the detail!
My BA is booked for next Wednesday (18th Nov) I had my pre op today. Had a total wobble on the size so have an appointment tomorrow afternoon to double check I'm happy. My consultant does a lot of reconstruction and is 3rd best in the UK but i felt I left my sizing consultation with his best size for me, not my best size for me.
The nurse I met today at my pre op sorted another consultation as she could clearly see i wasn't 100% . Feel really happy I'm getting another chance to get the size right. He ordered 325, 350 & 375 HP, over the muscle. He said I'd most likely end up with the 350's, I said I'd be dissapointed if the 325's ended up in there, I really wanted to say 'i want the 375's' but actually felt embarressed too, great your surgeon was so lovely.
I feel 375's are my optimum but I didn't even get a chance to try on the 400's so at least I will tomorrow then I'll know if the 375's are the ones.
I am nervous/embarressed to go back in tomorrow but my lovely nurse from today will be with me.
Looking forward to hearing and seeing more of your recovery. They are looking fabulous X
Wow, I've just read your story from the start to your latest post this evening just now. I love how you write and the detail!
My BA is booked for next Wednesday (18th Nov) I had my pre op today. Had a total wobble on the size so have an appointment tomorrow afternoon to double check I'm happy. My consultant does a lot of reconstruction and is 3rd best in the UK but i felt I left my sizing consultation with his best size for me, not my best size for me.
The nurse I met today at my pre op sorted another consultation as she could clearly see i wasn't 100% . Feel really happy I'm getting another chance to get the size right. He ordered 325, 350 & 375 HP, over the muscle. He said I'd most likely end up with the 350's, I said I'd be dissapointed if the 325's ended up in there, I really wanted to say 'i want the 375's' but actually felt embarressed too, great your surgeon was so lovely.
I feel 375's are my optimum but I didn't even get a chance to try on the 400's so at least I will tomorrow then I'll know if the 375's are the ones.
I am nervous/embarressed to go back in tomorrow but my lovely nurse from today will be with me.
Looking forward to hearing and seeing more of your recovery. They are looking fabulous X
November 18, 2015
Thank you so much! Sorry for the delayed response....good luck today!!! Can't wait to hear how everything went for you, and hear about your experience! I hope you ended up speaking up about what size you wanted! You should NEVER be embarrassed about what you want!! It's YOUR body, and you have to live with them, and you're spending a lot of money to have this done! You should be 100% happy with your selections! Keep us posted, and let me know how everything went today! I'll be thinking about you!
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I'm an idiot, I got mine just in time for winter!!! :P