Two Part Breast Lift then Implants After Massive Weight Loss. Age 55 - Sacramento, CA

My breasts have changed a bunch. They are no longer high and firm like after surgery . They are sagging, scarred and not attractive. I knew I was a bad scar candidate. Because of previous open heart surgery with the big scar on my chest. All the plastic surgeons I went to did not seem concerned with that. But I do have some ugly wide scars. They are also a little raised around the areola. (Yuck) Which really bugs me. I'm bugged also because there's no upper pole fullness which I know I can only get with an implant . I sure wish they could have done it in one surgery. Because now the idea of another surgery and the cost is overwhelming to me. And probably out of my reach. Being that I also need to get a tummy tuck to take off all the extra skin around there from my weight loss. Laying down on my side one of my breast looks pretty nice. We call that the professional breasts. But standing up it's not really attractive. Also the scars along the sides of my breast toward my arm pits are very sore. Sometimes at night it feels like it's tearing inside along those scars. Well at least I know they can't sag much more. And they are breasts when before they were just sacks.

So I am at the 5 week mark. I did get a little opening in my suture line at the areola and the vertical line. I was totally freaked out because I was out of town. After reading several of your posts about it happening fairly often, I put some antibiotic ointment on it and tried to relax. I have been wearing the sports bra day and night but I know I am lifting things I shouldn't. It seems to be healing now. I also read about using the silicone sheets on the scars. I did start that on the sealed areas. The thing I am wondering about is I still have scabs around my areola. Did any of yours last this long? The photos make one side look bigger or higher than the other. In real life one may have dropped a little more but I can hardly tell. My chest is a bit uneven because of heart surgery and scar.In my mirror they look the same. I am still wondering about getting implants. I feel like I am a full b small c at this point. Maybe small high profile would be more what I am looking for?

I gotta say I have been more sore this past week than the first week. The incisions seem to rub all the time and feel a little burning. The PS said the nerve endings have woken up. I am still wearing the sports bra 24 hours a day. There is glue on the incisions which is starting to peel off. maybe that gets pulled by the bra. Also last week I got really tired where all I wanted to do was rest. The last 2 days have been better. I guess I have been doing to much. I have a lot of swelling on the sides under my arms. The PS said on the one side there is a lump which feels like a hematoma (bleed) formed there. But it will go away and has not gotten bigger. I like them more and more every day!