Long awaited mommy makeover- San Diego, CA

After my last post I did some inner thinking and decided that I wanted to remove my implants and get fat transfer instead. I had no health concerns but I was considering the potential for future health complications as I get older. I consulted with Dr Stanwix in April 2022 and scheduled my en bloc removal, lift, and fat transfer for august 4 2022 and am now 5 days post op and couldn’t be happier. I did before pics of my almost 8 year old implants and I can’t believe I kept them for as long as I had. I do not know what size I will be yet but I do know I am very happy with the size now. I was about a 34D prior and I estimate to be a 34B once I’m all healed up. I realize I should have done fat transfer in the first place with lift instead of implants.

This November will be 8 years since having my mommy makeover and I’m still pleased with my tummy tuck, the scar has faded although not completely flat. I’ve just accepted that it won’t ever be flat, but it’s not bad. When I put on a few lbs it is more pronounced but when I’m at my ideal figure/weight it lays mostly flat. My breasts however I am not very happy with. It just seems that the implants never settled into the pocket or maybe the pocket wasn’t enough for the implants, I’m not sure. My nipples seem to point downward and I think it is because the implant doesn’t sit low enough. I don’t regret getting this procedure but as I’ve gotten older I have realized that maybe I was a little too ambitious with my breasts, I think just implants would have been enough without a lift, or maybe a lift with fat transfer or just a lift period would have been perfect. So now I'm looking to have my implants removed and potentially have fat transfer. I am 5’5” about 145lbs, my breasts are currently a 34D and that’s too big for me for how active I am with weight lifting and exercising. My goal would be to get to about a full B. I prefer to wear sports bras to keep them pushed down because wearing a bra that crease some cleavage just seems to push them up and in the way way too much. And overall to me, they look unnatural. I will post pictures at a later time but they don’t look much different than my post surgery pics.

I'm running out of things to update on lol. Yesterday I bought my first two Victoria secret bras in possibly EVER. I've always wanted top shop for bras from there but I hated shopping for bras period since it always made me feel depressed, so I avoided it. I loved being there this time, they measured me as a 34c, but those were too small so I tried on a D and it fit perfectly! I bought two of them. Can't wait to wear them lol. I'm starting to feel like I'm going back to normal, still minor swelling in my stomach area, but it's getting better. Moving around is getting a lot easier, picking up my baby hasn't been much of a challenge for a while, wearing my normal jeans is about the only issue but still not that bad. I just gotta be careful with my stomach healing and not messing or irritating the scar and couple little scabs that are left. That's about it. Here's a few pics and Merry Christmas!!