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4 Month Post Op Pix


Suuuuper Late Update | 2 Month Post Op Pix

Hey RealSelfers,

Sorry to have left my review hanging without updates for so long!! But here are some pix I took about 10 weeks after my BA replacement. You can see that the swelling had already pretty much disappeared by then and my implants dropped more as well. This revealed some asymmetries, but this is a total nonissue to me. As far as I'm concerned, my goals too fill in the stretched skin and to great lateral and medial fullness were completed, and I'm still very happy. They have also softened even more and the ripples on the sides have softened to be much less evident to the touch. Although there remains some very slight rippling underneath, where my skin is suuuuper thin - overall the rippling is a world better than it was with my old salines.

From time to time, I see other BA's and kind of wish I would have gone with a higher profile; but most of the time I think what I've got is just perfect for me. Even though Dr. Pertsch and I deliberately exceeded my base width, the Sientra 485cc Mod Plus' seems to have been the right dimensions to help me meet my goals (from 11.9 to 13.6cm in diameter/ from 4.1 to 4.8cm projection). My new bra size is a 32DD and I have gone up in my shirt size from an X-small to a small. For sports bras from Lulu I went up from a size 4 to a 6. And in dresses, I increased from a size 0 to 2. Although the fullness can look a bit matronly in certain outfits, I can rock a hotttt look in others. Also - I'm sooooo happy that it seems like all sensation has returned.

Hope this helps some of you!! All the best and happy healing to you all. XOXOXO

6 weeks Post Op

Hi REALSELFERS!! It's been awhile... I'm now at 6 weeks post op and both breasts have softened up quite a bit. I'm starting to see and the benefits of the switch to silicone gel. The initial ripples are smoothing out, making for a really nice handful of boobie!! The scars have also softened quite a bit and their hardly noticeable at all. Upper poles are fuller than I wanted and hope they settle a bit more with time. So I'm still going bra-less everyday, so as not to hinder more dropping. I love the size, and am anxious to see what they'll look like when I get back in the gym and down to my ideal body fat percentage.
Hope you're all well and have a great Memorial Day weekend! :-)

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Board Certified Plastic Surgeon
34 N. San Mateo Dr., San Mateo, California
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Doctor Pertsch has been my plastic surgeon for 15 years - and I have the utmost confidence and trust in his expertise, professionalism, ethics, excellent judgment, and special attention and talent toward aesthetics and detail. Dr. Pertsch is very open about all risks with every procedure so that you are truly able to make an informed decision. His work has always far exceeded my hopes and expectations. Not only does he achieve beautiful results, but they have proven to last over time, as both my original breast aug and tummy tuck (2000/2006 respectively) have held up amazingly well. My original breast aug survived my last two pregnancies and tummy tuck survived my last - returning to post-op condition very soon after my son's birth. Doctor Pertsch really listens to what your goals are and is painstakingly thorough about how to achieve the best final outcome. He is an exceptional artist at his craft. He is very methodical and calculated in his decision making process, and at the same time Dr. Pertsch has a very caring, disarming, and comforting bedside manner. He is also Harvard trained and Board Certified. If I could give 10 stars for the life-changing results he's given me over the years, I absolutely would.