POSTED UNDER Breast Implant Revision Reviews
Replacing 300/315cc for 485cc Sientra Silicone Gels After 15 Years | 5'0" - 110lb - San Mateo, CA
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UPDATED FROM sweetbeast
4 months post
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
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
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September 1, 2015
congratulations!!!! you've completely healed and at ease with the new you! happy for you!!
November 16, 2016
You look AWESOME!! I am getting my 305s swapped out to 475/450next month!! I'm super excited. Can you post clothes pics? Are you able to wear all your same clothes? I love wearing tight shirts and don't want to have to get anything new but just want to look better in them :)
UPDATED FROM sweetbeast
1 month post
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! :-)
Hope you're all well and have a great Memorial Day weekend! :-)
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May 21, 2015
looking awesome, and love the view from below, so natural!!
May 22, 2015
thank you! In the past weeks, I'd kept going back n forth on wishing I'd gone bigger and more fake looking. But I'm starting to appreciate the natural look I asked for more and more.
May 22, 2015
Still looking great!!! Thanks for sharing and updating! The scars look great and are hardly noticeable at all. Your upper pole is my DREAM!! Continued Happy Healing!! Have a great Memorial Day Weekend!!
May 22, 2015
Thank you @FindingMe2015!! And I forgot to mention that the Mondor's cord issue resolved itself since my last post. Thankfully :-)
May 22, 2015
That is great news, sweetbeast!! I was hoping that the Mondor's Cord issue had passed. I thought so since you didn't mention it, but I should have asked. I hope that my BA looks as great as yours!! Would you mind if I put you as one of my wish boobs pictures? Thanks again for sharing your journey!
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