Excited to Meet the New Twins! - Seattle, WA

Thanks! You are looking fabulous as well. It's been fun to follow your journey :-)

Well, I don't feel ripped off at all (other than the fact I live in Canada, so got killed on the exchange). I paid $2500 for the breast lift, and had lipo in 4 places (inner, outer thighs, love handles and upper and lower abdomen -- I guess that is actually 5 places). The procedure takes a long time, so the fees are high. Totally worth it to me - I am stoked with my results :-)

Exchange? Did you do this in the US? Why not go with a Canadian surgery? Sorry I only say ripped off because it's so much and makes Me feel discouraged at what my dr. Will say I have to pay lol. The results are gorgeous but you sure paid a lot. Worth it for natural beautiful results though I guess :) congrats

Dr. Sowder is in Seattle, WA -- I drove over there from Vancouver, BC. There are no doctors anywhere in BC that do this procedure that I'm aware of. I could have went to Toronto I suppose - but WA seemed a lot easier, and Dr. Sowder has such a stellar rating. I'm stoked with the results, as I never considered breast implants an option for me. Of course, with implants, you need to have additional future surgeries to remove and replace them -- adding significantly to the cost. So to me, $14,000 for an entire body make over with a reputable doctor was well worth it. But there are probably cheaper doctors out there for sure!

Thanks --sorry, I don't know, I never thought to ask. But I went from a deflated C cup to a full DD (Victoria Secret, not real sizes, lol)

The swelling and size have went down significantly - but, at just over a month, I am very happy with what I have retained, and with the new shape and size of my breasts. I also love the lipo results -- definitely worth it in my books!

Hi Juniper363 - I'm still very happy with my results, although I am disappointed I didn't have better retention. The lipo areas look amazing -- I am so happy to be rid of my saddlebags, and very happy with a flatter stomach and smaller thighs.

The shape of my breasts is vastly improved, although the size is not really noticeably different. Basically, I now have a bit of natural cleavage that I needed a push up bra to get before. Wearing a 32 D now (Vic secret), and wore a 32 C before (with gaping), so they are definitely a bit bigger.

I think I would be totally ecstatic with the results had I not watched my breast size decrease so much from what it was post-surgery. You come out with these huge breasts, and at about one month, you feel like everything is healing nicely and settled, but i definitely lost more after that point (actually bought 2 DD32 bras from Vic secret but they are not fitting as good now as they did then). So that's a bit heart-breaking.

But overall, I am so happy with the positive changes. I feel sexier, my husband thinks I'm sexier, and I just love how much fuller my breasts are now (when I lean forward, that's the most noticeable difference - my breasts used to hang like skinny cow udders, ha! And now they have fullness at the top).

I'll post a new pic soon -- but can definitely recommend Dr. Sowder wholeheartedly. She's a very talented surgeon, lovely person, and knows her stuff. The sewing job she did on my nipples was remarkable, and is healing up so nicely, they look very natural. I say go for it!

Just wanted to say that I am actually wearing 32 DD and filling them out perfectly. I wrote that reply after I had been dieting and had stomach flu -- so I'd lost about 8 pounds. Now I'm back to normal size (5' 7" and 125 lbs) and my breasts don't actually seem like they lost as much as I had thought they had. I'm very happy with the overall results -- will post a few recent pics soon!

Sure! I'll ask my hubby to snap some tonight -- I will show you in bra as well, which is my favourite. I now have (modest) cleavage with no push up bra! It feels so good -- basically, I feel like my breast now naturally look the way I tried to get them to look with fancy padded push up bras, that inevitably gaped when I leaned forward. Now, my bras fit perfectly, and my breasts stay in :-) Leaning forward is the biggest different for me. Before, when I leaned forward, my breast tissue was so loose, that honestly, my breasts looked more like cow udders, they were so thin and narrow (deflated from breast-feeding). Now, when I lean forward, they are full and round -- better than they ever were before. So those are the things I notice the most, and are most appreciative of. That, and the lipo -- which is awesome! I still have some redness to the marks (I just have that kind of sensitive skin, and knew it would take awhile to turn white) -- but the marks are in such good places, I can wear a bikini and you wouldn't even see them (as long as the bottoms had enough coverage to cover the marks on the side of my butt -- my victoria secret one piece does...have't went bikini shopping yet). Soooo happy to be rid of my saddle bags, which I have lived with since being a teenager, and although they didn't look too bad before my surgery, they were very noticeable if I put on a couple of pounds. I'm very happy with the overall results -- and I hope you are too!! Remember to take a laxative the night before your surgery and make sure you have a bm before surgery if possible -- others have had severe issues with constipation (I did too with a previous non-cosmetic surgery and it was hell). Take your pain killers and rest up. You'll be great!

Hi, by the change the picture update ready to upload? Or did i miss that?? Thanks!