Excited to Meet the New Twins! - Seattle, WA

Hello beauties,

I'm scheduled for a periareolar lift and fat transfer to breast on August 31 with Dr. Lisa Sowder in Seattle, WA. And I am so excited!!!

A little about me -- I'm 36, and a mom of one. I've never really been very happy with my breasts - although I loved the size and fullness of them when I was breastfeeding. They were huge!! However, like many women, the after effect of breast feeding was droopy, deflated boobs with no upper pole fullness whatsoever. And my already giant areloas were left even bigger!

For me to get any cleavage these days takes a defiance of gravity, ha! And I am sick of ultra padded push-up bras. So I made the decision to have this procedure done after a ton of research, and reading many reviews here on RealSelf. I couldn't be more excited.

I will post some before pictures soon - I just wanted to get this review started while I have some time. I will be travelling to Seattle for this procedure, and have enlisted a family member to come with me as my caregiver. We are planning to have a lot of fun over the next few days before my procedure :-)

A couple of words about Dr. Sowder. So far, she seems really great. She's very easy to talk to, very responsive to questions, and her office staff have all been very exceptional. Her reviews reveal she is a very talented surgeon -- one that seems to operate on the conservative side, not trying to achieve super dramatic change, but natural looking enhancement. That's exactly what I wanted. Although I've seen very dramatic results from this procedure by other surgeons on this site, I have also noticed that the risk of complications seems to increase dramatically (I'm talking about lumps, etc). So I'll take a more modest result over giant lumps in my breasts any day.

Stay tuned for my before and after pics!!

The day is here! I just wanted to post a few before shots. My surgery starts in an hour. I'm excited...hoping for some great results :)

I'm through to the other side! Wow - surgery was a total breeze. Dr. Sowder's team was organized, and all very friendly and professional.

I went in, put my gown on, talked to the nurse, anstesiologist, and Dr. Sowder and then headed to the operating room.

It was very bright and high tech in there, and I was quickly to sleep without any discomfort. In fact, they put lovely, warming blanket on my legs. Awesome.

I woke up in recovery and was very quickly escorted out with my friend who was there to drive me. It was a total blur, and honesty I think took all of 5 minutes while I was conscious (although still totally out of it). Kind of weird, but I guess maybe they were running late? Anyway, I was able to get into the car no problem, and walked up a flight of stairs on the other end. So all good.

I took a percocet when I got home, and an antibiotic -- both prescribed - - and lay down for awhile. I wasn't really in any pain, I just took the perc pre-emptively.

That was around 1230 p.m. It's now 6 p.m. I took another perc after 4 hours, and I feel great. Pain is so minimal! I did start to get really itchy about a half hour ago, I think that's a side effect of the pain pills? Super annoying, hoping that will subside. I've had no nausea, and ate some salad and stew about an hour ago. I've also been drinking lots of fluids.

My breasts are starting to show bruising, and are swollen. They don't seem quite as big as I was expecting with the swelling, but maybe that will come tomorrow? They are definitely bigger!

My friend who is taking care of me says she can already see a difference in my outer thighs. I think I can feel that, but inner thighs look the same in pants so far. I'm really hoping that is just swelling and that that little floppy pocket of fat will be gone!! I can't feel or not is anything re stomach or sides, as they are fully covered, and I haven't snuck a peak. I'm waiting until Friday morning when I see the doc. I can't wait to see my smaller areloas, I hope they are super cute.

Will keep you all posted on progress, but so far, so good! I'm about to head out for a little walking!!