After many years of being unhappy with the appearance of my breasts, one slightly larger that the other and the fact that they were droppy, I made the decision to investigate have a Breast Reduction!! My family and I planned at very short notice a holiday to Thailand and thought it would be a good opportunity to have the surgery done while we were away! So the research begins ... after reading someones review on this site I felt quite comfortable with the idea of having the surgery in Thailand and contact the Phuket International Hospital. I had fantastic correspondence, a prompt first assesment and price for my reduction. I went ahead and booked our holiday and my surgery. Much to my husbands disbelief as he always thought I would want a tummy tuck over a breast reduction!! So that was something else I considered!! The surgeon who I had been in contact with said he would need to see me in person to assess my tummy (I think because the pictures I sent wern't that clear).
So my journey begins: telling my children (2) that the first part of our holiday I would be spending a couple of nights in hospital having as they say (making my tits perky and tummy flat), got to love kids
My Breast Reduction Journey - Thailand
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They were really understanding of my decision and were quite excited about spending some time alone with my husband.
The hospital arranged all transportation to and from the hospital and hotel, which made life much easier for me as I had no idea where the hospital was in relation to our hotel (30 min drive).
My first appointment with my surgeon was to talk about my expectations and to have a chest xray and ecg! I told my surgeon that I wanted to go from a 34D to a 34B and the breasts made a more even size. We also discussed the option of having a tummy tuck at the same time but it would mean that I would have to spend 3 nights in hospital which I really didn’t want to do so decided not to go ahead and have this surgery. The appointment went well and I left the hospital feeling very relaxed and excited about returning the next day for my surgery.
When I returned to the hotel my husband asked how it all went and I told him that I had decided not to go ahead with the tummy tuck which in his opinion was the wrong decision as I may as well get all the surgery over and done with while I was there. So I changed my mind again!! ?
Day of surgery: I arrived at the hospital and was processed and shown to my room with ease. My surgeon came to my room and marked me up for surgery and at told him at this stage I wanted to go ahead with the tummy tuck (without Lipo, just excess skin removed)! This wasn’t a problem and he marked me up for that to! An hour later I was on my way to surgery! I woke up in quite a bit of pain but that was easily fixed and some how I managed to text my husband to say I was OK!
Day 2: I pretty much slept on and off all day. My husband and kids came to see me but the rest of the day was a blur!!
Day 3: My tubes and drains were removed and I was told I could leave the hospital!! Great news I didn’t need to spend three nights in hospital!!
I managed my pain with the medicine the hospital gave me and was able to carry on with my holiday without a lot of disruption after my surgery. I did make sure I rested a lot where I could!!
Day 7: I went back to the hospital to have my stitches removed, all looking really good. About 10% swelling in my breasts still but overall looking and feeling really good.
Day 14: My last visit to see my surgeon before I return home. I only had a couple of concerns, one that I didn’t think he had removed enough breast tissue but he assured me that although I still had 5% swelling they were actually a 34B and gave me a bra to try on. It was a pretty ugly bra and I think a big 34B but it fitted! The other concern was that the larger of my breasts still seemed to be larger. He said that it would be impossible to get them exact and I still had a little swelling and the final results wouldn’t show for 9 months.
I am now 5 weeks post op and doing really well. My scars are looking great I am using bio oil and silicone sheeting on them and I am amazed at how quickly they seem to be fading. I still feel that one breast is larger than the other but realize I have to give it a few more months to see the final result but I am already considering getting a small amount of lipo on the larger breast at the 9-12 months mark! As for my tummy I am still wearing a support garment as the lower part of my tummy is still numb and it helps the swelling and I will do so up until the 3 month mark. I will start to exercise in the next couple of weeks to loose the fat on my tummy that I didn’t have lipo’d off!!
I hope this information is useful to someone and if anyone wants to know any more, please message me.
I will give regular updates to show and tell you about my progress.
They were really understanding of my decision and were quite excited about spending some time alone with my husband.
The hospital arranged all transportation to and from the hospital and hotel, which made life much easier for me as I had no idea where the hospital was in relation to our hotel (30 min drive).
My first appointment with my surgeon was to talk about my expectations and to have a chest xray and ecg! I told my surgeon that I wanted to go from a 34D to a 34B and the breasts made a more even size. We also discussed the option of having a tummy tuck at the same time but it would mean that I would have to spend 3 nights in hospital which I really didn’t want to do so decided not to go ahead and have this surgery. The appointment went well and I left the hospital feeling very relaxed and excited about returning the next day for my surgery.
When I returned to the hotel my husband asked how it all went and I told him that I had decided not to go ahead with the tummy tuck which in his opinion was the wrong decision as I may as well get all the surgery over and done with while I was there. So I changed my mind again!! ?
Day of surgery: I arrived at the hospital and was processed and shown to my room with ease. My surgeon came to my room and marked me up for surgery and at told him at this stage I wanted to go ahead with the tummy tuck (without Lipo, just excess skin removed)! This wasn’t a problem and he marked me up for that to! An hour later I was on my way to surgery! I woke up in quite a bit of pain but that was easily fixed and some how I managed to text my husband to say I was OK!
Day 2: I pretty much slept on and off all day. My husband and kids came to see me but the rest of the day was a blur!!
Day 3: My tubes and drains were removed and I was told I could leave the hospital!! Great news I didn’t need to spend three nights in hospital!!
I managed my pain with the medicine the hospital gave me and was able to carry on with my holiday without a lot of disruption after my surgery. I did make sure I rested a lot where I could!!
Day 7: I went back to the hospital to have my stitches removed, all looking really good. About 10% swelling in my breasts still but overall looking and feeling really good.
Day 14: My last visit to see my surgeon before I return home. I only had a couple of concerns, one that I didn’t think he had removed enough breast tissue but he assured me that although I still had 5% swelling they were actually a 34B and gave me a bra to try on. It was a pretty ugly bra and I think a big 34B but it fitted! The other concern was that the larger of my breasts still seemed to be larger. He said that it would be impossible to get them exact and I still had a little swelling and the final results wouldn’t show for 9 months.
I am now 5 weeks post op and doing really well. My scars are looking great I am using bio oil and silicone sheeting on them and I am amazed at how quickly they seem to be fading. I still feel that one breast is larger than the other but realize I have to give it a few more months to see the final result but I am already considering getting a small amount of lipo on the larger breast at the 9-12 months mark! As for my tummy I am still wearing a support garment as the lower part of my tummy is still numb and it helps the swelling and I will do so up until the 3 month mark. I will start to exercise in the next couple of weeks to loose the fat on my tummy that I didn’t have lipo’d off!!
I hope this information is useful to someone and if anyone wants to know any more, please message me.
I will give regular updates to show and tell you about my progress.
