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I'm now 6 weeks PO and I've definitely turned a...
I'm now 6 weeks PO and I've definitely turned a huge corner. I now understand why this is a magical number for doctors. My incisions are getting so much better and there isn't any pain there anymore, there is no longer any discomfort in my breasts, they feel very much a part of me now, and I'm able to work out more. My stamina and energy have all returned to pretty normal levels. I've noticed in this past week alone a big difference in my comfort level and my ability and desire to work out. I'm able to ride my indoor bike without issues, I'm able to do resistance training on both my upper and lower body again with weights, and my bras are starting to fit better and no longer bug me along the band like they did before. I'm back to having an active sex life again with my man so he's happy!
Running is the only thing I haven't tried yet but mainly because I wanted to make sure my incisions were fully healed before putting them through the bouncing. I think I'll be good to get my first run in during the next week sometime. I'm excited but also nervous about that. I've stocked up on all kinds of high impact sports bras for the event. :) I got a "Ta Ta Tamer" bra from Lu Lu Lemon that the saleslady assured me would hold everything solidly in place. Gotta love the name of that bra!!
I've posted some new photos of what my breasts are looking like at the 6 week mark. I have moderate profile silicone implants so they are starting to settle nicely into the "natural" look that I was going after. The slope from my upper chest to the nipple is now more flat like a natural breast would be but I know that they still have lots of dropping to do. Every week they are starting to look more like the "after" photos on my PS's website that I so coveted 6+ weeks ago. Yippee!
I'm still just as breast-obsessed as I was when I started this journey, learning and growing through your stories on this web site so keep them coming! Have a great weekend everyone.
Running is the only thing I haven't tried yet but mainly because I wanted to make sure my incisions were fully healed before putting them through the bouncing. I think I'll be good to get my first run in during the next week sometime. I'm excited but also nervous about that. I've stocked up on all kinds of high impact sports bras for the event. :) I got a "Ta Ta Tamer" bra from Lu Lu Lemon that the saleslady assured me would hold everything solidly in place. Gotta love the name of that bra!!
I've posted some new photos of what my breasts are looking like at the 6 week mark. I have moderate profile silicone implants so they are starting to settle nicely into the "natural" look that I was going after. The slope from my upper chest to the nipple is now more flat like a natural breast would be but I know that they still have lots of dropping to do. Every week they are starting to look more like the "after" photos on my PS's website that I so coveted 6+ weeks ago. Yippee!
I'm still just as breast-obsessed as I was when I started this journey, learning and growing through your stories on this web site so keep them coming! Have a great weekend everyone.
It has been 5 weeks today since my BA and I am...
It has been 5 weeks today since my BA and I am posting some new pictures. My last ones were from one week post-op. They have changed a lot since then. There is much more weight to the bottom half as they drop and they look much different from the front view but there is still a discernible cone shape when you look at them from the side so more dropping still to come. I'm so fascinated by the fact that they look so much bigger from the front compared to the side view. It must be the round fullness that gives this illusion. I remember thinking the same thing when I looked at before and after photos of other BAs. I used to wonder how that could be the same person when their boobs looked so different from one view to the other!
Last Friday I had a last minute appointment at the clinic because my left incision wasn't healing well as I described in my last post. I also said in my last post that I hadn't seen my PS since the surgery. Well I was very pleased to see him check in on me on Friday. He looked at the incision and told me not to worry but to send in photos of it once a week for a few more weeks so they could monitor its progress. So last night I took another photo and it's still not closed, which is disheartening, but when I compared the week-over-week images, there was definite improvement in the incision. Feedback from the PS this morning in response to my photo said it is healing slowly but headed in the right direction. The main issue seems to be that air can't get to this incision because of the breast fold. The incision is tucked away between my breast and torso so its easy for sweat and bacteria to cause issues there. I've been instructed to keep it clean with pure hydrogen peroxide twice a day and put a guauze pad between the two skin surfaces to allow air to get to it.
I have a cruise booked over March Break and I never thought my recovery might be an issue for that trip given that it was 3 months away from my surgery but as the weeks pass and my incision still hasn't closed, I'm starting to worry. It would be awful to not be able to go in the salt water or hot tubs so I'm being super-cautious in everything I do now which is hard. I'm hoping by this time next week I'll have a fully closed incision. I did some research on supplements to help heal wounds and so I'm going to up my vitamin C dosage and look into a few other natural remedies to see if I can help my skin and tissue heal better. Hopefully this helps because I'm really bummed that I'm not able to run right now. I might have good looking boobs for the trip but I feel like the rest of me will look like crap. As someone who has always been able to control weight and muscle through exercise, having no control over this and still having to lay-low is really hard!
But on a positive note, none of this incision business makes me regret my decision for a second. I love putting on my unpadded bras in the morning. I love waking up and looking in the mirror with just a t-shirt or tank top on and not having those saggy, flat breasts staring back at me. And, oddly enough, I feel so sexy when I walk around and feel the weight of my new breasts moving beneath my clothes (although running with these babies will feel so odd, I'm sure!). They feel so real to me, too!. I can honestly say that I haven't been able to feel or see where my natural breast tissue ends and the implant starts. It just feels like one cohesive breast to me, which is really, really cool and a pleasant surprise. This might change over time as the implant drops lower but so far I'm loving the aesthetics of them. My boyfriend said the same thing and was quite blown away at how real they feel.
One odd thing that I've noticed since the surgery that I haven't seen anyone else mention is the sensation I get when I drink something cold. I can feel the coolness through the middle of my chest as the liquid makes it way down my tracheal tube and right into my stomach! It's almost like the part of my body that carries the liquid has moved closer to my chest cavity. Has anyone else noticed this? It's hard to describe but definitely something has changed here since the surgery. The morning boob effect has gone away - probably since week 3 - and I no longer get that tight, full feeling in the shower which I'm very pleased about. That wasn't painful but it was somewhat uncomfortable. Oh! As for sensation, I can feel everything on the upper part of my breasts and on both areolas and nipples (although still somewhat diminished) but I still have numbness on the lower part of my left breast (the one with the ongoing incision issue). I get the occasional zinger and both breasts are itching more now. I'm hoping that's because of the healing that's going on.
Well that's it for me for this week. I'm still loving reading everyone's updates and I'm learning so much from you. It's nice to know that we're all going through the same thing. Keep posting!
Last Friday I had a last minute appointment at the clinic because my left incision wasn't healing well as I described in my last post. I also said in my last post that I hadn't seen my PS since the surgery. Well I was very pleased to see him check in on me on Friday. He looked at the incision and told me not to worry but to send in photos of it once a week for a few more weeks so they could monitor its progress. So last night I took another photo and it's still not closed, which is disheartening, but when I compared the week-over-week images, there was definite improvement in the incision. Feedback from the PS this morning in response to my photo said it is healing slowly but headed in the right direction. The main issue seems to be that air can't get to this incision because of the breast fold. The incision is tucked away between my breast and torso so its easy for sweat and bacteria to cause issues there. I've been instructed to keep it clean with pure hydrogen peroxide twice a day and put a guauze pad between the two skin surfaces to allow air to get to it.
I have a cruise booked over March Break and I never thought my recovery might be an issue for that trip given that it was 3 months away from my surgery but as the weeks pass and my incision still hasn't closed, I'm starting to worry. It would be awful to not be able to go in the salt water or hot tubs so I'm being super-cautious in everything I do now which is hard. I'm hoping by this time next week I'll have a fully closed incision. I did some research on supplements to help heal wounds and so I'm going to up my vitamin C dosage and look into a few other natural remedies to see if I can help my skin and tissue heal better. Hopefully this helps because I'm really bummed that I'm not able to run right now. I might have good looking boobs for the trip but I feel like the rest of me will look like crap. As someone who has always been able to control weight and muscle through exercise, having no control over this and still having to lay-low is really hard!
But on a positive note, none of this incision business makes me regret my decision for a second. I love putting on my unpadded bras in the morning. I love waking up and looking in the mirror with just a t-shirt or tank top on and not having those saggy, flat breasts staring back at me. And, oddly enough, I feel so sexy when I walk around and feel the weight of my new breasts moving beneath my clothes (although running with these babies will feel so odd, I'm sure!). They feel so real to me, too!. I can honestly say that I haven't been able to feel or see where my natural breast tissue ends and the implant starts. It just feels like one cohesive breast to me, which is really, really cool and a pleasant surprise. This might change over time as the implant drops lower but so far I'm loving the aesthetics of them. My boyfriend said the same thing and was quite blown away at how real they feel.
One odd thing that I've noticed since the surgery that I haven't seen anyone else mention is the sensation I get when I drink something cold. I can feel the coolness through the middle of my chest as the liquid makes it way down my tracheal tube and right into my stomach! It's almost like the part of my body that carries the liquid has moved closer to my chest cavity. Has anyone else noticed this? It's hard to describe but definitely something has changed here since the surgery. The morning boob effect has gone away - probably since week 3 - and I no longer get that tight, full feeling in the shower which I'm very pleased about. That wasn't painful but it was somewhat uncomfortable. Oh! As for sensation, I can feel everything on the upper part of my breasts and on both areolas and nipples (although still somewhat diminished) but I still have numbness on the lower part of my left breast (the one with the ongoing incision issue). I get the occasional zinger and both breasts are itching more now. I'm hoping that's because of the healing that's going on.
Well that's it for me for this week. I'm still loving reading everyone's updates and I'm learning so much from you. It's nice to know that we're all going through the same thing. Keep posting!
I am one month post-op today and so far I am happy...
I am one month post-op today and so far I am happy with my implants with the exception of one of my incisions. It refuses to stay closed on the outside edge. I wasn't supposed to go back into the clinic until March but because the incision site hasn't improved since my appointment last week, I need to go back in tomorrow. This is very frustrating. I've only exercised a few times and it was always lower body with no impact. My main issue seems to be just reaching on my left side. The nurse said last week that the PS won't restitch in this case but I'm not sure how it closes otherwise. Just normal daily activity seems to prevent it from getting better. This is a bit depressing because I was really hoping to be able to start running at my four week mark. I'm nowhere near that milestone now.
As for shape, they've dropped quite a bit. The one with the more natural breast tissue and smaller implant feels like it has dropped more as there is more weight/heft on the lower portion of the breast when I do my massages. The right one still feels more firm and higher. I imagine one is just slower than the other to drop in place. Time will tell.
I'm somewhat disappointed in my PS, who I haven't seen since he drew the lines on me for the surgery. I wish that I had asked in my consultation about who I would be seeing in my post-ops. So far in the 4 appointments I have only seen the nurses. They're very nice and helpful but it feels weird not seeing the guy who is responsible for this change. In fact, I won't see him until 3 months post-op!! Doesn't that seem weird?? If I have a lesson learned from this to others, make sure you ask who will be doing your post-op reviews. Mine seems too busy with media appearances and other surgeries to be bothered with past patients. I think I'll be a little more pushy in my appointment tomorrow because I want to make sure this delay in healing isn't going to cause long-term scarring issues.
I am still loving the size I went with. They will look very close to the 3D image that I saw. They are sexy but not too big that I won't be able to exercise comfortably with them. I especially love the way they look in a bikini but I also love the fact that my enlargement isn't really obvious when I'm wearing clothes.
Speaking of clothes, I went shopping last week and bought a whole set of new clothes that show off my new figure. It was so exciting to know that I was finally proportioned properly for designers. Everything fell where it was meant to fall and I would put on low cut dresses with have cleavage without a bra. The best saleswoman in the store were my new breasts! Very exciting.
Now, I just need to get the incision to heal and I'll be all good.
As for shape, they've dropped quite a bit. The one with the more natural breast tissue and smaller implant feels like it has dropped more as there is more weight/heft on the lower portion of the breast when I do my massages. The right one still feels more firm and higher. I imagine one is just slower than the other to drop in place. Time will tell.
I'm somewhat disappointed in my PS, who I haven't seen since he drew the lines on me for the surgery. I wish that I had asked in my consultation about who I would be seeing in my post-ops. So far in the 4 appointments I have only seen the nurses. They're very nice and helpful but it feels weird not seeing the guy who is responsible for this change. In fact, I won't see him until 3 months post-op!! Doesn't that seem weird?? If I have a lesson learned from this to others, make sure you ask who will be doing your post-op reviews. Mine seems too busy with media appearances and other surgeries to be bothered with past patients. I think I'll be a little more pushy in my appointment tomorrow because I want to make sure this delay in healing isn't going to cause long-term scarring issues.
I am still loving the size I went with. They will look very close to the 3D image that I saw. They are sexy but not too big that I won't be able to exercise comfortably with them. I especially love the way they look in a bikini but I also love the fact that my enlargement isn't really obvious when I'm wearing clothes.
Speaking of clothes, I went shopping last week and bought a whole set of new clothes that show off my new figure. It was so exciting to know that I was finally proportioned properly for designers. Everything fell where it was meant to fall and I would put on low cut dresses with have cleavage without a bra. The best saleswoman in the store were my new breasts! Very exciting.
Now, I just need to get the incision to heal and I'll be all good.
Provider Review
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My PS has done quite a few media appearances and was a regular on a local daytime talk show in the city. I knew years ago that he would be the one I would go see first. Once I decided to proceed with the surgery, I reviewed his website and before and after photos and did some research on his reviews. My opinion was confirmed during the consultation with him.