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24 Yrs Old, 34GG, Anxious.. excited... ! United Kingdom BR, NHS.
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Since I found this site a week ago I've been glued...
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Since I found this site a week ago I've been glued to my computer screen, I'm sure many of you can relate to that! :) I'll skip all the long details but as many others, mine developed suddenly and quite some time after my school friends, as I remember being jealous of their tiny bras when I had nothing to put in one! Skip forward a few years and I was in a club on a night out and i heard an ex boyfriend (referring to me) saying " God! Where did they come from!!" Referring to my rather large boobies. Since then I've just ambled along, hating clothes shopping and absolutely dreading spending near £40 for an awful parachute like bra. But only in the last 6 months or so have I actually considered it and thought... Hang on, it is possible to have lovely small boobs and be able to buy attractive underwear! I did hesitantly after pressure from my mum and sisters go to see my gp about Nhs funding, the appointment ( which I embarrassingly cried though) came to an end after she said the words no woman considering a breast reduction wants to hear... "Gosh, people kill for boobs like yours! count yourself lucky!" So that was a no then....
Some weeks later I booked in for a consultation with a local surgeon, but chickened out and cancelled (imagine what I'm going to be like when my surgery date comes round!) but I'm now booked in for a consultation at Transform on Saturday. I'm interested in Paul Clarke as I've read so many reviews praising his neat scars, and I know someone who's had a BR with him, and she's very happy. So if anyone's had surgery with him or at Transform , please share your experiences. I would love to hear them! Will let you all know how my consultation goes and if I'm sure about it will upload my 'before' pics. Arghhhh! Not a pretty sight.
Some weeks later I booked in for a consultation with a local surgeon, but chickened out and cancelled (imagine what I'm going to be like when my surgery date comes round!) but I'm now booked in for a consultation at Transform on Saturday. I'm interested in Paul Clarke as I've read so many reviews praising his neat scars, and I know someone who's had a BR with him, and she's very happy. So if anyone's had surgery with him or at Transform , please share your experiences. I would love to hear them! Will let you all know how my consultation goes and if I'm sure about it will upload my 'before' pics. Arghhhh! Not a pretty sight.
UPDATED FROM megsummat
3 days post
Can't believe my boobs are on the internet...
I went for my consultation at transform, it was with a care coordinator ( I think) it was fine, but I don't really know anything now that I didn't before I went in. I'm booked in to see my surgeon in early August.... That's when [RS bleep] gets real I imagine.... She said that he will tell me the cost and likely size..... ARGHHH! I went into h and m after my consultation and was just stating at all the tiny lace bras! :) I'm still undecided on a b or a c cup, as my shoulders are quite broad, and I've heard a lot of people wishing they had gone smaller.... So any advice would be welcome...
I'm still convinced I'm going to chicken out when the time comes round, that is one of the reasons I have come here, I've seen the overwhelming support from this community and I hope that will get me through....
Does anyone have any tips on what you can do in the months leading up to surgery? I'm pretty fit and healthy have a great diet ( if I may say so) and do a little exercise.. My biggest fear is definitely seeing the incisions for the first few times when I have frankenboobs, and the thought of something coming open or getting infected scares the hell out of me, trying not the think about that...... :0
On another note never realised I had one bigger boob until I took these pictures.... Or quite how depressed they look from the side..
I'm still convinced I'm going to chicken out when the time comes round, that is one of the reasons I have come here, I've seen the overwhelming support from this community and I hope that will get me through....
Does anyone have any tips on what you can do in the months leading up to surgery? I'm pretty fit and healthy have a great diet ( if I may say so) and do a little exercise.. My biggest fear is definitely seeing the incisions for the first few times when I have frankenboobs, and the thought of something coming open or getting infected scares the hell out of me, trying not the think about that...... :0
On another note never realised I had one bigger boob until I took these pictures.... Or quite how depressed they look from the side..
Replies (10)
July 1, 2014
You will have seen a salesperson at transform
July 1, 2014
Hi Peediewife, i was just reading your posts! Yeah, they can call themselves whatever they like can't they...
July 1, 2014
Yes and I was warned to be wary of the big commercial companies and have a direct relationship with my surgeon. I have had great support and follow up, emails to my surgeon with questions always answered by him personally within hours. I have seen other people barely aware who their surgeon was, finding he had "left the organisation" before their care was complete and not knowing who to talk to when they had problems, and the complaints about some of these big groups on the internet is truly scary.
July 1, 2014
Yes, I understand that as I didn't want to go with a big company like transform, the reason for my interest in this surgeon, was his great reviews for neat scars, and a friend of mine had a BR with him. There's another surgeon i was interested in who specialises in reconstruction surgery. I've heard both sides, and I've still not decided!
July 1, 2014
I had a consultation with transform and they were trying to book me in for the surgery before I knew what was going on! I felt a bit like I was on a production line but obvs every clinic runs differently I'm sure.
July 1, 2014
Well that's what i half expected, but it wasn't like that I felt the appointment was quite un informative but maybe that's normal until I see the surgeon.... Hmmm I'm not sure, and I know that it means nothing in comparison to this whole journey but it's £100 just for the consultation with the other surgeons I'm interested In, and there's a few id like to see, and I'm on a very tight budget saving for surgery! x have you had your BR?
July 1, 2014
If you don't pay, you are not seeing the consultant who would do the surgery, they don't give their time for nothing. I was able to get a great surgeon operating at the hospital most convenient for me through landauercosmeticsurgeryDOTcoDOTuk. This is an agent working with established surgeons all over the UK and you will deal direct with the surgeon. Some of the big companies employ doctors from abroad who are passing through and might not even still be around for your aftercare. I paid £5,500 all inclusive. It was my second BR, had one 37 years ago at 19. I suggest you click on my name and read my review.
July 1, 2014
No I've got another consultation next week. Like you said it's costing 100 quid! A friend who is massively OCD about health and research had an uplift there so I'm feeling positive before I get there. Also at the point of I've been moaning for 10 years about my boobs so I need to bite the bullet!
July 1, 2014
Peediewife- I have read all your posts, your inspirational and a have had fantastic result. But you have made me reconsider about the bigger companies, my brains just In a tizz and I keep doubting it, although I know I want this and they've made me miserable for years....
Keira121- I'm abit like that haha, my sister had a BR with a local surgeon years ago and she was really pleased and I've read good reviews, booked in for a consultation next month. I knew this decision was going to be difficult! Yep, my sisters and boyfriend are getting sick on my moaning!
April 6, 2016
Hi you can,t really choose what size you will be as it all depends on the circulation and stuff. I was a 30FF and wanted to be a D but I am a double D but the greates benefit is that they are so pert. Mine used to hang down to my elbow. Now I can actually go braless. My only regret is that I didn,t get liposuction to the area of skin at the side of your breast. However it had totally transformed my life. Wish I did it years ago but I couldn't,t afford it so I went to Madrid to Lowcostmetics and it cost me a third of the price of the UK even including travel costs. My results were phenomenal. The day after I was sitting in a bar drinking Cava and two weeks later I was on a Beach in Spain wearing a bikini. I had minimal brushing, swelling and very little pain.
UPDATED FROM megsummat
26 days post
Surgery date booked!!!
It feels very real now, i decided against any more consultations with Transform, i didn't have the best feeling about it anyway, and that was only confirmed by a few other peoples opinions. So, i met with a local surgeon, who actually performed the same surgery on my older sister almost 10 years ago. She's very happy with her results and showed me her scars ( or lack of them! ). The hospital is Nuffield Newcastle Under Lyme, and the surgeon Is Dan Prinsloo. He was serious, but very detailed and understanding. Such as when i explained i want to be a C cup, but would be very unhappy with a D cup, but OK with a B cup. I took in a whole list of questions but only needed to ask one or two as he was very thorough. When he examined me he told me I was a great candidate for surgery and we could get a lovely result from the surgery... then proceeded to tell me my nipples would be about 13cm higher than where they currently are! HAHAHA. i didn't even know you could have nipples up there.....
During the consultation when he was explaining everything and describing how he would make my boobs full and perky, i don't know how to explain this but i was so happy and smiling inside. I nearly broke out into song in the middle of his office, not sure how that would have gone down..... :)
The hospital looks like a blinkin hotel too, which is a nice bonus. So I'm booked in, 6th October. It's really actually happening.....omg
I've heard alot of brits saying they just got a good support soft sports bra for after surgery. Any opinions on this..? Do i need a post surgery bra?
My biggest fear is still approaching the day and being too afraid to go through with it. Or running away from the hospital in a gown with my boobs all marked up because i changed my mind. I just need to keep remembering the end result. I keep telling my sister i have this image in my head of frolicking around in a sun dress braless playing badminton. Haha, any time i want to play sports i have to wear two shock-absorber bra and its still veeery uncomfortable.
During the consultation when he was explaining everything and describing how he would make my boobs full and perky, i don't know how to explain this but i was so happy and smiling inside. I nearly broke out into song in the middle of his office, not sure how that would have gone down..... :)
The hospital looks like a blinkin hotel too, which is a nice bonus. So I'm booked in, 6th October. It's really actually happening.....omg
I've heard alot of brits saying they just got a good support soft sports bra for after surgery. Any opinions on this..? Do i need a post surgery bra?
My biggest fear is still approaching the day and being too afraid to go through with it. Or running away from the hospital in a gown with my boobs all marked up because i changed my mind. I just need to keep remembering the end result. I keep telling my sister i have this image in my head of frolicking around in a sun dress braless playing badminton. Haha, any time i want to play sports i have to wear two shock-absorber bra and its still veeery uncomfortable.
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July 25, 2014
Good on you - I wish I had done mine 20 years ago!
July 25, 2014
:) thank you, the thing I've heard most from women here are 'I wish I'd done it sooner!'
July 25, 2014
hi, I had my op yesterday. I've wanted it for 23 years. I'm terrified of anesthesia and operations and sitting in the carpark an hour before I was contemplating pulling out of the whole thing. I so desperately wanted my breasts smaller that I had this unbelievable sense of calm which superseded my fear. now that they are gone, a small c I believe is their size, I cannot actually verbalise how happy I am inside and I finally feel like that the parts that did not belong to me are finally gone. of course it's only day 1 here but those ridiculously huge 34g saggy pendulous breasts that I once had are gone and it feels surreal and incredible. I honestly now see why people say it's worth it and they wished they had done it sooner. I should have done this long ago. [RS bleep] you will be a different person inside and out after the op. so worth it x
July 25, 2014
Thankyou so much for your comment dollyp ( you're going to have to change your name, not dollyp any more!!) :) It's a huge decision, and is scary, but as you say it's something we want and that probably will override the fear that i know I'm going to feel. I keep dreaming about the end result and can't imagine the freedom i'm going to feel. How are you feeling in general so soon after the op? Or are the meds and overwhelming happiness superseding everything else?!!?? :) xx
July 26, 2014
I have hardly had any pain and I was offered pretty good meds. I took quite strong painkillers on the day and the day after but I'm now on strong paracetamol.
if you take it easy, rest and don't move around too much it's entirely manageable. tomorrow is day 3 and the drains are coming out, I'll be honest, I'm a little nervous about it. i will update tomorrow. I also think that because my ugly old boobs are finally gone it has definitely changed my mindset which I love
July 28, 2014
Great to hear, yep the drains are something i'm dreading, but i keep thinking thank god your only awake for the pulling out of them, and not putting them in! I think that would definitely be too much. Let me know how you go on !
July 28, 2014
just an update on the drains... not painful at all x
off meds completely now too. I feel great, just really tired
July 31, 2014
Hi, just replied to your question on my profile .. Sorry I didn't see it . Any questions just ask :-)
July 31, 2014
Just read your review! So pleased for you. Mr prinsloo is great, I couldn't believe how thin the scars were. I was scared, but on the day I was fine:-) . When I woke up from the op he was there sitting right beside me
August 6, 2014
Thanks Jo... As i said before, your result was my dream outcome, so fingers crossed ;) I will probably be mithering you closer to the time again! x
August 5, 2014
Hi Meg, I'm having mine on the 7th of October at the Nuffield in Bristol so shall keep an eye out for your posts. Keep thinking about those braless boobs and that should stop you from running away! Every time I shower and lift my heavy boobysacks up to wash under them, I tell myself October can't comes soon enough!!!
August 6, 2014
Wooo, Yep, I'd love to hear more from you! I'm so exited. Every time i haul them into my bra in the morning, or they stop me from wearing/doing/feeling something i want to... then i can't blummin wait 'till October, and only wish it would come around sooner! x
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