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35 years old, 5'5, 140lbs - BL and BA, 475cc HP unders, with full abdominoplasty

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24 days post

3 weeks post op

Twins4Life
WORTH IT$14,000
Just passed 3 weeks and my breasts are concerning me! My right seems to have fully dropped but my left is still sitting high and looks deflated, even feels smaller! I can feel the empty pocket underneath and the right side I can feel the implant. Is this normal? Should I be worried or do I need to give it way more time? Looking down my right looks wider than my left too. It looks even worse in the photos :(
I read that it can take up to 6 months for them to fully settle and now I'm worried that at 6 months they'll still look different because my right dropped so soon! I also wish they were much closer together which is making me wonder if I should have went moderate plus instead of high profile. Because they would sit wider right? There still seems to be puckering in the vertical incisions but I'm hoping that will subside.
I sent some photos to my surgeons office and the nurse said that it's hard to tell at this point and that the dr will look at them at my 6 week appointment. She told me to go without a bra and let gravity take its course. I do mostly at night with a really loose built in bra in a tank top and when I'm at home but I can't bring myself to go without in public. Plus my nipples show if I do! Any recommendations on things to cover them up? I'm sure there's something out there that's discreet.
Does anyone have any stretches they have done to stretch their chest and front of neck out? If I don't wear a bra I feel like everything is pulling down (in reality it is lol) but it's super annoying.
My tummy is healing well. I was able to take my binder off (I wanted to throw it out the window I hated it so much. It would always ride up into the bottom of my boobs and was so bulky!) I wearing spanx which are equally annoying cuz since I don't have skinny legs they pinch my thighs and start to roll up too. Doesn't look that great under pants. I still wear the binder at night. Better than sleeping in spanx I guess. Just a few more days and then I can get rid of it all.
My tummy is a little troublesome too. It's super tight below my belly button but there seems to still be some loose skin above it. Don't get me wrong, anything is an improvement but I'm wondering if it's something I did or if it could have been tightened more. And it's just skin not swelling or fat so It won't get better. I was coughing pretty much the whole time I couldn't cough much (if that makes sense) so I'm wondering if I somehow separated something or what? Any advice is appreciated!
I really was hoping to not have any problems and my tummy be completely flat.
I know I sound so ungrateful. I don't mean to be and I'm known for picking out all the bad stuff so forgive me. I also wish I could just get rid of all the extra love handle skin. It looks ok standing up but as soon as I sit down everything is compressed and they're so flabby. At least if it was fat I could lose it through diet and exercise but this is with me forever :(
Oh, I've been doing some massages that I googled to help the left drop. Anyone have any good ones that have worked for them?

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May 30, 2016
I had surgery with Dr. Gray last year (march), and I am feeling great! My boobs look AMAZING and have dropped significantly (they felt pretty high and stiff last summer but have improved so slowly that I hardly noticed... but now with summer here and I'm thinking about bathing suits... they just look a lot more natural. So BE PATIENT. But I know it is hard. Your stomach looks amazing. Keep in mind, your skin just isn't what it once was! I still have a bit of skin that likes to wrinkle up when I bend over... but it has no choice! It's been to hell and back... so just isn't going to be 17 years old again! That being said, I have heard from a couple other moms what it is like to be tightened up tooo much. It makes for a really brutal recovery.. and I'm guessing a bit less natural of a look afterwards. I think your stomach looks great AND natural... give yourself lots of grace and time to heal... It'll be great :)
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November 9, 2017
How are you doing now?
February 27, 2020
Are you able to update us on how everything is now sometime later?
UPDATED FROM Twins4Life
14 days post

2 weeks post op

Twins4Life
Not much change from 10 to 14 days but I was able to put the micropore tape on my tummy incision. Taking the stitch tape off is no joke! You have to go slow and once you get to where there's some hair, it really sucks lol. But glad to have it off. The little bandaid on my tummy is a blister from the bandage adhesive. It's having a hard time healing cuz it's always covered. My left is still sitting high.

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April 23, 2016
Looks great!
April 23, 2016
Thanks!
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14 days post

10 days post op

Twins4Life
I'm falling behind but I took some 10 day post op pics. So happy the first week is behind me. Can't wait to get back to the gym. I've started walking and am feeling good. Was standing straight at one week post op. My one week post op appointment went well. The nurse said everything is healing the way it should be and I can switch to micropore tape at 12 days post op. My right breast seems to be stopping faster than my left but from reading reviews on here I think that's normal if you're right handed. I'm completely off painkillers and take an Advil here and there. Driving is also ok, don't have an issue with it at all. I'm still coughing lots and bringing a tonne of stuff up but it doesn't hurt nearly as much. Thank god. Back into full mommy mode now and I'm pretty tired at the end of the day! Can't wait to get back into the gym and shape up my legs again and work on my newly flattened tummy! So happy with the results thus far!

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April 20, 2016
Dropping not stopping lol