POSTED UNDER Mentor Breast Implants Reviews
33 y/o, 5' 3" 125 lb, 34B to 34DDD, 475 cc silicone Mentor MemoryGel smooth round high profile, subpectoral, inframammary.
UPDATED FROM Remmus
27 days post
Day 28
Day 28: I had my 4-week follow-up appointment today. My PS said everything looks wonderful and that I can now wear any bra I want. He also said I can run. I can't do push-ups until 8 weeks, though.
I wasn’t expecting him to allow me to wear an underwire bra just yet, so I didn’t even have one in my new size. Heck, I didn’t even know what my new size was. So, as soon as I left my appointment, I went straight to Victoria’s Secret (which was conveniently only a mile away). My Victoria’s Secret bra size…34DDD! At first, I was like, “Holy crap!” Then I remembered that no matter how huge the size sounds, I absolutely love the size of my boobs and I don’t think they’re huge. So then I was like, “Hell yeah!” I did, however, run into a problem; they don’t have a lot of DDDs in the store. Oh well. Their loss. I bought a sports bra and a regular bra, but the regular bra is being shipped to me because they didn’t have the color I wanted in my size. I’ll go see what Soma has sometime during the next week.
When I got home, I told my husband, “You are married to a woman with DDDs!” He couldn’t believe it either.
I will post some updated pictures soon. My next (3-month) follow-up appointment is December 12th.
I wasn’t expecting him to allow me to wear an underwire bra just yet, so I didn’t even have one in my new size. Heck, I didn’t even know what my new size was. So, as soon as I left my appointment, I went straight to Victoria’s Secret (which was conveniently only a mile away). My Victoria’s Secret bra size…34DDD! At first, I was like, “Holy crap!” Then I remembered that no matter how huge the size sounds, I absolutely love the size of my boobs and I don’t think they’re huge. So then I was like, “Hell yeah!” I did, however, run into a problem; they don’t have a lot of DDDs in the store. Oh well. Their loss. I bought a sports bra and a regular bra, but the regular bra is being shipped to me because they didn’t have the color I wanted in my size. I’ll go see what Soma has sometime during the next week.
When I got home, I told my husband, “You are married to a woman with DDDs!” He couldn’t believe it either.
I will post some updated pictures soon. My next (3-month) follow-up appointment is December 12th.
Replies (5)
N
October 15, 2014
I can't wait to see your pics!! Hope all is healing well! Haven't talked to you in a while lady! But, it seems that your splendidly happy!!
M
October 15, 2014
I'm in the same boat with you at V.S. I'm a 32DDD and it's a bummer they don't have that size in every bra type. I have no idea why it's not that different from the other big sizes. But not gonna lie I love telling the associates 32DDD when they ask me what size I'm looking for lol
E
October 16, 2014
Congrats! Glad you were able to get it done finally! Mine was pushed back 1 week too due To blood work not meeting criteria for SX. I'm 5 days post-op now. And they look great! Exactly as planned. Happy healing to you!
M5
October 17, 2014
WOW DDD's! Good for you, and def no boob greed lol! Can't wait to see some new pics, my friends looking for her wish pics and she's yer before size and prob getting 450 HP MENTOR SILICONE so be a great comparison:)
BE
November 8, 2014
How are you doing now? Do you have some new pics to share with us? I hope all is going well!
UPDATED FROM Remmus
20 days post
Still so freakin' happy!
Wow, I can't believe I haven't written an update since my surgery day! I'll start by saying that I am still so freakin' happy! When my PS threw the suggestion of using 475 HP (instead of 450 MPP) at me right before surgery, it really scared me. I decided to trust him to do what he thought was best, which ended up being 475 HP. While I was still in the process of waking up, my PS apparently told my husband that he had also tried 500s, but they wouldn’t fit. LOL! I don’t know why, but I thought that was so funny sounding.
Day 1: After I got home and updated my RealSelf review, I was exhausted, so I pretty much just laid in bed and slept. My wonderful husband woke me up every 2 hours to take my medications. I also ate a lot of crackers and drank a lot of ginger ale so I didn’t get nauseated from the Percocet. 1 Percocet (10-325 mg) every 4 hours and 10 mg of Valium every 4 hours in between the Percocet doses kept me fairly comfortable. A couple of times I got up to pee. One of those times I somehow managed to take my bra off (only for a few minutes!) and peek. Oops!
Day 2: I continued my medication regimen and I also took 2 Tbsp. of milk of magnesia. I got up and took a shower at some point, but I made my husband shower with me in case I needed help. Afterward, I tried going downstairs and hanging out on the love seat, but I started feeling nauseated from moving around too much while on the Percocet. I went back to bed and used a 25 mg Phenergan suppository (eek!) for the nausea, but it was totally worth it to stop feeling the way I was feeling. I then slept some more, and again, my husband woke me up every couple of hours to take my meds. Also, my PS’s nurse called to check on me sometime around 3 pm. I also got a flower arrangement delivery from my PS that said, “Happy Healing!”
Day 3: My anesthesiologist called this morning to check on me. I wasn't expecting that. I decided I was going to try taking 1,000 mg of Tylenol instead of Percocet. I took a shower and tried to have a somewhat normal day. My husband and I went shopping, but it didn’t take very long before I was like, “I need to go home now.” I was hurting/aching pretty badly. Apparently my body wasn't ready for that, so we went back home and I took a Percocet. I tried to sit in bed and update my review on RealSelf, but I just couldn't keep my eyes open! It was very frustrating, so I just went to sleep.
Day 4: I took 2 Tbsp. of milk of magnesia and I took a Percocet at bedtime to help me sleep better/more comfortably.
Day 5: I took 4 Tbsp. of milk of magnesia this time. I decided to completely stop taking the Percocet and start only taking Tylenol and Motrin.
Day 9: I had my 1-week follow-up appointment. They removed my Steri-Strips and my PS said everything looked great. He also said that I could go braless as much as I wanted. Yay! He cleared me to walk for exercise and said that I could drive as long as I felt comfortable doing so.
I don’t remember the exact day, but shortly after day 9 I started gently massaging argan oil onto my entire breast area every day.
Day 17: I walked the Rugged Maniac 5k course. My husband and I had registered for it way before I scheduled my surgery, so I walked it and took pictures of my husband having all the fun. LOL!
Day 20: I started using ScarAway silicone scar sheets.
Also somewhere in there, I’ve had plenty of zingers (not so much lately) and my nipples have been very hypersensitive for a while (my left one more than my right one).
My 4-week follow-up appointment is on October 15th. My PS said that’s when he will have me start doing the massages.
Day 1: After I got home and updated my RealSelf review, I was exhausted, so I pretty much just laid in bed and slept. My wonderful husband woke me up every 2 hours to take my medications. I also ate a lot of crackers and drank a lot of ginger ale so I didn’t get nauseated from the Percocet. 1 Percocet (10-325 mg) every 4 hours and 10 mg of Valium every 4 hours in between the Percocet doses kept me fairly comfortable. A couple of times I got up to pee. One of those times I somehow managed to take my bra off (only for a few minutes!) and peek. Oops!
Day 2: I continued my medication regimen and I also took 2 Tbsp. of milk of magnesia. I got up and took a shower at some point, but I made my husband shower with me in case I needed help. Afterward, I tried going downstairs and hanging out on the love seat, but I started feeling nauseated from moving around too much while on the Percocet. I went back to bed and used a 25 mg Phenergan suppository (eek!) for the nausea, but it was totally worth it to stop feeling the way I was feeling. I then slept some more, and again, my husband woke me up every couple of hours to take my meds. Also, my PS’s nurse called to check on me sometime around 3 pm. I also got a flower arrangement delivery from my PS that said, “Happy Healing!”
Day 3: My anesthesiologist called this morning to check on me. I wasn't expecting that. I decided I was going to try taking 1,000 mg of Tylenol instead of Percocet. I took a shower and tried to have a somewhat normal day. My husband and I went shopping, but it didn’t take very long before I was like, “I need to go home now.” I was hurting/aching pretty badly. Apparently my body wasn't ready for that, so we went back home and I took a Percocet. I tried to sit in bed and update my review on RealSelf, but I just couldn't keep my eyes open! It was very frustrating, so I just went to sleep.
Day 4: I took 2 Tbsp. of milk of magnesia and I took a Percocet at bedtime to help me sleep better/more comfortably.
Day 5: I took 4 Tbsp. of milk of magnesia this time. I decided to completely stop taking the Percocet and start only taking Tylenol and Motrin.
Day 9: I had my 1-week follow-up appointment. They removed my Steri-Strips and my PS said everything looked great. He also said that I could go braless as much as I wanted. Yay! He cleared me to walk for exercise and said that I could drive as long as I felt comfortable doing so.
I don’t remember the exact day, but shortly after day 9 I started gently massaging argan oil onto my entire breast area every day.
Day 17: I walked the Rugged Maniac 5k course. My husband and I had registered for it way before I scheduled my surgery, so I walked it and took pictures of my husband having all the fun. LOL!
Day 20: I started using ScarAway silicone scar sheets.
Also somewhere in there, I’ve had plenty of zingers (not so much lately) and my nipples have been very hypersensitive for a while (my left one more than my right one).
My 4-week follow-up appointment is on October 15th. My PS said that’s when he will have me start doing the massages.
Replies (3)
M
October 13, 2014
Wow its great to hear you are doing well! Only a couple more days until your 4 week appt! Are you allowed to buy regular bras then?
R
October 15, 2014
I really didn't think my PS was going to allow me to wear regular bras just yet, but today he said I'm free to wear what I want. Yay!
M
BE
October 14, 2014
I'm so happy it worked out for you the second time. I can't imagine the devastation you must have felt when they sent you home the first time! I can't wait to see your progress! Thank you for sharing your story.
Ps I loved your wish boobs from the RealSelf member and those are now my new wish boobs! Thank you!
R
October 15, 2014
Yes, the girl in my wish boobs pics has the most perfect looking boobs I've ever seen! And they seem to be very popular! ;-)
M
October 14, 2014
You look amazing! Thanks so much for all of your info. I am also from Virginia what PS did this wonderful job!?
R
October 15, 2014
Thank you so much! My PS is Dr. Michael F. Zwicklbauer at the Plastic Surgery Center of Hampton Roads. Everyone just calls him Dr. Z, thank goodness. LOL!
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