Just Turned 50 and Wanted to Make my Breast Even - Worcester, MA

After children and breast cancer 10 years ago, my breasts had taken a beating :( In 2008 I decided to have my breasts lifted. I would have liked to have implants as well. However, since I had radiation on the right breast, all the doctors discouraged me from doing this. After the surgery, and even though my breast were now smaller, about a b cup, overall I was very happy with outcome. However, my left breast was always a little larger. But, since the nipples were lined up, they looked pretty good. With age (8 years) and due to the radiated breast not falling from gravity, my breasts became more and more uneven. Last spring I went back to the same doctor and asked about using fat transfer to correct this. He said that we could definitely do this and I was a good candidate for success. Dr. Castle, practicing in Worcester, MA area, did my surgery on Sept. 11th, just a few days ago. The liposuction part is wonderful! Unfortunately, my breasts are still uneven...however a bit larger. I am disappointed because I have been looking forward to this for years and now even though my body shape looks better; my breasts still need work, in my opinion. Is it too soon? I can't imagine that the right breast, which is the radiated one, will fall to match the other. And, what is going to happen when I lose some of the volume of fat that has been transferred? I wonder if I was hoping for too much thinking that the fat transfer could fix the lack of asymmetry...opinions and professional comments are welcome. I would even like some referrals in my area, MA. Thank you for reading my story and appreciate any input you have for me.

As usual I might be too quick to judge the outcome. Today, just 3 days post op, my right breast seems to be dropping. It may just end up lining up nicely with the other breast. I will continue to update. And will definitely update my review of Dr. Castle if that is the case.

My right breast is dropping more. When I visited the office for my 1 week appt. I was told that it would take approx. 4 weeks for the breast to release. The doctor had to go in and break up much scar tissue. I am actually at 2 weeks plus now, but these pics are the most recent I have. I am happier today than I was at first. Although, I wish that the doctor would have filled a little more in on my left breast to give it a plumper look. I was told yesterday, by the doc, that he gave me as much fat into my right breast as it would handle, about 220 ccs. I believe that if you want to get a larger amount of volume using breast transfer you need to go with the BRAVA procedure so you can have room to transfer more fat. I also didn't realize that I should have lost fat over the summer instead of gaining weight, thinking I wouldn't have enough fat to transfer. How silly of me. Now, I have to be careful to not loose weight because I will lose fat that was put in my breast. A bit of a fine line.