breast reduction anyone?

[jenniec]

I am seriously considering having my boobs reduced ( I am a DD) and would love to be a small to med C!!! Has anyone here had this done? If so what was your experience with it???

My two main fears are 1.) I have a lot of anxiety concerning being put to sleep (will it kill me or will I wake up brain dead). However, I suppose in both cases I wouldn't know. 2.) I will lose feeling in my nipples. Other than that I am very open to having it done. the scarring doesn't really bother me and my pain tollerance is signicantly high.

I know I want to lose more weight but in the years I was thin I have always had a big chest. I remember the days a was 36 (c) bust 25 waste 36 hips (125 poiunds). Oh my goodness I want to go back there again. Or atleast close to it anyway.

Jennie

[unchubby]

If you get back down to your goal weight, you will probably notice that your breasts are smaller than ever. Ten years ago, I was a 36D. I lost 35 pounds and was a 34 B. Since then, at the same weight, I have become a 34A. I am now sitting with a 32 B and if I lose all the weight that I want, I'm thinking they will disapear completely :p

[red2680]

Jennie,
I would venture to guess if you were the size you wanted to be when you were 125, you will be again.
I really want a tummy tuck, but I know it will be better if I wait until I get to goal. I think a reduction would be the same.
I have been a very full D since age 16, I shop till I drop to avoid a DD. I hate it!!!! Bras get uglier as they get bigger. Nothing sexy about them, IMHO!!!
I read posts about ladies who struggle with being small and I really feel bad for them, but being nothing but boobs can affect our self esteem just as strongly.
I do know how you feel about wanting them smaller, I would think it would be good to lose till you feel you are ready.
As far as the fears of surgery, they are valid concerns, but knowing all the discomfort of a tummy tuck and all of my Mother's warnings of my certain demise if I have one... I will do it when I am at goal.
Good Luck... I feel your pain!!! :)

[jenniec]

well even though I had a c cup at my thin weight it really should have been a D but I just couldnt let myself buy it. still as small as I was, and big as my boobs were it was immpossible to find any tops to fit (not to mention they looked HUGE on my tiny frame). I have not ever known what is was like to wear a button up shirt. I have always had to wear something under it so I could leave it unbuttoned. Although I must admit I liked the attention in my younger days but I am beyond that now. I want to be comfortable but I also dont won't ant bits either if you know what I mean. I just dont know if I can wait to get to goal. I am just so fed up with them. Of coarse my husband is like no way he wants me to keep em. I think he would feel different if he had to carry them around and make clothes work.

[loose-it]

Hi there,
Well I had breast reduction 20 yrs ago and never regreted it. I have never lost feelings in the nipples and even nursed 2 kids. The pain is nothing compared to having to carry those around and the stare and comments from people! I say go for it! I know its one of the best things I have ever done!
Good luck with your choice!

[loose-it]

And by the way, I am 41 and have had 17 surgeries and always wakened up afterwards!!

[Jiggerz]

I had the surgery only just a few years ago, and I smiled all the way home from the hospital...its one of the best things I've done for myself. What can I say... I love 'em now, I went from a huge DD (probably bigger) to a perky C. Clothes hang better on me now, and and an actual waist was revealed.

[deb34]

hi ladies, i don't want to scare you but i just watched a documentary called 'Stacked Like Me' about large chested women and the hard life we have and when the girls when for a proper bra fitting, most of the women who 'thought' they were a 36 or 38 DD were in actual fact something like 32H!!!!!

At the moment i'm squeezing into a 38DD but i know it's not correct because i overflow the top and sides.... i'm too scared to know the correct size though...although at a much bigger bra size, you would be more likely to be approved for a reduction...hmmmm

when i get to goal size, i want a reduction and TT at the same time. These are the only two body areas that i detest and that will not change with fatloss. (been there, didn't lose)

i say go for it if you really want it, you are the only one who has to live in your body, and you should be happier in it...

:)

[red2680]

Oh Deb I think we all know the feeling of trying to squeeze down a cup size!!! :) I know I am a DD, but I shop hard to find a D that will "do".
Jenniec, You say you used to enjoy the attention, since I have lost weight, it is nice to get a little attention again, but it is always the chest... always. It is also exhausting to be thought of as nothing but a big set of B**bs. Somtimes I feel like saying... "Hello, I have a FACE!!!"
I read a lot about ladies feeling inadequate for being flat, then I feel I am ungrateful for feeling so over loaded.
I guess this is the harsh reality of always wanting something we don't have. Or have too much of!!!
Jenniec, If you do decide to have it done... I sure hope it turns out completely perfect for you!!! Encouraging to read about ladies who are happy with their decision!

[jenniec]

red i know how you feel all too well!!!!! I was hoping to hear more stories from people but maybe not that many here have had it done.

Although i think I would rather have what i do have than nothing at all. like you said though we always want what we dont have.

[red2680]

I had a girlfriend do it just after High School, she was so thrilled with the results and she looked like a completely new person. She wasn't small framed to begin with, but it was still a huge improvement.
Yeah, if we had nothing at all we would be miserable, too. Well I wouldn't say I am MISERABLE. IMHO, we are what we are. We fix what we can, beyond that we really have to learn to love our selves. Being happy takes a lot of work, focusing on the negatives will feed on more negatives in our lives. Seriously, who needs that??? lol
I probably wouldn't go for a reduction myself, only because I am so focused & intent on a tummy tuck. I will do that!!! I want to lose more weight first, but I am going to be Johnny on the Spot for that surgery!!!

[bladegem]

I wish you buxom ladies could transfer some of your feminine abundance to us flats.

[sarar]

I had breast reduction surgery about five years ago. It was the best thing I've ever done for myself. I had struggled with my giant "boobs"--that is the way I thought of them--since puberty. I was mashed into DDD. My shoulder ridges were horrible. I had constant shooting pains down my neck and back. I struggled with back pain throughout. My breasts were gigantic and unmanageable. I was never comfortable.

I have never regretted the surgery. I'm not really a plastic surgery type of person. I'm sure people would think I need a tummy tuck, but I'm not physically uncomfortable and can put on a pair of Spanx and go about my business. My breast reduction wasn't really about vanity...I was just miserable.

The irony is that "my girls" are smaller than I ever imagined they could be. I've lost 70 pounds since the surgery...and my breasts are beautiful. I actually wear push-up bras now. Would the weight loss have solved my problem? No. My breasts would still be huge even with the weight loss. I love "my girls" now. I feel comfortable and sexy.
Sara<><

[way2goal]

HI there. I had this EXACT surgery last June 21...and it was the BEST thing I've ever done. Insurance covered it!! Some advice if you want insurance to cover; 1) y ou need to remove enough tissue from each (approx 500g); 2: you need to indicate back pain/neck pain...3) I showed the grooves in my shoulders and the everlasting rash between my "girls"... 4) and I said that I wanted to be a B (truth is..came out to a "loose" C.).

I REALLY recommend it......let me know if you want more info than this!!!

[jenniec]

way and sara


how was the pain and recovery? did you have to stay in the hospital or have any complications?? Ya'll are really getting me excited! I really want to have this done. Oh one more thing how is the scarring? Any loss of feeling or anything?

Thanks for taking the time to respond! It's great to hear from woman that have actually had it done rather than a doctor that hasn't ever had it done telling you how it is. Thats like a man trying to tell a woman what it is like to have a child?????

chow

[way2goal]

I stayed overnight..since Dr. had to take the drains out next day; I was REALLY sore for 2 weeks solid. I really just rested on the couch; by the end of the 2nd week, I was up and about, but gingerly. Still..it was SO worth it!!!!!!! I had no complications; the itching was crazy, but that meant it was healing. And the stitches (most of them dissolved but some had to come out) were fine.

[sarar]

I'm a type 1 diabetic, so I had to stay in the hospital a couple of days. My drainage tubes were taken out before I came home. There was pain, but it wasn't horrible. I had mine done in the summer and found bras irritated the scarring a little, so I didn't wear bras all the time. This was quite a change for me!!!

Now, I'm going to get real honest, down and dirty, don't cha know. I was so large that I didn't really have sensation in my nipples, etc. before the surgery. My areola were the size of yamalkas (I don't know how to spell it, but they looked like the little hats Jewish men wear on the back of their heads!!!). My surgeon made new ones for me. He moved them up. They were so excited to see the sun...they had spent so many years looking at my knees! If I look really carefully under my breasts now, I can see some darkened skin that used to be part of my areola. It isn't really noticable. The scarring has reduced considerably over the years.

After my weight loss, I have sensation in my breasts and nipples for the first time. I could still pass the pencil test...ya know, a pencil would fall if I tried to hold it up under my breast. The entire breast region is lower now than it was after the surgery. The ideal thing would be to lose all of the weight first, but then insurance might not pay for it. You do have to have them "large" enough.

I can't exactly remember how much tissue was removed...it was at least two pounds from each and left me in a C cup. Incidently, I wasn't wearing my bras correctly. I was just happy to find something off the rack--I should have had them special ordered, but they were expensive enough! Now, I wear Victoria's Secret push up demi cups. They are somewhat padded and make an exciting cleavage. If I had worn my old bras this way, the old cleavage would have looked like a dimpled chin. I'm actually in a 36 D of this type of bra. But, my darling girls are no larger that a handful....just right!
Hope this helps,
Sara<><

[Belinda61]

Oh my, see yours was such an easy thing to solve. You saw "them" you didnt like "them", you had them readjusted. I too have "yamaka's" [LOL] but being Roman Catholic im afraid I cant help on the spelling!! At anyrate, I have a quandry about plastic surgery options due to a husband who is against it - outright. He would prefer the pouting to my visions of a newer if not younger and thinner appearing me. He's also against my low carb bent. Dont get me wrong, he's wonderful, indeed he loves me as I am. But I want to change my feathers some. So im unsettled on this.

Belinda

[sarar]

Hey, here is some irony. I just now posted a new thread because I am having a belt abdominoplasty in one week and am looking to connect with others!

I had a breast reduction back when I was a big mama with BIG MAMAS! I had mine the summer of 2000. I did go on to lose 75 pounds. I am NOT sorry I did it...or that I did it then. I did not begin low carbing until 2004 so I could NOT lose the weight. I did not forsee my breasts shrinking from weight loss at the time I had it. Here is the thing, my breasts were actually reconstructed. I was in an overfilling DDD cup. My breasts were heavy and saggy. The aureoles were the size of yalmakes! I always hear women say it, but breast reduction was the best thing I have ever done. It gave me the first true realization that I do have some say so on my body. [I am a type1, or autoimmune diabetic so I know the feeling of being handed a physical card in life that is not what I would choose.]

Today my breasts are small and beautiful. I wear a cup size C in a super sexy, padded push-up Victoria Secret bras. :agree: I am FABULOUS, DARLING!! Okay, except for all of my loose skin. When I stand up you can't tell I'm a woman! :lol: How would it be without the surgery? I would have two long socks holding a rock!

When I went for my TT consultation, my surgeon said that I had lost volume but that the shape was still great. For a minute there I felt like I had messed with his art. :lol:

I'm glad I had it...and looking forward to my TT. I view this as reconstructive surgery from weight loss.

Maybe my story helps. And, since I can share it, I did wake up from the anesthesia.
Princess Sara<><

[camaromom]

Hey ladies, I recently had a full abdominoplasty with muscle repair. Someone referred me to these message boards about plastic surgery:

http://messageboards.makemeheal.com/index.php

I actually need a breast augmentation, not a reduction. LOL
I did find the message boards over there to be friendly and a great resource. Good luck to you with your surgery.
Barb

[neverwhere]

Wow I am excited this thread is here!

I am having a reduction too. It is scheduled for September 13th. I am really, really nervous because I have never had surgery before. I'm especially scared of the anesthesia, like others have said.

Right now I am a 40DDD on a 4'11 frame. I have lost weight before, and while the girls went down, they were still huge, so I know I need to have this done. I was hoping to be at goal weight before the surgery, and have the reduction be the "final step" to getting to goal, but I'm not sure thats going to happen. September is a lot closer than I thought.

Honestly, I dont even know what a goal weight should be, since I have to compensate for these girls. I hope to be a full C when all is said and done. My surgeon even suggested a D, but I feel that is too big.

I was a little concerned with losing more weight after the surgery, if it would affect the way the new breasts looked, which is a major reason why I wanted to be at goal by then. It's good to know that some of you continued to lose, and it didn't affect the appearance of the breast.

I was also concerned with losing nipple sensation. I do have sensation and I'd like to keep it if possible. It's nice to know that I can reasonably hope to keep it. I'm not too concerned with the breast feeding aspect of it at this point.

One other hting, hows the scarring?

Thanks for any advice you guys can give me!!!!! :help:

[evenik]

I plan to have breast lift/reduction after I reach my goal. I wear 38C, but for some reason they look huge on me.

[justleah]

I had a breast reduction about 3 years ago and haven't regretted it at all even with complications that I experienced. I never found there was much pain involved. It was suppose to be daycare surgery but because of me reacting to morphine and then bleeding post op I had to stay over night. My recovery was longer because of poor healing but I'm healed now and still happy I had it done. My back isn't sore at the end of my day from carrying around that extra weight. I love that my clothes fit better. I don't feel huge even though I'm still a D or sometimes C cup. I was large even when my weight was down. I wish I hadn't waited so long to have it done. Definitley a positive for me.

[neverwhere]

Thats the one thing I hear all the time...wish I hadnt waited, best thing i ever did.

I Can't wait!

[sarar]

I have been away from this particular forum for quite a while and didn't realize that I posted here back in February. I got a notice that there was a response to this thread. Boy did it screw with my mind to read my Feb. post and think it was what I wrote yesterday. I thought, "Good lord, I don't remember writing that at all...yet, it is true." I finally figured out what had happened. I haven't had that kind of thing happen since my drinking days!!!

I still say go for it while your insurance will cover it. Insurance does not cover elective surgery. My TT is out of my Princess Purse!! Plus, to help my healing I am now on a brand new continuous glucose monitoring system. It is fabulous, but the sensors have to be changed every three days and insurance is not covering them....$35.00 dollars a piece!!! Insurance will eventually accept them since they are FDA approved, but man will I be happy when that happens. I love, love, love pretty clothes and shoes now that I'm thin. Blossoming at this time of life is a wonderful thing! I highly recommend that all fat girls become glistening princesses in their mid 40's. It makes life much sweeter as we grow toward our 50's and beyond!!!

Sara<><

[Belinda61]

Neverwhere,

Funny that your avatar/animate is that of a woman with a whip. Its my heavy sagging breasts and huge areola that my huband sais gives me this air of authority over him. Go figure.

Belinda

[Lian]

hi,
I also had a breast reduction about 5 years ago, dont regret it at all, just wish I did it sooner.
went from a dd, to a c.
very pleased with everything, didnt have drains in.
was on gravel and tylenol 3 with codeine afterwards.
I stayed in hospital for the night, everything went well.
what I did find tough was the anistetic, drained me felt so weak and tired for at least 10 days, that was my only thing i didnt like, and the boobs dont look the prettiest afterwards, but still dont regret it.........lol........
take care
Lian

[greenshamr]

I had the surgery in '04...best thing I ever did. Recovery was fairly quick and pain free ...thanks to great meds! I would encourage anyone considering this surgery to go for it.

[nosher]

Hi! Had it done two years ago. My plastic surgeon removed 2 pounds of tissue in total. ( I'm 5 feet tall!!) I had to lose the weight though, prior to the surgery, as advised by the doctor. Just like you wouldn't get a tummy tuck after 3 kids if you were overweight. There is tons of info on the web and it is a more common surgery than you would think. I didn't have much pain at all. My husband said that in acclimating to my new body, he felt like he was cheating on his wife!! :)