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PinkiePie
04-28-2014, 02:44 AM
I depends a lot whether you go under or over the muscle. With your frame I would expect the doctor to want to go under, like I had to, which takes a bit longer to heal.
My doctor told me to take six weeks off, and even at the end of that, I didn't feel ready to pole dance again, which is why I don't do pole tricks any more.
Tbh, if you're going to spend a lot of money and put your body through this, I wouldn't go rushing back to work as soon as you're 'allowed' and risk messing up your new boobs. Go back when you feel ready!
Be prepared to fucking live in those nasty granny bras they give you! They're to support your chest after the surgery and keep everything in the right place. If you put on a push up bra before you've healed you can push the implant out of its not-yet-knitted-together pocket. I had to wear mine day and night for six weeks, which is torture when you have lovely new boobs and you want to wear strappy tops and pretty lingerie! Oh, and you're supposed to sleep on your back for six weeks too. That was horrible. Worst six weeks of my life. I didn't have to get anyone to wipe my ass though! So there's a small silver lining.
audrey_k
04-28-2014, 05:39 AM
Thanks girl! Yeah I just don't know if I could sit around for 6 weeks. I feel like I would go totally stir crazy...
PinkiePie
04-28-2014, 05:54 AM
It does suck. And because you're limited in what you can do it's a dangerous time for putting on weight.
I was just sitting around eating out of sheer boredom, and you can't do much in the way of exercise to burn it off.
I always wondered before I got a boob job why skinny girls would go away for six weeks to get their boobs done and come back fat. Then I got one and found out!
audrey_k
04-28-2014, 07:30 AM
^lol! Yeah, it's a long time to sit around but you are right the last thing you want to do it push it, destroy your boobs and end up spending more $ and more time in a new surgery/recovery period! I thought the recovery for breast implants was much shorter for some reason. I am thinking if I schedule it for the end of the summer I may end up doing rhinoplasty/breast implants in the same go. I was planning on getting my nose done next Xmas but if I'm going to be taking 6 weeks minimum off to recover I would rather just do them at once. My best friend's dad is a plastic surgeon and that was what he told me I should do when I spoke to him about wanting to get my breasts/nose done a few months ago to avoid having to go under anesthesia twice-- I have a very intense fear of anesthesia and put off getting my wisdom teeth pulled for 6 months even though I was at a 9 in the pain scale for brief period throughout that time!-- but at the time the pain of both recoveries freaked me out too much. The challenge is just finding a surgeon who is equally qualified in performing rhinoplasty and breast augmentation, I know a lot of surgeons do both but he told me to be especially careful when scheduling rhinoplasty because it's a more complicated procedure... so I'm doing my research! If I was back in LA I would just have him do it, but I don't want to go back there for surgery and have to deal with my mother to be honest. I can already hear her telling me I'm never going to find a decent husband/be hired at a decent company/not look like a whore if I get breast implants.
~*SwanPrincess*~
04-28-2014, 07:39 AM
Your mom sounds like my mom! I didn't even tell her I was getting breast implants and then when she saw me with them she was horrified! That was 5 years ago and to this day she calls them my "Dolly Parton breasts" lol
What everyone told you is correct. Definitely definitely wait at least 4 weeks before going back to work. I didn't follow my surgeons orders at ALL. I lifted heavy stuff, went back to work too soon, and didn't massage them. I ended up getting capsular contracture (scar tissue around the implant) and had to have one of then replaced.
audrey_k
04-28-2014, 07:50 AM
^It's just so silly to me, I mean tons of women have C, D, DD breasts... I just have very tiny 32A boobies (that luckily look more like a B cause I'm skinny) and would like them to be bigger! Hate judgmental moms.
PinkiePie
04-28-2014, 07:57 AM
My mum was surprisingly blasé about it all! I really don't see how it would affect your future career unless you put it on your résumé that you had them!
Capsular contracture was a big worry of mine, and I still take vitamin e and massage them now. I actually didn't start taking vitamin e until a year ago when I read about it on stripperweb, (I've had the boob job for about 5 years) and even after all that time it made an amazing difference to them, they're really squishy now, and before they were getting a bit tight and hard because I lost weight.
I know the girls who went to my doctor also got their noses done, but I'm not sure if it was with him or not, I'll check with one of them later. Their noses look cute, but I though they were nice before too. I didn't see why they had them done. I'm a bit squeamish about nose jobs though, and don't know much about them!
audrey_k
04-28-2014, 08:11 AM
My mom is just super conservative, unfortunately we're not even on speaking terms right now because we have such a different opinion about dancing! We speak briefly every couple weeks but can't really have any in depth conversation because I'm sick of having to make up elaborate stories about babysitting/bartending when I'm not doing anything wrong by dancing. We've talked about breast implants before and she made if very clear that she thinks women with big breasts "are not taken seriously by society and gentlemen"... I mean, I have a tattoo on my back and she was OK with that and actually paid for it when I turned 18 as as birthday present, but I told her I wanted to get one of my forearm a few years ago and she went through the rough talking about how I would never be able to get an office job. She's living in another time. But it is amazing how some people have such a negative view of breast implants, one of my friends got them on her 18th birthday and I don't know if it's just jealousy, but one of my oldest friends is always going on about how men don't take her seriously because of them, and she isn't someone "a guy would like to take home to his mother." Like for god's sake, there is no correlation between IQ/being a slut and having breast implants!
I just hate my nose! I've wanted to get one for years but wanted to wait until I was 25 because I know your face changes somewhat and I wanted to be totally sure... I recently got a nonsurgical nose job which is done with dermal fillers, and oh my god I love it! It fixed the bump on my nose and made it look so much better. But I'd still like to fix the tip of my nose (it's bulgy) and just make it a bit smaller/more refined which can only be done with surgical. But please let me know if any of your friends got rhinoplasty from him!
Also, what kind of incision did you lades get? I'm assuming I will have to go under the muscle because I do have tiny boobies, and want to go with anatomic ones... I've heard areola incision is the best for scaring but that the implant has to be on the smaller side?
PinkiePie
04-28-2014, 08:31 AM
That's what I had - the areola incision. I was concerned that I wouldn't be able to get a big enough implant that way, but my doctor did it. No other doctor I had a consultation with was able do it, they said I would have to have saline or an incision under the breast.
The implant I have is the biggest my doctor said I could go with the areola incision, but that was the size I wanted anyway. I can't remember the implant size, but I measure at a 32D and i was an A cup before. I also have really small nipples, so there wasn't much to work with!
He strongly recommended that I didn't have saline, as he said it doesn't look as natural, especially on very thin girls as you can get rippling. He told me that over the muscle would look unnatural too, as I didn't have enough of my own tissue to disguise the implant, so it would be very obvious. I'm guessing you'll get advised to have similar as you have a very small frame too.
I'll show you my incision scar when I see you at work, for me it was definitely the best option as it's hardly noticeable at all, whereas all the girls in my last club were constantly putting make up on the scars underneath their boobs. Mine just looks like part of my nipple really!
audrey_k
04-28-2014, 08:53 AM
Saline is the salt solution, right? I was thinking of going with solid silicone ones since they're supposed to have less risk of leakage and be softer/more natural looking, is that what you have?
PinkiePie
04-28-2014, 11:35 AM
Yeah, that's right. I ended up with regular silicone from Natrelle. I've personally always thought the solid ones look less natural because they're not as squishy, but the only people I know with them had them done in the UK, which might be why they don't look great!
I think the panic over leakage is a little over hyped, it used to happen when implants were new, but it's so rare now. Mine don't ever need to be changed unless I have a problem with them, whereas just a little while ago everyone had to have them changed every ten years. They're just so good now.
Vyanka
04-28-2014, 12:21 PM
PinkiePie, did your PS use a keller funnel? With that method, they can make the incisions as small as they can bc the implant is being shoved in through the funnel to the pocket.
I agree, the best incision is the areola. None can see mine either.
audrey_k
04-28-2014, 12:40 PM
Yeah, that's right. I ended up with regular silicone from Natrelle. I've personally always thought the solid ones look less natural because they're not as squishy, but the only people I know with them had them done in the UK, which might be why they don't look great!
I think the panic over leakage is a little over hyped, it used to happen when implants were new, but it's so rare now. Mine don't ever need to be changed unless I have a problem with them, whereas just a little while ago everyone had to have them changed every ten years. They're just so good now.
OK that's interesting! I'll def keep that in mind when I do my consultation. Thanks for answering my million questions babe! <3
newb2
04-28-2014, 02:54 PM
i already warned my mum that i'm getting a boob job lol
(she has no idea that i dance and it would ruin her)
she thinks i'm being stupid by wanting to get a BA but she knows it's my body/money/choice
tempest666
04-28-2014, 05:16 PM
PinkiePie, did your PS use a keller funnel? With that method, they can make the incisions as small as they can bc the implant is being shoved in through the funnel to the pocket.
I agree, the best incision is the areola. None can see mine either.
You can't see mine because of my huge pepperoni areolas. I wanted to get mine reduced but my PS talked me out of it. He said it'd look funny. I guess I'm ok with them now.
SexyAleks
04-28-2014, 11:20 PM
My implants were placed with armpit incision, my surgeon specializes in that method, and there is no visible scar anywhere. It is in the natural crease of the armpit, and I believe an endoscope is used. Mine are under the muscle, 295 cc, McGhan, now called Allergan. For a few weeks I had to wear a sports bra by Triumph and an elastic band on top, to keep the implants from moving up.
PinkiePie
04-29-2014, 03:21 AM
PinkiePie, did your PS use a keller funnel? With that method, they can make the incisions as small as they can bc the implant is being shoved in through the funnel to the pocket.
I agree, the best incision is the areola. None can see mine either.
I don't think so. He told me he was going to try several types and shapes of implant once I was under to see which was the best look for me, so I'm guessing no funnel as he would have had to take them out again?
But I didn't ask many questions at all afterwards as I was so groggy and weirded out by the painkillers.
In fact, the only question I remember asking was "Hang on, did you actually do it?" because I felt like I'd only been asleep for a few minutes!
Melonie
04-29-2014, 12:01 PM
agreed that silicone GEL implants tend to be a bit firm to pass for 'natural' ... 'regular' liquid silicone implants seem to turn out the best in this regard.
also agreed that, when done by an EXCELLENT surgeon, areola incisions aren't likely to leave visible scars. Same is true of armpit incisions not leaving scars on the breasts ... but armpit insertion can create additional problems with improper implant placement.
Absolutely agreed to go bigger than you 'think' you want / as big as the doctor will allow. Once the post-op swelling goes down, and the 'shock' of the initial size increase begins to be put in overall perspective, the most common complaint is not having gone big enough.
Moxxy Minx
05-02-2014, 12:56 AM
Is there a max size of implants which can be done with armpit incisions? I did not ask for them when I got my BA bc I always thought that this is only possible for small implants.
Melonie
05-02-2014, 11:22 AM
^^^ generally speaking - armpit incisions are going to be used with saline implants, which can be filled after the empty implant 'bag' is pushed through the armpit incision and positioned within the breast pocket. A few doctors do use armpit incision with pre-filled silicone implants ... in which case the implant size is going to be severely limited to avoid a huge incision scar.
SexyAleks
05-02-2014, 11:42 AM
In my country noone works with saline implants, they are not allowed. I believe there are limitations, but I am not sure how much is the maximum. I was not a good candidate for large implants anyway, I guess up to 350 cc would not be an issue.
Moxxy Minx
05-04-2014, 08:44 AM
thanks melonie
audrey_k
05-04-2014, 11:10 AM
The surgeon that I'm having a consult with (I'm debating between two of them right now scheduled to meet with both in the next couple months) sent me a long document detailing the different types of implants/incisions/location of implants/etc. For the armpit incisions it says they recommend against them because they tend to move upwards in the breast?
I've read through the document and it says he recommends against liquid silicone implants and might not actually be willing to use them at all... is that pretty common that surgeons no longer use liquid implants? I had decided on anatomical D liquid silicone implants with hopefully an areola incision.
MarvelGirl
05-04-2014, 11:19 AM
I have the cohesive gel silicone overs and they feel very natural. Granted, I was a D cup to begin with so the amount of natural tissue I had probably has something to do with it.
Plus even if you get stabbed they won't leak. I wouldn't go with the old school liquid silicone ones. I didn't even know they still made those.
audrey_k
05-04-2014, 11:26 AM
That's what the surgeon I'm meeting with does, cohesive gel silicone impacts. From all the research I've done he seems to be the best surgeon in his area, he has amazing reviews on a number of the different cosmetic surgery sites I've visited and great before/after photos, he has a long waiting list and is a bit pricier than his competitors but I guess those are good signs. I've just heard that the cohesive silicone implants look less natural because they aren't as squishy. I'm a 32 A/B right now and I want to be a C but was going to go with the D since everyone says implants tend to look a bit smaller.
Melonie
05-05-2014, 08:07 AM
^^^ no question that silicone gel implants are not going to 'leak' if the implant bag is ruptured or fails, thanks to the higher viscosity of the gel versus the liquid. As to relative 'safety', there is a whole bunch of different studies and opinions ... many of which conflict with each other.
There's also no question that the higher viscosity of the silicone gel is going to result in implanted breasts being 'firmer'. As to whether the resulting breast firmness is 'natural' or 'un-natural' depends on subjective judgement, as well as other variables such as the amount of truly natural breast tissue and pectoral muscle tissue covering the implant, etc.
arielbriel
05-05-2014, 01:12 PM
The cohesive gel feels very natural. I didn't think they had liquid silicone anymore, either. Aren't they like extremely dangerous ?
audrey_k
05-05-2014, 02:17 PM
^I've read a lot of different things... when I read the pamphlet my "possible" future PS gave me it said that cohesive gel implants are preferred because there's no possibility of leakage, but I've read online from several different sources that with a small amount of breast tissue (which is what I have, I fluctuate between an A/B) the liquid silicone implants look/feel more natural. I've also read numerous different reports saying that the possibility of leakage of liquid silicone implants is extremely unlikely and then others saying that it is of real concern... my future PS surgeon said he would discuss both with me during my consult, that if I am set on liquid silicone implants he didn't want to force me to go with another option but that it would be his recommendation to go with the cohesive gel ones because of problems with leakage.
charlotte.
05-06-2014, 07:01 PM
liquid silicone is available in europe? are there any studies about the present day liquid implants and their safety? liquid silicone was banned in the us around awhile ago and ive always been curious what they felt like. sometimes the "safety" measures the fda places go way too far.
Melonie
05-08-2014, 08:34 AM
^^^ 'liquid' silicone implants were primarily banned by the US FDA, and weren't / aren't banned in most of the world. In fact, there isn't any 'bright line' difference between 'liquid' silicone and silicone 'gel' ... but rather a range of different 'densities'.
In regard to the entire story on 'liquid' silicone implants, much of the bad publicity ... and resulting regulations ... stemmed from two implant manufacturers - Dow Corning in the USA, and Poly Implant Prosthesis in France. Early areas of 'concern' stemmed from the high implant bag rupture rate of early design implants ... which allowed low 'density' silicone to start migrating through body tissue, as well as concerns about possible about auto-immune reactions. Some early studies concluded that silicone itself was 'unsafe', and these studies were used as the basis for the FDA ban ... as well as a flurry of lawsuits. However, more thourough and accurate studies resulted in the FDA lifting the silicone ban in 2006. US market implant manufacturers have chosen to stick with higher density 'gel' filler ... arguably because it allows them to draw a marketing distinction between 'safe' present day product offerings and the problematic 'liquid' silicone implant offerings of the 90's.
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There's a recent Swiss Medical Weekly publication that provides a bunch of hindsight perspective at
(snip)"Colas and Curtis [2] provided a useful overview in 2004 quoted below. I have modified the quote by inserting reference numbers used in the present article rather than citing author names and year of publication:
“In the early 1990s, these popular devices became the subject of a torrent of contentious allegations regarding their safety. Although the legal controversy regarding silicone gel- filled implants continues in the United States, these medical devices are widely available worldwide and are available with some restriction in the United States. The controversy in the 1990s initially involved breast cancer, then evolved to auto- immune connective tissue disease, and continued to evolve to the frequency of local or surgical complications such as rupture, infection, or capsular contracture. Epidemiology studies have consistently found no association between breast implants and breast cancer [15–18]. In fact, some studies suggest that women with implants may have decreased risk of breast cancer [19, 20]. Reports of cancer at sites other than the breast are inconsistent or attributed to lifestyle factors [21]. The epidemiologic research on autoimmune or connective tissue disease has also been remarkably uniform and concludes there is no causal association between breast implants and connective-tissue disease [22–27]."(snip)