I have noticed that a lot of questions come up on this forum about breast implants, surgery and what to expect afterwards.
It took me 2.5 years to choose a doctor and find information. I even looked up the patent on silicone implants. I hope everything I am writing down makes sense. I tried to make it as easy to read and understand.
• If you want to loose weight, loose it now. Have your skin stretched before the implant not afterwards. This helps prevent ripples and sagging later on.
• If you work out, especially the upper body, stop at least a month in advance to give your muscles a break and so they stop building up. A relaxed muscle helps a lot in healing and in pain.
• Stop taking advils and other blood thinners (if you can medically) about a month before surgery. Watch out for foods that thin blood at least a week or two before surgery and after. This ensures proper blood clotting. Getting a blood exam is also good even if your doctor doesn’t recommend it. This tells a lot about how your immune and platelets are doing which can affect your heal time.
• Check your boobies and study them. Do they look symmetrical or not? Breast implants will just enlarge what you have naturally.
• Look at past scars on your body, how do they heal? This will most likely tell you how your scars will be.
• Do you take a while to get over sicknesses or if you get cut does it take a while to heal? If yes, typically you will have more down time after surgery.
• Have you had surgery before? If yes, you will be ready for going under and healing afterwards. If not, there will be more stress on the mind and body for a new experience.
• Take time finding your doctor. Look online and find out about everything about him/her. Cosmetassure is a good thing to look into. It is plastic surgery insurance that comes with your procedure. Everything is paid for if you have a complication within a month after your operation. Capsular contracture isn’t in this plan but it typically doesn’t develop for months. If your doctor doesn’t have it, ask and get in writing what is paid for or not if a complication does occur.
• Talk to them about their entire procedure and look at all of their past pictures.
• Check the hospital rating before the operation.
• Find out what your doctor studied before they became a plastic surgeon. A dentist can become a plastic surgeon in 2 years. Typically one that went for reconstructive is the best. Also, a doctor that is a resident hospital plastic surgeon means their track record is clean.
• Don’t go for the most affordable, go with the best doctor. This is your body!
• If you can, save about 2 to 3 months of expenses. You never know what could happen and if you go to work, you will be getting tired quicker than normal. You might not be able to work as much.
• Prepare a lot of easy to eat meals that won’t upset your tummy and that are easy to eat. Eating and lifting food to your mouth is hard at first. Straws are great for not lifting drinks.
• Get your meds ready before your operation.
• If it is your budget, stay in the hospital for a few days. This can help for the wearing off of anesthesia and the initial pain of operation and healing. The drive home after getting cut up is brutal. It is double brutal if it is cold out because you shiver. Shivering hurts like hell and you never realize how much your upper body clenches up until you are cut up.
• Have someone around to wait on you for about a week or two or a month (if you are lucky). They will be there to wipe your butt and put on socks and lift things. Your arms will be out of commission for a few.
• Pillows, pillows, pillows. Figure out how you will be propped up before the operation and have it set up for when you get home. Your helper will not know exactly what will make you completely comfy. If you have a recliner, you are in luck!
• Figuring out a size is up to individuals. Sew up rice sacks with the proper amount of cc’s to get an idea of what you will look like. Remember, when you do this, breast size might seem bigger because the rice sack is not inside your body. To get the same size, you might go a little bigger when getting your real implant. Boob greed is real. Sometimes if you are small breasted naturally, you will forget you even have implants and think they are still small. In certain lights, you sometimes will only see your natural boob. Its weird!
• Be prepared for pain. The length of time of pain depends on the type of implant and the individual. Typically, if you have a smaller athletic frame, bigger implants that are silicone, you will have for some reason a longer healing time.
• Medial portions of your pectoral muscle should not be cut.
• Incision placement is up to you and your doctor. However, if you do have any problems, the crease incision is the best for getting cut twice. It also helps the doctor with placement. Again, this is up to the individual and doctor.
• Be prepared for a slight depression after surgery. It is a complete emotional time and it doubles when there is a complication. Getting used to your new body is a shock to the system. Thoughts like “Omg I am a monster. What did I do?” are extremely typical. If you start to have any symptoms that last longer than a couple months, you might have post-traumatic stress and need to go on anti-depressants for a bit. Again, not everyone gets this but it can happen after a major surgery.
• Watch out for getting addicted to pain pills.
• Nighttime sleeping and waking up is painful.
• Once the pain leaves, nerve pain sets in. Nerve pain is bizarre feeling. Phantom pain can also come along which is even weirder.
• Don’t worry about getting back into routine as quick as possible or weight issues. Focus on healing.
• Anica Montana and Bromelain are supplements that help bruises heal. However, they do thin the blood. Vitamin K helps blood clot but in some it can thicken the blood too much. Ask your doctor before taking any. Vitamin E if taken should be once you are completely healed. This is known to thin blood.
• Massaging should only be done when and how the doctor tells you to. Mine told me not to until I was fully healed. His thoughts were why would anyone massage a wound that isn’t healed. I have silicone unders.
• Healing might take a long time, but remember, the pain eventually goes away. Dropping fully happens within a year. Upper body movement then becomes natural again.
• Working out and muscle building should be at a minimum for chest muscles until your boobs drop. This helps keep boob shape more symmetrical.
• Pole work should not be done for at least 7 months after operation. The longer you wait the better. Stage work should be left to a minimum for about 3 months.
• Scar gels are a hard one to figure out. Topical Vitamin E is good and cheap but can lead to rashes in many. Mederma is annoying and gets itchy. I found silicone gels were the best. Chaffing occurs sometimes due to the weigh of the new additions and movement. Aveno stress relief was a miracle!
• Don’t worry about showering. Wait for a week and then do a sponge bath. Bacteria lives in warm water and can infect your incision.
• Outfits for work will feel weird and you will go though many tops because they will keep on feeling good or bad.
• I spent a lot of money on bras. The best I found were Maiden Forms with no under-wire. Sports bras from walmart saved me so much money and are so comfy! Danskins are fabulous.
• Under-wire bras should be worn only when the doctor tells you. If worn too early, it can mess up your pocket.
• Do not lift anything above 10 pounds for the first month. Do not lift anything above 10 pounds above your head for the first month.
• Try not to hyper extend your chest muscles like reaching for things. Watch out for crossing over your chest on opposite sides. These can re-open cut muscles if not completely healed.
• Let comfort dictate what you do. My doctor told me that. I never fully understood what he meant until I looked back. When you are sick, or full your head tells you. When you are healing your head will tell you. If you have any doubt with doing something that you think might hurt, don’t do it.
• Remember, this is a major surgery and it is painful. If your body says rest, rest. It will keep you from damaging the healing process.
I think I wrote everything. If I forgot something I will update the thread. I have silicone gels, under the muscle. I took a while to heal and had a late hematoma.
Happy boobies and once healed, you will be impressed and happy! Promise![]()



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