BREAST IMPLANT SIZING 101
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Thelma & Louise, LOL! As long as we don't drive off of a cliff at the very end as I am afraid of heights. I want to enjoy my new foobs for awhile, thankyouverymuch!!
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M-star- I would be happy to fly across the pond anytime to help! I'm not big (5'4") but I'm wily! They won't know what hit them! :-D
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This is my second time of having breast cancer. My first time was in 2006; however I had immediate reconstruction with a tramflap. This time I'm having an implant, so my PS put an expander in. I go to him(he is the same one who did my other reconstruction) this Tues. June 8, for my first saline injection. I'm really a bit apprehensive since I've not done this before. I was Diagnosed with DCIS; however there was an invasive cancer embedded according to the pathology report. My surgeon said he took 2 lymph nodes for precautionary measure, but there didn't appear to be any cells present there. He said mine was a stage 2a. Not really sure about all of this, my previous in 2006 was stage 0 DCIS(size of grain of sand) this one was 2.5 . My PS told me he would make it symetrical to my other side and would do a lift to the other one. So I'm hoping that all will look good afterwards, but just a bit nervous; not knowing, how long does this process usually take total...he said he would be putting in 60cc every other week and it would take about 5-6 injections???????Hopefully I will find out more from him on Tues.0 -
blessedtwice- The time frame can really vary depending on how you tolerate the fills. Some women can do large fills of 100 cc's at a time and zip right through them. Others (like me) have a harder time and have to do smaller amounts spaced farther apart. Also, once you are at your desired expanded size most surgeons will have you wait anywhere from 6 weeks to a couple months before they actually do the exchange. I tried to rush through mine thinking the sooner I got my fills done the sooner I could do the exchange but all it did was make me miserable for months. So not worth it. Also, my skin is very thin so it just made sense to do it slowly. Sounds like your PS is going to be conservative with only 60 cc's each time which is good.
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blessedtwice~
i only get 60ml at a time and 2-3 weeks apart. I didnt have much skin to 'play' with as i was small breasted naturally,so fills of any more than that would have hurt,and given serious stretch marks.
I would much rather take me time and have less pain/discomfort.
MBJ & KATE~
woo hoo! I have 2 accomplices now! (is that even a word|??) lol
ok...here's the plan.....if i'm not happy with my exchange,we ambush them....bound and gag them BOTH until they meet my demand!! (Allergan 410's MX size 400grams !!! oh and a stack of gold bullion!!!) LMAO! <-----gold bullion is to live on after we move to a country where we cannot be extrodited from!!!
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M-star- While we've got them can we force them to do a little lipo on my ass and thighs, too? Pretty please?
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Kay: NOW you are wanting to be in the 400's??? Whoa...
You girls are too much! You are creating quite the hilarious scenario!
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MStar: With all three of us, we must insist on other procedures!! A little lipo, a little lift and alot of gold so I can buy my home in the South of France!
blessedtwice: I am a uni also and I am tall and small like mstar. My PS put in 100 the first fill, 75 the second, 95 the third. He just does whatever I say that I can take but my skin stretches very easily and I am demanding and greedy as you can see from the post above LOL! 60 every 2 or 3 weeks is fine--if you are concerned about pain ask for a muscle relaxer and have someone drive you there and home. I take one a half an hour before and up until the next day but I have higher fills. They don't really hurt at the time, but mine ache a bit after. I just rub it alot and my DH seems to enjoy it!! I will be posting pictures soon, so you can see how they will try and match my natural with my mx--I am going bigger.
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Kate33: Since we are both tall and you are petite, you will have to tie up their legs and torture them with the stilettos you have to wear to be as tall as MStar and myself!!0
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Deborah,
Thanks for the PM .You always put a smile on my face.I think they look bigger on the camera than with naked eyes and on top of that, they feel very light. I BET you they are a small C or full B. Hope they will not be a factor when i get back to running .Will give it a week and see if they change .Also, will wait for the PS to take off the stitches before i get fitted for the bra size.
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LADY'S... THIS IS A TEST FOR BCO....
CAN YOU ALL SEND ME A PM.. JUST PUT ON IT..... TESTING
THANK YOU
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Kate & MBJ~........GET IN LINE!!!!!!! MY thighs and hips need the lipo!!!! LOL
Deborah~ if i've got them hostage, im going for what i can get! ha ha! Even if that means putting bigger TE's in and grafting skin from my ass!!!!!
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YOU GO GIRL!
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MBJ- I don't own any stilettos! How about some kick ass black boots?
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Went for my fill today and it is the last one. I asked the PS if we could try 25cc's this time and then another 25 in a couple of weeks. She said she didn't think so because my skin was getting too thin. She was concerned if we went bigger and kept trying that I wouldn't heal well from the exchange. *Sigh* I'm a little disappointed. I really wanted to at least try to get to 330. She put in 25cc's and then decided it was too much and she took out 5 So, after 20ccs in each side, I'm only up to 310. I'll be lucky at this point to even make the 300 club. Looks like I'll only be in the 200's. I hope I'm at least a b cup.
I am hurting tonight, so I'm glad she only did the 20. Just wish I could have gone a little bigger. I can't remember if it was on this thread or the exchange city thread that I asked about 'drop and fluff' but my PS actually did mention 'the drop.' My eyes got kind of big and I thought about what you all commented about that .... she didn't say anything about 'the fluff' but did mention that they would 'settle in.' So, in a round about kind of way she acknowledged 'drop and fluff.'
Made me smille and think about you all.My exchange surgery is scheduled for July 19. She said that we could schedule it for four weeks, but after reading your advice on these boards, I decided to go ahead and push it for six. Ugh. I'm hurting tonight even after taking the flexeril. Even though I'm going to be smaller than I wanted, I am grateful that this part is almost over.
Thanks ladies for all your advice!
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Dawne-Hope
Your MV TEs: 11.0 cm width by 10 cm height by 4.9 cm projection.
Allergan Style 20:
280 ccs: 10.6 cm width by 4.5 cm projection
300 ccs: 10.9 cm width by 4.5 cm projection
Show these numbers to your PS and see if she order them both and see what works for you. They both have lower dimensions than your TEs...
Deborah
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Kate: A little thing like you and you don't own any stillettos??!! if I weren't 6' tall I would live in them but at my height I would just hit my head walking in the door LOL! Combat boots, eh? I have a completely different image of you now. I thing you really can kick ass!
DawnHope: I hopefully am having my last fill tomorrow and so my exchange should be right around the same as yours. We will have to cheer each other on with Deborah's help!
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Dawne-Hope
Well there may be a chance that i end up in the 200 club,so we can each other company
Its disappointing i know.
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i must have bee wearig the wrog size bra! i've got a little bit of sag but ot much (2 years breastfeedig). so i'm a bit cofused - still try to get to 400 cc's?
What does everyoe here prefer as far as the overall look? high profile so called "fake look" or more of a moderate plus look with more volume i lower half? I almost feel like why would i wat the moderate sag look whe that will happe with age ayway?
(Sorry I am missig a key o my keyboard - hope you ca uderstad)
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MBJ- My DH is also "height challenged" so I stay on the short side. But, believe it or not, I am the tall one in my family out of my sister (5'2"), mom (5') and other sister (4'11")! (I also used to have a Grandma who was 4'10"). It's probably a miracle I'm as tall as I am!
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Stacey: You missed aspects of my second post to you a couple of days ago:
Stacy: "........Dr. D will be considering an implant which will give you symmetry with the natural breast. He based his choice of TE upon the width of your native breasts. It depends on what size of implant he uses to augment your natural breast....how much droop he needs from the MX pocket to match the natural breast. So it is safe to state he is going to remain in the 12.0 cm width with whatever implant he chooses, but then that could even be a 350 cc in a moderate plus profile style. I think you need to discuss with the PS your goals to get into a high profile implant with a 12.0 cm width."
So the choice of implant - HP or MPP - will be based on gaining symmetry with your natural breast. So you need to discuss this with Dr. D. He will be able to give you some idea of which way he intends to go at the time of exchange.
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Ladies: I had a fill of 80 cc's today and the dr wants to at least expand to 500-550! It was a bit painful but it looks as if I'm going to be in the 500 club!! Guess I have stretchy skin though it doesn't feel so hot. I guess we will see over the next 2 weeks.0
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Sorry you're hurting MBJ... are you taking anything for the pain? I also found it helped me a LOT to get a massage to my shoulder blade (pain from the stretched pectoral seemed to radiate back to there). Gentle stretching also helps.
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I am just sitting here massaging my breast. I am greedy, I always want more then pay the price! I couldn't figure out how to post my pics on timtams site. Maybe it's the muscle relaxers?? I resized them and they were still showing up huge. Is it me???
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MBJ -- you have to "save as" in the new size so that you HAVE it in the smaller size? (Maybe you didn't save it?)
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whao! well done MBJ! you go for it! must admit...i am a little envious =( but very happy for you!!!
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My breast or should I say my pec is a bit angry about it all. It's screaming at me right now and it aches quite a bit. We shall see if it's even possible, but I have to admit I am a bit excited.
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Lilah: I am going to try resizing it on my computer instead of on timtam's picture resizer and start all over again!
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hi everyone i just got my drain out! yay! dr. said he overfills and will give me an impant smaller than the te. also said he doesnt use allergan 45 but suggested we do the allergan 20 high profile and see how high we can go i said maybe 200 cc,s he said maybe we'll see. if i'm in a 113_mv with 300 ccs and he wants to switch to smaller implant how i will i ever get big tatas?
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Stacey: Are you on the pictures forum yet? Many of us have implants LARGER than our tissue expanders. There are some who had TEs with 300 ccs and switched out to 400 cc implants. It all depends on how your skin responds to stretching. If it is not too thin and if you do well with fills, you will just have to revisit all of this with your PS and show him the numbers. It all depends on your skin integrity. Go slow with fills. If he overfills, I see no reason why you should not be able to get at least 300 ccs in a Style 20.
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