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so if I generelly need a medium, I should get a large?

Judy...My PS sent me home after the first exchange with nothing but some surgical tape or steri strips or whatever it is.  After the second exchange, I decided to follow what many on here have been advised to do so that maybe they will stay where they are.  I am very happy with how they look.  Thank you again and again Deborah for the advice for the Allergan Style 45 800 ccs for my second exchange and lift.   My PS thinks they are "pretty".

Deborah...with the new style implants and the lift the upper transition looks good which is why I am trying everything to keep them from dropping at all.  Even with the 800 ccs, I still fit into the 38 C warners bra that fit with the Mentor 750s.  Like you said, it wouldn't have been worth it to exchange for just 50 ccs....but since I had to have the extra surgery especially on the prophy side anyway...it made perfect sense to try to fix the upper fullness with more than just hoping the lift would be enough.  The style change and the 50 ccs got this for me....now if it will just hold.  If it doesn't, then I'm still done with surgeries.  8 is Enough !  I'm sure they will always look fine in bras.  If they drop at all, then braless may be out of the question...but prior to BC, I never went without a bra anyway.  So, I plan to support them for as many months as it takes to be sure they are healed in.

Now that the root canal tooth is out, I don't seem to be getting any more infections (knock on wood).  Both exchanges have been easy and painless.  But, after almost a year with TEs, the muscles didn't have to stretch and with all the re-openings of the incisions on the prophy side, there is probably no feeling left there anyway.

Thank you again and again Deborah.   

Hey...Everyone...Trust Whippetmom.!  She knows how these things turn out.  Even with 800 ccs, I am 3 inches smaller around than before even though I can still fit into my warners 38 D underwire bras from before.  I also fit into Warners 38 C bras which I could not before.  I am wearing shirts that did not come close to closing before all this.  Listen to her about how the way implants fill out a bra is still different from natural breasts.  Also, pay attention to her recommendations because many are unhappy that their new breasts are too small.  I would have gone even smaller than the 750s if I had not listened to her and others on this thread.  I know a woman who wishes she had her TEs back because the implants don't behave the same as the TEs or have as much projection.

If you are new here....it will serve you well to read back through all the posts.

Great pic Deborah!  I hope all of you ladies have a Happy Easter!  I don't post a lot, but I enjoy reading here each day.

Deen

Ok, everyone keeps talking about pics... I would love to see how the end result is so that I know down the road I can see myself returning to normal...Help point me in the right direction.

Thanks

Dublin -- you need to send a PM to Timtam.  The picture forum is a separate, private site and I don't know the criteria but Timtam does not automatically give you access (I think she checks first to see how long you've been posting here).  But get started by PMing her.

Lilah

Deborah--Can you explain how fat grafting works?  I understand the lipo and injection part, but what I don't understand is how to they make sure you don't just have a lump of fat?  Do they fill the step off and push fat out on to the upper pole to help cover rippling?  How do they keep the breast smooth and without ridges on it? Forgive my ignorance.

Hugs and Happy Easter--Karen

Wanda, (((easy hugs back at you)))  It is being recommended these days to have an mri every few years with silicone implant.  That said, I've had silicone for years and never had an mri, was thinking about it in next year at the previous recommended 10 year mark, so this is new.  I'm pretty sure you don't need an mri with saline implants.  I had concerns with some internal staples, but was told they were okay with mri, not sure about the rods. Maybe find out exactly what rod is made of, then call and ask the radiologist at the place that you might have an mri?

KEW~

I'm with you on that with the fat grafting stuff you asked Deborah.  Having this done this Wednesday.  This whole process is interesting!!!  I am hoping PS grafts from my little "pooch" on my tummy more than my hips...hips I can work on at the gym but the tummy...too hard to get rid of the "after 2 kids" pooch! LOL!

Have a BEAUTIFUL EASTER ladies!!!!

NAE

Best wishes to all the ladies having surgery this week, Hood, Alitman, NAE, Julie and Kclark. I wish you wonderful results, speedy recoveries and a few nice meals that you don't have to cook this week.

Laptop foob photo update: I went to my work briefcase this morning to pull out my laptop, but it wasn't there...  ok, where did I leave it? The last time I used it was at work last week - did I leave it at the college library or in my office?  And what about all of those foob photos  conveniently saved in my desktop "breast" folder?  What if students find these and post them?  Why am I so paranoid about this??? So instead of hiding Easter eggs for my kids, I drive 1/2 hour to my office, find my laptop and bring it home...Now the foob shots are going onto my DH's computer for good and I may never take another one!  (I already learned not to use my iPhone to take foob shots - there they were the next day when I was taking photos at my daughter's softball game)

Just checking in  - hope all of you who celebrate it had a blessed Easter!

Good luck to this week's surgery girls - go get those foobs and nips!

Hugs to you all

Val

Hood1980, Alitman, Nedeza, Juliempw and Kclark - good luck with surgeries this week!  Here's to lovely results and no pain!

Jayne -- send a PM to Timtam on this site and ask for access to the picture forum.  Be patient as she does not always respond immediately and also likes to wait if you have not posted much here.

Hope all our California girls are finding the ground beneath their feet stable!  Thinking that the earthquake today was too far south to be a major issue.

Lilah

Thanks Hood1980 for the FYI.  Such a science isn't it!  Will be thinking of you Tuesday!

Lilah~

I'm quite a ways from the border but we still felt it pretty good.  I am sure Brenda & Colleen got a better "feel" of this one!

Well...got 2 more days to wok out like crazy since I won't be seeing the gym again for a few weeks after Wed.

Thoughts &  prayers to those heading for surgery this week too!

NAE

Kristinka, I always get a laugh reading about your foob picture problems.  Although I'm sure everyone is quite entertained by your dilemas, I thought I would tell you what I do with my foob pictures and hope that this helps ease your mind a little.  I save them to a disc!  A re-writable one to be exact, so every time I take a new pix I save it along with the rest and delete it from my PC and camera.  So, no more accidently pulling up a folder on the computer with boob pix on it.  I put it in a safe place in our bedroom where only DH and I know about it.  Not nearly as fun as your stories, but they would be safe for the future for when you need them and no one can pull them up when you don't want.

Anyway, happy surgeries this week ladies!  I get yippee squishy next week and I am so excited!  I was curious about the fat grafting too.  My PS hasn't said anything about doing this, but I know that I have a big dipper above my rigth foob from the BMX, he says that he can fix it at surgery, but wondering if he might have to do the fat grafting.  I would love it if he had to take some fat from my tummy!  That would be such a bonus to all of this!  Anyway, will wait and see!

Wishing everyone having surgery this week ~ smooth sailing !!!