BREAST IMPLANT SIZING 101

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  • Lilah
    Lilah Member Posts: 4,898
    edited June 2011

    Tara -- sounds like you've done your research then :)  I absolutely think the gummy is not for everyone and it sounds like you might be someone who will be happier with regular silicone rounds!

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  • whippetmom
    whippetmom Member Posts: 6,920
    edited June 2011

    Thank you Lilah and MBJ for helping me out with the pic forum details.  My router arrived today and I am up and running on the computer.  Typing out responses on my iPhone was T-E-D-I-O-U-S!!!

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  • Lilah
    Lilah Member Posts: 4,898
    edited June 2011

    LOL Whippetmom -- poor YOU!  That IS indeed a drag.  And no problem -- happy to do whatever you need.

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  • JoanDavies
    JoanDavies Member Posts: 160
    edited June 2011

    My BF keeps telling me not to touch my boobs in public. Can't seem to help it though, they feel both weird and good...

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  • nolo1098
    nolo1098 Member Posts: 76
    edited June 2011

    Joandavies

    I can relate to that - I'm always touching these hard foreign things on my chest but glad there is something there too!

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  • Lilah
    Lilah Member Posts: 4,898
    edited June 2011

    JoanDavies -- LOL! 

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  • SaraP
    SaraP Member Posts: 6
    edited June 2011

    Annettek

    Humor and ATTITUDE will get us through and I LOVE yours! Thank you-

     My last fill -as I squinted to look, or not look, The doctor walked in and asked with a smile "So how big do you want to be"?"  Wow..I thought I have a choice....I can be any size I want! Somehow that felt impowering...considering the power LESSness I've felt the past 3 months with the Big C.

    So I think I've decided I DO want to be a little bigger then I was....I once thought my expander was way too huge....now I'm thinkin' its just right. :)

    SARA

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  • whippetmom
    whippetmom Member Posts: 6,920
    edited June 2011

    Sara:  It is empowering and there is some shred of excitement and hope which arises out of the ashes, after the diagnosis of cancer.  Glad you are joining in and sharing the journey with all of us!

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  • kdhawk
    kdhawk Member Posts: 32
    edited June 2011

    Hi ladies, 

    I am 1 month out from exchange and I am super happy with how these new girls are looking. I am so happy with the size that my PS was able to get for me because I am exactly where I wanted to be...36DD, just like before. 

    I have the style 45, 800 cc implants and they were just what the Dr. ordered...literally and figuratively...; ). They have great projection and not too wide...I love them.

    Through all of this I was most afraid of not looking like I did before and while these are firmer and higher than my originals, if you didn't know I had a BMX you would not be able to tell anything was different by looking at me.

    Just wanted to say that I am one satisfied customer!

    Kelly

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  • sweetbadger
    sweetbadger Member Posts: 43
    edited June 2011

    congrats Kelly,it's so encouraging to hear you ladies.  I am still in the process.  These TEs are beginning to take on more of a "torture device" feel than breasts.  I know it is to be expected but it still sucks.  My left TE has rotated to about 2 O'clock.

    Ready to be done!

    love, christine

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  • SuebeeBC
    SuebeeBC Member Posts: 1,256
    edited June 2011

    Kelly I am really happy for you!  Thats great that youre happy with the results!  Great News!

    I cant believe I am within a week of exchange!!!  While I completely feel big enough (and actually now I feel TOO BIG because I am overfilled to 550), it was really wise to consult with whippetmom (thanks Deborah) and PS for their expertise, and my BFF and DH for esthetics.  We are going with a 350 on the natural side and then matching the MX side with the appropriate HP sililcone implant....probably a 450.  As my PS said, which I LOVED, he likes to make sure that the projection in the front, matches the projection in the back!!!  I have a little booty even though I am thin otherwise, so hearing that all angles were being taken into consideration REALLY helped!!!

    Ladies, this site has been so helpful.  The photo forum has been a Godsend.  I wish you all the best as you go through this journey!!!

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  • sweetbadger
    sweetbadger Member Posts: 43
    edited June 2011

    congrats Kelly,it's so encouraging to hear you ladies.  I am still in the process.  These TEs are beginning to take on more of a "torture device" feel than breasts.  I know it is to be expected but it still sucks.  My left TE has rotated to about 2 O'clock.  My PS said that it will be fine.  Does anyone here have any experience with rotated TEs?

    Ready to be done!

    love, Christine

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  • joect
    joect Member Posts: 5
    edited June 2011

    Torture device is a good way to describe the feeling that I have with my TE's. They have been in since February and won't come out until August...ugh.  I am very uncomfortable, but have had some issues with tissue viability so things are moving very slow. I'm ready to stop the fills and just be content with what I have...not sure of the cc's but I fill out a B cup bra..just barely.

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  • SuebeeBC
    SuebeeBC Member Posts: 1,256
    edited June 2011

    joect - slow and steady wins the race!!!  It will all look great in the end and your patience will pay off!!!

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  • nlm
    nlm Member Posts: 96
    edited June 2011

    Thank you Whippetmom for the Florida statue info. The ps has submitted to insurance for auth for a redo. I am hoping for a bilateral redo, but if it is not approved, if he will match the right to the left Foobs, I can live with it.

    Nancy

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  • Carrol2
    Carrol2 Member Posts: 2,903
    edited June 2011

    Had my 4th fill today I posted pics on the forum my name is the same and the thread is called Delayed Reconstruction Tissue Expanders. All comments and advice appreciated.

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  • christine47
    christine47 Member Posts: 1,454
    edited June 2011

    Carrol2, I have not gone on the picture forum yet (need to use different computer), but noticed your picture on the hair thread, looks like you are a very good size already??  How many more fills to you have?  I go June 17 for my pre-surgery measurements.  I was a droopy D, now hoping for a perky small C.  BTW, your hair looks great!

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  • Carrol2
    Carrol2 Member Posts: 2,903
    edited June 2011

    Hey thanks Christine. I don't know how many fills I have left. My doctor thinks maybe one more but he wasn't sure. He initially said five fills but he also wanted to get me to 750cc and I am only 500 now. I was a pretty nice only slightly droopy 36DD before. Not trying to get that big. he had said a large C small D. Trying to embrace the hair but i sure miss my long blonde locks.

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  • annettek
    annettek Member Posts: 1,640
    edited June 2011

    That is so cool Kelly- isn't nice to be happy about something out of this whole BC crapola?

    I gotta say- I love my 36 Ds that  I landed up with...will love em even more now that the PS has postponed nipples for tomorrow and I head in July 7- he is going to do fat grafting throughout for any ripples and more cush (although each day more cushy)- get rid of the ugly fat pads on each side of arm.breast where they meet and then do the nipples. He was raving over the bra I wore and called in the other office workers to show them how I filled the whole bra out hahaha...it was weird and wonderful at the same time...posted the pics on the pic forum...hope all have a goo dnight

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  • Carrol2
    Carrol2 Member Posts: 2,903
    edited June 2011
    whippetmom I would love if you could check out my pics on the forum and let me know what you think. I am thinking I may want a high profile implant but i am not filled yet so not sure. I ahve one or two more fills to go I think.
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  • tlc40
    tlc40 Member Posts: 80
    edited June 2011

    Kelly- I am getting 800cc's & trying to decide on implants & the 45's are in the running....I just don't know if they are wide enough. Do you know how wide you are under your breasts? And if you wouldn't mind, your height & weight. You said people would not be able to tell you were any different then before. I thought the 45's would look less real because of the high projection. Do you feel like they look natural?



    I am so glad to hear you are happy with your implants!

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  • SuebeeBC
    SuebeeBC Member Posts: 1,256
    edited June 2011

    Annette your PS is the bomb!  I love that!  And I am so happy you are loving your D's,  Thats awesome GF!!!  Everytime I feel like Im big enough, I see my BFF and feel inadequate....but I have to accept that my skin is only going to stretch so far, and if I get any bigger then Ill struggle with the opposite problem of finding clothes to fit.  Its not too late to change my mind....im just resigned to settling in...

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  • MBJ
    MBJ Member Posts: 4,352
    edited June 2011

    Whippetmom:  You are so very welcome Cool. Glad to be of some help.  Typing on such a small device is pure torture!

    Glad to hear about the happy exchanges!!!

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  • whippetmom
    whippetmom Member Posts: 6,920
    edited June 2011

    Going there now Carrol....

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  • rowan
    rowan Member Posts: 148
    edited June 2011

    Nim--I am glad you beat the insurance jungle!

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  • lago
    lago Member Posts: 17,186
    edited June 2011

    Has anyone had low profile mentor cohesive gel implants recommended for them?

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  • annettek
    annettek Member Posts: 1,640
    edited June 2011

    Lago- no can help but I am sure someone on here can...

    Suebee...i like em but am glad they are not flashy Ds if that makes any sense at all? There are moments I think OH NO I WANT BIGGER ONES but then I really don't...I just like em-which is a good thing. I think it is kind of common to get boob confusion hahaha I have it...and don't ya know there are some peaches I know that have actually said WHY DID YOU GET NORMAL BOOBS? what on earth do you say to someone like that.......

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  • whippetmom
    whippetmom Member Posts: 6,920
    edited June 2011

    lago: I can see in certain instances and probably very few instances though, where a low profile anatomical implant could be useful.[If you are indeed referring to gummy implants??]  That application would be in the case of a unilateral recon - where the native breast has a higher grade of ptosis and the droop needs to be matched on the MX side, or where the patient desires very little if any upper pole fullness - or where the IMF is quite high on the chest wall and a lower profile implant is desired.  So why do you ask????? 

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  • whippetmom
    whippetmom Member Posts: 6,920
    edited June 2011

    If you mean cohesive gel - the standard silicone rounds - the low profile would be a moderate profile implant.  I rarely see a moderate profile implant used in breast recon.  The moderate plus profile is fine and very useful - popularly used as a close second to the high profile style.

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  • lago
    lago Member Posts: 17,186
    edited June 2011

    whippetmom he specifically said low profile and I saw the number 15 in the catalog. Yes I mean cohesive gel. I see they are listed here. I do have a "short" body even though I am 5'6". It is possible based on the size I was and had little upper pole fullness. I used to be a large A/small B but now we are looking for more of a Large B/small C. When he said low profile I asked if I they were going to look like hamburger buns. He said no but now I'm concerned.

    This could be very well what I am looking for but it's so hard to understand. He knows I don't what that "coconut/stripper boobs" look.

    So why wouldn't they use a low or moderate profile in breast recon?

    BTW I am now up on the picture forum

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