Calling all ladies in their 20's

yeah they will take a long time to fade..
I actually don't have any tattoos but now i want one to cover the scars (my mother will kill me though haha) but then we have to redo our implants in 8-10yrs so...i'm debating. But the scars have to turn white to tattoo over them.

I have heard of the site but have not shopped on it before
true...i feel the same way about shopping in stores too haha

Errrr my surgeon said 8-10 yrs. On average I would say 10yrs.

HAHAH! Well I don't know about that. I don't think revision surgery is covered. But I'm probably going bigger when I redo them. Hahahahahah!!! Not by much though..maybe 70cc more? Hmmm but then 70cc's might be a lot. 

I kinda miss the projection I had with the TEs (Is that weird? xD)
But i'm not complaining. Still so weird wearing a bra though. I had the TEs in for 4-6mths (I think 4mths) so throughout those months I didn't wear a bra. But after my reconstruction it felt so weird wearing a bra again. xD

I didn't wear a bra right away after surgery.
I waited maybe 3 wks I think. But I was told I could wear any any type of bra I wanted (some surgeons are picky, some don't let you wear underwire type bras, etc).

I wore them to keep the firmness I guess. Eventually our implants will "Sag" HAHAH!
When we get older our skin will lose elasticity and all that so it makes sense. Just because the implant is under our muscles it doesn't mean that it won't ever sag. (I doubt I will have this problem for a very very veryyyy long time I'm only 23.)

Also depends on what profile implants you have. I have high profile implants but I still have that "drop" curve of the boobs (no idea if that will make sense to anyone but...)

I know some will wear a push up bra to enhance the effect more (but i would wait until 6mth-1yr so the implants have settled in). My implants took a year to settle in. Even at 6mths my implants were getting bigger (because the pectoral muscles have to relax and expand for the implant to settle. It can take up to 6mths for some ladies or to 1 yr and no more than 1 yrr).

Have you had your reconstruction yet sparklekat?

Oh I see. Good luck! Have a lot of tank tops in handy!
Beauty part is the reconstruction is not as bad as recovering from the bmx.

After my mastecomy it took me a whole month to regain all the movements back in my arms and drive. =[ (So horrible)

I had my reconstruction 3 days before the start of school and I wasn't in that much pain. Only sore for 3 days. HAHA!

I miss the feelings in my boobs (Okay it's been a year..I lived without it haha but my close friends take advantage to poke me w/o me feeling it haha awkward~~)

Wearing a backless dress and a tube top feels so good now though!!

ahaha! so you haven't had the mastectomy yet either?

are you doing bilateral or no? will you be having your nipples removed? if not i suggest getting the silicon nipple covers or your nipples will poke through your shirts haha

I say don't buy the swimsuit yet.

After the bmx you will have tissue expanders (TEs) most likely, and NOT implants (at least not right away).
The projection you get with the implants and the TEs are very very VERY different (a lot of emphasis of VERY).
The TEs are made of hard silicone shell which is placed under the pectoral muscle to expand the skin and muscle to fit the implants later and give it a pocket to sit in basically.

My surgeon gave me 90cc in the TEs after the bmx and I waited after I had all the JP drains (I like to call them the bloody grenades xD) out so he could expand and fill the TEs again. The surgeon will slowly expand the TEs (maybe 60cc-90ccs at a time or more, this depends on your frame and pain tolerance) once a week every week (or whatever depending on them) till the size you want. Then when you are done and happy with the size, you will wait 3mths (then do the implants). I had them in for 6mths since I had to work the surgery appointments around my college schedule.

The projection you get from the TEs will be VERY different from the implants because the TEs are really hard (forget about sleeping on your sides for a while especially if you had a bilateral mastectomy).

Trust me at the end of the TEs expansion you will look really ridiculous. My friend called me "melons" because they were big and hard as melons. =| But then after my implants my projection was different. Because the TEs don't feel soft and don't droop really. Think pam anderson (but not that huge haha!) and also the spacing between the boobs is going to be apparent during the TE expansion.

I wished I had pics to show...but yeah.

That's good, you went with family. My dad was in the waiting room and I was in the patient room alone. My surgeon suggested the bmx and I was like "ok". I didn't even think about it. I kinda do wish I had my nipples removed though. I guessed I wanted at least something to remind me that it is still "my boobs". I'm going back to see my surgeon again next month before vday.

Ah okay. I didn't think you knew everything about the bmx and TEs yet. When is your surgery?

It was sort of fast paced for me. I was on my own haha when it came to talking to my surgeons and doing research.
I had my mom who finished radiation, surgery and chem (colon cancer) then I had my bmx and my dad had a mini stroke right after. So it was hectic and on top of that I had school.

Ah well my parents aren't knowledgeable and don't really know what to do or expect.
My mom was against breast implants but then when I told her I was going to do a bmx she was all for it (how ironic).
They are of course worried and took care of me.
I actually hated having them help me so much during that 1month. It makes you feel extremely helpless but when I was able to drive again it made me appropriate doing errands more haha.

Movies, video games, lots and lots of fatty snacks!!
I lost about 7 lbs after my bmx because my appetite went really whack. I've gained about 5 lbs back & working to gain back my other lost 2 lbs I think in the one month I went through 5 movies, 20 different asian dramas...and replayed tetris on the nintendo a lo and studied a lot. Luckily I had my bmx during summer so I didn't have school. I had my reconstruction 3 days before school but wasn't in much pain, only soreness for 3 days.

cellardoor:

Yes, I don't our PS will mention that. He didn't for me. Maybe it's because we're so young that they don't think of that will happen till we're in our late 30s/early 40s? Whatever the case, yes there is always that possibility.
Have you had your deconstruction yet? The drains aren't there for long though..but it is a pain in the rear end.

@ cellardoor: Yeah I am soooooo not that kid.  I have insane insurance, a pension, and tons of equity in my condo.  I just know I can't save so I get out ahead of myself and make sure I'm always covered in such an event.  Everyone keeps telling me I could make so much more money if I just started my own business, and it's true, I probably could.  However, I like to remind them that I could also easily spend every little penny I make. So I think I will just stay right where I am at where I have great benefits and someone to lord over me with regards to my retirement! 

@Kfeirce, I am not feeling too guilty about having my mom help me out.  She fell off her horse last year and broke her femur so I was around to take care of her for a lot of that so I am thinking she owes me!  Haha! Also, I could stand to lose 7 lbs.  I could stand to lose about 30 lbs.  So I am hoping that I have your problem.  But I didn't lose my appetite with chemo so things are not looking great in that regard!  

Awww poor guy! But guys like to be needed to maybe he was really okay with it? 

sparklekat:
I guess so. I think he felt bad but he helped a lot

cellardoor:
 Yeah I don't think most or if any insurance will cover the redo implants.
OUCH 20k?!

I just wanted to say after seeing the comments about antidepressants... It is something i would never ever recommend to anyone.

My life has been completely destroyed by these filthy poisons and i read it increases your risk of breast cancer as it interferes with hormones. Please, before making a decision, look at these websites i urge everyone:

www.survivingantidepressants.org and paxilprogress.org

Many peoples lives have been destroyed. This medication is very very hard to come off and recovery from discontinuation cant last for years! I have been damaged by paxil. I was on this drug for 4 years and decided to stop. My life has been a nightmare for 2 years now. Plus im dead scared i have BC!! 

I am 25 years old with symptoms. 2cm lump in breast with severe pain off and on, lump went hard when they tried FNA. FNA was messed up (Dropped plate etc) US sees no masses, doesnt see even a speckle. So i am so so worried!!!!!!!

I just felt i needed to warn others about Antidepressants as they have destroyed my mind, body and soul. Its been 2 years since discontinuation and i am in hell every second of each day. I was placed on antidepresants because of FATIGUE! Seriously...

I thought antidepressants caused fatigue? I've never been in a situation where I couldn't pull myself out of sadness.  Mostly because I'm just too pragmatic.  But my mom/dad/sis are all them at the moment and there's just no talking them out of it.  People who have literal depression just don't seem to be able to resolve their conflict the way "normal" people do.  IDK, it seems to be working for them! 

Ah well depends what they deem is medically necessary..but for revisions I was told it will be a cosmetic surgery and insurance will not cover it. I wasn't diagnosed with cancer (even though they treat in my medical file they treat me as one). I had a bmx for prophylactic preventative measures. Although I had tumors I didn't do an initial biopsy before my bmx and it was after my bmx that my pathology results said it was benign tumors and some in the starting process of turning malignant (again).
My PS told me that it won't cover any revisions or future implants, unless something happens to my implants (like the pockets or capsule rupture, etc). So I'm not so lucky.