All things bras & prosthesis

Suladog do you get a size 3 in these? I have size 4 essential lights and they are too heavy for me in the bra pockets. I wear 36 AA which is similar on the chart

Have to wait 1 1/2 years for insurance to buy new ones. Will watch eBay. Got the 4s from the fitter and they sit in the drawer. Dolly Parton. Got 3s in another brand and they work fairly well. Will check out the Amoena 2s. Thanks!

Oh geez... Yesterday I had my first fitting for a prosthesis, and a bra. I can't believe that place only had 2 (TWO) bras to choose from! I got 2 prosthesis, one foam and the other is supposed to be a light weight of some sort. That is what my insurance would pay for.

UGGGH..

I got the lesser of the 2 evils with the bra. They let me wear it home. If it hadn't had the prosthesis in it, I'd came off and out the window on the way home!!!! And I never litter!

I got online, and ordered 2 bras. I'm used to, molded cups, with underwire and a little more low cut. I'm hoping at least 1 of the 2 I ordered will work.

I tried putting a pocket in one of my older bras that I loved. Well, it rides up on that one side where my breast was removed.

It seems nowhere in town has mastectomy bras on a rack you can go try on. I live in a city of 500,000. This is SO disappointing to me! So it looks like I will have to order, pay shipping, and if it isn't comfortable, pay shipping again to send back!

This will be much worse than shoe shopping! At least you can try shoes on in a store. Just heart broken.

brend,

I'm really sorry you didn't find more selection at your local store. I know it's frustrating to have to order online and hope your choice will fit. I wish online mastectomy sites would offer free shipping for returns, like Zappos, but they're not there yet. Some sites do provide free shipping for the original order, though.

For what it's worth, I live in an area with several good mastectomy shops, yet the bras and camisoles that I've found most comfortable are ones I discovered online and ordered online. I have had to return a few, but I've also found some good ones.

brend - If you didn't already you might ask the store if they can order different bras for you to try on. The store that I go to doesn't have a huge selection - maybe 10 different styles - but they will order whatever I want to try on. There's no obligation, so if they don't fit they just send it back. It takes a little longer, but at least I don't have to foot the bill for the shipping back and forth.

my store ordered in 10 bras all the same size. Only 2 fit! It's really necessary for thrm to be able to be tried before purchase

Foam or silicone?

Yikes!  Have they been exposed to extreme temperatures?

That is really strange, Lisa,,, maybe call the company??? Maybe they will send you new ones!! **one can hope**

Lisa, They better answer. I went upstairs and looked at mine. I've been wearing weighted foam all summer so they've just been sitting in the case.

I did check mine too, it's fine.  My weighted foam one though, it just collapsed, I had it replaced once, but the second time I didn't.  Funny because the one I got free from the MX shop is still fine, but the ones I actually bought, not good.

I was picking up new foobs today and asked the fitter. She said she had seen some fail when they got too hot. But also said the siliconeshave a 2 year warranty. The company should honor that.

well these breast forms did not have a lot of heat.

someone called and left a message to call back. I did but she hasn't returned my call.

I wish I had taken photos of the first two before I threw them out.

I don't expect any compensation but I sure would like an explanation.

Here's my scenario; they bought a bunch of silicone all at the same time and have been using it for a long time

The shelf life all happened at the same time across different breast forms and boom, they disintegrated at the same time. Maybe they bought a bad batch of the stuff.