Breast reductions thread 4

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I know - incredible!

GUESS WHOS JUST BEEN TO ALDI WITHOUT A BRA

My daughter hates her big droopy boobs and I have suggested in the past that she consider a reduction if she's so unhappy with them. What would you advise?. I think she thinks surgery is a dramatic solution

id advise that she makes her own mind up?
you've told her that you'll help sort it out she's heard you, now just leave it until she decides.
It can be hard accepting that your body isn't how you want it

does anyone have a link to the old thread please?

Yeah, sorry I should've linked them in. They are all in AMA if that helps. You should be able to find them all with a quick search under the word breast reduction

I hopefully am finally going to join you all soon, finally (just in the planning stage) I’m really hoping it helps my posture, did anyone have posture improvements after?
also if anyone recommends their Scotland based surgeon I’d love to hear which.

I thought that the pain in my neck was from hunching over a computer
Pity they can't do anything about the divots in my arms from my bra straps

My op was about 7 years ago at 55. I was a G cup, varied between size 34 & 38 depending where I was on my weight scale.
Found a great surgeon, local to me, but had been to London to a highly recommended famous surgeon (who I couldn’t afford and is now apparently no longer in the top 20).
During our consultation he said he would achieve a balanced look, meaning around a D cup. I insisted, I wanted as small as possible. I didn’t care about looking balanced, I wanted to go braless. I had a friend in her 60’s, very slim, who wore those floaty dresses with shoelace straps and I wanted to do the same.
Well, I reminded him the day of the op - small as possible. Result is, I am now the woman in her sixties who can go braless in a strappy top! I’m a B/C depending on the make of bra and 7 years on, still pert! Following more weight loss I’m a size 32/34.
My sister, also generous in jug, followed suit the next year (I showed her my new boobs in her stables - forgot about the CCTV) and she is now a happy, comfortable girl.
For the last seven years, walking to my wardrobe and putting on (and remaining in) the first thing that comes to hand is so liberating! Not having my chest stared at is wonderful. The physical benefits are fantastic.
Initially, I intended to wait until I reached my target weight before having the operation, but deep down I knew that was unlikely ever to happen, so I had it done about 10kg over.
The increase in confidence and energy after the op helped towards losing weight anyway and I think it’s up there in the top 5 best things I’ve ever done.

Photo of me in one of my old bras worn over my surgical bra, 10 days post op.

@Sometimesitsmyownfault thank you for saying that you insisted you wanted as small as possible. I'm having my breast reduction op in September and have said the same, and have opted to lose my nipples because I don't really feel attached to them, as it were, and I asked if this would make my "small as possible" goal easier and the answer was yes. The measurement for how droopy my boobs are meant there was a risk of the nipples not "taking" when the surgeon reattached them, and since I have no use for my nipples and don't care about them one way or the other, I asked my surgeon if removing them completely was an option. (I want to be clear that this has come from me and was not a suggestion from my surgeon.)

I will report back as I think this might be interesting/useful information for someone else on this thread in future.

Many thanks to everyone on these threads, which I've followed for a long time.

@Hotty most plastic surgeons could give you an excellent result whilst keeping your nipples, but there is always a risk.

Can I ask if your surgeon is an oncologist, as the one I saw in Southampton was quite blasé about nipple loss and said most of his patients didn’t care. Well I bloody cared and struck him off my list. Two friends, one had cancer and had a double mastectomy, no nipples and she really doesn’t care. The other had BRACA gene and had removal, implants and reconstructed nipples.
I would suggest that after your surgery and your new teeny-tiny breasts, you might feel differently. I absolutely loathed my breasts all my life - until the surgery. Now I adore them!
Please think carefully about giving your surgeon agency. I’ve put a photo up of my pre-surgery boobs and I said before I’m now a B/C - I’m usually a B.

@Sometimesitsmyownfault thank you but I don't know how to reply because I'm not sure what you mean when you say "please think carefully about giving your surgeon agency."

If you mean something like "please make sure this is your decision, not your surgeon's" then yes, that's what I meant too, when I said this has come from me and was not a suggestion from my surgeon. So that's why I'm a bit confused - I feel like I've misunderstood you.

That’s exactly what I meant 🙂
I did meet a very arrogant surgeon and he made out it was nothing - when women should be grateful just to have ‘em off. It is a big decision - don’t offer to make his life easier - and at minimum ensure he is a plastic surgeon registered with BAAPS.
Hoping everything goes smoothly and a speedy recovery!

Yes remember though when you go as small as possible that you want it to be correct for your body shape.
One of the biggest shocks lots of us had afterwards is that after having big boobs your stomach suddenly feels enormous so if you have really flat tits and an enormous stomach. You're just gonna look awful.

Aha, many thanks, she says I'm fortunate that I don't have much of a belly, for exactly that reason.

She is very kind, very experienced, and I have felt listened to and understood. I've had three appointments with her, and at the third one I had A LOT of questions to be absolutely sure I knew what I wanted, and she answered everything and I didn't feel rushed or foolish.

I'm answer to your other question, @Sometimesitsmyownfault yes she does see a lot of breast cancer patients, which is part of the reason I chose her - lots of history that I haven't written about here.

Actually I meant to say something really important: I did tell her that a lot of my research was reading this series of threads ❤️💐

@Hottyare you able to share the name of your surgeon? I really would like a woman and the one I was recommended to has retired before I could commit 😢

Victoria Rose at St Thomas’s /Kings

Hi @partystress if you Google Harleen Deol breast surgeon you'll find her. She's based in Hertfordshire.

Im just at the consultation stage now. Booking appointments with various surgeons. How did people decide who to go for in the end?

I’ve liked 2 of them so far. They listened to me and explained well. Both have said they can achieve a smallish cup. Price is about the same. What other deciding factors please?

What are your scars like? Do they end up smooth, or is there a risk of “buckling”?
I have lost a lot of weight and have excess back skin. Do they “pull in” skin at all? (When wearing a bra I can kind of tuck in my skin!)

Hi @CurlyCabbage I'm sure you'll get some excellent pointers on medical/surgical questions, so I'll offer my practical ones: if you are in the fortunate position where you have two good options, the next things I'd consider would be location (can you get there and back easily) and timing (when are they available). The other thing I did, to make sure I'd thought it through properly, was to ask AI. I told it the things I had already asked about, then asked it what other questions I might ask a surgeon. I suppose a practical question that may or may not be relevant for you is whether they offer 0% finance.

Thank you so much for your response.
I did go in with questions suggested by chat gpt so they answered most/all of them and in a similar way. One is a plastic surgeon and the other is a breast surgeon. I have 2 more to see but so far they are saying similar things.

Do people prefer plastic surgeons? The oncoloplastic surgeon has great experience with large volume reductions and suggest I wouldnt need a FNG.

I just went to one I knew who done something for a family member.
Couldn't be bothered with all the shopping around and also the cost

I liked him and that was that

Totally agree with everyone who says don't make it a long journey, because the seatbelt and the bumps are quite a challenge and you have to go back about twice.

One of the many reasons why I wouldn't go abroad