To want to get a breast reduction done privately?

[basilbrush]

I am 35 and have breastfed 3DC for a year each. With the last baby, my boobs didn't shrink back like they did before. They were always big (D cup) but now they are a massive F cup. I am a size 10 on the bottom half so this makes me look even more out of proportion. I am a healthy BMI but I have been dieting in desperation to see if results in a cup size reduction. Although I lost 7lbs, my bra size has not changed one bit.

Shallow as it sounds, all this is making me very miserable. I have a cupboard full of clothes I can't wear and at work, I feel like my chest is the focus of the conversation, rather than anything else. I find myself in tears a couple of times a week as I try to get dressed... I am very proud of myself for breastfeeding my children but now don't feel like myself anymore.

I could afford just about to save up for a BR (breast reduction) over the next year and it is something I really want to do. My DH is dead set against it, however. He is wonderful and supportive in all other ways but this seems to really upset him. His main reasons are:

1. Risks of the operation / complications etc which are totally avoidable as it's not a vital procedure
2. I am being shallow / superficial and should just get a grip and learn to love myself. There are people with much bigger problems in the world etc
3. I am setting a negative example to my daughters about body image
4. I am selfishly wasting money (5-6K) that we need in our savings
5. I may have permanent scarring that he may find ugly and off-putting

I can see that he has very valid points apart from perhaps the last one...? AIBU?

[StatisticallyChallenged]

I think breast shape has a part to play in that too. My best friend and I were very similar sizes for a while, yet her boobs always looked considerably bigger than mine (in and out of clothes!). Mine are kind of even-verging to full on top, with tissue coming quite far up my torso. By comparison hers were quite pendulous, very much full on bottom and sort of hung lower so the tissue was all in one place. Nobody ever believed we were the same size even though we could swap bras with ease.

[treaclesoda]

I agree Statistically because as I've said before on these threads, I am now the same bra size that I was pre breast reduction (they grow back, and no its not always due to weight gain, because I'm actually slimmer now than I was years ago) but they don't look as big. They are a better shape, they don't feel as heavy and they don't cause me discomfort. Partly I think that is because bra design has improved in that time, but mostly I think its because they are just a different shape.

[reidshanerose]

Hello guys how much did you spend for Breast Reduction??? My sister will have to undergo the same and it is said that the cost of Breast Reduction Surgery in Turkey is significantly more affordable compared to other country. Is this true? Who have it done there and how much it would cost? Thanks!