ABCs of Double Ds

 I was never hell bent on getting a breast augmentation. I’d rather have nice natural breast than look like an escort. However, a couple years ago I gained quite a bit of weight that made my breast look amazing. I kept wondering how wonderful it would be to lose the weight and keep the breast. Fortunately, one of my girlfriends got a boob job that was just what I had been dreaming of, large natural-looking implants for a great price. So here’s a breakdown of what goes into picking out good fake tits:

High Profile vs. Low Profile

There are two shapes for implants. High profile are the more round traditional 90s-style implants and low profile are the more modern tear-drop shape implants. My doctor recommends high-profile for women with saggy boobs who need to perk up the location of their nipples. High profile implants tend to sit further apart, making “refund gap” more likely to occur. I went with low profile.

Boobie Buffet: top left implants demonstrate high vs. low profile. The right darker one is actually 50cc larger.

Silicon vs. Saline

Saline is just a fancy term for salt water; it makes your boobs feel giggly like water balloons. Silicon has a thicker consistency and makes your boobs feel much more natural. I was just going for looks, so I went cheap and opted for saline. Saline is usually about a grand cheaper.  

Under vs. Over

If the implant goes over the pectoral muscles, there is a much greater chance of seeing the outline of the implant. So my doctor only places implants under the muscle. Also, just my opinion, I image they withstand gravity better in the long run and they don't impede the ability to breast-feed.

Size

You can't ask the doctor "make me full C", because there is quite a difference between a 28C and a 38C. My 5’2” petite friend has 350cc implants that look larger than my 475cc implants on my 5'6" frame. For this reason, the doctor has you try on a range of sizes to help you make your decision. I wanted 450cc implants but the doctor said that I should get 475 because he wanted the implants to be full to avoid ripples in the implants. Plus he assured me that patients always return to get larger implants. On my frame, 475cc equates to a 36D.

Trying to decide between 500 (left) and 450cc (right). Please ignore my pterodactyl claws

Little Tidbits About Surgery:

-I had to go to four appointments and have blood work done prior to my surgery date.

-The $3800 had to be paid in full prior to the surgery.

-The surgery is an outpatient procedure that only takes forty-five minutes, so the surgical team seemed really relaxed. They were blasting music in the operating room. They just had me jump up onto the high operating table, they were cracking jokes with me as started the IV and anesthesia. This made slightly nervous.

Apparently this is how crooked my natural boobs were

-After surgery, my friend drove me home, gave me a smoothie with narcotics and put me to bed. I felt fine until I woke up two hours later and tried to get out of bed. I felt like I had a ninety-pound weight on chest pressing me into my bed. I had to cry out for my mom to come help me. I could walk fine but my core was very tight, I couldn’t even lean forward to pick my phone up off the coffee table.

-For two weeks my implants were so high they almost touched my clavicles. Yet my nipple were in the same spot. My nipples were barely hanging off the edge of breast, this was kinda horrifying.

This is how I felt/looked after the surgery

-I had to wear a maternity bra and a sling shot around my torso for two weeks, in order to push my implants downwards into their pockets. This restricted me to wearing hoodies. 

-It took about four months for the swelling to go down completely. During this time my boobs were hard, high and huge. Not the look I was going for:/

In vegas with my Porn Star boobs

-The doctor told me to keep my breast moisturized. I didn’t listen to him and I started to get red vainy-looking stretch marks radiating from my nipples. Thank God for coco butter. It cleared them right up.

-I couldn’t do cardio for three weeks and I couldn’t lift weights for three months.

10 pounds down and looking like a normal person, thank God!
And thank you to Dr Talebzadeh at East Lake Cosmetic Surgery

Now, seven months out, I have exactly the breast that wanted. My little brother and my girl friend’s husband didn’t even know that I had a boob job. I say “thank you, that was the look that I was going for. I’m now able to do cross fit again, so I’m slimming down and soon enough I’ll have my old slimmer figure and I’ll get to keep the nice boobs.