I am finally, and officially not breastfeeding anymore. My 23 months-old made abundantly clear, “no more boobies!”. I don’t know how long it will take to stop producing milk, but this is the first step in the plan to get rid of the boobies.
While a lot of women seem to want to increase their boobage I have longed for a smaller cleavage. I have to say that I while I don’t hate my boobs, we’ve just had an uneasy peace for a long time. I decided long ago that IF I had kids I wanted to breastfeed, but after that I would get my chestage reduced. I did breastfeed for 23 months, and no more kids are coming.
So, I am going to have my tittage reduced. I haven’t seen a surgeon yet, and will wait until the milk has dried out and some weeks before I do. Scheduling this is not going to be easy with my husband’s strange travel schedule, but it’s going to be in the next 6 to 8 months.
Goodbye uniboob! B cups here I come!
Does anyone here have had tattage reduction? How was it? Have you thought about it?
Been there, done that, best thing I ever did! Like you, I waited until I had kids and did the breastfeeding thing and then headed straight for the surgeon. I had it done about seven years ago. I went in on a Thursday morning, stayed in the hospital for 23 hours (with a morphine drip the entire time, pure bliss), came home Friday with drains in. Went back Monday morning to have my drains removed, went back to work on Tuesday. I was sore and very grateful for the vicidon, but I healed a lot faster then I expected.
I can honestly say I have never for a moment had any regrets about having it done. Feel free to email me if you have any questions.
I must say my husband did pitch a fit when I told him. I just told him to imagine himself with giant balls. Heavy, sweaty, balls chaffing all the time and which got a bad rash once in a while. He agreed it was not a nice proposition.
Thanks abbeytxs for sharing that. So… you went from what to what? If I may ask.
It is much bigger than implants. They remove some of the fat and cut the skin to refit it to the new shape. It is also much more painful than getting implants and leave bigger scars. It is also somewhat irreversible (you would have to get implants to get them bigger and the scars will never go away.
I was 22, not planning on carrying 'em myself if I have kids, and I’d been wanting it done since I was a teenager. Fighting the insurance company was a PITA; be prepared for that unless you’re going to pay for it yourself. They don’t like paying for reductions if they think it even might be cosmetic, never mind that a breast LIFT is cosmetic, a reduction is a lot more drastic.
I’ll keep track of this thread; if you have any questions, go for it. It was an excellent decision and was worth all the hassle and then some.
I went from a 38DD to a 36B. My husband was very supportive about it. Perky was not a word that ever described my boobs, even before the breastfeeding. He liked them before the surgery, he liked them after.
The scars do fade, but they never disappear totally. Since my job doesn’t involve getting naked and dancing around a pole the scars don’t bother me.
What I did gain was no more grooves in my shoulders from the bra strap digging in, not having to buy my shirts two sizes bigger to button without a gap, men looking me in the eye when they talk to me, not my chest. Best of all, I can run around the tennis court without giving myself a black eye!!
I’ve never heard anyone ever regret getting a breast reduction (I’ve known a few ladies who had it done), so I am confident you will be very happy with your decision.
I’ve been wanting to get rid of about half of mine for a few years now. I’ve found that it is somewhat similar to shopping for a laptop. With each year that goes by, the techniques improve, so I’ve been stuck in this “wait and see” mode for a while.
I’m not having too many back problems as far as pain goes, but I do have horrid posture around my shoulders and upper back. I’m 32, and really want to make an effort to get in good shape for once in my (adult) life, and I want to do it sooner than later. “The girls” are a significant obstacle to that, what with all of the http://www.thescienceconnection.net/New_retail_images/klacker_25.jpg physics going on.
I had this surgery over ten years ago and I’m still 100% satisfied. Breast reduction surgery has the highest patient satisfaction rate of any cosmetic surgery in the U.S.
Once I had it done, I was surprised at how many people approached me to ask me questions about it, because they wanted it done or their wives wanted it done.
Here’s a little secret: the surgeon already knows that you also want a lift along with a reduction. He/She’s not going to reduce them and still leave them sagging there.
About six years ago I started a thread on this: Ask me about my breast reduction surgery, but I believe it’s long gone.
That’s a given. If they were not sagging before (all big boobs sag) and you reduce the volume then they *will *sag. Mine are not outrageously big (38D, DD now that with breastfeeding or during my period), but I am short, and I have no gap between them, and it’s hot here (you fill in the rest).
I just want to say to the guys participating in this thread, yeah, it’s funny to you, and we all know men love big boobies, yadda yadda yadda, but this is a serious topic, and the surgery is pretty serious, too. There is always the possibility of dying during general anesthetic, and women don’t have this surgery on a whim - it is a quality-of-life issue when women start considering breast reduction.
Try this; strap a couple of 10 pound bags of pudding to your chest, and keep them on 24/7 for a month or two. Make sure you strap them so that you’re pinching your shoulders, and catch some chest hairs, too, so you can experience the fun of breast tenderness. Not so funny any more, is it? (Well, actually, that is a pretty funny picture, but you get what I mean, I hope).
On further thought, I hope that isn’t too party-pooperish; my point is just that huge boobs might not be as much fun for the person carrying them around as they might be for others to look at and play with.
