Third time’s a charm, hopefully.
I had a friend who had this done, but she had some kind of complications and ended having to visit a clinic every day for six weeks to have the incision sites cleaned and drained, and then re-packed and re-bandaged.
But I’m sure yours will go fine!! (erm, sorry!) 
Can you donate the boobage to somebody getting implants? I’m half serious.
Chest flattery, I’m not so sure.
Hey, just being honest.
For as many years as I’ve considered getting a reduction, I’ve advocated the concept of a “Tit Bank” to any of my friends with venture capital. Deposits or withdrawals based on individual needs/wants. Once you got past any potential tissue rejection issues, it would be all gravy.
Ok, that is just gross.
Yeah, maybe I should keep a stash of boobage frozen for when my tits deflate at a later age. You know, like people keep a stash of their own blood.
No smart alec remark from this guy. I can pretty well imagine that having too much of a good thing is a real pain. Do what you need to do to feel better, sez this one.
Supportive Male chiming in.
I think that if a women feels more comfortable with smaller breasts, they will feel more confident as well. And big confidence is sexier then big boobs, if you ask me!
I’m jealous, Mighty_Girl! I hope to be going under the knife sometime before I’m 40 (I’ll be 35 this summer). I’m a 38DDD right now and would like to be in the B range. Not only do I have back pain, but when I was pregnant, I developed a chafing rash that turned into a staph infection. It started when I was eight months pregnant and was finally resolved when my son was three months old. I want these things gone! My mother and my aunt both had reductions within the past 7 years and both of them say it was the best thing they ever did.
My only regrets are that I wish I would have done it sooner and that I didn’t go smaller.
I was stuffed into a 38DD prior to the surgery eight years ago, and afterwards was a 36C. Since then, I’ve gained weight and am back up to a 38D. (What I wouldn’t give to be a 36B…) The scars have faded, and the ones around the nipples aren’t visible at all, but the scars underneath are still there. Sensation, which oddly enough was almost nil prior to the reduction, is incredible (except underneath the breast where the thicker scars are).
Shoulder pain, back pain, neck pain and bra grooves on the shoulder are all gone. I’d do it again in a heartbeat.
I have a question for those of you who have had this done or researched it heavily. A friend of mine is a G cup (and pretty thin with a small frame, otherwise…I think she’s a 32 or 34). She went in for a consultation for a reduction and they told her because she was so big, they couldn’t take her down to a B…at the smallest, it would have to be a C or D. She is so disappointed. Has anyone heard of this?
So are you at least going to pull a Christina Ricci before you go under the knife?
I wasn’t all that big, myself, but my surgeon wouldn’t go as small as I wanted. However, he lifted my boobs to the extent that I could have gone without wearing a bra for at least the first five years after the surgery, as the boobs held themselves up. If I hadn’t gained weight, they’d probablly still be size C, perky boobs. C or D is not small, but it’ll be a huge improvement to your friend.
I guess intensive tongue-based erosion therapy isn’t a real alternative to reduction surgery. I hope everything goes well for the OP and her girls.
As a guy, boobs are like a friends pets. I get to play with them (in theory) but don’t have to deal with their problems. So if a lady wants them smaller, who am I to say otherwise?
So what’s new in breast reduction surgery?
My only familiarity with it was that it resulted in anchor scars that were undesirable to most women. Are today’s surgical techniques able to hide/reduce the resulting scars?
Like above, I don’t think I’ve ever in my life heard of anyone regretting the surgery to have the twins reduced in size.
This site has a fairly good description of the “lollipop” technique that is supposed to minimize scaring.
Click on the “view more examples…” link next to the before/after image at the top of the page to see more before/after images.
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And the “3D” animation of the various techniques is quite informative.
Concerning scars, mine have faded a whole lot, and nobody who has seen them has ever objected to their presence – medical people tell me my doc did a good job (not about the scars, but in general), and a couple of guys haven’t cared at all. I’ve got the traditional anchor pattern, and it’s never really bothered me. The scar from my back surgery as a kid is far more dramatic (in sheer size) than the ones from my reduction.
And as far as technique, my advice would be to keep in mind that this is not a one-size-fits all operation. One technique might work great for one of us but not at all for another. Find a doc you trust – very important! – and listen to him/her/it.
At my age just having someone recognize I am female is pretty darn exciting!
Get off my lawn.