Dreamer–Oh man. And I thought I had problems. I hope yer insurance decides to cover your reduction. Tell them it’s a medical necessity because it’s causing you back problems.
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I have large boobs and I love them. I am a 32DD.
It is almost impossible of find bras in my size too. There are plenty of DD bras out there for women with a 38 or higher but next to none for a 32. That is really my only complaint.
Well, that and the fact that people often assume that I must have gotten a boob job. Skinny women don’t have large boobs naturally and all that crap…
IDBB:
BEFORE YOU HAVE YOUR REDUCTION you must go to wwwbreasthealthonline.com.
You want to be prepared for this surgery. It is major surgery. You want a good outcome and the breasts you’ve always wanted.
This site will make sure you get them. It is a message/info board on all things breast but has a major focus on BR. You will find everything you need there, from finding a good surgeon, to the differences in procedures, to how to heal well, to how to minimize scars, to when you can have sex again, to the miracle that is losing nipple hair forever when you have a BR.
I had mine a year ago, and shudder to think what would’ve happened if I hadn’t been so well prepared and knew what to ask and how to find a good surgeon.
I love mine!!! In fact, I’m not wearing a bra right now because I don’t have to!
bluforever1 and Captain Blunty:
breasthealthonline also has lots of teens and Aussies on the board. It has a nurses board, an “Ask the Plastic Surgeon” board, FAQ’s, everything.
And, yes, large breasts can and usually do contribute to back pain. Bra straps and the sheer weight of the breasts can and does cause nerve damage. I’ve always wanted a reduction, but figured I would have to pay for it. Fortunately (??) I began experiencing stabbing pain in my left shoulder like I was cut and the fingers on my left hand started to go numb. I didn’t connect them with my Girls. But that was exactly what was causing the pain and my insurance paid to have them reduced to a C.
For all the curious/doubtful out there: breasts are mainly composed of dense breast tissue and fat. If you have a higher ratio of breast tissue to fat, NO amount of weight loss will help you. My reduction was almost entirely dense breast tissue. Around 1300 grams of tissue was taken off each one. Holy moly, it’s amazing how much easier sit-ups are now!
This is my new favorite thread. All this booby talk.
Isn’t it a great feeling? The problem is that even if I’m wearing something non-see-through I feel somehow naked without a bra, after HAVING to wear one all the time. But it being summer, it’s nice to have the option! Unless I’m wearing white.
Insurance won’t cover it for purely cosmetic reasons. But a lot of companies WILL cover it if you can come up with medical justifications. It took a lot of talking but Mama Tiger is VERY good at convincing insurance companies to do things; I had legit reasons but they still fought it. The cosmetic benefits were, for me, tremendous. My boobs fit me now! Yay!
It IS major surgery, and was not much fun. But it WAS fun when I’d just woken up and looked down and even with all the bandaging, there was less of me there!
Actually, our last health insurance policy (when we were in the DC area) had a specific exclusion for BR under ANY circumstances, so I know that some plans won’t cover it no matter HOW much trouble you may be having. But fortunately, most plans aren’t that awful. And there’s often appeals prcesses.
Dreamer, is there some kind of an insurance appeals board you can go to? I mean, you do have a really legitimate need for BR surgery, it sounds like, and if I were you I’d appeal it and scream about it till something happened. Either that or pray another insurance plan is offered next open season!!
My girlfriend has large boobs. She said she used to have back problems because of them, but that was basically because she wasn’t wearing correctly fitted bras.
I thank the lord she has never talked about getting them reduced.
Another girl practically crying for a reduction here.
I wear a 38DDD. It’s damn near impossible to find pretty bras, much less ones that fit. I’ve told the Boyfriend that as soon as we finish having kids, I’m getting it done. I’d be perfectly happy with a C, because it would look better on my frame. I’ve tried the excercising, etc., and I lost 60 pounds but NOTHING from the chest. It sucks. I consider myself lucky, though, because the Boyfriend’s ex came over one night after having been fitted for a bra. She wears a 36 H. Good lord, I just don’t understand how she walks upright!
If you are user “Dan” you are a couple hundred miles North of IDBB’s armpit…which wouldn’t be close enough to see even DD boobies… This is Duke’s stompin’ ground (almost). The area, not IDBB’s boobies.
Ol’ Duke, on the other hand, will be in the Metroplex all next week for a July 4th party week, basically in the Plano/McKinney area. Have digital camera, will travel.
Here is one GOOD thing about having large breasts.
Who needs AAA? Not you!
I’ve never seriously considered reduction, mostly because my boobies fit my frame. However, if genetics have anything to say about it, they’ll get massive if I have children. (Italian grandmother, almost as wide as she is tall)
If you’re seroiusly considering reduction, can my SO have the excess?? She’s stuck at an A cup and kinda unhappy… you could meet in the middle somewhere… say large B small C??? (I’m a guy, all these number Letter combinations baffle me! 
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Sing it, my large breasted sisters! I’m 5 feet tall and range from D to DDD depending on the bra. Usually I’m in a DD.
Haven’t had kids yet, so I’m not considering a reduction until well after we’re done spawning. But I do think about what it would be like to have a C cup…to wear shirts that don’t have to be tight lest they hang straight down from the boobs and look like maternity wear, to be able to run without holding them, to lie on my back and not have them either fall into my armpit or back to my chin, to see my shoes without a mirror, to cross my arms, to wear pretty bras…sigh, the list goes on.
Luckily, hubby is a boob man. We may have some conflict if and when I do have them reduced!
Just one more big-breasted gal checking in. 42DD at the moment. But I like my boobs. I’m short and fat and they’re proportional. If I had little boobs I would look weird.
A friend of mine, poor girl, is a 50-soemthing G cup. And now she’s pregnant. I shudder to think… Haven’t seen her in a few months, so I can’t monitor the expansion.
Um… this post didn’t really have much of a point, did it? Um. I have big boobs and I like them. But if yours bother you, IDBB, more power to you for your reduction.
…have you tried a firmer mattress? (Runs & Hides)
Cyrin–a D cup is about the size of a smallish canteloupe. A DD is like a really BIG canteloupe and a DDD is like…well…two giant beachballs attached to one’s chest, only not nearly as light.
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A friend of mine just had this surgery. She was a 36DD and is now a B cup and very happy. In fact, I’ve never seen her so happy about her appearance–and she never seemed dissatisfied at all before, but she’s really liking her new body. She had the surgery because she was having severe back and neck pain and now–only two weeks later–the pain is gone. Unfortunately, her husband still hasn’t come around. He didn’t want her to do this and even refused to take her to the hospital for the surgery.
I’m an F cup and very happy with what I’ve got. I used to be a D, but gained a cup size after each pregnancy and it never went away–even though I lost all my pregnancy weight right away. I do Pilates and yoga and work out with weights fairly regularly and have never had pain because of my boobs–at least I don’t think I have–so I don’t see any surgery in my future. And I’m sure my SO is very happy about that!
IDBB and Mama Tiger my insurance has an exclusion clause… no way no how will they cover a reduction… unless it has something to do with cancer treatment/recovery (like that makes sense). So until I can pay for it myself or get different insurance I’m SOL.
That just seems so awful to me! I can’t believe that if you’re in pain they expect you to just suck it up and deal with it because they won’t pay for the treatment that will take away the pain.
But some insurance companies are awful. A place I used to work for was looking into a new health plan they were thinking of offering. It didn’t cover pregnancy or birth control pills! Talk about SOL! Everyone made such a fuss about this plan that they decided not to go with it.