Breat Reductions

[GlitterJezebel]

Has anyone here had one? Or know someone who has? I've been thinking about it more and more as of late. I just don't know if I would be able to afford it. I want to get rid of these things. Heh, not all the way. But make them a hell of a lot smaller.

 

[morninggirl5]

I know a couple of people who have had them. Your insurance may pay for a reduction. Everyone that i know that has had the surgery has been pleased with the results.

There is one member here that i know has had one. I'll pm her with the link to this thread and i'm sure she'll respond when she can.

 

[GlitterJezebel]

I basically NEED to get one. They're a bitch on my back. Plus, I'm fairly active still. Jogging with these things isn't an easy task. They just don't fit with the rest of my body. They look out of place. I was just wondering about like scarring, how bad that looks, if I would lose any sensation. Stuff like that.

 

[cymbidia]

Hello! I'm one of the Lit members who has had one; mg pointed me here.

I had mine almost three years ago.

It's the very very very best thing i ever did for myself. I *love* my new boobs. I *love* not having to buy clothing to fit my boobs. I love the freedom, the ability of move, the non-industrial-strength bras.

Talk to your doc. Almost all insurance plans will pay for this at least partially, most of them pay for most of it.

There are two kinds of breast reductions and i had the "radical" kind, the kind they do on women with really large boobs. (Large as in they took 12 pounds of tissue from each breast during my surgery.)

I have scarring, oh yes. However, that's the price one pays for this surgery, to be honest. You accept there will be scars and then get to wear, as i am right this second, one of those little thin muscleman t-shirts, the kind one cannot wear a bra with - or- you avoid the surgery to avoid the scars and keep on wearing your battle bras. It's a personal choice for us all. Personally, i've posted pics of my breasts that showed the rings in my nipples - pics that were taken post-surgery. Pics that show the scarring. It's just not that horrible a thing. Beats the hell out of granny bras and tits that sag down to your bellybutton - to me, for me, my personal opinion only.

Sensation. I have lots of sensation in my nipples and over the surface of my still-new and perky breasts. Before the surgery i was almost too sensitive there. Now, well, it's not like that at all - but my nipples still tighten up and form hard points when exposed to the proper stimuli, that's for sure.

Here's an older thread where this is discussed in a lot more detail.
http://www.literotica.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=63151&highlight=breast+reduction

I hope this helped you a bit.

cym

 

[Passionnee]

In Canada breast reduction are covered by the government, it cost nada.

They are different methods (how they cut) to do the breast reduction. I can go into more details if you wish. I had my breast reduction done 6 years ago, so they may have improved the quality of the procedure. I have healed pretty nicely, so i can just feel the scars under my breast, nothing is apparent.

Before you have the surgery the doctor tells you that you may lose sensation in your breasts, i lost a lil bit of it on the side, near the underarm but thats about it.

The scaring depends alot on how you can heal wounds. Do you already have problems healing cuts and stuff?

If you have more questions, ask away..

 

[activesense]

My old girlfriend had the surgery after we had broken up and she is very happy. She did not have any significant scarring and still had full sensitivity (accornding to what she told me - we weren't dating anymore).

She combined this with an overall fitness plan and really felt great about herself. I can't remember the cost though. I think her parents helped her with it. She is happily married now and planning on children and breastfeeding.

activesense

 

[GlitterJezebel]

So... Where are the scars at? On the underside? That wouldn't be so bad. And about the sensation... There IS a risk of it, right?

 

[Passionnee]

Yup there is a risk of lost of sensation, the doctor should tell you that. But like I said I barely loss sensation, and I think it was worth it, no more back pains, being able to wear a dress or nice lil tops. And to top it off wake up with firm perky breast

Yes my scars are on the underside. There was also an incision from the nipple to the underside (vertical), that scar i can't feel it to the touch and barely see. They also remove your nipples, and reshape it with the new size, so there is a scar around the nipple but it blends in, so only you know there is a scar there .

 

[cymbidia]

Yes, there will some loss of sensation. It's different for everyone as to how much. However, a unifying theme is that the benefits are really, really worth the loss of sensation.

My reduction was of a far more involved nature than was Passionnee's, it sounds. In mine, there was an incision made below each breast and out to almost under my arms. Another incision was made from the first, up the underside of my breast, to my nipples. Each nipple was removed.

They removed excess tissue.

They replaced the nipples via skin grafts made from the original erectile tissue of my original nipples.

They sewed me all up.

(Did you read that link at all?)

I've got scarring - but no one has ever recoiled from me in horror. No one has thought them a big deal. I'm certainly much happier now then i used to be with my breasts.

The attached shows one breast. A close up. You can sorta see the irregularity of the shape of the nipple; that was due to the skin graft not taking in any perfect way. You can also see that nipples do get erect. The faint line neat my thumb is not a scar, it's an, um, a, hmmm...intentional mark. (I'm just that kinda girl.) In this picture, you can't even see the scar that runs from about where the bottom of the bar is to down under my hands.

WARNING: do not look at this pic if you don't want to see a pierced nipple.

 

[Devilish1]

I would love to have mine reduced. At least one good cup size.
IM a DD and im a big girl but i look and feel like im bigger than i really am because all you see is boobs.
Ive heard that some doctors are thinking that instead of the normal surgery where they cut on you that they have found that some women do very well having lipo(SP?) on their breast and they get over in less time and with a very good doctor, less scarring.
If i ever get the lipo with my breast im going to tell them ALL over please.. thank you.

 

[WhiteRose]

Wouldn't they have to cut the excess skin off anyway if they use liposuction? (ow ow ow) I've been thinking about getting mine done for years. When I went for a consultation years ago, they said with my coloring (olive skin, dark hair/eyes) that the scars would be very visible and that with my size (H cup), the loss of sensation would be high (which is why I haven't done it yet). He said they'd be able to cut a ring around the nipple and move it up rather than having them rebuilt, and I'd end up with the typical anchor scar, and he told me I probably wouldn't be able to ever breastfeed a child because of the surgery. I'd sure love a nice C cup, though.

 

[Passionnee]

My reduction was of a far more involved nature than was Passionnee's, it sounds. In mine, there was an incision made below each breast and out to almost under my arms. Another incision was made from the first, up the underside of my breast, to my nipples. Each nipple was removed.

They removed excess tissue.

They replaced the nipples via skin grafts made from the original erectile tissue of my original nipples.

They sewed me all up.

(

That's pretty much what they did to me, I am not good with describing stuff

YOu have to take it easy after the operation, no running around, or lifting weights, arms above your head..

 

[WhiteRose]

Each nipple was removed.

They removed excess tissue.

They replaced the nipples via skin grafts made from the original erectile tissue of my original nipples.

This is the part that made me cringe in anticipated pain. I've had surgery, but this is on such a SENSITIVE part of the body...and I like my nipples.

 

[GlitterJezebel]

See, minea are right between a D and a DD... It depends on the type of bra, yadda, yadda... Hmmm... After the operation, how long does it take before you can be uhhh... active again? Sex, and working out and things of that nature.