A few questions... I'm seriously considering getting it done.
For as long as I can remember I have been a 14/16 DD or E. I'm completely utterly over it. I constantly have aching neck/shoulders and headaches. I have always said after I finish having kids and breast feeding I want to have a reduction done. I have also always been really self concious of them. Lets face it cleavage is nice but I'm over such a massive one. I always feel like people are looking.
Have you had one done? Roughly how much am I looking at paying?Did it make you feel better? Any other information you can give me would be helpful.
TIA x
A friend of mine had one and also loves it. I think medicare paid a substantial part of it as it was for health reasons like you've described - have you looked into this?
First day after, even with the post-surgery stuff, I woke up without back pain the next morning.
I went privately, and was about $4g out of pocket. Worth every cent. Of course, I'd gone past a point in my life where I gave up on ever meeting Mr Right and having a kid or 2. So whether that's affected my b/f failure, I don't know.
Surgery was an afternoon, I stayed in hospital overnight, possibly 2 nights and went home. Scarring not too bad, I had the surgery about 5 years ago now and it has really faded. The surgery itself removed tissue from the lower half of my boobs, and then lipo around my back. The lipo is what hurt the most in the recovery. The scarring is around the lower part of my breast, where the bra would sit, plus a straight line up to the nipple and around the nipple itself.
Yep, I had one in 2003 I was about 12F & was supposed to go down to a C cup but the Dr screwed up & left me a full D cup. Dont get me wrong, it was ALOT better than what I was before... the back ache vanished & I felt a hell of alot more confidence walking around not having people "talk" to my boobs all the time IYKWIM.
Due to depression (including depression about not getting the boob size I paid for) I have put on about 20kg & most of it has gone straight to my boobs, I'm now a 14E again
I did mine privately & it cost approx $3000. Nobody told me I could claim anything from medicare & my health fund due to me having it for medical reasons so I was totally out of pocket.
I desperately want another one. I will ask for a size smaller than what I want next time (if I ever get a next time) because unfortunately I dont trust that they will remove enough tissue to get them the right size.
I stayed a night or 2 in hospital but I also had an allergic reaction to the morphine they gave me so I was very sick.
Scarring is fine. As another poster wrote it goes around the bottom of the breast & a line up the middle to your nipple, then all the way around your nipple (they remove your nipple & stitch it back on in the right spot). So I had mine about 7yrs ago now & my scars are hardly noticable.
I highly recommend it, not only for the health reasons but you will feel a million dollars with all that weight in your boobs gone
My mum had one about years ago and managed to get it paid for on medicare - she did have to go on the waiting list for it though - but all her back pain gone and she has felt fantastic ever since - from memory she wasnt able to drive for a couple weeks and she had an infection in one of her nipples but she was really pleased with the results and her scars are very minimal.
Hi, my name is DC and I am an 18J-K. I suffer from super back pain, excessive under breast itching, shoulder strap marking, difficulty sleeping, difficulty in buying clothers, pain from exercise, the humility that comes with it... the list goes on. I had been a 12DD-E the 5 years prior to my pregnancy (no cups to DD's at 15.. awesome) and I hated them and wanted a reduction even then!
I have seen two reconstructive surgeons. First one told me I was a perfect canditate for the public system and although I was happy to pay out of pocket -he had a kind heart and said he would not consent to operating on me without private health insurance. In the event something goes wrong it was too much to pay out of pocket for a long time in a private hospital.
The next guy I saw said flat out - you won't get in to have it done here (Canberra) as they have too many cancer surgeries and do not like their statistics to look bad so very rarely take on breast reductions. He said if I wanted a chance at any hospital up there giving me a fair go, I would need to see a chiropractor to have scans etc done and also look at a psychological evaluation to see how much it was affecting me. I was knocked off the Canberra waiting list after three months - 'elective' surgery has no place in the public system - DESPITE the fact I was originally referred by my GP and another surgeon who said it would be classed as medical. My hope bombed!
We're now in Melbourne again and I can't fathom another $180 out of my pocket just to sit 5 years on a waiting list. Im not in a position to get PHI right now either so I guess I am at stalemate.
I know the cost now, is around $10,000 with most places, including over night and two days of drainage tubes at home. You will get a portion of this back from medicare, and a portion if you have PHI. The surgeons I saw in Canberra said these days it is about 5-6k out of pocket.
Anyway, I desperately want it done and that is my most recent research/experience to do with it. Good luck!
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I was about 12F & was supposed to go down to a C cup but the Dr screwed up & left me a full D cup. Dont get me wrong, it was ALOT better than what I was before... the back ache vanished & I felt a hell of alot more confidence walking around not having people "talk" to my boobs all the time IYKWIM.
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