Harley Girl Breast Augmentation Surgery
My second surgery was a disaster. I woke up in so much pain they
gave me morphine for three hours. They were also having trouble stopping the bleeding. The
two hour drive from the city in the stop and go traffic was a killer. The swelling was
horrendous. They were huge.
When I woke up the next day the swelling was so bad that my
circulation was cut off. I went in to the doctor to start massage the very next day, to
ensure all possible efforts were made against capsular contracture. After a week, I
noticed that the right side, my former good side, was lopsided. The bra was so tight due
to swelling that it was mending a seam above where the pocket ended at the bottom of my
right breast. My doctor seemed not to be concerned about this and even after yet another
two hour each way trip to see him, he told me to continue to wear the bra. He claimed it
was like a mold; that if I took it off they would not heal in the proper shape.
Two weeks later, I saw him again, and he expressed that I MUST take
off the bra and try to break the seam that had by now, completely mended. No luck. I wore
a strap, I did floor exercises. My husband put his entire body weight on it, trying to
break the seam. Nothing has worked. This time, I told myself, that I would wait the full
year before making any hasty decisions about what to do. See if the implant would drop
somehow. They were still huge, but I was convinced the same thing would happen again this
time - they would shrink down to a D. After all I only had 125 more cc's. No such luck.
The additional 125 cc's brought me up 2, count em, two full inches. I went from just under
9 inch cups to full 11". Much larger this time than I had ever desired.
The second surgery results are
passable, although less than desirable. There is a hump on the top of my right breast,
which is very visible when I flex. Since the implant is sitting so high, it is trapped
under the muscle. It is uncomfortable, as it works to hold the implant with each movement
of my right arm. This is a more common problem with surgeries done transaxillary, under -
sometimes the pectoral muscle is not thoroughly released from the chest wall to allow the
room for the implant. (Photo at left, above is 18 months post-op).
Below, at right, 18 months post, when flexing the pectoral muscle on
the right side, the implant rides high. The left side is starting to drop too
much. I have several patches of numbness throughout both breasts, primarily on the
outsides; where the path to the chest to form the pockets was made from under my arms. My
underarm scars are now 2 ½ inches long (due to removal of scar tissue, etc.) 
They are very visible after two years. There is rippling on one side. The
implants are sitting unevenly due to the right side pocket healing incorrectly. This is
also causing a small size difference, a significant shape difference and the right side is
very firm since the implant does not have any room to move around.
The implant is obvious at first glance and first touch. They are
significantly larger than I desired and quite uncomfortable. After just two years, the
weight of the implant is causing sag. I must wear a good bra at all times to avoid a
bottoming out and will eventually need a lift.
