Hello,
Great thread! I thought I would chip in as somebody with tuberous breasts who had surgery and now regrets it. Having been very unhealthily preoccupied with my boobs all my life (im now 32) and very much intent on surgical 'correction' i was very surprised by my reaction to the surgery. I had it done on the nhs last year and the surgeon said that he never lowers the crease which for those of you who've looked into surgery know is an important consideration and something i was v concerned about beforehand - I did not want to end up being the same shape only bigger. Not being able to afford it any other way and feeling that my life was slightly on hold i decided that an improvement was better even though i had concerns about the technique. Sure enough the torpedo look was in full effect after the surgery with the implant sitting very high. I was devastated. I went into shock and had a panic attack in the hospital when i first saw them. I know this is an extreme reaction but the overwhelming feeling I had was that i didn't realise how much i had liked myself beforehand. It felt like i had low self esteem emblazoned on my chest - and they didn't even look good! It felt very wrong and very uncongruent with having a healthy, positive relationship with your body. Of course i was aware that this could be shock from the surgery but i cried pretty much daily for 4 months afterwards. Although the shape is better now they still look unnatural and not a pleasing natural breast shape to me. I had no idea how horrible i would find the feeling of implants either - I only had 200cc and they feel huge to me and heavy. 1 year on I still feel v confused. I have looked into my options from here - including trying to love and accept myself as i am now - more 'corrective' surgery (to get the shape i would have preferred) would now involve a nipple lift and if the crease was lowered a big prominent scar on the breast or simply having the implants out and return to my natural self tho scared what they will look like now...Some people say they could be improved, rounded out.. The main positive that came out of the surgery for me was that it forced me to get over myself and move on from the issue - i was never going to get perfection. So bear in mind that if you do have surgery you are only making a trade, even if you do get the look you are after you will still have implants and scars to deal with, not to mention a ticking time bomb - hugs will feel very different.
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April 13, 2012 - 1:00amGreat thread! I thought I would chip in as somebody with tuberous breasts who had surgery and now regrets it. Having been very unhealthily preoccupied with my boobs all my life (im now 32) and very much intent on surgical 'correction' i was very surprised by my reaction to the surgery. I had it done on the nhs last year and the surgeon said that he never lowers the crease which for those of you who've looked into surgery know is an important consideration and something i was v concerned about beforehand - I did not want to end up being the same shape only bigger. Not being able to afford it any other way and feeling that my life was slightly on hold i decided that an improvement was better even though i had concerns about the technique. Sure enough the torpedo look was in full effect after the surgery with the implant sitting very high. I was devastated. I went into shock and had a panic attack in the hospital when i first saw them. I know this is an extreme reaction but the overwhelming feeling I had was that i didn't realise how much i had liked myself beforehand. It felt like i had low self esteem emblazoned on my chest - and they didn't even look good! It felt very wrong and very uncongruent with having a healthy, positive relationship with your body. Of course i was aware that this could be shock from the surgery but i cried pretty much daily for 4 months afterwards. Although the shape is better now they still look unnatural and not a pleasing natural breast shape to me. I had no idea how horrible i would find the feeling of implants either - I only had 200cc and they feel huge to me and heavy. 1 year on I still feel v confused. I have looked into my options from here - including trying to love and accept myself as i am now - more 'corrective' surgery (to get the shape i would have preferred) would now involve a nipple lift and if the crease was lowered a big prominent scar on the breast or simply having the implants out and return to my natural self tho scared what they will look like now...Some people say they could be improved, rounded out.. The main positive that came out of the surgery for me was that it forced me to get over myself and move on from the issue - i was never going to get perfection. So bear in mind that if you do have surgery you are only making a trade, even if you do get the look you are after you will still have implants and scars to deal with, not to mention a ticking time bomb - hugs will feel very different.
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