wow I can't believe its day 50 since my surgeries. Every single day I'm so glad I did this. Every day I love my new, smaller breasts more and more.

Tonight, after a shower, I tried out some skimpy tops and bikini tops and I wanted to cry with joy. My boobs just look so damn good- the bikini top doesn't need to be tied up so tight it cuts into me, just to hold the big ol' boobs up. The bikini top doesn't need to do anything but lightly cover- my perky boobs hold themselves up!

I also tried on a backless top that once belonged to my sister- I don't know why I kept it for all this time... except as a reminder of what I wanted. It was the holy grail. To be able to wear a backless top with NO BRA- wow I only dreamed of that time... but now I can! God, it feels so good.

I have been using the Cica care silicon gel sheet scar treatment for 2 weeks now, and my scars are looking fantastic. However, I don't know if its the silicon gel or if its just my body healing, but I will keep using the silicon gel for the recommended 2-4 months just in case. Before I started using these gel sheets, I was rubbing Vitamin E oil onto my scars every night and I honestly believed that was helping them fade. But the scars have continued to fade and whether its the gel, or just time and my own body, I'll keep using every method I can.

I've taken some photos, but I do feel the camera makes the scars stand out more. The camera also seems to emphasise the difference in the size of my breasts. No one has perfectly matching breasts, and although I had not really noticed, before the operation my left was alot saggier and bigger than the right. Now, post-op my left is still slightly bigger than my right. But that's ok with me. Its not as noticeable in person and that's all that matters.

Check out some photos from day 45- close up of the scars, both boobs, and a shot of boobs with my now smaller love handles.
I also took photos from day 36 and didn't mention it in my blog, so you may not have seen them.

My hips and thighs are also healing well. They still feel a little sore at times, and if I press on my outer thighs, inner thighs or love handle area it still feels like a bit of a bruise. I can also feel a bit of hardening under the puncture points- which is scar tissue I believe. But I'm trying to keep up the massaging every other day, which will hopefully soften the scar tissue sooner rather than later.

Its hard to measure the difference in size before and after the surgery, and often I look at my thighs and think there is not a huge difference. However every single pair of pants fits so much better now. In fact a number of jeans/pants are bagging so much around the inner thigh and the back of my thighs/under my bum. And of course I dont get that horrible muffin top (the bulging of fat over the top of hipster pants) anymore.
My favourite pair of dark jeans are almost bordering on 'too big' which makes me sad. But I will keep wearing them, even though they are no long slim fitting. Another pair of light colored jeans which are very stretchy, now bag and bulge at the inner thigh. Obviously my inner thigh fat had stretched the jeans so much, they are permanently like that now. And now I have no inner thigh to fill them out, YIPEE!

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Posted by reanon to Breast Reduction Journal at 8/08/2006 09:48:00 PM