The Best Breast

by Terrye Tebbetts

I must be missing something!  First we don’t know if we are going to be going to be big enough, then we don’t know how to tell people we have breast implants and are afraid of people – friends and relatives – being RUDE to us.  I copied a couple of real questions from a forum below – I am constantly amazed that in none of the talks, questions or discussions do potential patients ask or wonder, “what will my body allow safely?”  “what will look really good on me?”

There is a difference between breast enhancement and Boob Job and let’s be really clear here – there is NO in  between!

First question….

I posted earlier about picking my size with my PS yesterday….Is 492cc too big??? I tryed on the 450’s and just did not see the look that I wanted plus I am taking into account that everyone says that they look smaller once placed under the muscle. Now I am wondering if I am going to be way too big…I mean I do like the big look and I have hips and a big butt with a small waist so I think that I can balance it out but im so scared. Am I goin to be able to fit into a bathing suit top???? Please help me with your stats and your decisions so I can compare…Im 140 lbs 5′3″ and i think about a 34 B. I want to be a full D to DD. All responses will be so much appreciated!

Second post… Ok so my BA is in 13days!!!!So excited and thanks to you ladies I am feeling more and more confident in my decision with 492cc’s. At first Iwas very worried that they may be too big, but I am feeling better now. But my next fear is my boyfriends parents and family…My mom is fine with it and my grandmother is too( I dont have much more close family). But my boyfriends dad can be very honest and rude at times. Im so nervous that his family might say bad things about my decision or think that I am superficial. He coems from a family of all boys so I dont think that anyone would understand. I dont want to tell them but my boyfriend will be staying at my house for a few days to help me and I dont know what we are going to tell his parents. I just want to have them and have everything go okay and stop having boobs constantly on my brain!!!! lol

Has anyone had issues with telling people or anyone ever saying anything rude…how have you guys dealt with this???thanks so much!

My response….

How did you and your ps arrive at your size?  Have you had children – what was the change in your cup size with babies? 

If you do not ASK your TISSUE to go where is has not been before, then after surgey you just look AMAZING but if you force your tissue to a great big 492 cc implant and you are a tiny little A cup with no babies and stretch – - EVERYONE is going to know and you will have a ton of complications in the future.

That is why I ask, did your PS use High Five – measure you and help you choose a size based on your breast and your breast tissue and your breast stretch – or did you tell him a cup size, look at a photo of another woman or stick a sizer in your bra????

The ps has to work with what you bring to the OR – whether people will know and how you end up explaining it will all depend on the decisions YOU made PRE- OP.

Chosing to have breast implants can change your body in a wonderful, amazing way that you can never do on your own through diet and exercise.  They should enhance what you have, fill the empty space that babies took away – - not try to turn your body into something it has never been.  To go into surgery, plan a breast aug without employing High Five is, in my opinion, asking for trouble, miscommunication and complications long term.  Preop planning should be based on your BREAST and your Measurements for optimal results!

by Terrye Tebbetts

I am constantly amazed by how ladies who decide to have a breast augmentation will research endlessly how they can help themselves recover and have a better experience – yet they inevitablly miss the importance of researching and understanding one of the most important aspects of the entire operation – the surgeon and the surgical procedures/techniques that will be used during the operation.  I guess some of it goes back to that inherent “trust”  we have of our doctors?  I don’t know.  But I hate to see women try to FIX it all on the back end – after the surgery – thinking that if they take a certain vitamin or supplement that it can fix what could have been done better in the OR.  Here is a conversation between two women that is very common about the use of vitamins pre and post op to help in their BA process….

Hi Ladies! I will be getting my BA in about 4 weeks and wanted to see if anyone has recommendations of what vitamins I should start taking to prepare for my surgery.. Thanks!

Hello, my BA is in 2 days - From what i’ve read, as well as what my PS told me, to STOP taking all vitamins and minerals, herbs, etc… the only one that I was recommended to try is Arnica Montana (ask your PS about it) It’s supposed to help with brusing and swelling after the surgery…. i’ll let you know if it does work! I haven’t found out any more info on vitamins, but i’m just following what my PS says. Oh and they also told me not to start taking any vitamins etc until 4-5 days after the surgery. Hope that helps?!

Here is my response to both ladies…….

What you experience post op and how you heal over time is effected by a combination of things – but the two primary factors are how you heal as an individual and how the surgery was done to begin with. 

Vitamins can help how you heal as an individual a little – but honestly, your genetics are going to rule over what you take by mouth pre and post op.  And what you take by mouth pre and post op could possible impact your recovery negatively (which is why they ask you to stop a lot of things pre and post op) – vitamins and supplements are not regulated as closely as medications and although most see them as natural and good for you – they can really be problematic in and around surgery.

How the surgery is done is really the most important factor here – you, as the patient, should not have to take a bunch of vitamins and supplements to compensate for what happens in an operating room.  Breast augmentation is an elective procedure that you do when there is NOTHING else going on in your system.  So the ps gets the best of circumstances in the OR.  There are surgical techniques that the surgeon can use to prevent, limit, eliminate bleeding during the proceedure.  See, the more you bleed, the more inflamation, trauma to tissue and increased need for bras, bandages, straps, drains and pain meds or pain pumps.  If there is blood, then there is bruising.  If you can dissect the pocket with no blood – guess what?  No bruising.  So why should you have to take Arnika and whatever else to help reduce something that could have been prevented during surgery?

We know in our 24 Hour Recovery papers and studies that when we eliminate blood, recovery and healing improve, and the incidence of capsular contracture is reduced dramatically.

Having a BA is a team effort between you and your ps – but how you heal is only part of the equation.  Newer, better surgical processes exist to help both members of this team achieve better short term experiences and long term results!