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I honestly dont think that anyone out there is perfect and the exact same size but we should not judge how she feels. If this is really bothering her than maybe it is more noticeable than any of us are or maybe it is something that is really going to bother her until she gets it taken care of. We all did surgery because we wanted to change something about ourselves so that could go with wanting to fix her surgery if she is not happy with it.
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Yes Sweetpea, my surgeon is quite approachable. He totally agrees that the left is higher and larger than the right. It is just a matter of waiting for six months before he would consider doing anything. Dr Disaia, your comment is more than a little alarming. Is this really that much of a crap shoot?


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I wrote this as a reply on SuziP's post and want to get the message out to everyone I can that in my experience trying to fix asymmetry or lopsided appearace from a BA on asymmetrical breasts is probably not likely.
See, my PS was confident that he could lower the left pocket (because my left was noticable higher than my right) and if I used larger 700 silicone implants he could even it out because my right was too low. Of course it came with a price tag that cost me as much as the 1st BA-which I gladly forked over hoping to come out with EVEN breasts! So earlier this year I went through with the procedure TRUSTING my PS had the skills to fix what I thought were his mistakes, or so I thought! By April my so called "lowered left pocket" was allowing the implant to slide down my ribs and I had a bubble like thing in my cleavage...I looked hideous and had to hold my implant in my hand whenever I was not wearing a bra. PS told me in April he would "fix" that mistake with a simple suturing procedure and he'd absorb all the costs. I really had no alternative-week by week this implant was slidding farther down. When I got home after surgery and could finally see myself, sure he had sutured up the lower left pocket, but at the same time he pulled the bottom section of my breast up so it angles instead of being rounded and worst of ALL he gave me SYMMASTIA! I have been diaghttp://www.makemeheal.com/pictures/viewAlbum.php?albumid=293.
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I appreciate that you read my information for the light I wanted to shine on how serious revisions are and the problems you can get. I mean to go from a little lopsidedness in and out of close to symmastia and every other complicatio in between-it is NOT worth it! I was so naive. I am literally sick to my stomach and get a lump in my throat when I think that I have to trust that this next revision, which is in all practicality a BA all over again, is going to fix this problem once and for all. This is what I thought when I agreed to the FIRST revision and now look where I am.
Does anyone have pics of going OVER the muscle with 600 moderate to high profile silicone? That is one option to fix the symmastia. The other is to remove the ones I have, wait four months, then he'll make new pockets to put in the new implants under the muscle.....I don't know which option is right for me and my girls-given the trauma they've already seen!!


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thank you Mamacita for your post. I am so sorry for what you are going thru and hope you get the results you deserve. I struggle alot with being uneven. I have one that is lower and that one is actually the bigger one also. Its not that bad but have seen another PS who also said as did mine that he will not touch me that it could cause bigger issues then its worth. But i still struggle thinking someone can make it right. But then I also worry about the fact that 2 PS have told me to leave it alone and be happy for how I look. I was lower pre op and bigger pre op so I should have expected this but didnt. being small chested you dont notice these things like you do now. I am trying to just accept how I am and move forward maybe in time it will get easier. I would hate to fork out money to end up more unhappy then forking out more money to go back to how I am. So thank you for sharing it really makes me think that maybe the problem isnt my boobs but my own perspective on what perfect is.http://www.makemeheal.com/pictures/viewAlbum.php?albumid=877
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Mamacita, you have given us all words to remember as we glare at our imperfect selves in the mirror. BUT.... I still think that any uneveness we had prior to surgery, should have been corrected instead of enhanced with our surgeries. Our doctors have the ability to add more, lower a pocket, ... whatever it would take. I still do not want to believe the impression Dr. D was giving in his earlier post regarding the crap shoot effect of a revision. Many women do have revisions and are thrilled after. Noodle, do keep me posted on your decisions. And Mamacita, all of our pr/mmh/product/beauty/ayer/index.vm?procid=13&catid=642" target=_blank>ayers are being directed for you to finally have the outcome you need. I can't help but place a mental blame on your first surgeon for not double suturing the bottom of your pocket to begin with. Wouldn't that have alleviated all the problems and left you with symmetry? I am sure you've run all this through your head many times over and I am only thinking out loud on your behalf. Has Maajida checked in since her redo? I havent' noticed.


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I am so glad I opened up and let you all know where revisions have led me. It's not even the MONEY I'm out that makes me sick-it's that my breasts were perfect enough to nurse three babies-all I wanted afterwards and lots of thought was to have the same fullness I had before I had children and while I nursed...I went from a D to a deflated AA! I would advocate that any PS talking to a woman who he/she sees as asymetrical that the PS SHOWS them pictures of OTHER asymetrcial women BEFORE and AFTER and explain that due to the woman's exisiting body and breast condition HERE IS WHAT YOU SHOULD EXPECT.
Honestly, maybe I'm just dumb but when my PS talked about asymmetry at my consultation I thought, well yeah, maybe so but you are doing surgery to "fix my breasts"...I took it for granted that he knew I meant I was coming out with big beautiful breasts that matched..that's what a BA meant to me and I had no idea what symmetry had to do with it...In reality all the BA is doing is ENHANCING what you already have-so every little thing that is THERE, and you may not notice when you are deflated from nursing or whatever...is gonna come OUT BIG time.
I just can't wait to be DONE with this nightmare so I can have my life back and my husband can finally enjoy 'em....they hurt so much all the time he can't even THINK about touching let alone ANYTHING else...especially the left...it's soooo sore.


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Mamacita,
Your post has really touched my heart and is filled with great emotion and compassion that can be felt, as well as great facts that I want to say thank you so much for sharing your very heart felt story...
I am so very sorry that you have and are going through this, and I pray you are close to your final surgery and have nothing but wonderful results....
We are here for you, healing hugs to you,
LezzaLezza
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Mamacita...I would go with the silicone over the muscle if I were you...I would hate the wait and see time.. and also this would allow your muscles to recover and repair on their own without you having to go without your enhanced look.
Blondecat I must interject something here at Dr. Saia's defense. He has been nothing but wonderful to us on this board. I think the majority of us here have grown to trust his judgement totally. I went and reread his post numerous times and I do not see what you are referring to as a "crap shot." I think he was being honest and Mamcita is a perfect example of this....I too had 3 redos and my second one did not improve but ended up bottoming out thus reguiring a 3rd redo....I still hold my ps up as one of the best ps in the country. Medical science is not computer technology....a surgeon is only working with what he can work with as far as his patients are concerned. All he stated was that redos can fix or not fix a problem and the patient needs to know that there are risks with anything ahead of time.....They will do the best they can and that is all they can promise. I understand your frustration as I too was asymmetrical and still am to some minor extent....My suggestion is to talk to your ps about what your expectations are and see what he has to offer. We are all here for support, but please know that it is not in anyones best interest to get angry at a poster who is only trying to help you....as Dr. Saia was....sorry if you are now angry at me, but I have been on this board too long and do not want to see negative remarks about those I care for....OR most importantly another health care provider....
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Thank you all for your support-WHY I haven't jumped on and poured it all out before is beyond me. I don't like to be perceived as a complainer and I do far more READING here than posting. HOWEVER, with the warm feeling I am getting from meeting my other sisters with boobs (Did I jsut laugh a little-finally)...maybe I'm not alone.
I want everyone to know that not only did I feel my PS made a mistake the first time around but he led me to believe that he felt that way too. My decision to get the first revision wasn't just for LOOKS, it was that I thought he made a MISTAKE during surgery on ME. The second PS I saw made comments that led me to believe my PS had made a mistake. Had ANYONE, prior to this latest expert I went to see, TOLD ME, SHOWED ME, and EXPLAINED to me about my breasts asymmetry before and why they turned out the way they did after the way this new DOC did, I would have felt I had what God gave me but much larger. But as it turned out, I was led in to thinking the "Dr. created a problem" ..that he had a FIX and it was just a matter of how much money I had to pay for it. I mean my PS discounted his fee by 75% to do his part in the revision job....I thought, well, what PS would do that if he didn't feel some responsibility for it and believe that he messed up some how to begin with. That's what I thought-I can't change it now.
Once I visit with the next PS on Friday-another 400 mile drive ONE WAY and hear what he thinks I have to do (I mean who can LIVE WITH symmastia-or be known at the Club as the UNI-BOOB lady!)....then I will go to my PS next Tues. to tell him what I learned and ask him what is fair to settle the matter between us (monetarily speaking).
Thanks for the advice Diane on going with Overs. I don't mind waiting 4 mos. either if that means the BEST possible fix and that they will be right ONCE and FOR ALL!! I have emailed the new DOC with all my questions and concerns. I'm confident he will provide me with a response as his time permits.