Preparing for your consult with your Plastic Surgeon

If you think you should just show up to your PS office with your current set of "twins"... think again. It takes more work than you think!

The first thing I am going to refer to is size. What size do you want to be? Sound's easy enough right? Well think again. Most woman who have a BA(breast augmentation) end up saying I wish I got them bigger. Why? Could it perhaps be that post op you have a huge amount of swelling and the amount of swelling that subsides got you over exited initially?

Here is what I would recommend. 

1. Do the rice test. It's not 100% accurate but its a great way to get a feel for what you will like. You fill up a knee high stocking with as much rice cc's as you'd like and put it under your sports bra for best effect.

 Measure it out in a measuring cup. every 1ml is 1cc. so every tbs is 15cc. 1 measuring cup(not bra cup) is 250 cc's, half 125 cc's etc. Before I guessed I wanted 350 max and then when i put in the 350 i was like no way its too small. Shocked I filled it up to 450 cc's then took another 25 out and found a great size. I walked around for 8h with my stuffed sports bra, was very comfortable-surprisingly- and the moment I took them off I couldn't look at myself in the mirror.

Now remember, this is a great way to prepare yourself when going to the Dr. Take them with and tell him you did the rice test and show him how it looked under your sports bra so that he will have a good idea what your looking for in size. He'll explain the more advanced things to you like using a say 400  cc implant and filling it to 450 to get the 425 cc look for an under the muscle procedure. Last mentioned is just an example not a fact/estimate. I'm just trying to help you understand that there are more complex things involved. Again, do try the rice test though, you wont be disappointed!

2. Take pictures of what you like and more importantly what you DON'T like.

3. Educate yourself about risks and realize that you are setting yourself up for multiple procedures over your life time as they on overage only have a life span of say 15yrs. But who know it can be 5 yrs! Are you able to deal with that expense?

4. What if something goes wrong? Can you afford a procedure in as short as a few months? Remember that all these expenses are out of pocket even if something goes wrong like say bleeding or an infection or rippling of the implant.

5. Know your options! Silicone vs saline. What's the difference -except that silicone is $1000 more? Do you know that silicone feels and looks more natural? Is it worth the risk for you?

6. Do you know how implants can affect your mammogram screening and breast feeding 

potentially?

 

My point is not to scare you but just to help you make an INFORMED decision so that you can't say down the line.. " I wish I knew.."

A favorite website of mine is breastimplants4u.com

Here is a bit of what they say about preparing yourself for your consult