I also had a mastopexy, along with brachioplasty, same surgeon as Gwen. I was really surprised what size bra I needed post surgery since it was not so different than my pre-surgery size but the difference in droop, perk, and shape is amazing. I also sense that there is a difference between the full-figure and regular versions of bras that have the same numerical and alphabetical size. I never would have gone for implants but the lift made an incredible difference in how I look and feel. I will also say that the recovery was easy and the scars are super fine.

There are still some slots open on Aug 3rd for a consult with Dr Sauceda in Las Vegas in a couple of weeks.

It is not uncommon that a breast lift (aka mastopexy) without augmentation may make you smaller (1 cup size). The goal of a breast lift is to lift your breasts back to their former, higher position on the chest, which involves trimming excess skin. BUT the difference reflects the changing profile of the breast rather than a true reduction in breast size. So even though your bra cup size may change, that may be due to previously needing to wear a larger bra cup size for comfort and to fit the sagging tissue, and not because your actual breast is smaller after surgery. Sagging breasts just fills out a larger than actual bra cup size than non-sagging breasts.

You may require augmentation to get a fuller look than what your breasts were like at your lowest weight in high school (B/C cup). Or you may like the new positioning of your breasts. Only you can decide what you prefer, but it sounds like some augmentation may be required to get the look you desire.

I hear you, when my insurance denied me I was crying for days. Then I got mad, took some really big color photos of all the open sores and the rest is history. For me the Plastic Surgery was just as important as my weight loss. It's been key to me not gaining all my weight back.

Once you have the surgery give it a least a year before you look in the mirror and see exactly what you are going to live with. Good Luck and keep us posted!

I am. I am going for a flapectomy (my word). The doc calls it a panniculectomy. I've only had the initial consultation so far where he described an inverted T operation. I've got a pre-op appointment in two weeks. I think there will be more details then.

My main complaint is paying for something for which I am receiving little value. What really galls me is being forced to buy something at a high price by government thuggery. We've had this insurance for all of three months now. Every time we've tried to use it, we have had trouble. Lots of trouble. So when they told me I was approved, I thought we'd finally had a breakthrough. I guess I should be happy they're paying some of it. But it is just one more in a list of frustrations that we never had before. We were with our former insurance for over 34 years. There were problems from time to time, but nothing on this level of frustration. I don't think I would have gotten so angry had it not been for some ongoing crapola with my kidney stone. That in itself has served to shorten my temper somewhat.

As for helping out, that would be great! You don't happen to have an extra 10 grand lying around you don't really need, do you? Haha, I was expecting to pay for it myself anyway so I'm set there. I'm just feeling like a line from a movie once. I don't even remember where it came from, but it went like this. "Don't pee down my back and tell me it's raining." That's sort of how I feel about this insurance company. They keep telling us how great our coverage is, but it pales compared to what we had until just recently.