Breast Lift with Implants
(Mastopexy & Augmentation)
Tummy Tuck
(Abdominoplasty)
Remember that scene in The Sweetest Thing, where Cameron Diaz is wearing just a bra, lifts her arms in the air and says "22," as she watches her breasts lift and tighten, then sadly state, "28," as she puts them down? "22. 28. 22. 28." Yea, it's kind of like that.
I've never really had "perky" breasts and I didn't really go through a "training bra" phase either. Because of that, I get to have a surgeon basically cut out a section of skin on my breast, just below my nipple, then pull the whole thing up to meet it sew it back together.
Also, they'll root around, getting behind my pectoral muscles, and stuff an indestructible (sort-of) sac of silicone in there for good measure. Ahh, things we girls do...
There are a few different types of lift procedures, I'll be having a "lollipop;" though I don't think it's quite as delightful as its misleading name.
Check out the dirty details by watching this video:
http://www.plasticsurgery.org/cosmetic-procedures/breast-lift/3d-animation-page.html
Note: Not for the weak of heart or stomach. (Though for those of you with weak breasts, you may want to pay attention!)
I've never really had "perky" breasts and I didn't really go through a "training bra" phase either. Because of that, I get to have a surgeon basically cut out a section of skin on my breast, just below my nipple, then pull the whole thing up to meet it sew it back together.
Also, they'll root around, getting behind my pectoral muscles, and stuff an indestructible (sort-of) sac of silicone in there for good measure. Ahh, things we girls do...
There are a few different types of lift procedures, I'll be having a "lollipop;" though I don't think it's quite as delightful as its misleading name.
Check out the dirty details by watching this video:
http://www.plasticsurgery.org/cosmetic-procedures/breast-lift/3d-animation-page.html
Note: Not for the weak of heart or stomach. (Though for those of you with weak breasts, you may want to pay attention!)
If you don't like horror movies, you may as well skip to the next page right now - or at least cover your eyes with your hands and peak through your fingers to read on.
For a tummy tuck, the doctor cuts all the way across the torso, from hip to hip, in a downward arc..kind of like the smile on a happy face, ironically. He then begins to pull the skin away from the body, carefully peeling it back, much like cutting the skin off a whole chicken. (Sorry if I just caused you to start buying the skinless, boneless kind...though it IS much better for you.)
Once he's done that, having been sure to cut around the belly button, leaving it attached to the body, he'll actually sew my abs closer together to tighten them. (So much for the P90X ab workout I just did...as Tony Horton would say, this is really extreme!)
Once he's given me pseudo abs of steel, he pulls the skin back down, until it's tight on my muscle, and cuts a new hole for my belly button. Once he reattaches that, he'll chop off the excess skin at the bottom before rejoining it with my lower abdomen.
(Sidebar - a BAD doctor will try and pull the lower skin UP to meet the upper skin, causing the pubic hair line to rise. ...Got that burned into your brain? I know. Gross.
For a tummy tuck, the doctor cuts all the way across the torso, from hip to hip, in a downward arc..kind of like the smile on a happy face, ironically. He then begins to pull the skin away from the body, carefully peeling it back, much like cutting the skin off a whole chicken. (Sorry if I just caused you to start buying the skinless, boneless kind...though it IS much better for you.)
Once he's done that, having been sure to cut around the belly button, leaving it attached to the body, he'll actually sew my abs closer together to tighten them. (So much for the P90X ab workout I just did...as Tony Horton would say, this is really extreme!)
Once he's given me pseudo abs of steel, he pulls the skin back down, until it's tight on my muscle, and cuts a new hole for my belly button. Once he reattaches that, he'll chop off the excess skin at the bottom before rejoining it with my lower abdomen.
(Sidebar - a BAD doctor will try and pull the lower skin UP to meet the upper skin, causing the pubic hair line to rise. ...Got that burned into your brain? I know. Gross.