So Liz wants to know how the lift action portion of the reduction takes place. There are a few ways, the most common of which is pictured right here. There's also a procedure that just removes a donut circle of skin around the nipple. While fewer scars may seem best, if you need, ahem, a really big donut to achieve the appropriate amount of lift, you might experience, let's call it, puckering.
I can't imagine it's pretty. But, hey, to each her own.
Anyway, I'm most likely going to have a scar that's somewhere in between the donut and the traditional anchor. My scar will look like a lollipop, without the smile of the anchor, if you follow my imagery. I have every intention of this scar healing down to a hairline, barely perceptible silvery-white line but let's pause for a moment and consider reality. Sure, the minimal scar could happen but there's a chance I could have a pretty obvious, thick, reddish scar, too. Certainly, that will be the initial situation. When enough time passes, say a year or three, things will be better.
I hope.
But really, I don't care about the scars. They can always be covered up by the beautiful lingerie that, this side of surgery, never comes in my size. I'm not talking about waist measurements.
Anything that has triangles or empire waist or a shelf bra is woefully inadequate to the task of covering what I've got. No amount of tucking, compressing, or wishing is going to change that. Dieting doesn't help either. Even when I'm wearing a size 2 (and it's happened, even since the birth of Secret Lulu--remember the liquid diet?), I am stuck in knits. Sure, I can wear any blend I want--cotton, lycra, silk, or wool--but I'm still in knits and they'd better have some stretch.
As I said to The Dol, after surgery, who knows what I'll wear? A huge portion of my wardrobe is based on what "works" as opposed to my aesthetic preferences. Trying on tops depresses me, so I just stick to whatever comes in a V-neck knit and buy it in one of each color. As much as having an interchangeable parts approach to clothing appeals to me, there's no reason why a pretty blouse can't be paired with jeans instead of a t-shirt.
In any case, I'm about to drop ten pounds. No, not from my chest. I'll only lose about a pound on each side there. But I'm going to lose a little weight before the surgery so I can feel more balanced after the surgery. The only thing worse than being the girl with the big boobs and big butt is just being the girl with the big butt.




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