<p>any of you have any plastic surgery you are willing to admit to…</p>
<p>I had my a breast augmentation about 7 weeks ago. I figured that it was less than 1/10 of the amount of money I was paying for my son’s college over 4 years. And I plan on keeping my new ‘assets’ longer than 4 years</p>
<p>FINALLY, I see the light at the end of the financial tunnel that is college and can work on ME (last year I got a car, new HVAC and roof for my house, that doesn’t count as for ME)!</p>
<p>Good for you, Sue!</p>
<p>I have not had any sort of plastic surgery, but it seems I keep having to fix other stuff just to be upright and functional (back, knees and soon ankle). I would LOVE to be able to get a tummy tuck, though.</p>
<p>I have been on a forum for girls planning on or already had a boob job.</p>
<p>Some of them are college aged and wonder if it hurts as bad as giving birth.</p>
<p>they are so innocent! Um NO, this surgery was a cakewalk compared to my c-section 21 years ago and hysterectomy in January of this year.</p>
<p>I sent a pic of me to my son (he will be 21 in a couple of weeks) and was like, omg Mom you look like a grownup now!</p>
<p>I had a breast * reduction*, about 10 years ago- after my naturopath suggested it ( she, had had it done & highly recommended the surgeon). I probably had similar results with those who had it added- easier to find clothes that fit, which is GREAT!
I love being able to wear " bratops" and not feel like I am upholstered.</p>
<p>I also look so much younger & don’t feel like Aunt Bee.
Also big plus- my insurance paid for it.
Unfortunately, since I had to have general anesthesia & since I am a redhead [The</a> Pain of Being a Redhead](<a href=“http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/06/the-pain-of-being-a-redhead/]The”>The Pain of Being a Redhead - The New York Times), I had bad recovery period( because of the amount of anesthesia that was required to keep me under) & it was much more complicated to care for than my c-section.
However, once it healed it looks great & for a while I had to resist showing everyone how good my scars look! :D</p>
<p>oh the irony that insurance pays to get some ‘off the top’ but to get more is all on you.</p>
<p>If you never saw me before you would never know I had work done, nothing too much, just NORMAL.</p>
<p>I’ve been happily flat-chested my whole life and wouldn’t change it!</p>
<p>Looks good sueinphilly!!! :)</p>
<p>I would like to have the girls put back where they belong. Don’t need more, don’t need less…I just need them to be returned to their upright position and ready for take-off…not looking like they’re ready for landing.</p>
<p>Hey, just going to say, Congrats Sue!</p>
<p>And you look splendid in that bikini! Watch out world…</p>
<p>I am so jealous. I tried to convince the kid to become a plastic surgeon - as long as I was paying tuition, I wanted something for myself. A resounding “no.” So, I am waiting til graduation, and then will become a new me :)</p>
<p>Good for you for doing something just for you!</p>
<p>My sister and my best friend are flat chested and I am, ahem, not. I used to really like being busty. Well, let me tell you my friends, time and gravity have not been kind. I don’t want surgery, I just want them where they used to be…is that so much to ask?</p>
<p>I did talk to a doctor about a lift but, basically, I would also need implants to make them look like they used too. I’m too much of a worrier for that, so for now it’s just me, my breasts and our high-tech, super-powers bras!</p>
<p>the nice thing about these is that they will still be perky when I am even older than I am now (49) :-)</p>
<p>Sueinphilly, you mentioned your insurance paid for the procedure. How much documentation, etc. was required before they agreed to pay? Had you had back pain, etc? Thanks for posting.</p>
<p>I haven’t done anything, mostly because I am convinced that I am the person who would die during elective surgery (my grandmother actually did die during elective hip replacement surgery) or that I would be the person who would look worse off. But I have wondered if down the line I would do the stuff (not Botox, but the stuff that fills in deep creases) or Botox. Has anyone done that? My girlfriend says she loves Botox. I’m the rare woman who is actually happy with her breasts, even after almost a decade of breastfeeding, so I wouldn’t do anything there. But if I was brave and someone else was paying for it, I would contemplate liposuction or a tummy tuck.</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>??? </p>
<p>I think Sue said that she had to pay…not her insurance.</p>
<p>My ins paid for the reduction- because I had asthma and they required a certain amount to be taken off- ( I think maybe 9oz min- which is only a little over 1/2lb each side)
I don’t remember how much they actually took off, I had mentioned I didn’t ever want to wear a bra again ( which I still wear, but I admit it is pretty fun to be * able* to go without if I wanted to at 52yrs old), but I am still a D-DD so who knows what size they actually were beforehand, but I never liked having them because they always were in the way- much better now.</p>
<p>I’m with mom2…I don’t need bigger ones I just need them put “back” up where they started! But I wouldn’t do that I guess. My best-est friend had a reduction and she looks fabulous! She looked like she had dropped 30 pounds because her clothes fit her so much better. Everyone always thought she was a chunky girl, but no, she just had a huge, huge chest so her shirts and clothes hung on her. She had grooves in her shoulders from her bras. She’s still huge but at least slightly better proportioned. She wished she had done it when she was a young adult. Big is not always better. Either way big or less it’s about how “you” feel and that’s what is important. I would never change myself for anyone but “me.”</p>
<p>A big congrats to you, Sue. The “girl” look terrific. Still, I can’t believe you were back at work so soon. Just lifting arms can take days. I think it is easier to add on than to subtract. </p>
<p>When i had my nose fixed a few years ago, the doctor said I could be back at work in 4 days. He was so wrong. I still had tubes up my nose, bandages covering most of my face, and still bleeding thru rolls of paper towel. This was septoplasty, cartilage added, following an accident–I think rhinopalsty would be easier)</p>
<p>…breast surgery or botox…SHUDDER! :eek: Not for me, thanks, but I am going to have my spider veins worked on. They are awful and all over my legs, so that I am uncomfortable wearing a bathing suit or shorts. I’m also almost at the end of my college costs :), just ONE more December payment, then finished after 7 long years!!! I figure I deserve a little body work…</p>
<p>I want the spider veins on my face done, and the bags under my eyes done, and the spider veins on my legs done. </p>
<p>Then I’ll take a step back and see what else should be “done.”</p>
<p>Don’t know if I’ll ever do any of it. Costs too damn much.</p>
<p>I’m not anti-augmentation or other plastic surgery , but I am concerned about my sister who had a sort of face-lift last year and has been having mystery illnesses and symptoms ever since…she was ( prior to surgery ) energetic and healthy…now she has underlying fatigue, weakened immunities and always sick
Just two weeks ago, she came to visit me and got an eye infection ,which still is not clearly defined , laryngitis and a cold and fell in a parking lot and broke her elbow the day before we took a sister/ mother vacation…seriously , she has less energy than my 80 yr old mother and that is a cause for concern for me…she is in the process of having blood work and panels done , but I can’t help but wonder what she exposed herself too…something is clearly wrong with her , though no answers yet…
I color my hair and have contemplated botox , but when the day is done, I am okay with my physical appearance because I am happy with my life and my husband loves me, wrinkles , fat and all</p>