Mentor 300 before/after / inframammary incision / overseas non-Seoul patient
Week two really does come. “Time is the answer” seems like the simple, definite explanation for the past two weeks.... I understood in my head that this was the process of swelling developing and going down, but I couldn’t stop thinking that they seemed too big, that the left and right sides looked severely asymmetrical, and that the shape looked too unnatural. Like I wrote in my previous review, up until day 1, my breasts looked pretty on the day of surgery and the size was perfect, so I just held onto that. But the swelling kept getting worse, my weight went up by 4-5 kg, I had constipation (ugh... this damned two-week constipation... I highly recommend, no, consider it essential, getting medication prescribed or drinking prune juice), my breasts became extremely sensitive, and once the pain pump was removed, the pain started creeping in, so days 3-4 were truly miserable. Whenever I take antibiotics, I always get mild depression, and with all the symptoms above added on, my mental state was in tatters... In my head I knew it was part of the process, but the anxiety and depression of wondering whether I had done this for nothing were seriously awful... At times like this, I think the answer is advice from people who have already gone through the surgery. My younger sibling in the U.S. called and reassured me that it was part of the process, and my friend reassured me that my breast size had not come out too big, so the swelling went down, the antibiotics ended, and the anxiety, depression, and regret ended too! My breasts are still very firm and very sensitive, and the left side is still more swollen, but I can definitely see them returning day by day to the ones I saw on the day of surgery. My weight has almost gone back too, so I’m just considering the remaining +800 g to be the weight of the implants. If anyone here is struggling and regretting it right now, I want to tell you that you are not alone. If it’s not a side effect like capsular contracture or an inflammatory reaction, it’s all part of the process, and time will answer, so hang in there!
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