Fat Grafting Surgery

A week ago I had fat grafting surgery (taking fat from places on my body to give my implants a more natural appearance) as well as a small revision (lifting one side). I have over the muscle implants and the rippling honestly wasn't bothering me that much, but my surgeon recommended it, especially since I wanted to have nipple reconstruction - she said she would need somewhere to work with, the skin without fat grafting was just too thin.

I thought this is going to be a pretty quick surgery but it ended up being pretty long and involved. I think the surgeon was running a bit late, so I arrived at 8:30 for a 10:00 surgery but was waiting in the OR prep until well after 11:00 as everyone else came and went. The surgery itself must have taken about 2 hours, and I thought I was going to be in recovery for about 45 minutes, but it ended up being much longer - my ride was told to get there around 4:00. 8:30 -4 in the hospital is not what I expected for a small surgery! 

But other than that, recovery was very easy. I have to wear a waist binder. Some fat was also taken from my legs and I wish someone would have told me to wear some Spanx because I think that would have helped with a bruising - The bruises on my legs are larger than my head! But I barely needed Tylenol - I took it for 2 days and kept on forgetting because I really wasn't that uncomfortable.  It would have been really easy if my surgery wasn't on a Friday and I didn't have to chase after a 3-year-old all weekend! 

My paperwork said not to shower but my surgeon said that I could - I took a couple of shower so far and just tried not to get my breasts too wet. I'm also not wearing a bra which seems to be her recommendation after any surgery. I find it surprising how much this varies, some people have to wear a bra!

The surgeon was right, my breasts look so much more natural now! I'm seeing her on Monday and looking forward to getting bandages off if it's not too early.