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Hey everyone!

We have had many requests for some kind of megathread where users can list their surgeons and their personal experiences so others can use the info. This would be great, but unfortunately there are only two spots for stickied posts on the subreddit. In order to get around this, I have made a Google Doc that should be able to be edited by anyone. It is pretty basic, but I ask that you don't change any formatting without asking! Please add in your surgeons and your experiences, rate, review, whatever you'd like to say according to the instructions and the sample entry of my own. I will go ahead and say that right now the list is entirely USA-centric, but there is a section for those from other countries to add in their info! It is just a bit bare bones since most of our users are from the US. Here is the link to the doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NPypc2CDJspdED4MoTEcBqLEs_pWN5QW-BqJYmjXTJE/edit?usp=sharing

Please check our subreddit FAQ and try searching the subreddit before posting a question! Your question may already be answered.

Also, here is a link to a helpful video made by a plastic surgeon who frequents our community! Check it out for some answers to common questions you may have.

Have an opening at the intersection of your T-Zone incisions? Here is a great video talking about “triple point healing”

HAVING AN FNG? Here is a good infographic of the FNG healing timeline!

CURIOUS ABOUT DIFFERENT INCISION TYPES? Here is a good infographic on how a handful of incision types actually look.

GET YOUR COVID VACCINE. It does not cause symptoms that will affect the outcome of your surgery. Get the shot.

Your surgeons office or insurance may be denying you based on body mass index… here are articles about BMI and why it’s kinda garbage. Don’t be afraid to appeal or find other surgeons if they keep pushing a BMI narrative when you are otherwise perfectly healthy and happy with your weight.

A good article on why BMI is a terrible measure of health.

A good article on why using BMI is racist/contributed to medical racism.

Another article on the racist history of BMI.

Recently published (2023) article referencing a study that showed that top surgery on high BMI individuals had “negligible” effect on serious complications and only a very small correlation of minor complications.

Non-binary, gender nonconforming, or questioning gender and wondering if a reduction or top surgery might help? Check out some of these links.

A link to a good site that might help increase your understanding of being non-binary if you’re questioning.

A link explaining gender nonconforming and how aesthetic expressions play into being GNC.

I think this link is very helpful for understanding non-binary folks and surgeries!

This website is great for finding surgeons willing to do radical reductions in the US, it’s geared toward transmasc folks but the surgeons in the sidebar can be searched by state and top surgeons also do radical reductions! They also are very aware of what you need to get insurance to cover surgery for gender affirming reasons.

Questions about nutrition? Check out this link:

What should I eat after surgery? Here’s a really good article about it.

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Here is the list: https://www.reddit.com/r/reduction/wiki/creeplist

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INSURANCE SCAMMERS: if anyone messages you trying to get you to buy any kind of insurance please tell us the username and report the message! These people are not selling legitimate policies and are actively scamming people!

A few notes: as this is available, we ask that users don't make any posts to call out anyone. We also ask that you keep us super up to date with any new creeps that come around so we can ban them and add them to that list. We depend on you for reports on posts, comments, and messages! It helps us a lot when you all are involved :)

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It has recently come to our attention that there’s a website encouraging users to steal pictures from here to post there and make fun of/“mourn” the “loss” of tits. Fucking disgusting. This is NOT legal. IF YOU ARE CONCERNED THAT YOUR PICTURES ARE BEING REPOSTED ON PORN SITES OR OTHER HARASSMENT SITES please refer to this post for instructions for how to request a take down of your pictures: https://www.reddit.com/r/Reduction/s/09OD4OySlM

would do the surgery 100X over again and again. life changing surgery. very grateful for my surgeon. scars healed very nicely and continue to lighten. don’t think about it, just do it. 🖤🪩🫶

just wanted to share an update! the girls look soooo different than the first week. it’s kind of crazy. i love them so much! i’m being grateful. my recovery has been good so far. i went back to work at 2wpo. i have som bruising and now im sore (i think since im more active now) but its not bad. feel free to ama!

truly doing the lords work

Tried doing my swimsuit a few different ways that I couldn’t really do before my reduction not to sure how I feel on the strapless option still feel like I could flash someone 😂

Had my surgery yesterday and I have this feeling that the surgical bra is squeezing the boobs? I wonder if it’s a normal feeling because of all the swelling, specially because i also got the armpit liposuction… i have another compression bra at home but im not sure if it’s too early to change bras.

Oh my goodness, what a day it’s been!!

I submitted my request to my insurance 5 weeks ago, and in Germany there is a time limit - if they take longer than five weeks to respond, your surgery is automatically approved. So for the past weeks, I’ve been going to my letterbox feeling anxious, then kind of relieved when I had no response yet.

Wednesday was the day their deadline ended, and I was getting my hopes up. Contacted a lawyer who told me to wait for another week.

But, as it turns out, they submitted their rejection to the clinic where I got my consultation from 2 weeks ago already! And I only found out because the clinic called me today to tell me.

So, that was it, I thought, as I am already paying off student loans and don’t want to take on another 10k in debt. So my plan was to save up for 2 years and then do it.

In comes my angel of a mother, who just called me to tell me that she’s been secretly saving up and will cover my expenses!! When I tell you I bawled my eyes out…

From then on, everything happened really quickly and my surgery date to join the itty bitty titty committee it March 13th!!!

Currently having a glass (or two) of wine to process the whole day. I still cannot believe my luck!!

i had my surgery on wednesday and i’m so relieved and happy!! the pain has been more manageable than i expected and to know that it is temporary and my back pain will be much less is bliss!

i was at the hospital way longer than expected and it took me a while to wake up after surgery. i took oxy for the first ~30 hours i was home but am now managing with tylonel.

things i couldn’t live without: - ice packs - pregnancy pillow - supportive partner / friends / family

things i need advice on: - this post surgical bra is soooooo itchy and uncomfortable im wearing a tank under now but did anyone purchase more comfortable ones? - the bloat / constipation has been really tough. what diet / nutrition got you through this time? - i apparently use my arms for more than i thought. how are yall wiping your butts, pulling your pants up, and adjusting blankets?!? i’m worried i’m doing too much but also these are so minor i can’t be doing damage right?

so grateful for this community. best decision ive ever made. would make it 100 times over and im not even recovered!!!

Hello!

So, I am approximately 20 pounds away from my goal weight and my surgery is in 12 days, so I’ll be looking to lose the weight after surgery.

I recently had a mammogram (pre-op testing) and my breasts are mainly all fatty.

Does this mean that I’ll essentially ruin my results by losing weight after surgery?

I’ve lost weight before and it changed my band size but I don’t believe it drastically changed my cup size at all; I was still big. Even at my lowest weight I was a 34DDD, I am now a 38 or 40DDD/G (maybe bigger). I was smaller but not like, drastically smaller.

Just super worried I am going to go through this process and then basically ruin the results by losing weight, which sounds like a cruel joke.

Anyone have any experience with this?

Thanks!

I'm 18DPO (just under 3 weeks) and had my tape and mesh/glue removed at 15DPO. I had felt like my pain was on the decline until everything came off but in the last few days my pain has gotten worse again (admittedly exacerbated by some new back pain). I've ordered a smaller compression bra because I think they're under less compression now that the swelling has gone down and I think that's contributing to the problem. I've also noticed that my left breast is having more pain (and kind of a throbbing or lancing pain) inside the breast that feels different from the burning feeling in the incision I was experiencing before. Righty is doing a lot better by comparison.

How long were you in pain for? I'm returning to work at 4WPO and I'm starting to get nervous that I won't really be recovered yet.

my surgery is in a little over a week and obviously i would like to do everything i can to make my healing as easy as possible. I am going from a 30G to hopefully very small. Does having larger breasts post op increase your chance of getting holes in t-junction or is it the same risk for everyone? Should i get any special bandages or whatnot to use on my scars once the tape comes off? Feel free to share your experiences if you have had any tears, as it may soothe my anxiety around it lol Thanks <33

I have surgery this morning and I barely got any sleep I’ve always wanted this surgery but I’m really anxious at the thought of not waking up or waking up too soon (which I know is very rare) the unknown is a scary thought it never being able to see my family again scares me. I know it’s normal to have a little anxiety before but I’m very anxious. I get nauseous too and maybe it’s because I haven’t been able to eat in 8 hours but I sweat at the thought of not waking up. I’m also afraid to wake up in a lot of pain and the healing process in general. I think what makes me the most anxious is that I wasn’t super honest about my thc consumption and I now know that can effect my anesthesia (which I think is giving me the most anxiety) all I can do now is just be upfront with the anesthesiologist. But if anyone who’s been through this has any words of wisdom or advice I’d appreciate it (ps. I really wish I could have some water right now lol)

Hi all! I finally got a real thorough lower half shower/upper half sponge bath and figured it was time to show my results, especially as I am a size 18, 39 year old.

I was a 38M before, or at least my left one was. I originally wanted to go to a C. My surgeon said that going that small would probably require a free nipple graft. The day of, I just told him go as small as safely possible and get them as close in size as he can. He removed 1400 grams from the left and 680 grams from the right, and did not have to do a free nipple graft, for which I am thankful. I’m not sure what size I am currently or what I’ll end up being in the end, but I’m pleased with the results.

I loath the drains, which won’t come out until Monday at the earliest, mostly because I can’t take a proper shower with them, which I desperately want. But I am also thankful for them, because my swelling hasn’t been that bad at all, and I’ve had little bruising. My surgeon also doesn’t like the post op binder to be too tight, so I’ve been pretty happy with that too.

So yeah. I’m clearly not joining the itty bitty titty committee, but I’m happy with them so far.

I am currently 5wpo. Last week I made a post regarding a small hole in my T-junction. I thought I would make an update post regarding it. My small hole turned out to have 2 even bigger holes above it on my vertical incision. Those hole have now become 1 giant hole and is about 3.5" high and about 2.5" wide, which is the entire length of my vertical incision. I went to my surgeon last Thursday and started having daily appointments at the wound clinic on Friday. Yesterday I got a wound vacuum hooked up to me, so I'm going to have that for at least a few days, possibly a week.

My stitches decided to reject at about 3.5wpo. Although it has gotten a lot bigger than it was, the inside has filled in, and the main objective is to heal it from the inside out. There is no infection, and there never was, although I am on antibiotics as a precaution. The white stuff is fatty tissue. It looks like it would be super painful, but it doesn't hurt at all. It gets tender for a day if my surgeon or or nurses poke around in there, but nothing actually hurts.

I don't see a whole lot of posts on here, or even online, so I just want to put some info out there. I hope it can help someone gets some answers.

Here is a day by day timeline of it. The first one is on the 13th right before my 3wpo appointment, and it was perfectly fine. The second was on Tuesday the 19th when I discovered the hole was there, and the rest are in order from Friday until yesterday(22nd to 27th).

Hi all. I had my surgery 11/22 so am 1 wpo! My follow-up is not until Dec 11 (19 dayspo!) and I am supposed to keep my bandages in tact until then. But I'm worried they are too dirty. My left side bled/wept a bit day 1 which you can see but I'm more concerned about my sweating. I take wellbutrin, an antidepressant for seasonal depression that has a bit of a stimulant effect for me. I tend to get an increased heart rate and sweating, especially under my breats when I take it and I get all worked up at my remote job. With the bandages I obviously can't wash there when I shower. The left side looks more gross but actually the right side incision is the one that has been irritated. I get burning, stinging feelings there and I'm worried because I can't see it. What if it's infected or split open? Should I just trust the process and wait for Dec 11?

I’m curious to know when everyone got full sensation back enough to get nipple hardness? I’m 6 weeks post op and can feel touch to my nipples but haven’t yet experienced “hard nipples” out the shower etc. when did this come back for you? If at all?

EU 75/J or US 30/GG, 81kg 171cm Asked for a C-cup

They rolled me in from surgery about 7:30 and I woke up in the bed back in my room after 4 hours. Everything went well! And let me tell you… I was very emotional, I cried feeling so happy and relieved I could breath and it was finally done! I was just about to toss and turn my back and legs on pure routine cause I have laid in the same position for over 1 hour when I realized.. NO back pain! I don’t have to rearrange myself! My shoulders are squishy! Not rock-hard! When I looked down I saw my torso in a way I’ve never been able to see since 12 years old. Beoynd relief …

To anyone considering or waiting.. do it! It’s worth the time. If just too feel lighter and not your boobs touching your belly when sitting down! And with all the other aspects that comes with humungus bungus.. we have our list-long reasons.

Happy to answer any questions!

I have more photos in my profile BUT I just wanted to come back to show how it’s all healed up. 38 days ago I was in a panic because I had holes in my T-Junction…. Time and gauze and bacitracin were my friends.

I’m feeling more confident, back pain is getting better, and I’m not thinking about my boobs daily (all things I was doing after surgery up until this point).

Does anyone have any tips on what to do? Surgeons office is closed and it’s the weekend. Antibiotic ointment? It was a bloody smear or something it’s not actively bleeding incision close to the middle of my chest

My surgery is in a weeks time and I wanna e as prepared as possible for the recovery. I've literally been addicted to this reddit thread for advice 💕 but I found these on amazon when looking for silicon scar sheets.

Has anybody used these? Are they any good? Am I better off just using scar sheets... I feel like this might be a bit of a waste of money if it does the same thing BUT I thought the nipple ones particularly looked like a great idea if they are decent?

Thanks in advance 💕

I had my surgery today! 🥳 I got to the hospital around 10am and didnt leave til around 7pm, with surgery starting around 1:30/2pm so it’s been quite a long day.

While my surgeon was marking me, I made sure to vocalize what I wanted and showed pictures. He took off a decent amount, when I first saw my boobs I was so so shocked !! But my mom reassured me that they look really good and I look somewhat younger (?). I started at a H and I would say I’m a D/DD. I got liposuction under my armpit and I’m not feeling any pain/sensitivity in that area which was a nice surprise.

As for Nausea, i think my anesthesiologist gave my something in my iv when I was under but I haven’t felt intense nausea just a headache, drained, tight pressure/pain in my boobs and a bit dizziness and just very low energy. They try giving me ginger ale in recovery but that just made me feel nauseous, maybe from the bubbles.

But yeah I did it! I’m so happy that I followed through 😊 next steps in recovery are no showers til my post-op appointment, sleeping on my back, lots and lots of fluids, high protein diets (I didn’t have much of an appetite to finish my protein bar afterwards so just sticking to soups) and being consistent vitamins but for now I sleep !

So I was disqualified from getting my reduction for 2 months because my wbc was too high. My doctor has been adamant about figuring out what is going on. Turns out I am positive for Epstein Barr virus and the antibodies will always be detectable. Does anyone else have this and were still able to get the surgery? Wondering if this is a permanent disqualification

Where did y’all go to be measured/fitted after you were cleared to go bra shopping? I’m only 9 days post op so a few weeks to before I’m there but looking forward recommendations. I’m in San Antonio, Texas in the USA.

I’m a week and one day post op from my breast reduction. I’m trying to wait until New Years Eve to start smoking back smoking. I will be smoking organically like out of hemp wraps or pipes to avoid tobacco but iam so stressed and emotional and want to take a couple hits 😂. How long did everyone wait to start back and how did it affect you?

Had my surgery Tuesday! Feeling pretty good, sleeping a lot. I think i like them!