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Deeay
13 years agoMember
Hi ladies
I had my DIEP reconstruction last Sept with Dr P at Macquarie Hospital. It took 15hours and I was in hospital for 10 days. It's a huge procedure and recovery but I am SO happy with the results. Dr P is a magician. The results are so natural looking and have given me back my self confidence. I love clothes again. I show off my cleavage and I LOVE the flat stomach. I wear tight clothes again and dresses!!!
Yes I wore a binder afterwards for a few weeks and then for the next 6 months I wore a genie bra. You can wear normal bras before that but I just find those bras so comfortable. Actually you don't even need to wear a bra because you end up with nice firm perky breasts! :)
Just two weeks ago I went back for nipple reconstruction. This was also bigger than I expected but so worth it. Dr P took skin grafts from my hips to make the nipples. He also had to a repair to my abdominal wall which was unusual so my scar was opened again there. (I dont think I took it easy enough after the last surgery!) He did some lipo to even my breasts up and fill a hollow and revised a couple of scar lines. I was in hospital 4 nights but its usually 2. The drain took longer to stop draining than was thought. Anyway I'm so thrilled with the results again. The scar lines are neat and the reconstruction scar lines are fading away quickly. I love the shape and I'm very happy.
I can't recommend Dr Pennington enough. He's got to be the best in Audtralia at this procedure!
Good luck girls. You'll be so happy I know. X