breast band

by gymchick 26th January 2011, 11:50 am

Hiya girls dont know if anyone can help my surgeon said i need a breast band when he came to see me after my op hadnt mentioned it before so when i went for my 1 week post op with the nurse i mentioned this to her she ordered me one and it came today with no instructions!!! so how tight do i wear it anyone know?
thanks
xxxx

by narn82 26th January 2011, 12:34 pm

sorry my lovely i would have a clue but i'm suer someone on here will. . . or have you tried an internet search? i think they are used a lot in the USA? but i would no how tight they should/ shouldn't be? i'm guessing like your normal band on a bra?

if you find out let us no i would be intressted to find out xx

by carol_s 26th January 2011, 12:49 pm

Hi hunnie, I was told to wear it fairly tight so that there is a reasonable force acting to push the top portion of the boobs downwards.
You wear it so the it covers the very top portion of your boobies and this will help them to drop into the correct position.
xx

by narn82 26th January 2011, 12:55 pm

now i'm sure i'm not quite getting this but. . . . have ALL of us that has had a BA had it because they either didnt have boobies or gravity has taken them too far south. so i wounder why some surgeons use a devise a help gravity? surely one of the bonus' of a BA is they are back where they should be? (i no when they are 1st done they are high but again gravity eventual wins that battle anyway?)

sorry if this sounds confussed . . . . if it does its because i am xx

by carol_s 26th January 2011, 1:02 pm

I should imagine it is to get them into their final resting place so to speak - but that is just an assumption on my part, I've just been following what my surgeon has advised. James would be able to give you the ins and outs of why it's required.
xx

by narn82 26th January 2011, 1:58 pm

thanks Carol xx

by Zzz1981 26th January 2011, 2:16 pm

Hiya,

When I first had my BA back in 2006 I had to wear one and it was so tight I felt like I couldn't breath for 2 weeks!! My first surgeon (who is rubbish at BAs!!) told me I would have to wear one as well as my support bra due to me having unders! But like carol said it has to be worn more towards the top of the twins and tiiiiigggghhhhtttt!!

Make sure you can breath though I am sure my old PS tried to break my chest bone!! :heehee:

by melloumaw 26th January 2011, 3:09 pm

chest band usually used with unders.placed in a straight line under the armpits fairly tight,to stop the muscle keeping the implant too high
mel x

by **Jem** 26th January 2011, 3:13 pm

Have yours dropped to the right position now Carol?

I had unders, and didnt wear a chest band. I have been wearing just comfy bras, not super supportive and leaving it off at night and mine are still a bit high. So I think the idea of the band gymchick, is that it gives gravity a help-in-hand.

by narn82 26th January 2011, 3:30 pm

melloumaw wrote:chest band usually used with unders.placed in a straight line under the armpits fairly tight,to stop the muscle keeping the implant too high
mel x

i get the idea now . . . . quite clever really, can under remain tighter for a longer time then overs then? (silly question i'm sure but just wondered) wot about if you do alot of exercise, my PS said if i like keep fit etc then over's would be best, (plus i had the pocket there + breast tissue etc) as he believes that lots of exersice can cause the muscle to tighten onto the implant and cause it to become mis-shaped?
xx

by carol_s 26th January 2011, 3:51 pm

Jem: Well their a bit skew-wift (?) at the moment - my rightie has dropped into the correct position, but my leftie is still a little high (but lower than it was just after surgery). However, you do have to made aware of this before you can see the difference, it's not immediately obvious xx
Narn82: I can exercise my legs etc (treadmill) and stomache, but absolutely no weights for the time being - I think my surgeon wants the muscles to fully relax and get a bit longer (if that happens) before he will allow me to do upper body stuff.
xx

by gymchick 26th January 2011, 5:06 pm

Hiya girls thanks so much finally spoke to the nurse at mya after a 5 hour wait good job it wasnt a emergency lol.
aparently sometimes the surgeon decides when he does your op that you need the band so now i have it on doesnt feel very comfy but oh well as long as it helps. Shes is going to ring me back after speaking to my surgeon and let me know how long i have to wear it for i will let you know what she says.
Thanks again
xxx

by gymchick 27th January 2011, 4:53 pm

just spoke to the nurse and my ps says i have to wear the band 24/7 for 6 weeks!! i have only had it on a day and its killing me, hope the pain wears off a bit once im used to it, otherwise im not looking forwards to the nexy 6 weeks.
xx

by carol_s 27th January 2011, 4:58 pm

I know hun, I have to do the same - but my torture is for 12 weeks when I see the surgeon for my 3 month check up. However, after the 6 weeks were up, I did allow myself to go without it occasionally during the day.
My, my, my I really must have been a naughty girl sometime during my life to deserve this Hysterical

xx

by gymchick 27th January 2011, 5:45 pm

lol carol did you have very tight pec muscles before your op i just wondered if this made much diffrence im a ex gymnast and untill my op i was still training two or three times a week my ps had commented about my muscles im not huge just no fat im only a size 4-6 wondered if it made the muscle hold the implant more.
xx

by carol_s 27th January 2011, 6:01 pm

Yes, I do work out in the gym hunnie - but don't do a lot of weights as I just want to keep general tone up there, don't want to build muscle like you see some women do. There's one lady down here who does weights to extremes (well I think it's extreme as she looks a bit like a slightly smaller version Arnie LOL) and that certainly isn't the look that I'm after, but I do think I'm reasonably strong (except for certain jars of pickled onions etc) and I did spend most of August to October doing a lot of very heavy work in the garden.
However I think it might be a personal pedant of my particular surgeon as my PCC who had her boobies done by him a week before me was also wearing one when I saw her last (and she can't have a day off from wearing one LOL).
xx

by gymchick 29th January 2011, 9:52 am

LOL poor girl i can just imagine her going in to the loo and undoing it for a few mins to get a breather in private Flash

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Thank god though that i have got used to this band a bit now feels a lot better now and i have it tighter than at first!
i have found its better if im up doing little bits and peices rather than resting on the sofa as this felt worse just wanted to cry the first couple of days.
Thanks for your help carol.
xx

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