Large Boob Question
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GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »suzannesimmons3 wrote: »suzannesimmons3 wrote: »Not a woman, but what compound lifting exercises have done for me is reduced random pain in my back, neck and also reduced migraines.
Reducing weight, and fixing your posture through lifting will fix your problem completely imo.
Possibly ease....won't usually fix in women with out of proportion tissue dense breasts
Reducing fat through weight loss might deal with some of that. Point is that this should be tried before something as big as surgery. 3 months is enough to gauge whether surgery is still warranted.
Not all women have fatty boobs...boobs can have a lot of breast tissue as well which won't go away with diet.
I've already said to op to wait until shes at goal but im saying to you that diet doesnt always work if they are tissue dense..
Because the bolded part was added by the poster after my reply to her.
The earlier part makes it seem like the poster opinion was that OP should not lose weight but go for surgery ASAP.
Point of note: Losing weight wouldn't impact BREAST TISSUE.
Which you had to be smarmy about to the OP. She in no way was implying that the original poster should go out and get surgery right away, btw, that's just your straw man here, it was just her making a point that weight loss won't necessarily shrink boobage for women with large breasts which is a point you seem insistent on making.
You would be wrong about that, because not all breasts are large because of fat. Some are large because of density of breast tissue. Now do you get where you were wrong?
I get it. But that doesnt solve OPs problem. Hence i still suggest weightloss and lifting before surgery.
Edit: there is no strawman in my post. Whether its fat or tissue doesnt change my opinion that WL and lifting should be tried first.2 -
I have big ones, but I haven't had surgery. Mine did get bigger since I've gained the weight, but already they have gotten a little smaller with 33 lbs. lost. At my highest weight I could squeeze into a 40DD but for most of the last 30 years have been a 36D. (That said in my 20s I was a 36B/C--each due to weight gain!) I do have very dense breast tissue, but the weight gain each time has caused me to get larger in the breasts.
I have never contemplated really having a surgery, but I'm not as big as the OP. If I were in her situation, I would wait until I reach goal weight and then reevaluate the situation. Since the OP is young and wants to have children, there is the breastfeeding factor. The surgery might be unnecessary at the goal weight with some loss in that area, as well as refitting of bras as some have said.1 -
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I totally get that this is a difficult decision to make. I am a 36H and was experiencing back and shoulder pain but, as other posters have mentioned, strength training helped tremendously. Other things like pilates helped a little bit but ST made the biggest impact. I really don't have back pain at all anymore. I also try to switch from low to high heels so that I'm never in heels for too long (lets face it our centre of gravity does not need to be more forward!). I am 54 and it wasn't until I was in my late 30s that I had my first proper bra fitting. I am not sure what it is like where you live but my size is very expensive in shops. I have found a few brands (Panache, Freya, Fantasie) that I know have the right fit and lovely design and then I order them at affordable rates through ebay.uk. I am not sure why but the UK is the most busty girl friendly place in the world.2
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suzannesimmons3 wrote: »suzannesimmons3 wrote: »Not a woman, but what compound lifting exercises have done for me is reduced random pain in my back, neck and also reduced migraines.
Reducing weight, and fixing your posture through lifting will fix your problem completely imo.
Possibly ease....won't usually fix in women with out of proportion tissue dense breasts
Reducing fat through weight loss might deal with some of that. Point is that this should be tried before something as big as surgery. 3 months is enough to gauge whether surgery is still warranted.
Not all women have fatty boobs...boobs can have a lot of breast tissue as well which won't go away with diet.
I've already said to op to wait until shes at goal but im saying to you that diet doesnt always work if they are tissue dense..
Because the bolded part was added by the poster after my reply to her.
The earlier part makes it seem like the poster opinion was that OP should not lose weight but go for surgery ASAP.
Edit: I was quite clear that OP should try weight loss and lifting first and if it doesnt solve the issue then think about surgery. Her reply seemed like she was against this thought process. Kindly check the timestamps to corroborate.
Unless you read her first comment to me...1 -
I totally get that this is a difficult decision to make. I am a 36H and was experiencing back and shoulder pain but, as other posters have mentioned, strength training helped tremendously. Other things like pilates helped a little bit but ST made the biggest impact. I really don't have back pain at all anymore. I also try to switch from low to high heels so that I'm never in heels for too long (lets face it our centre of gravity does not need to be more forward!). I am 54 and it wasn't until I was in my late 30s that I had my first proper bra fitting. I am not sure what it is like where you live but my size is very expensive in shops. I have found a few brands (Panache, Freya, Fantasie) that I know have the right fit and lovely design and then I order them at affordable rates through ebay.uk. I am not sure why but the UK is the most busty girl friendly place in the world.
A lot of people mentioned strength training as helpful. Was there a large learning curve? I was strength training for a while assuming back and shoulder strength would help alleviate my pain but it just got worse so I stopped after a couple months. I even had a trainer making sure my posture was correct. Maybe it gets worse before better?1 -
My friend was a 36 G/H and she weighed anywhere from 145-170 pounds over the course of high school. She had a breast reduction when she was 16 to be a D cup. She never regretted it. Insurance covered everything and she was really happy with her new perkier breasts. She was really self conscious about her breasts on top of having bad back pain from the extra weight. Her weight fluctuation did not largely affect how she felt breast wise. I'd say go for it! Don't wait! You can still get them reduced to a size that would fit your frame. If you're an I cup and you're in a lot of pain then it's going to be at least quite a few months before you can lose the weight to get back to your old weight and even then you're breasts are going to be extra big. Maybe ask them to reduce them to DD/D and tell them you plan to lose some weight so you don't want to go too small. Whatever you're comfortable with. You can always go smaller, too.2
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She did have the anchor scar but she was still more comfortable with them, lookwise, and feeling wise after the surgery. They looked really good, imo. They were nice, round, and perky. She took good care of them as her surgeon advised and never had a complication, btw
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OP, has a mammogram been done to determine how much fat is there? if not, one should wonder why the doc hasnt gotten it done.1
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A lot of people mentioned strength training as helpful. Was there a large learning curve? I was strength training for a while assuming back and shoulder strength would help alleviate my pain but it just got worse so I stopped after a couple months. I even had a trainer making sure my posture was correct. Maybe it gets worse before better? [/quote]
I would seek some professional advice from a physiotherapist or trainer. It is hard to say whether it was technique or too much weight. I started with light weight but progressed to higher weight as soon as the weight became easy. Also core work is important. I also treat myself to messages, chiro etc. so I would say that an overall wellness plan helped.
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GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »suzannesimmons3 wrote: »suzannesimmons3 wrote: »Not a woman, but what compound lifting exercises have done for me is reduced random pain in my back, neck and also reduced migraines.
Reducing weight, and fixing your posture through lifting will fix your problem completely imo.
Possibly ease....won't usually fix in women with out of proportion tissue dense breasts
Reducing fat through weight loss might deal with some of that. Point is that this should be tried before something as big as surgery. 3 months is enough to gauge whether surgery is still warranted.
Not all women have fatty boobs...boobs can have a lot of breast tissue as well which won't go away with diet.
I've already said to op to wait until shes at goal but im saying to you that diet doesnt always work if they are tissue dense..
Because the bolded part was added by the poster after my reply to her.
The earlier part makes it seem like the poster opinion was that OP should not lose weight but go for surgery ASAP.
Point of note: Losing weight wouldn't impact BREAST TISSUE.
Which you had to be smarmy about to the OP. She in no way was implying that the original poster should go out and get surgery right away, btw, that's just your straw man here, it was just her making a point that weight loss won't necessarily shrink boobage for women with large breasts which is a point you seem insistent on making.
You would be wrong about that, because not all breasts are large because of fat. Some are large because of density of breast tissue. Now do you get where you were wrong?
I get it. But that doesnt solve OPs problem. Hence i still suggest weightloss and lifting before surgery.
Edit: there is no strawman in my post. Whether its fat or tissue doesnt change my opinion that WL and lifting should be tried first.
No, what you said was "Reducing weight, and fixing your posture through lifting will fix your problem completely imo."
That's the problem. Damn near every one of us suggested that OP wait and see what happens first, strength training also suggested. Because they might and hopefully will, help. A few others who have had reductions chimed in with their experiences, also none saying 'nah, just go do the surgery'.
What you did was say that weight loss and training would fix the problem completely. Not 'try it to see if it helps before going the surgery route'. Not 'might fix it'. You said will fix it. You really can't see what you might have done wrong there? And why people who actually have breasts, and may know a little more than you about them, may have found that just a tad condescending?14 -
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Nony_Mouse wrote: »GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »suzannesimmons3 wrote: »suzannesimmons3 wrote: »Not a woman, but what compound lifting exercises have done for me is reduced random pain in my back, neck and also reduced migraines.
Reducing weight, and fixing your posture through lifting will fix your problem completely imo.
Possibly ease....won't usually fix in women with out of proportion tissue dense breasts
Reducing fat through weight loss might deal with some of that. Point is that this should be tried before something as big as surgery. 3 months is enough to gauge whether surgery is still warranted.
Not all women have fatty boobs...boobs can have a lot of breast tissue as well which won't go away with diet.
I've already said to op to wait until shes at goal but im saying to you that diet doesnt always work if they are tissue dense..
Because the bolded part was added by the poster after my reply to her.
The earlier part makes it seem like the poster opinion was that OP should not lose weight but go for surgery ASAP.
Point of note: Losing weight wouldn't impact BREAST TISSUE.
Which you had to be smarmy about to the OP. She in no way was implying that the original poster should go out and get surgery right away, btw, that's just your straw man here, it was just her making a point that weight loss won't necessarily shrink boobage for women with large breasts which is a point you seem insistent on making.
You would be wrong about that, because not all breasts are large because of fat. Some are large because of density of breast tissue. Now do you get where you were wrong?
I get it. But that doesnt solve OPs problem. Hence i still suggest weightloss and lifting before surgery.
Edit: there is no strawman in my post. Whether its fat or tissue doesnt change my opinion that WL and lifting should be tried first.
No, what you said was "Reducing weight, and fixing your posture through lifting will fix your problem completely imo."
That's the problem. Damn near every one of us suggested that OP wait and see what happens first, strength training also suggested. Because they might and hopefully will, help. A few others who have had reductions chimed in with their experiences, also none saying 'nah, just go do the surgery'.
What you did was say that weight loss and training would fix the problem completely. Not 'try it to see if it helps before going the surgery route'. Not 'might fix it'. You said will fix it. You really can't see what you might have done wrong there? And why people who actually have breasts, and may know a little more than you about them, may have found that just a tad condescending?
find battles to fight elsewhere.7 -
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Nony_Mouse wrote: »GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »suzannesimmons3 wrote: »suzannesimmons3 wrote: »Not a woman, but what compound lifting exercises have done for me is reduced random pain in my back, neck and also reduced migraines.
Reducing weight, and fixing your posture through lifting will fix your problem completely imo.
Possibly ease....won't usually fix in women with out of proportion tissue dense breasts
Reducing fat through weight loss might deal with some of that. Point is that this should be tried before something as big as surgery. 3 months is enough to gauge whether surgery is still warranted.
Not all women have fatty boobs...boobs can have a lot of breast tissue as well which won't go away with diet.
I've already said to op to wait until shes at goal but im saying to you that diet doesnt always work if they are tissue dense..
Because the bolded part was added by the poster after my reply to her.
The earlier part makes it seem like the poster opinion was that OP should not lose weight but go for surgery ASAP.
Point of note: Losing weight wouldn't impact BREAST TISSUE.
Which you had to be smarmy about to the OP. She in no way was implying that the original poster should go out and get surgery right away, btw, that's just your straw man here, it was just her making a point that weight loss won't necessarily shrink boobage for women with large breasts which is a point you seem insistent on making.
You would be wrong about that, because not all breasts are large because of fat. Some are large because of density of breast tissue. Now do you get where you were wrong?
I get it. But that doesnt solve OPs problem. Hence i still suggest weightloss and lifting before surgery.
Edit: there is no strawman in my post. Whether its fat or tissue doesnt change my opinion that WL and lifting should be tried first.
No, what you said was "Reducing weight, and fixing your posture through lifting will fix your problem completely imo."
That's the problem. Damn near every one of us suggested that OP wait and see what happens first, strength training also suggested. Because they might and hopefully will, help. A few others who have had reductions chimed in with their experiences, also none saying 'nah, just go do the surgery'.
What you did was say that weight loss and training would fix the problem completely. Not 'try it to see if it helps before going the surgery route'. Not 'might fix it'. You said will fix it. You really can't see what you might have done wrong there? And why people who actually have breasts, and may know a little more than you about them, may have found that just a tad condescending?
find battles to fight elsewhere.
Why am I not at all surprised that that is your response? Yep, just tell the woman to keep her mouth shut. I'm not fighting a battle, I'm pointing out what people are finding wrong with your original response. So you can maybe learn something and oh, I don't know, admit that you really didn't word that very well and never should have said that weight loss and training would solve OP's issues completely.13 -
suzannesimmons3 wrote: »
That's NOT what you said....you said she should have one to figure out how fatty they are and that's NOT what a mammograph is for. ....a mammograph is a cancer detecting X RAY...so now you're suggesting op puts herself through a painful and invasive set of tests so she can see if she's fat??
omg i cant handle this, im out.
good luck OP.10 -
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Put off the surgery and give the weight loss a shot.
Always avoid surgery if possible.
You'll have to be patient with losing the weight though.
My 2 cents.0 -
suzannesimmons3 wrote: »
That's NOT what you said....you said she should have one to figure out how fatty they are and that's NOT what a mammograph is for. ....a mammograph is a cancer detecting X RAY...so now you're suggesting op puts herself through a painful and invasive set of tests so she can see if she's fat??
omg i cant handle this, im out.
good luck OP.
Took him long enough. What is up with guys showing up here trying to mansplain about breast reduction to a bunch of ladies?? So sorry you all had to endure this foolishness.14 -
suzannesimmons3 wrote: »
That's NOT what you said....you said she should have one to figure out how fatty they are and that's NOT what a mammograph is for. ....a mammograph is a cancer detecting X RAY...so now you're suggesting op puts herself through a painful and invasive set of tests so she can see if she's fat??
omg i cant handle this, im out.
good luck OP.
Took him long enough. What is up with guys showing up here trying to mansplain about breast reduction to a bunch of ladies?? So sorry you all had to endure this foolishness.
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Nony_Mouse wrote: »GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »suzannesimmons3 wrote: »suzannesimmons3 wrote: »Not a woman, but what compound lifting exercises have done for me is reduced random pain in my back, neck and also reduced migraines.
Reducing weight, and fixing your posture through lifting will fix your problem completely imo.
Possibly ease....won't usually fix in women with out of proportion tissue dense breasts
Reducing fat through weight loss might deal with some of that. Point is that this should be tried before something as big as surgery. 3 months is enough to gauge whether surgery is still warranted.
Not all women have fatty boobs...boobs can have a lot of breast tissue as well which won't go away with diet.
I've already said to op to wait until shes at goal but im saying to you that diet doesnt always work if they are tissue dense..
Because the bolded part was added by the poster after my reply to her.
The earlier part makes it seem like the poster opinion was that OP should not lose weight but go for surgery ASAP.
Point of note: Losing weight wouldn't impact BREAST TISSUE.
Which you had to be smarmy about to the OP. She in no way was implying that the original poster should go out and get surgery right away, btw, that's just your straw man here, it was just her making a point that weight loss won't necessarily shrink boobage for women with large breasts which is a point you seem insistent on making.
You would be wrong about that, because not all breasts are large because of fat. Some are large because of density of breast tissue. Now do you get where you were wrong?
I get it. But that doesnt solve OPs problem. Hence i still suggest weightloss and lifting before surgery.
Edit: there is no strawman in my post. Whether its fat or tissue doesnt change my opinion that WL and lifting should be tried first.
No, what you said was "Reducing weight, and fixing your posture through lifting will fix your problem completely imo."
That's the problem. Damn near every one of us suggested that OP wait and see what happens first, strength training also suggested. Because they might and hopefully will, help. A few others who have had reductions chimed in with their experiences, also none saying 'nah, just go do the surgery'.
What you did was say that weight loss and training would fix the problem completely. Not 'try it to see if it helps before going the surgery route'. Not 'might fix it'. You said will fix it. You really can't see what you might have done wrong there? And why people who actually have breasts, and may know a little more than you about them, may have found that just a tad condescending?
find battles to fight elsewhere.
Hey, dude, take your own advice, m'kay?9 -
suzannesimmons3 wrote: »
That's NOT what you said....you said she should have one to figure out how fatty they are and that's NOT what a mammograph is for. ....a mammograph is a cancer detecting X RAY...so now you're suggesting op puts herself through a painful and invasive set of tests so she can see if she's fat??
omg i cant handle this, im out.
good luck OP.
Took him long enough. What is up with guys showing up here trying to mansplain about breast reduction to a bunch of ladies?? So sorry you all had to endure this foolishness.
You, sir, are one of the good ones. 6 -
GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »suzannesimmons3 wrote: »
That's NOT what you said....you said she should have one to figure out how fatty they are and that's NOT what a mammograph is for. ....a mammograph is a cancer detecting X RAY...so now you're suggesting op puts herself through a painful and invasive set of tests so she can see if she's fat??
omg i cant handle this, im out.
good luck OP.
Took him long enough. What is up with guys showing up here trying to mansplain about breast reduction to a bunch of ladies?? So sorry you all had to endure this foolishness.
You, sir, are one of the good ones.
Lol, well trained by a wife, 3 daughters and 2 step daughters!14 -
I'm a Physical Therapist, I know all about pain & posture professionally
I wouldn't even begin to offer advice on this subject haha
#leaveittotheexperts10 -
GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »suzannesimmons3 wrote: »
That's NOT what you said....you said she should have one to figure out how fatty they are and that's NOT what a mammograph is for. ....a mammograph is a cancer detecting X RAY...so now you're suggesting op puts herself through a painful and invasive set of tests so she can see if she's fat??
omg i cant handle this, im out.
good luck OP.
Took him long enough. What is up with guys showing up here trying to mansplain about breast reduction to a bunch of ladies?? So sorry you all had to endure this foolishness.
You, sir, are one of the good ones.
Lol, well trained by a wife, 3 daughters and 2 step daughters!
That sure is a lot of estrogen lol2 -
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HellYeahItsKriss wrote: »GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »suzannesimmons3 wrote: »
That's NOT what you said....you said she should have one to figure out how fatty they are and that's NOT what a mammograph is for. ....a mammograph is a cancer detecting X RAY...so now you're suggesting op puts herself through a painful and invasive set of tests so she can see if she's fat??
omg i cant handle this, im out.
good luck OP.
Took him long enough. What is up with guys showing up here trying to mansplain about breast reduction to a bunch of ladies?? So sorry you all had to endure this foolishness.
You, sir, are one of the good ones.
Lol, well trained by a wife, 3 daughters and 2 step daughters!
That sure is a lot of estrogen lol
Yes it is!
And not a shy retiring one in the bunch! 2 -
In my case no amount of weight loss or strength training was going to solve my issues. Very dense breast tissue doesn't reduce in size much during weight loss because breast tissue isn't fat. And no amount of weight training was going to fix the fact that my out-of-proportion breasts limited the amount of aerobic exercise I could do (either painful bounce or painful cuts under the arms from super-supportive bra). And frankly, there was also a pretty significent shame factor involved from a lifetime of comments on my breast size (from friends and relatives trying to be helpful to random strangers (guys) making obscene remarks.
A mammogram is part of the pre-op preparation, and the Dr. will discuss what to realistically expect after viewing the results. No reputable doctor is going to prescribe a mammogram simply to see how much fat is in a woman's breasts, though that will be part of a regular screening after a certain age in order to determine if further exam protocols would be advised to check for abnormalities.
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