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Hi Kimm,
Sounds like we're in the same boat, I would really like to get my breasts reduced as I am also having problems with my back and stuff and MAN do they get in the way when you wanna run or something!

I am 5'4 and have a 30" ribecage, so the smaller your ribcage the bigger your cup size which makes me... a G!!

So I was all ready to get a consultation, but I saw this program on TV in England called, "My Boobs Are Too Big". It showed 3 different women getting the reduction surgery. One woman was HUGE and she had all kinds of complications and even after a month she couldn't lift her arms! But then the two other women had it done, and they were both really happy about it... Even the woman with the complications was happy that she had it done 'cause she had SOOO many problems with her back.
Anywho, then I talked to my friend and she is a nursing student and 2 of the women in her class just had it done and they are both ECSTATIC!
The scars can be quite bad, especially if you get quite a large reduction.. Like, there is usually one all the way around your nipple, 2 diagonally from your nipple down to the underside of your breast and then the semi-circle scar underneath your breast. If they have to reposition your nipple, you have a 50% of losing sensation and not being able to breast feed.. but they don't always have to reposition or resize them, so the doctor would be able to tell you that.
I have ALSO heard now that they are doing something now where if you are able to only get fat tissue removed, you can have a type of lipsuction that is much less invasive and with less complications.. but then, you have to take in all the liposuction side effects that may happen.. I don't know a lot about that one yet.
I went to my GP when I got back to Canada and mentioned how much trouble my boobs are giving me and she basically told me I wasn't _allowed_ to get a reduction! I may go to another GP to try and get a consult, but I have sort of talked myself out of it for the time being.
I have never met anyone, though, who has been unsatisfied with the results after getting them reduced.
Good luck at your consult.. let me know what the doc says, if you don't mind, since it always on the back of my mind now.
Thanks and good luck!
--Steph

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