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It took Ella just about 8 months to reach her goal of $4800. This picture is a before.

1. When was your surgery?
   25th of November 2009.
2. How did you bring up MFI with your doctor?
   I read the MFI payment process thoroughly and it is written in black and white that the best way to approach a surgeon about payment is to simply inform them that you will be paying by third party finance. I did this and when it came to the final payment process I was asked who my finance company was. I told them Jays name and details and the surgeon knew instantly that it was MFI. You will actually be surprised how many surgeons have already dealt successfully with MFI.
3. How did your doctor feel about MFI?
   Confident, my payment had not gone through by the time I arrived for my surgery. It was a fault on the surgeons bank side of things but either way the surgeon had no payment details and still went ahead and did my surgery for free knowing that the guys at MFI would sort everything out for everyone.
4. Did you doctor have you do anything pre-surgery to help make things easier?
   No. A lot of people think that breast surgery is more daunting than it actually really is.
5. Did you do anything pre-surgery that was recommended on the internet or by other women?
   I used stretch mark cream in hopes that I would avoid stretch marks and it seemed to work! I also researched implants and looked at a million before and after photos so that I was educated on my decision and knew exactly what I wanted.
6. How big are your implants and what kind are they (saline, silicon, profile, etc)?
   375cc high profile silicone gels! This made my small A cup boobs a healthy and curvy D cup.
7. How were they implanted (over muscle, under, incision type etc)? Why did you choose that method?
   I chose submuscular surgery where the implants are placed behind the pectoral muscles. This type of implant placement is ideal for women with a small amount of breast tissue. The pectoral muscles also help to hide any wrinkling or rippling of the implants, which can occur naturally or happen if the implants are overfilled when placed. Submuscular implant placement also has several key benefits, including reducing the risk of capsular contracture (tightening of scar tissue around the implant) and reducing the risk of ineffective mammogram screenings. It also produces that perfectly round effect.
8. How did you decide how big to go and what type of implants to get?
   I used a website that has a large collection of before and after photos. I entered my weight and my original bust size details and the cup size that I wanted to be and it gave me a heaps of before and after photos. After looking at about 200 photos I saved the ones that I liked and 90percent of them were high profile gels placed submuscularly. It pretty much made my decision for me.
9. How long after surgery were you in pain?
   Only for a few hours after waking up from surgery but I slept all night after my surgery so the pain was only from trying to sit up ad move.
10. Did you need someone to help you with normal tasks after surgery?
    If so, what did they do? Only to lift things above my head and that was only for the first week or two.
11. Did your doctor have any post-surgery advice that really seemed to help with your recovery and/or scar reduction?
    Massage. Lots of massage. I met girl who didn’t massage enough and she now has hard lumps of scar tissue in her breasts.
12. Did you do anything else post-surgery that really helped with your recovery?
    I used lots of stretch mark cream to avoid stretch marks which seemed to have worked!
13. How long before you could resume normal activity?
    2 days after surgery I flew to another country, carried my luggage and everything was fine.
14. What was your biggest surprise post-surgery?
    That I wasn’t in pain. I had my stitches removed 4 days after surgery which was surprising and my breasts were so firm which I didn’t really expect and the biggest surprise was how small a D cup looks from a birds eye view. I expected big boobs to be different than what they actually are.
15. How closely did you follow your doctor’s advice?
    I followed every step that he said! He has done this for 22 years and knew exactly what I wanted and exactly what I had to do to maintain a good recovery.
16. What did you do to get your home ready for your recovery?
    Nothing.
17. Anything you wish you’d done differently?
    Gone bigger.
18. Were there any activities that were surprisingly difficult or painful?
    No but I will warn all of you girls that you may get a sharp stabbing pain in your breasts and it is very scary, it feels like you have torn something but it only happens about 3 times and only on the third day after surgery and it is actually the nerves refusing themselves together. Make sure you remember this because when it happens it is scary because it usually happens from moving or twisting and that’s when you will think you have done something wrong!
19. Was there anything you did that turned out to be surprisingly helpful?
    No, I wore a special sports bra to bed for the first 3 weeks instead of using a compression garment and it seemed to do exactly what the compression garment does.
20. How did your first “public appearance” with your new boobs go? Any advice for others?
    I was overseas so my first public appearance was in a country where no one knew me. There was a time on the plane where I had to ask the air hostess to put my bags up in the bag part and she thought my bag was heavy and that I couldn’t lift it and she refused to do it in case it put her back out, I had to tell her in front of everyone that I had just had breast surgery and can’t lift a thing! A generous passenger over heard and he kindly put my bag up for me.
21. Did you find any sites with really good advice on any part of the implant process?
    LOVEYOURLOOK my bible to boob jobs!
22. Have you had any complications?
    No touch wood!
23. Anything else you’d like to mention?
    I had surgery at the Bumrungrad International hospital. I could have chosen anywhere in the world to have my surgery but I chose the biggest hospital in south east Asia because its the best. The success rate is higher than anywhere in Australia which is where I am from and the surgeon was an American man who had 22 years of experience. I was looked after so well! I was given a basket of goodies which had slippers and creams and powders and I was pretty much swept off my feet by their kind staff. Everyone spoke English and the technology and facilities were beyond anything that I have seen in my own country. It was truly a trip to the future, it was amazing! Don’t be skeptical, don’t rush into anything, and certainly don’t listen to negative criticism. Its your body, your choice and your decision will be the right one in the end. But with saying that, suck up all your surgeons advice, he knows best!
    One more thing….people will tell you that if you are not happy in your own skin then breast implants won’t solve that problem. I speak from experience, I love my body now, I love my boobs and I find myself touching and looking in the mirror constantly at my new body. I own so many bikinis and instead of feeling paranoid that I’m not as busty as the other girls I sometimes feel myself getting paranoid that I should put my shirt on because I’m out doing the other girls. Lol it’s weird but I actually feel too sexy sometimes when I’m around girls that aren’t as lucky as me!

This picture is an after.

This is not medical advice. This is advice from a woman who has had implant surgery. You should also ask your doctor as every person is different and you can’t be sure that your situation is the same as anyone else’s. If you’ve had surgery and would like to answer these questions, drop me a line, I’d love to include you.