Hello! We have been researching for a few months now and feel torn between Vista Del Mar, Extraordinary Families, or going straight through the county. Would love to hear from anyone who has experience with any of the 3! And if your vote is county - why? Thanks!

Hello! We have been researching for a few months now and feel torn between Vista Del Mar, Extraordinary Families, or going straight through the county. Would love to hear from anyone who has experience with any of the 3! And if your vote is county - why? Thanks!

Hi everyone - I am 6 months post op and everything is healed nicely and I'm back to normal all things considered. The one sticking point is that I seem to have developed body dysmorphia. While I know logically that my chest is smaller (no more back pain, better fitting clothing, etc.), my mind still operates as if they're huge. When I look in the mirror, I still feel like they look disproportionately large for my frame. The reason I feel that this is body dysmorphia and no them simply still being too big is that when I see photos of myself, I DO think they look proportional (and I've gotten positive feedback from trusted friends and family). Therapy is probably the answer - but thought I'd see if anyone else experienced this type of dysmorphia after surgery and if anything helped! Thank you!

Hello! I have been researching all morning and am still unclear on the best move. I am working a 1099 contractor job where no taxes are taken out. I should make around $40,000 for the year. BUT, I also work a W-2 job, where taxes are withheld, and I'll make about $53,000 from that per year. My spouse (married filing jointly) is also working a W-2 job and makes around $67,000 per year with taxes withheld.

Because I'll have two W-2 jobs with taxes already removed on my tax return... do I need to pay 1099 taxes quarterly? I feel like it might end up evening out at the end of the year since I have always received a tax refund after filing. If I was only working the 1099 job, I would plan to file quarterly... but not sure what the best move is in this situation.

I appreciate any insight and please forgive my tax ignorance!

My health insurance is going to run out end of March, but restart the first of July. So that’s April, May, June without insurance. In CA, there’s a tax penalty if you go more than “90 days” without insurance. April, May, and June is 91 days… But then some websites say “3 months.” Am I okay to wait out those 3 months or will I need to be covered for 1 of those months to be considered within the 90?

Looking for some honest accounts of how much your breasts size changed between 2 months post-op and 6 months post-op.

Currently feeling incredibly discouraged as my surgeon told me to get fitted for a wire bra and I am FIVE cup sizes larger than anticipated. She said I only have 10% swelling left and she doesn't expect that to change my cup size. But I've read so many people saying they continued to shrink significantly leading up to 6 months. Would love to hear some firsthand accounts whether you shrunk, stayed the same, or even increased in size during this time!

Hi all! I will be 2 months post op tomorrow. My surgeon had me swap to an underwire bra last week and since I've been wearing them, I've had pretty severe back pain... like similar to some of the worst days pre-op. I've done ABTF sizing, went to a few places to get sized, ordered more bras than you could imagine, etc. So I am confident that my fit is right. Is this normal? In my mind I'm wondering if it's my back adjusting to the new size? Like if the weight is hitting slightly differently? Thought I'd ask if others experienced this before reaching out to my doc. Thank you!

Hello! I'm coming up on 7 weeks post-op! At my 6-week post-op appt my doctor told me to get fitted for an underwire bra. I've been instructed to wear underwire during the day, continue with surgical bra at night. I went to a few different places for the fitting and I was SHOCKED that I am basically the same size I was before! 30GG to 30G. It is very clear looking at myself that my breasts are smaller... there's no question. And my surgeon said she thought I'd settle at a size D. When I brought this up to her - she said because my band size is small, she wouldn't worry about the cup size... huh?

But I'm so confused as to how they're fitting into such a similar sized bra as before! So when I got home, I tried on a few old bras - and while some are clearly too big, others were fine. Again... my chest is much smaller than it was before so I am truly perplexed by this. Is it the shape and lift? I thought perhaps I'm still swollen, but doc assures me my cup size won't change between now and 6 months post-op. Anyone else experienced something like this? When did you get fitted for a new bra? Did you notice any significant changes between 6 weeks and 6 months? I don't want to drop a bunch of $$ on new bras if there are still changes to come. Thanks in advance!