Re: [h-cost] OT: corset and breast augmentation surgery

2011-05-23 Thread Traci
Silicone implants are not banned actually are the most commonly used ones currently due to them being more 'natural feeling' than silicone. A friend had hers placed as recently as 2008 I know a few other girls who have gone for consults even more recently and silicone is still the leader.

Re: [h-cost] OT: corset and breast augmentation surgery

2011-05-23 Thread stilskin
Isn't this a question that the breastee (patient) should ask the breaster (doctor)? -C. This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: http://www.netspace.net.au ___ h-costume mailing list

Re: [h-cost] OT: corset and breast augmentation surgery

2011-05-23 Thread Audrey Bergeron-Morin
On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 8:58 PM, stils...@netspace.net.au wrote: Isn't this a question that the breastee (patient) should ask the breaster (doctor)? -C. Yes and no; the doctor might hear the word corset and freak out if he has only vague common knowledge of the subject; and he might have no

Re: [h-cost] OT: corset and breast augmentation surgery

2011-05-23 Thread Sharon Collier
I have a picture of my great aunt in a waist cincher--she was 16 and WOW! -Original Message- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Kay Shelton Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 11:57 AM To: h-cost...@indra.com Subject: [h-cost] OT: corset

Re: [h-cost] OT: corset and breast augmentation surgery

2011-05-21 Thread Margo Anderson
On May 20, 2011, at 5:57 AM, Kay Shelton wrote: (SNIP) I fear the doctor may not have experience with costuming. You might be surprised. Some years back, I found a lump in my breast. I told the doctor I'd spent the weekend at a historical event wearing a corset, and that might have

Re: [h-cost] OT: corset and breast augmentation surgery

2011-05-21 Thread Kay Shelton
Thank you Melody, Melanie, Sylvia, Sheridan, and Carol.  I appreciate your taking the time to think about the issue.  The costume she wants is steampunk, so we're talking late Victorianish.  I can pick the style of corset and make one that's curvier in order to fit her new body style.  I

[h-cost] OT: corset and breast augmentation surgery

2011-05-20 Thread Kay Shelton
I'm hoping someone here will know. A friend to whom I've promised a corset is having breast augmentation surgery: a boob job. How will this affect her wearing a corset? Is it a matter of days, weeks, years? Can I fit her if she doesn't wear it long? She's planning on asking the doctor, but

Re: [h-cost] OT: corset and breast augmentation surgery

2011-05-20 Thread Melanie Schuessler
I've put an Elizabethan corset on an augmented figure. Once the person is healed from the surgery, there shouldn't be a problem. What you will discover, however, is that fake breasts don't compress as much as real breasts. They're much firmer and tend to retain their original shape rather

Re: [h-cost] OT: corset and breast augmentation surgery

2011-05-20 Thread Sylvia Rognstad
She's right. I had a boob job years ago, and have since had it reversed, but one side got very hard and wouldn't compress that much. I was able to wear a corset though without any medical problems, although my implants were silicone, not the saliine they mostly use today and I'm told

Re: [h-cost] OT: corset and breast augmentation surgery

2011-05-20 Thread Sheridan Pohl
, it will depend on how fast she heals, and how fast her body and muscles adapt to the implants. Sheridan P. Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 05:57:43 -0700 From: dela...@yahoo.com To: h-costume@mail.indra.com Subject: [h-cost] OT: corset and breast augmentation surgery I'm hoping someone here

Re: [h-cost] OT: corset and breast augmentation surgery

2011-05-20 Thread Melody Watts
will be tender for 3-4 months in the breast area and maybe longer at the incision scar. I'd wait about 6 months to fit her. M --- On Fri, 5/20/11, Kay Shelton dela...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Kay Shelton dela...@yahoo.com Subject: [h-cost] OT: corset and breast augmentation surgery To: h-costume