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16 With Saggy Breasts, What Are My Options To Make Them Look Fuller?

asked 9 months ago by Hanna5655 in Canada
Latest answer by Tom J. Pousti, MD
Question viewed 502 times
Tags: age 17 or under, sagging, fuller, options, teenager

I have had saggy breasts for a few years now, going up and down on my weight. I am so self concious about this and i really want to do something aout it. I am planning on getting a lift and maybe implants and i was wondering if there was an alternative insted of implants to make my breasts look fuller, maybe a certain type of lift? I dont want my breasts getting bigger than a c, this is one of the reasons i dont want implants. Thanks for yor help and this is pretty much what my breasts look like

12 answers to 16 With Saggy Breasts, What Are My Options To Make Them Look Fuller?

Breast Lifting at 16?

Thank you for the question. It is likely, given your your concerns, that you will benefit from breast lifting surgery plus or minus breast augmentation. One of the major and considerations is timing of the surgery in relation to your life circumstances. Some patients prefer to wait until they have completed pregnancies and/or are in stable long-term relationships. Most patients undergoing this procedure will accept scarring as long as their overall... more

Tom J. Pousti, MD
San Diego Plastic Surgeon

Breast Lift

Breast lift benefits include elevating the nipple and relocating the breast volume to a more lifted position. While successful, the lift will usually not provide that upper breast (above the nipple) fullness and rounded contour. That shape change usually requires the addition of an implant. I hope this info is helpful.

Ronald H. Stefani Jr, MD
Chicago Plastic Surgeon

Lift?

First of all, at 16 you are still likely to go through some size and shape changes as your breasts mature a bit. A lift of some variety is needed to change your shape if no implant is to be uesed. There are a variety of techniques each with their own advantage and disadvantage. Which one is right for you will depend not just on the result you desire, but also the dimensions of your chest and breast.

Scott E. Newman, MD
New York Plastic Surgeon

www.psurgery.com

Saggy Breasts require a lift

Only way to correct sagging breasts is a breast lift operation. Breast lift may or may not be combined with a breast implant depending upon patient's individual goals

Vasdev Rai, MD
Dallas Plastic Surgeon

Sagging breasts and the need for implants

Implants are not needed to create shape and fullness of the breast. Implants should only be used when a patient wants to be larger in order to give more volume. Implants are machines and have a lifespan like any other machine. The 2 main companies in the United States wanted implants for 10 years so they're convinced won't break leak our tear for 10 years. Most people will have to have additional surgery due to their implants in a lifetime. So if you can use your own tissue... more

Wendell Perry, MD
Miami Plastic Surgeon

www.wperrymd.com

Breast lift without implants

Dear Hanna, There is a technique for lifting breasts so that they are perky, firm and all natural. Your own breast tissue is used to form an inner cone and it is permanently attached to your pectoralis muscle to ensure longevity of lift (unlike other lifts that rely on skin envelope only). There is no vertical scar to this technique regardless of how saggy you are. Remeber that if you choose to have implants, these will only stretch things out in time. This complication is the... more

Gary M. Horndeski, MD
Houston Plastic Surgeon

www.horndeski.com

Breast lift for perkier breasts

Hello, If you can make your breasts look like you want them to with your hands or with a bra then you do not need an implant and a breast lift is likely all you would need. Take a look at the Before and After photo link below as an example. The patient was also 16 years old. All the best, Dr Repta

Remus Repta, MD
Phoenix Plastic Surgeon

www.aaaplasticsurgery.com

Options for 16-year old with Saggy Breasts

To perk up a drooping breast, your surgeon will remove excess skin, reposition the nipple, and redrape and tighten the remaining skin to support the breast. The areola may also be reduced in size. A mastopexy (breast lift) raises droopy breasts from one to several inches and excess skin is removed. If you're sagging or asymmetrical, and are looking for perkiness, you'll need a lift--or, if you also want more volume, a lift and implants. A breast lift raises droopy breasts from... more

Michelle Copeland, MD, DMD
New York Plastic Surgeon

Sagging breasts at age 16, options for improvement?

It is difficult to answer your questions without photos. I do not know what you call "saggy" breasts. You could have true sagging where the niplles are at the bottom of the breast, glandular sag where the nipples are in the right position but the breasts sag below or you could have tuberous breasts. A short scar lift might be an appropriate solution or even fat grafts to the breasts to increase superior fullness. I would stay away from implants at your age. See a board certified... more

George Marosan, MD
Bellevue Plastic Surgeon

www.bellevueplasticsurgeons.com

Unfair fact, droopy breast at age 16

You won't find photos (and shouldn't) of other young women on an open forum such as this, though it is a fact that some will develop a drooping breast, nipples low or downward from the beginning, no cause other than genetics. Size or volume may be just fine. A lift may in your future and can be patterned for an excellent shape with the nipple from and center without bra support. Scar is an issue with breast lift, so be patient, finish growing (and school) and there will be options... more

Peter E. Johnson, MD
Chicago Plastic Surgeon

Breast lift for a 15 year old

Once your weight has stabilized and you have stopped growing and developing (physically, that is), a breast lift may be a very reasonable thing for you to have done. Often, a breast lift will make a patient's breasts look just a little bit bigger with more upper pole fullness. Usually, a breast lift does not interfere with breast feeding. Childbearing and breast feeding and just plain old gravity may result in you needed another lift when you are older. more

Lisa L. Sowder, MD
Seattle Plastic Surgeon

www.sowdermd.com

Saggy breasts at age 16--fuller look is possible.

Hanna, since you did not include a photo, I will describe several options, and you can see which fits your anatomy. Of course, at age 16, you will need your parents' approval before undergoing breast surgery, and you should not have ANY kind of breast surgery if you are still growing, or if you are not at a stable and healthy weight. This is a critical FIRST STEP--otherwise as a plastic surgeon we are literally trying to accurately "hit a moving target." If your breasts... more