Can I Get Away with Large Breast Implants Instead of a Lift? (photo)

I want fuller larger breast's...I am currently a 32E-ee natural, and want to go to about a 32FF, I work as a model and do not want to have the scars of an uplift if this will prevent me getting work. thank you Tina

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Implants DO NOT lift breasts

At your size of 32 E, each 100 cc of implant will correspond to about 1 cup size change. If you want to go up to a FF that would be 3 cup sizes which would require approximately 300 cc. A breast lift can be done using a circumareolar incision which is hidden at the skin/areola junction and can be used for a breast augmentation. The scar around your nipples will fade with time and look quite normal. From your photographs, your nipples are too low. The ideal... more

Can be done

Tina, you have to decide just how large you can tolerate. Implants certainly will make you larger and will avoid the scars of a lift. If it will keep your job, go for it. But there is a consequence. Your clothes may not fit properly-smaller bottom/larger top. You will be stretching your skin more than it already is. This may become a problem as you get older. My experience with models is that they usually want smaller breasts.... more

Large Breast Implants Instead Of A Lift

Since a breast lift is out of the question given your line of work, the question is whether implants alone will be satisfactory. Large breast implants can be used but it is important to realize that they will not create the same effect of a lift.They will merely fill out what you have, which will mean larger round breasts but the nipple will be sitting on the lower half of the enlarged breast mound. This is an aesthetic trade-off but perhaps one that has more appeal than breast... more

Yes, go for the implants alone

In order to look like the picture you should consider a very full subglandular smooth silicone gel breast implant. We feel that lifting would be a mistake. Very large implants can pose problems, however if the look is for you you should go for it. Best of luck, Peter Johnson, MD

Implants vs lift

When there is some drooping of the breasts there always appears to be the option for a lift vs just implants or both. As long as you understand the consequences of each you can certainly make up your own mind. Drooping of the breasts will continue and get worse whenever an implant is placed because there is added weight. Even if a lift is done at the same time the presence of that extra weight will give a higher chance of recurrence. BUT, with a lift there is much more scarring and the lift... more

What are the cost?

I would suggest that you not have a Breast Augmentation, since you want to avoid the scars of a lift. If you do have a BAM the breast probable will not look great, they may look acceptable for most people but you are a model and it may cause problems getting work. Your breast look good now and they look natural.

Large implants will make your sagging worse

Your breast tissue is sitting too low and your nipple/areola complex is below the breast fold. Your will need lift for sure. Implant alone will not work and will cause more sagging.

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Yes you may be able to avoid a lift and scars by getting the right breast augmentation

While a lift and an augmentation are two different things, you do have certain features that would allow you to have an aesthetic result with only an augmentation. The augmentation however must be designed specifically for your breast findings. The key features that must be taken into account to avoid failure include the fact that you have a very wide chest wall and appear to have a very high infra mammary fold with laterally displaced breasts. While these are the features... more

Large Breast Implants instead of Breast Lift?

Thank you for the question and pictures. Although difficult to give you precise advice without direct examination and a full discussion of your goals, based on the pictures that you have presented, I do not think you will have a nice result with breast augmentation surgery only. Breast lifting will be necessary to address the “excess” skin along the lower poles of the breasts as well as the breast position on your chest wall. Given your occupation, you... more

Large implants don't do the same thing as a lift.

Large implants will certainly make your breasts bigger, but this increase in volume will occur at the low level your breasts are now at. You may get some upper pole filling with the implants, but will still need a bra to move these larger breasts to a higher level.