Breast Augmentation: Q&A
Ask a QuestionBreast Lift with Augmentation or Just the Augmentation? (photo)
I've consulted with three plastic surgeons in structuring my breast after losing weight in my teenage years. I am 22 years old and have droopy breast (B-C Cup). One of the surgeons advised that I get a breast lift with breast augmentation. The other two surgeons said that i could get away with just the implants. The third one reccommended i use the furry brazilian implants and go above the muscle. Should i do the lift with the augmentation? or just the implants? wil the brazilian be good for me?
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aussie dani
in sydney, Australia
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A breast lift with implants is likely your best option
Thank you for your question and the photos.
A breast lift with implants is likely your best option. Implants alone do not lift breasts. Breast implants restore lost volume but do not provide lift.
To be sure, see two or more board-certified plastic surgeons in your area for a full and complete evaluation to make sure you are a good candidate and that it is safe for you to have surgery. I hope this helps.
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Breast lift with or without augmentation?
Dear Dani,
If you are happy with your current size, you may want to consider the Ultimate Breast Lift. The UBL reshapes and lifts your current breast tissue so that upper pole fullness is achieved without an implant or the unsightly vertical scar. Performing the anchor, and different types of vertical lifts for many years led me to realize that placing a vertical incision at the base of the breast was architecturally wrong. Vertical incisions inherently weaken the skin envelope...
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Decisions, decisions
Dear Dani,
Boy, it is always difficult when you go to 3 different surgeons and it sounds like you got 3 different recommendations. Looks like you are in Australia and all of us American surgeons do not have access to what you are calling the "furry Brazillian" implants. So we will not have a comment on that.
But remember a scar is forever. The scar from a Breast aug alone is usually quite small especially if you get a saline implant. The scars from a breast lift are more. Being a...
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Hello. It is hard to tell whether you need a Breast Lift without being examined. You might be able to get away without a lift, but you need to make a decision based on the doctor that you trust the most. For your safety and satisfaction, be sure that your doctor is a board certified plastic surgeon.
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A side photo would help.
Hello,
The decision about a breast lift is in part based on the relative position of your areola as well as the bottom of your breast in relation to your breast fold. A side photo or a pencil that is placed horizontally between your breast and your breast fold would help to visualize this. Your breast implant will be placed starting at your breast fold and higher so any tissue below this would appear to be drooping off of the implant and that is when the idea of a breast lift...
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Breast Lift with Augmentation or Just the Augmentation?
Based only on the posted photos I recommend implants with some lifting technique as the better option for you.
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Breast lift with augmentation or just the augmentation?
What is difficult to tell without examining you is where your nipples and the bottoms of your breasts are in relation to your inframammary crease. It appears that you have enough overhang that you will need a breast lift in order to obtain a good contour. However, examination and measurements may indicate that you are borderline for needing a lift, and in this case you could try augmentation alone and always do a lift later if needed. If you know you want higher nipples or...
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Breast Lift with Augmentation or Just the Augmentation? (photo)
In my opinion this is the hardest operation we perform for breast surgery. This is a procedure that can be done well in one operation, but you must realize there are many surgeons today that still stage these operations and perform the lift followed by the augmentation 6-8 weeks apart because of potential asymmetry . The reason is we are manipulating so many variables at once… the size of the breast, the location of the nipple, reduceing the skin envelope and many other aspects of shape....
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Breast lift or implants alone
I would suggest implants alone - most likely. You don't have much breast volume after your weight loss, and expanding out your breast envelope with implants may well give you a good breast outcome without the scars of a lift.
A thorough consultation is required, to understand your expectations, to properly examine your breasts and to do the measurements which can confirm whether implants alone will achieve a good outcome.
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Breast Lift Recommended?
Thank you for the question and picture.
Based on your history, concerns, and anatomy I would suggest that you proceed with breast lifting surgery along with the breast augmentation procedure. I do not think that you will be pleased with the results of breast augmentation surgery alone.
Of course breasts lifting does involve additional scars. Sometimes, the presence of these additional scars is a “dealbreaker”; patients would prefer to leave their breasts unchanged than to...
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