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Breast Lift or Just Implant? (photo)
Hi, I am currently considering getting an implant to increase my fullness. I am not sure if I really need a lift because the scars are not pleasant. I want to have breasts that look good and not scarred up. What do you think?
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Tee23
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Breast implant and lift
I recommend getting a lift at the same time as your augmentation for the best shape and contour. If you get implants alone, your breasts will be bigger but will look droopy. On one hand you could argue this looks natural since large breasts sag with age, but if you want them to be full and have a nice youthful contour, you would need a lift. I've learned that not all patients care to have the breasts in a youthful or perky position, that some just want them bigger and will rely on a bra for...
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Breast lift for you
Based on these photos, you look to have too much downward relaxation of the breast to do well with an implant alone. Implants only make you a bigger version of what you already are, they do not lift the breast or move the nipples north. While you probably won't be happy, you could alwasy do the implants first then decide to do the lift later after seeing what the implants alone can do.
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For Best Breast Enhancement Results
For best results a breast lift with implants is necessary to produce the best aesthetic outcome. It will bring back the fullness and reverse the dropping effect. Get the results you want from one surgery instead of having to do the work twice.
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BA with lift
Thank you for the pictures. I would recommend an augmentation with a lift at the same time. This will not only reinflate your breast but also raise your nipple and tighten the skin. I hope this helps you.
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Neil J Zemmel
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Breast Lift Necessary?
Thank you for the question and pictures.
Unfortunately, you will not do well with breast augmentation surgery alone.
However, if you ask enough plastic surgeons the same question, you will eventually hear the answer you are hoping to hear. Based on your pictures, in my opinion, you will certainly benefit from breast lifting surgery. I would not offer you breast augmentation surgery alone.
If I were in your shoes, I would concentrate on due diligence in...
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You will need a lift
The simple answer is that you will need a lift. Implants only will leave you with a snoopy deformity.
Dr. ES
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Definitely breast lift and breast augmentation
Hello,
Thank you for the question and the photos. A combined breast augmentation and breast lift will provide the very best result. A breast augmentation alone will increase the breast volume but will do nothing to reshape your existing breast tissue. Below is a link from one of my breast augmentation and breast lift patients.
All the best,
Dr Remus Repta
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Implant with Lift
Thank you for your question and photos. You are a candidate for breast augmentation with a breast lift or a breast lift alone. It is unlikely that you will get a good result with implants alone. Good luck
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Breast implants can sometimes camouflage breast ptosis.
True correction of breast ptosis requires a mastopexy. If the ptosis is not too severe breast implants can sometimes camouflage the condition. The bigger the implant the more likely it is to be successful.
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Lift with or without implants
Good question and photos. I think you need a lift in order to give your breasts a better shape. My guess is that you will also want an implant, even if just a modest size, in order to give you some additional volume that you speak about. I realize that there are additional scars but if the surgery is done well the scars should fade into the background. If your breasts look sexy you won't mind the scars.
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Augment without lift
I think that you have just too much sag to benefit from augment only. This is more apparent from the lateral view. A lift does not "scar up" the breasts. It commonly entails a vertical T incision but this should resolve into a fine line in most cases. Poor contour is not a pleasant or acceptable result and you will not be happy with the appearance of the breasts afterwards.
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Implant or lift
It looks like you need more volume and you will also need a lift. Best to be evaluated in person. Good luck.
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Questions about a breast lift
You have too much breast sagging to get a satisfactory result from a breast augmentation only. Your only options would be a breast lift or a combination of the two procedures. If you are satisfied with your breast size then you can reshape your breasts without the use of implants. One option would be a vertical breast lift with a dermal pedicle autoaugmentation. This procedure uses the breast tissue that you have below the breast crease and uses it to simulate a...
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Breast Lift versus Implant
Hello,
Without question, you will not be happy with the appearance of your breasts with breast augmentation if you don't also have a breast lift performed. A common misconception is that breast augmentation will just make your breasts look bigger, and perhaps even lift them, but in your situation it will just make your breasts appear unattractive.
A breast lift will reposition your nipple and bottom of the breast so that a breast implant will make your breasts look normal and...
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TO LIFT OR NOT TO LIFT
Hi Tee23,
I would recommend a lift with an breast implant to assist in filling the upper breast. Implants alone will give you a breast that looks like a ball in a sock.
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Breast Lift v Augmentation
If you don't like the way your breasts look and you just put in implants you will have a larger version of what you don't like. Looking at your photos you have moderate to severe ptosis(sagging) and without a lift you will get a suboptimal result.
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Breast lift with implants
Breast lift with simultaneous implant surgery can solve the problem that many women develop after having children or losing a significant amount of weight which is loss of upper pole fullness, combined with ptosis, or “sagginess”, of the breast. The main difficulty with this operation has been achieving long term results – in other words, helping to prevent “bottoming out” of the implants and loss of the upper pole fullness that placement of the implants was designed to...
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Implants vs Breast lift
Your goals are the most important when considering what is best. I see numerous patients that have been to other doctors and have many different opinions on what to do. It always comes down to size and shape. Shaping for you is lifting, size is implants, or both either staged or at the same time. Scars on the breast vary with the patient and they fade but don't disappear. This is why I spend a long time talking with patient ahead of time to get their goals and...
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Most likely you need a lift
Base on your pictures you will probably need a lift, however the only accurate way to determine that is with a examination. You may choose to have the augmentation performed at the same time or you can do it at a later time, the safer way is in two separate procedures, the advantages of doing it together is only one recovery time. There is a remote possibilty you can have only a dual plane augmentation without the lift, however you, most likely, will have lower place nipple/areola...
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Breast lift questionhmond
You do appear to need a breast lift. Implants may be added to make you bigger but you can start with a lift and then add implants later. Please see a board certified plastic surgeon
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Lift and implants
Your breasts look deflated and the nipples are way below the inframammary line. You need a lift with implants.
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Breast Lift or Just Implant?
You need a full breast lift. as for implant that is more a decision with your in person consultant. Seek only in person evaluations from boarded PSs in your city.
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Breast Lift and Implants
Thanks for posting your pictures - it makes it much more informative for other patients and easier for us to give you advice. Based on your photos, I believe that you would have the best result from both a lift and an implant. If you only did a lift, you will still lack upper pole fullness. If you only did the implants, you would still have ptotic (hanging) breast tissue. Only the lift with the augmentation would solve both of these problems.
Good Luck.
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Breast implants or breast lift
Based on your picture, I would say that you are a better candidate for a breast lift in order to achieve a perkier look to your breasts. As you noted, this is more involved surgery with greater risks and more scarring. Breast implants are simply filler material designed to add volume to the breasts. Implants alone will not change the basic shape of your breasts, only make them larger. A breast lift can be done with or without impalnts. So... the question is do...
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Breast Lift and Implant
From the pictures it shows you have at least grade II ptosis which mean that the lift must be combined with Implant. Size of implant will depend upon your expectations .If you are looking for a D cup I will put not lees then 400 cc gel implant. Its your PS who will deicide this for you. Wish you good luck.
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Breast Lift vs Implants, (or both)
Thank you for your photos. Based on what is seen, I think you would benefit from a breast lift, (to raise the nipples) and an implant, (to give upper pole fullness and volume). I think you might be disappointed with just one or the other. Best to see your board certified plastic surgeon. Together, you will come up with a plan.
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Breast Implants and Lift
With your degree or level of droop or ptosis, the placement of the implant will appear substantially higher than the lower pole of your breast. This will create a double bubble deformity, one of three double bubble deformities possible. You can get the implants placed to increase volume and look better in a bra, but the result is probably not what you want without a bra.
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Lift, Implants or Both?
Based on your photos, you would benefit from a Breast Lift with Implants. Implants are fillers, so without the lift, you will have large sagging breast. Consult with a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon for an evaluation to discuss your concerns and expectations.
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Lift or implant or both?
Thanks for your question and pictures. Based on what I can see in your attached pictures, I think you would get the best outcome with a combined lift and augmentation. You appear to have some ptosis (sagging) of your breasts with the nipple at a lower position than ideal. If only implants were placed, I think you would be unhappy with your appearance. Visit a board-certified plastic surgeon in consultation to get more information. Good luck!
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