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Breast Lift Options After Weight Loss?
I was wondering what would be my best option? When I was a teen I was a 40 DD and I was overweight.
When I left high school I got into fitness and started eating right, I'm happy with my results except for my breasts. They are now a 34 small D/C and they are saggy.
I'm 23 and I was wondering what type of Breast lift would be best for me? I've tried different creams and such but they do not really do much.
Asked 30 months ago by
Winterdreamer in Pennsylvania
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Types of Breast Lift
Congrats on your weight loss. Unfortunately, the creams and other stuff out there really dont help and surgery would be your best bet to achieve the results of a lifted and more full breasts.
Difficult to say without seeing you, but from what you tell us, it is likely that you will require what is call a T lift or anchor mastopexy or wise pattern mastopexy. They are all the same and result in a scar around the areola, down the breast and along the crease.
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Breast Lifting after Weight Loss?
Congratulations on your weight loss and healthy lifestyle.
Based on your weight loss and description of your breasts, you may be an excellent candidate for breast lifting and/or breast augmentation surgery. Exactly which technique you will benefit from will depend on your physical examination, remaining skin elasticity, and your goals.
Timing of surgery may also be a concern; it is best to do these operations when you are at a long-term stable weight, in a...
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Breast Lift
The creams and lotions will not work. You may have several options. Upon consultation and evaluation, a well trained board certified plastic surgeon will be able to discuss the options which would best address your concerns.
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Breast lift options
Without seeing you in person it is hard to say what would be best for you. Certainly limiting the incisions and giving the best shape is the goal. So lollipop type incisions or an anchor or the two most common types.
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Breast Lift Options After Weight Loss
You have a number of breast surgery options which will depend on your current anatomy. Sometimes all that is needed is a breast lift. Breast lift plastic surgery can improve the profile of sagging breasts, making breasts look more youthful and perky. For massive weight loss patients, it can also remove a lot of the excess loose skin and reduce your areola size.
Breast lift surgery is done to improve the profile of sagging breasts, changing their position on the body to...
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Breast lift after weight loss
Patients who have experienced significant weight loss have many options in breast recontour and surgery. Ultimately, your best choice will depend on the quality of your skin and how high your breast needs to be elevated. Many patients with significant weight loss have lost a great deal of volume in their breast and may also benefit from the use of an implant at the time of their breast lift surgery. Please keep in mind that after significant weight loss your skin has probably...
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Vertical breast lift gives perky breasts.
Hi.
You sound like a great candidate for a vertical breast lift. This operation (Lejour technique) lifts the breasts from the inside so that you have a long term result and leaves only a lollipop scar.
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Your best breast lift (mastopexy) after weight loss
Winterdreamer:
Congratulations on achieving your fitness goals. The loss of breast size and firmness you describe is not unusual after what you've gone through, and aesthetic breast surgery can help.www.expertplasticsurgeon.com/html/breast-lift-reduction.html
You would need an in-person consultation with an experienced breast surgeon to get an individualized opinion, but here are some general guidelines.
1. If the change you experienced has caused only the nipple to sag down, then lift...
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Type of breast lift depends on exam
From the description you have given you definitely need a breast lift but the type of lift will depend on your exam - basically where most of your breast tissue and nipple/areola is positioned as compared to the fold underneath your breast. When there is minimal sagging you may just need an implant, if there is moderate sagging you may need an implant combined with a lift and if there is a significant amount of sagging, then you may need to have a breast lift first and then decide whether...
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Exam needed
There are several types of mastopexies. My opinion is that with any significant degree of ptosis (saggin, nipple descent) you would be best served by the "anchor" type. It is the most effective at shaping the breasts, and raising the nipples. It is the biggest of the procedrues and leaves most scars which fade nicely over time.
If you have minimal sagging an implant may be all that is needed to make you happy.
One thing also to consider is that surgery of the breast may render...
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Breast lift after weight loss.
After weight loss, the breast naturally looses volume. To regain a youthful appearance, you will likely need a mastopexy (breast lift) and possibly an augmentation (implants) to replace the volume - it all depends on what you are looking to achieve. There are several types of lifts. One word of advice is not to compromise on final shape by thinking that a shorter scar is better. Good luck with your surgery.
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A breast lift is definitely the way to go
You are to be complimented on adopting a healthier lifesyle and getting down to a better weight. Unfortunately the sagging you have developed in your breasts can be a side effect of this.
If you are happy with you current size, I would advise against implants, and just work with a lift. In terms of the type of lift, we are basically talking about where the scars will be from the removal of the loose skin. This is not something that I can advise you on without examining you. Because the...
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Breast Lift options after weight loss
Dear Winterdreamer,
Congratulations on weight loss.
At age 23 you deserve to have the breast of a 23 year old. Unfortunately, the general deflation seen with weight loss results in a lot of excess skin everywhere.
The simplest approach to your "what type of Breast lift would be best for me?" depends on are you happy with the cup size your current (droopy) breasts fill? If the answer is "Yes", you only need a breast lift; If the answer is "no", then you may need...
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You might only need a lift.
If you have enough breast tissue than a lift might be all you need. Sometimes, women have no breast tissue, only skin and need a lift and an implant insertion. If you are a saggy C/D then perhaps only a lift will do.
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Best type of mastopexy
Dear Winterdreamer,
Stop wasting your money on creams to lift your breasts! In patients who have lost weight, only surgery will re-shape the breasts, lift the areolas, and firm the breasts.
The best type of mastopexy depends on how much excess breast skin you have and how droopy the areolas are (ptosis). There are essentially three commonly used incisions. The first, circumareolar or periareolar, only entails an incision around the areola. This is appropriate only for patients with...
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