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Breast Lift Without Implants for Small Breasts? (photo)
Hi, I am wondering if it would be possible for me to get a breast lift without implants? I love having small breasts but I just hate how saggy they are and how low my areolas sit.I think my breasts really suit my body when in a bra even though they are small and I would really rather not get implants.
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Amy.L
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Breast Lift Candidate?
Thank you for the question and pictures.
I think you are an excellent candidate for breast lifting ( without implants), if you are happy with the size of the breasts but wish to raise the position of the breasts and the nipple/areola complexes on the chest wall. You will achieve these results with the breast lifting operation; the trade-off will be scars ( probably around the areola and vertically).
It would be in your best interest to meet with well experienced...
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Will you still love having small breasts with scars?
I think your breasts are perfectly fine the way they are and sometimes women need to hear this from a plastic surgeon who examines dozens of breasts every week.
If you love your breasts this much I would be afraid that you won't love your breasts with scars. You cannot get these breasts up to the chest where I think you want them without some type of scarring. And beyond that no lift lasts forever. If you hate the scars you will hate the fact that in ten to fifteen...
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Breast lift without implants and no vertical scar
Hi Amy,
Allow me to suggest a new technique called the Ultimate Breast Lift. This technique lifts the breast and creates an internal living bra' to minimize downward descent. Unlike standard techniques which rely on the skin envelope to hold the breast in place. Breasts are firm and perky with minimal scarring. Scars are hidden around the areola and in the inframammary fold. Best of all no vertical scar. Patients are thrilled because upper pole fullness is achieved without the need...
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Breast lift procedures and breast implant procedures
Breast lifts (mastopexy) and breast implants (augmentation mammoplasty) are separate operations and do different things. Sometimes they are combined, but experience has been that they are more controllable and have less problems if done separately. The important thing is to understand what each do and do not do as well as the trade-offs.
Breast implants do not lift the breast. They act as a volume pillow behind the breast and can fill out areas of it which can give the simulation...
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Vertical lollipop scar breast lift will work great for you without implants.
Hi.
1) You want small perky breasts and this can absolutely be done. But the way the lift is done makes all the difference.. You need a Lejour-type internal lift. This operation lifts and reshapes the breasts from the inside without relying on skin tension. So you a get a good long term shape.
2) Most lifts are done by tightening the skin. But skin stretches and these results don't last.
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Breast lift without implants
Thank you for your question. If you are happy with the size of your breast, then a breast lift procedure can give you the results that you need. The lifting procedure not only raises the position of the nipple and areola but can also rearrange the breast tissue to give you more fullness in the upper part of your breasts. The trade-off is the fact that you will have scars around your areola and on your breast itself. A small implant can also give you a small lift as...
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Breast lift without implants
The first fundamental test whether breast lifting alone will meet your goals is are you happy with the size of your breast in a push up bra?
A breast lift can maintain the size of your breasts, but reshape them into a more youthful shape and form. However, the tradeoff is some visible scarring on the breasts.
There are several options for women considering more minimally invasive breast procedures:
1. Breast lift alone
2. Breast lift with an...
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Breast Lift Without Implants for Small Breasts? (photo)
You are a good candidate for a circum-areolar breast lift
This will leave you with minimal scarring and reduce the size of your areolae
As you are happy with the size of your breasts ,you do not need an implant
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Breast Lift Without Implants for Small Breasts
You appear to be a candidate for a breast lift without breast implants. To verify, consult with 3 - 4 experienced and expert board certified plastic surgeons to understand your options.
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Yes, you have options for breas lift without an implant
Thank you for your question and the photos. Yes, you can have a breast lift without implants. The only difficulty is that fullness in the upper part of your breast is usually only long lasting with the addition of a small implant.
Another possibility to consider is a small amount of fat transfer (fat grafting) in the upper part of your breast at the time of breast lift. It could give you that little extra you are hoping for without the implant.
To be sure, see two or more...
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Breast lift
If you want to remain about the same volume, them perhaps a lift alone is good for you. It is hard to tell from the photo views that you took. It is best to have an in-office exam. Alollipop type lift may be all that you need.
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Breast Lift
Yes, you certainly can have a lift without implants, especially knowing you are comfortable with your size.
When it comes to breast lifts, the most important element in patient satisfaction is realistic expectations. Remember that the results aren’t permanent. Gravity, aging, and weight fluctuations can take their toll on your breasts again. Scarring will be considerable, even in “minimal incision” breast surgery. Be prepared for these outcomes before going ahead with...
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Breast lift without implants.
If you are happy with the size of your beast and have enough volume, yes you can certainly get a lift without breast augmentation. A breast lift involves reshaping and depending on your status before surgery, a breast lift without implants can still achieve a fuller and rounder breast. However, if there is significant loss of volume and sagging, an implant can be added at the same time of surgery. I hope my answer helps.
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Breast lift without implant
It is perfectly fine to have a breast lift without using implants. This Will produce a lifted breast that is the same size. If small volume increase is needed,fat grafting could be used.
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Breast lift
Great question. You will be the best judge of whether or not you want implants. If you are happy with your current volume when in a bra, but are concerned about the shape and the "saggy" appearance, you should meet with a board certified plastic surgeon. He/she will be able to outline the pros and cons of breast surgery. A breast lift can simultaneously reduce the circumference of the areola, and lift the breast tissue and areola to a higher position. The tradeoff...
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Breast Lifting Without Implants
I think you are an excellent candidate for a breast lift. The pertinent question for your breast lift is not whether you need an implant as you have already stated you do not. You can always put in implants later if you decide you need more volume later. or desire more upper pole fullness. (which the lift will nor provide long-term) The more relevant question is whether the scars to do a breast lift are worth the trade-off for you. You would require some form of a vertical lift where the...
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Breast Lift Without Implants for Small Breasts? (photo)
Thanks for the posted photos, Sure you can have a "lift" without implants. Seek a boarded PS in your area.
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Breast lift without implants
Amy,
from review of your information and photos, you certainly can undergo a breast lift without implants. As stated by many of the other physicians on this forum, it is a tradeoff between scars and improving the breast shape. Luckily, with good surgical technique, breast skin tends to heal exceptionally well and the scars often fade quite nicely. You do need to keep in mind that a breast lift alone may make the breasts appear slightly smaller. Another adjunct to...
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Breastlift without Implants
Your picture indicates that you have enough breast tissue for your slender body to achieve your goal. Since you do not wish to enlarge, lift procedure should make your breasts tighter, perkier and more youthful. I would recommend against having a periareolar or purse-string lift which tends to flatten the breasts. I would also avoid Crescent lift procedure as this will only pull up the aeriola without resulting in perkiness. I suggest you...
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Breast lift
Given your photos you seeem to be a good candidate for a lift w/o implants-should you wish to have a little bit more fullness in the upper pole of the breast without really going larger, you may want to consider talking to a PS re fat transfer to the breast with lift. We are seeing more and more patients not desiring implants but wanting a very natural look with fat.
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Breast lift without implants.
Thank you for the photos. You are an excellent candidate for a short scar breast lift. This operation can be done without removing any breast tissue, only skin in the vertical direction. I rearrange the breast tissue internally by creating more superior fullness and forward projection. in the last 10 years I had only three patients who considered augmentation after the lift and only one proceded with it.
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Breast Lift Without Implants for Small Breasts?
You certainly can have a breast lift without implants. The breast lift will raise the position of your breasts so that there is less overhang past the fold under the breast, and raise the nipple into a higher position and reduce, if you desire, the diameter of your areolas. Your breasts will be neither larger nor smaller than they are now. Although a breast lift will push your breast tissue up so that the area in the mid and lower portion of the breast (behind the new...
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Breast Lift
A breast lift alone will give you a nice result but over time you will find that you will loose quit a bit of the superior fullness that you will have immediately after the lift. Most people feel that their breasts are smaller also after a lift even though minimal to now breast tissue is removed. I find in my practice that most patients are happiest long term if they did go ahead a use a small implant. Sometimes placing a small implant can also decrease the amount of...
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Do not need implant
If you are happy with your breast size you do not need to have implants. However in my experience, after the lift women feel smaller because they have less skin/surface area of their breast. You also can always add an implant later if you change your mind about size. Good luck.
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You can get lift without implant
If you are happy with size of your breast, lift will give you the results you want. The lift will reposition the nipple and remove some skin.
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Breast lift without implants with small breasts
If you opt for a lift alone, realize that your breasts will be slightly smaller due to the skin removed, and you will have scars on your breasts. Your areolas look to be above the level of your breast crease so the addition of a small implant in an extended dual plane fashion would likely give you a nice result without the additional scars from a lift. Hope this helps! Good luck!
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Breastlift without implant
Yes you certainly are a candidate for a breast lift without implants.
A breast lift is a reshaping operation to elevate the position of the nipple and create a more youthful breast shape. The addition of an implant in my opinion is primarily to add fullness to the upper part of the breast, provide projection and improve shape.
After the lift your breast shape will be improved but there will not be more fullness in the upper breast, if that is ok then you are on the right track....
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