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Do I Need a Breast Lift? (photo)
I definitely want implants as I feel deflated. I am torn on the breast lift. I've seen 4 dr's. 2 dr's said I needed the lollipop lift. One dr said I could do a small lift just by cutting a crescent shape above the nipple and then lifting. The last dr said no lift necessary. I'm looking for natural "womanly" looking breasts and I don't want to look like I have bullets or coconuts sitting on my chest. Is it possible to do just implants only and achieve the look I want or do I need the lift?
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Gluenj
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Do I Need a Breast Lift?
If your breasts looked as they do without elevated arms (which partly simulate a lift) I would say no to the lift and encourage implant alone.
A breast lift is usually done for one of these reasons:
•elevate the nipple and areola
•remove excess skin from the breast (after weight loss, pregnancy, aging)
•create or restore symmetry
As far as nipple and areolar position, yours appear to be borderline. We look at the distance from the top of the breast...
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Best to first have a consultation with board certified plastic surgeon
A personal consultation is necessary in order to give you a more accurate evaluation. Many women who undergo breast lift surgery choose to have breast implants, and breast implants alone provide a certain degree of lifting. I would suggest scheduling a consultation with a board certified plastic surgeon to discuss your goals and concerns.
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Eliminate the implant, Mini Ultimate Breast Lift
You definitely want implants because your breasts are deflated and question whether you need a lift. The photographs show your breasts are too low and the areolas are below the inferior edge of the pectoralis major muscle even with your arm elevated. However, one alternative that you have not discussed is a lift without implants. There is a new technique called The Mini Ultimate Breast Lift which allows you to lift your breast tissue, reshape it and increase the cleavage...
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Lift?
It is difficult to tell from your photo alone with your arms elevated. Donald R. Nunn MD Atlanta Plastic Surgeon.
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Do I Need a Breast Lift?
Based on ONLY one posted photo and no in person examination I would recommend ultra high silicone implants in 400 cc range without any lift. If after 3 month you still feel you could/should be higher than consider a lifting operation under Local anesthesia
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Breast Lift or Just Implants
We would need to see a lateral picture and also a picture with your arms at your sides. With your arms up, like in your picture, you are lifting up your breasts and it changes the shape of your breasts.
Good Luck.
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Impossible to know with the one pic you provide
In order to determine if you need a lift and which time, you need to provide a side view and front view with your arms down. i will say, that with each passing year of practice, if it looks like you might need the lollipop lift, you probably should get one. in those cases where the surgeon thinks you might get away with just a crescent mastopexy, you probably should go with former since the scars fade nicely and it gives a much better lift.
good luck
david berman md
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Breast lift?
With your hands in the air, the breasts are a bit distorted. Often in patients with minimal droop, I can perform a breast augmentation and a circumareola lift and the result looks great. But it depens upon yoru appearance. Good luck.
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Breast lift needed? #breastaugmentation
Well, this is always a tough discussion. We all know that a lift requires other incisions on the breast. I am not a fan at all of the crescent lift that one doctor described to you. Many people do them but I tell my patients it is a compromise operation. If you need a lift, you need a lift. For you, the borderline patient, there are options but it all depends on your goals. The term "natural" means something different to every person. If you are referring to natural meaning more droopy not...
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Breast lift
A side view is needed to determine if a lift is needed. I would not consider a crescent lift, as it has very limited utility. The question would probably come down to a periareolar mastopexy vs. a vertical (lollipop) one.
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