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Will Breast Implants Help Lift my Nipple and Decrease the Visual Stretch Marks?

I Absolutely hate the way my breast look! My nipples are to low for the size which are to small, especially for the size of my areola. I'm 19 years old with no children. Growing up fat also left me with VERY noticeable stretch marks (they stand out alot since my completion is tan) I am considering breast implants but since i have been reading i wanted to know if i also needed a breast augmentation? i know you cannot get rid of stretchmarks but will this help not make them stand out so much?

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15 Doctor Answers | Asked by melanie722010 in Killeen TX

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Will Breast Implants Help Lift my Nipple and Decrease the Visual Stretch Marks

Breast implants cannot always be predictable in their results. Individuals must be evaluated to see if an implant might raise their nipple areolar complex. Sometimes stretch marks may be made more tense and less noticeable with implants. Again this is unpredictable in most patients. In reviewing the photograph I don’t think this patient needs an implant but probably needs a mastopexy.

Breast augmentation, nipple lifting, and stretch marks.

No two patients are exactly the same. While it is possible that the height of a woman's nipple position could be elevated with breast implants and it is possible to decrease the appearance of stretch marks on a woman's breasts by putting the skin on more stretch with the aid of underlying implant, I am not sure that this is necessarily the best answer for the woman in the picture above associated with this question. First of all it appears that she has a decent sized breast with a near... more

Implants may make large areola even larger with ? effect on stretch marks

An implant will stretch your skin which may make the striae (stretcn marks) less noticeable. However it will also make the areola stretch as well and make them appear larger. With the use of a dual plane apporach and release of the parenchyma, the nipples may appear slightly higher but the implants will conversely appear slightly lower.

Otto Joseph Placik, MD

32 reviews

Chicago Plastic Surgeon

Laser and Mastopexy recommended

The only FDA-approved laser for stretchmarks is the Palomar 1540 Lux. We are using it in my office with excellent results. Several treatments are necessary but improvement is obvious with each treatment. Implans will not raise your nipples more than 1 or 2 centimeters and will add volume to your breasts. If you want to elevate your nipples, a breast lift, or mastopexy, is necessary.

Breast implants, lifts, and stretch marks

Properly fitted and positioned breast implants will do nothing to stretch marks. In my experience they will not look better or worse. There is currently no way to remove them and some modalities can temporarily make stretch marks look less noticeable but it's not likely to be permanent and may actually worsen them if overdone. The only way to truly raise your nipple-areola to a higher level, reduce the areolar size, or bring them in to a less lateral position is by a lift... more

Breast implants to lift nipple and decrease stretch marks?

Breast implants are for volume. There is a very minor lift of the nipple that sometimes will happen with the volume change. If you want the areola size reduced and/or the nipples up, you need a lift. Stretch marks are scars in the dermis. They are permanent. I would not treat your stretch marks with implants.

Implants don't help stretch marks.

Implants wont help with stretch marks. Actually sometimes the stretch marks can become slightly more noticeable. The best way to determine what a breast augmentation will do for the stretch marks is to use your hands to stretch the skin slightly (mimicking the tighter skin that will result from breast augmentation) and look at the stretch marks. Implants will lift the nipple slightly and will help to improve the contour of your breasts as well.

Treatment of breast stretchmarks with large areola

By the photos I would say the issues are nipples slightly lower and further away from the midline than is optimal, enlarged areolae and stretchmarks. If you just put breat implants in they will do nothing to improve these issues. Unfortunately there is nothing good or reliable for removal of these stretchmarks. Implants will either have no effect or make them more visible. Very large implants can make the areolae larger but no size implant can make them smaller. If you just want the... more

Implants and a Modified Lift

Hello, You look like implants and a modified lift will do for you. The implants may help camouflage your stretch marks but really have little effect upon them unless you go really large in which case they can be made more noticeable. Best Regards, John Di Saia MD

Implants Help Lift my Nipple and Decrease the Visual Stretch Marks

Thanks for the photo you posted. My recommendation is a 400 cc high profile implant + a donut lift (Bellini technique). But the best thing is to see in person 3 boarded plastic surgeons in your area.

Breast implants may give you a small lift of the nipples

Breast implants in and of themselves may give you a small lift, and it appears from your photos that an augmentations is all that you really need. In fact, the implants can be placed through incisions around your areolas and the areolas can be made smaller this way as well. For your stretch marks, it's difficult to say how they'll be affected by breast implants. If you get fairly large implants, they may stretch out your stretch marks making the less... more

Breast augmentation

The stretch marks will definitely stay and be permanent. As for just having implants, +/- lift, it would be something reviewed on a physical exam.

Steven Wallach, MD

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Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

Breast implants can improve stretch marks in a subtle way

Stretch marks are actual small tears in the skin which occur with rapid growth and development, weight gain, and often by pregnancy. Because they are actual scars in the skin they are permanent, though breast augmentation can improve their appearance in subtle ways by effacing or smoothing them in by the pressure of the implant. One problem with your complexion, as because stretch marks are scars they will not tan. Therefore they appear as white lines in a sun exposed area as in your photo.... more

Stretch marks are permanent

Implants will enlarge your breasts. They will do nothing to chage the stretch marks and sometimes the stretch marks can get worse with implants.

Stretch marks on breasts

Implants will help improve the contour of your breasts and may slightly raise the nipple and areola. However, there will be no to minimal changes in your breast stretch marks. Breast surgery can be very complex, so please make sure that you are seen by a board certified plastic surgeon. Good luck.