How Much Cup Size Do You Lose with a Breast Lift?

I did a tummy tuck after losing 100 pds and am now wanting to lift my breasts. I was a 40E before and always had larger breast even before becoming over weight. I am currently a 32DDD but very very saggy & gave a lot of stretch marks on my yapper breast. I do not want to be under a D as I don't have a tiny frame. I am on the fence with implants. How much size do you typically lose with a lift? can upper volume be restored with a lift alone when the skin has been stretched from weight issues?

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Change in breast size after lift?

Breast lift does not change the size of the breast, just the shape of the breast. I really like the vertical lift and I think it makes the breast look just a little bit larger. Also, if the areola is large (like it is in many saggy ladies), reducing its size can make the breast look larger. Also, a lift will often soften the appearance of stretch marks. From your photos, you look like you are a great candidate for a vertical lift.

Breast lift does not have to make your breasts smaller

Thank you for the photo. As you can see from the previous answers, there are two camps. Surgoens who suggest a vertical lift (I'm in this group) and surgeons who suggest the traditional wise pattern or inverted "T" incision. Both give you very good results and each surgeon will do the procedure they learned best and feel comfortable with. In my opinion, the vertical lift allows the surgeon to make the breast any size you want, give you a better shape, more projection and better... more

Breast lift and cup size

In a Mastopexy your size remains the same. If some reduction (in order not to leave you looking boxy) is needed you may lose a bit of volume. Both ways your top (upper pole) will look empty. That's why an implant or a fat transfer is what is often needed. Lifting is easy. Making you look perky, not just lifted is hard. A board certified plastic surgeon, not just any cosmetic surgeon, may be the one to see. What you are asking for is easy but the artistry and experience of the surgeon... more

Breast Lifts Do Not Reduce The Size Of The Breasts

In theory, one should not lose any breast volume with a lift as no breast tissue is removed. Only skin is removed and tightened and the nipple moved upward in a breast lift. But there is often a perception that the breast does seem smaller as the surface area of the total breast is reduced through the skin removal. What most women expect from a breast lift is to have not only an uplifted breast but one with more upper pole fullness as well. While this most certainly occurs early after a... more

The tighter the lift, the more your cup size goes down. Need implants.

It sounds like you are thinking the right thoughts. Don't believe a plastic surgeon who says he can restore your upper pole fullness using a lift without implants. If you want upper pole fullness, you need implants (breast tissue is too malleable to stay perky). Period. But you also need an aggressive lift using the vertical technique and greatly reducing the amount of tissue in the lower poles. A lift alone reduces your cup size; if it does not, then it... more

Breast volume loss after breast lift? NO!

Your breasts have excess skin containing a decreased volume of tissue. (Congratulations on the weight loss!) Thus, a breast lift is designed to create a new skin brassiere, tailoring the skin to contain the same volume in a tighter, higher, and perkier package! I routinely weigh the skin I remove during the course of breast lift (mastopexy) surgery, and even for breasts larger than yours (and assuming the patient wants to retain the same volume breast in a less-saggy skin... more

Cup size change with breast lift?

Congratulations on your weight loss. It is hard to promise or predict final cup size after breast surgery. With breast lifting, even though no breast tissue is removed, the breast shape and position are changed. This change in position and shape may result in a different cup size or a different level of filling the cup of a bra. For example, a breast that sits lower on the chest wall may require a larger cup size bra than the same volume breast sitting higher on the... more

Breast lift and cup size

Hello, A breast augmentation is designed to add volume to the breast while a breast lift is designed to allow shaping of the breast. In theory, little to no volume should be lost when a breast lift is performed. Each plastic surgeon performs their breast lift procedure a little different so ask plenty of questions and ask to see before and after photos of patients that have a similar body and breast shape as you do before surgery. All the best, Dr Remus Repta more

Mastopexy and size reduction

You certainly provoked a lot of comments with your question. You are asking a lot from a mastopexy given the size and volume of your breasts. Consider a small reduction along with the mastopexy and a year later if you feel you want further upper pole fullness it would be relatively simple to put in a small to moderate size implant. Chances are you will not feel the need for that and simplify your life avoiding the implant.

Breast lift with implants or without?

I think that you are asking 2 questions that need to be answered separately - do you want to decrease the size of your breasts to a D, or would you rather stay at about a DDD cup size? Would you be opposed to being bigger? A mastopexy or breast lift alone will not decrease your cup size by that much unless you also have breast tissue removed. The other question to address is how important upper pole or upper breast fullness is to you. Without an implant, the... more