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Drooping Breasts After Major Weight Loss, Do I Need a Lift With Implants? (photo)

Hello, I am 25 years old, 5'2" and weight 112 pounds. I've lost around 70 pounds over the past 10 years and my boobs have noticeable gotten saggy and I have lost breast mass as I lost weight. I have gone from a 36C to a 32C/34B. I would like to get full C Cup perky breasts. In my case, is a breast lift and implants recommended? I know I'm pretty young and have not had kids yet. Does the current state of my breasts indicate how my breasts will change as I age?

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Mastopexy and Breast Implants After Massive Weight Loss

Large changes in body weight often stretch out skin beyond its ability to bounce back. Most women need a breast lift to improve breast shape. You may elect to have an implant or not, depending on how big you want to be. You will need an implant if you want to return to your prior breast fullness. There are multiple patterns for breast lifts. From your photographs you may be able to have a lift with minimal scarring, a peri-areolar lift combined with an implant... more

Combine breast implant and breast lift for maximum results

Congratulations on your weight loss. To achieve a full C-cup, I would suggest a sub-muscular implant and a breast lift. If just implants were done without a lift, I do not think you will get an acceptable result. Typically, I use silicone implants underneath the muscle. Usually, nipples remain sensate and you will able to breastfeed after the surgery. Scars also heal very well in this area. You may either need a Benelli lift, lollipop or a vertical mastopexy... more

Breast sagging after weight loss

It looks like a breast augmentation may be all that is necessary to provide you with fuller breasts. A more definite answer as to whether or not a lift would be needed would be best determined at the time of a consultation.

George John Alexander, MD

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Las Vegas Plastic Surgeon

Major weight loss requires lift

After a 70 lb weight loss you breasts are drooping and the nipples are located low on the chest wall. Implants may lift the position of the nipples but the added weight will lead to further breast descent. At age 25, you should have perky breasts to begin with which you do not have. I recommend a breast augmentation through a circumareola approach with a lift at the same time. To do it at a 2nd operation would cost you more and delay the inevitable. Best of... more

Breast Changes After Weight Loss

Breast sagging is common after significant weight loss. The severity of the sagging is generally classified by the nipple position in relation to the infra-mammary fold or breast crease where the bottom of the breast meets the chest. Based on your photos it appears your nipples are above the infra-mammary fold and you could get a good result with breast implants alone. When the nipples lie below the infra-mammary fold then some type of breast lift procedure is required to... more

Breast Implants with or without Breast Lift after Large Weight Loss

From the photos you provided I think a Breast Augmentation with silicone gel implants will nicely restore the breast volume and mildly lift the nipple complex. You may not benefit from a Breast Lift. I would wait at least 6 months to see how the breasts look before considering a subsequent Breast Lift.

Breast Lift Needed after Weight Loss?

Congratulations on your significant weight loss. You are very fortunate; your breasts have done well despite significant weight loss. Most patients who undergone 70 pound weight loss end up requiring some form of breast lifting; based on your pictures, I do not think breast lifting is necessary in your case. I think you should do very well with breast augmentation only; I would suggest some muscular (dual plane) silicone gel breast implants. It will be important... more

Drooping Breasts After Major Weight Loss, Do I Need a Lift With Implants?

Do implants first to a size you desire. Than see if the lift is needed. See a few more boarded PSs in your area.

Breast implants with a possible breast lift

Based on your photos alone you may benefit from breast implants alone however this is difficult to say without examining you in person. Your nipple position looks fairly normal. I would say "possible " lift at this time because you really will not know until you are in the surgery and the implants (or sizers) are in place. I would consult with a few board certified plastic surgeons in your area for a more in depth exam and evaluation. Your overall breast shape is pretty good which... more

Is Breast Lift Needed With Augmentation

Based on y9our photos it looks like the nipple is definitely higher than the crease at the bottom of the breast. So while it wouldn't hurt to have a small lift (avoiding the long scars under the breast) I think it is not totally necessary in order to have a nice result. You may need a lift at some point in the future.

Need implants

Thanks for your inquiry and congratulations on your weight loss. Seeing you desire to be larger, you will need breast implants. I would reccomend submuscular silicone implants. You do not have to have a lift. Get an opinion from a board certified surgeon.

Breast lift with or without implants

I think if you want to be large in volume, you will need a breast implant. As to a lift in the future, it is common for women that have a lift to have touch up procedures afterwards in order to maintain a perky look. The length of time before you need more surgery will vary, depending on the quality of the tissue and activity along with total weight of the new breast mound.

Do I need a breast lift with implants (photo)?

Your breasts have not gotten "saggy" in my opinion, but simply involuted with diminution of fat volume within the breast skin envelope. Restoration of your lost volume with an implant will result in a more aesthetically pleasing breast shape, and a breast size in more feminine proportion with your body. Implants alone are recommended in my opinion, provided you agree to sufficient size (and your surgeon selects an implant of sufficient width) that the nipple... more

Decisions in Breast Enhancement will have Implications for the Rest of Your Life

Hi there- After losing all of that weight, I can definitely understand your desire to have lovely, round, perky breasts to complete the accomplishment. While I don't think it would be wrong to perform a breast lift with or without implants on you, I definitely think that you would probably be better off in the long run by having a breast augmentation alone at this time, as long as a careful discussion of your goals indicates they could be achieved or approximated through this... more

Breast Ptosis after Weight Loss

Congratulations on your weight loss. Looking at your pictures to determine whether or not you need a lift is not as good as seeing you in person to evaluate your tissue, but from the pictures you present, I believe that you could either just have an augmentation or do an augmentation and a lift. It really depends on what you want your breast to look like. You can achieve the volume with an implant alone, but your breast may sit a little lower than if you have a lift with an... more

Donald Griffin, MD

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Nashville Plastic Surgeon

Mastopexy after weight loss

Looks like you would do well with any procedure or combination. implants only, lift only, or combination. if lift only you are ideal for the one with the scar around the areola only. good luck with it.