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What Can Be Done to Lift my Saggy Breasts?

asked 1 year ago by anonymoushost in anonymous
Latest answer by Tom J. Pousti, MD
Question viewed 540 times
Tags: sagging, after weight loss, perky

For as long as I can remember my breasts have looked this way (even at a healthy weight prior to gain). I'm 19yrs old & they look as if they have been through a harsh match of tug-of-war. Recently, I lost 27lbs in approx. 7 weeks. I'm currently around 141.2lbs & in the process of reaching my goal weight of 120lbs or a bit less. My breasts went from a C cup to a B. They look the same but I'm sure they do sag more than before. My ideal breasts are an A cup & perky, what can I do to fix my breasts?

13 answers to What Can Be Done to Lift my Saggy Breasts?

How to fix sagging breasts after weight loss

Unfortunately, weight loss can had adverse effects, such as sagging breasts. while women can replenish the lost breast volume with breast implants, sagging or ptosis of breast can only be addressed with a breast lift or mastopexy. there are different types of mastopexy depending on the severity of breast sagging. with minimal sagging a cresecnt breast lift is used, whiel with sever breast sagging an inverted-t mastopexy is needed. Your pictures indicate that you need an inverted-t or... more

S. Sean Younai, MD
Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon

Breast Lifting Candidate?

Thank you for the question. Unfortunately, it is not possible to give you precise advice without direct examination and/or viewing pictures. Based on your description however, it sounds like you're a good candidate for breast lifting surgery. This procedure would ideally be done when you have achieved a long-term stable weight and after completing pregnancies. Most patients are willing to accept the scars associated with breast lift surgery in exchange for the improvement... more

Tom J. Pousti, MD
San Diego Plastic Surgeon

What can be done to lift my saggy breasts?

Since you are not looking for larger breasts, nor particularly concerned with upper pole fullness, a breast lift alone would be all that you would need and not implants. Once you reach your goal weight or closer to it, a breast lift could be performed. The procedure is not that painful, and the recovery is rather fast when an implant is not used.

Robert M. Grenley, MD
Seattle Plastic Surgeon

Correction of Droopy Breasts

From your description, you do not need implants to obtain an "A" cup size. Therefore, all you need is a Mastopexy or breast lift. There are many ways to do this, but they all accomplish the same goal. removing the excess skin and putting the nipple/areola where it belongs, thus making the breast perky.

Robert T. Buchanan, MD
Highlands Plastic Surgeon

How to improve your saggy breasts

I would highly suggest a breast lift. As you have seen with loosing weight, you usually loose breast volume as you loose weight. I would suggest that you get to your desired weight and then consider having a breast lift. If you want perky and more youthful looking breast, you will want to consider having an implant put in. I would suggest having the lift done first, once you have reached your desired weight, and then having a second surgery to have your implants put in.... more

J. Gregory Kjar, M.D.
Salt Lake City Plastic Surgeon

Change saggy breasts

Once you have achieved a stable weight , you would benefit from a breast lift and possibly a small implant. The shape of the breast is determined by the volume of breast tissue and surrounding skin envelope. Since you have saggy breasts and loose skin, where the nipple, areola and breast tissue drop below the inframammary crease, a vertical or inverted T lift would need to be performed for the best result. Removing the excess or stretched skin would lift the breast tissue and... more

Andrew Turk, MD
Naples Plastic Surgeon

Breast lifts with or without implants

You would get a nice lift (A cup) with a well performed breast lift. This will elevate the nipple areola above the crease and tighten up the skin envelope. It won't give you upper pole fullness or any size increase. For those you would also need an implant.

Richard P. Rand, MD, FACS
Seattle Plastic Surgeon

What Can Be Done to Lift my Saggy Breasts?

Firstly, as pointed out by a number of my colleagues, you must reach your goal weight before having surgery. You are a candidate for a breast lift, with or without an implant. In my experience a breast lift alone is rarely a 'home run' operation. This is because the lift alone, contrary to what some surgeons claim, will absolutely not give you any fullness of your upper breasts. There are those who claim to reposition your own tissue up there - sort of like your own... more

Eric Pugash, MD
Vancouver Plastic Surgeon

Breast lift

It looks like from your pictures taht you could benefit from a breast lift procedure. If you want to stay on the smallish side than I would not add implants.

Steven Wallach, MD
Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

Variant constricted breast is tough for a young woman

"Half Empty" you appear to have a very long skin brassiere with a high inframammary fold (where the breast meets the chest wall). The breast volume is positioned low on your chest wall and your areola complexes are quite large. Your intuition about getting to your "dry fighting weight" is correct because the majority of women lose fat in the breast when their weight goes down. Once you have stabilized at your desired weight, find a PS to help... more

Lavinia Chong, MD
Orange County Plastic Surgeon

Managing Sagging Breasts after Weight Loss

Before doing anything in the way of Cosmetic Surgery it is very important that you reach a stable weight and remain there. Once yourt weight has been stable for 3-6 months, your breast and body shape would achieve a stable shape as well. That would be the time to consider any "remodelling" and at that time both you and your surgeon would have a clearer idea of what could be done without guessing because of an ever sifting weight. A Breast Lift procedure would make the breasts... more

Peter A. Aldea, MD
Memphis Plastic Surgeon

Saggy breasts

First of all, you have indicated both a desire to lose weight and a significant change in your breast with your current weight loss. This means that you should first achieve whatever "ideal" weight you desire and maintain it. I advocate looking at your lifestyle and to attain a healthy, stable, and happy lifestyle. Once you have settled into this lifestyle, then consult with a board-certified plastic surgeon. The options can only be determined at that time and will incorporate not... more

Robin T.W. Yuan, MD
Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon

How to improve sagging breasts

Based on your photos I would recommend either a vertical breast lift (lollipop incision) or a wise-pattern breast lift (anchor incision). It's difficult to say for sure without examining you, but you would certainly have a much better shape with a breast lift. I would not place breast implants unless you want to be a larger cup size. The recovery is about 3 days off of work. All the stitches dissolve. Patients do quite well with this type of breast lift. It will also allow you... more