I am 19 years old and I’m considering surgery to make my breasts appear less saggy and more frame fitting. I am 5’2 and 125-130 lbs with a healthy bmi. I don’t smoke and I’m normally active. I am hoping to have either procedure in the next year with my insurance.
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Dear AMETHYSTWYNTER,
Thank you for reaching out with your concerns about continuous breast growth in your mid-30s and the consideration of breast reduction surgery.
Unusual Breast Growth:
It is indeed unusual for breasts to consistently increase in size each year, especially in your mid-30s....
I always recommend that patients are within 5-10lbs of their goal weight before having surgery because significant changes in weight will affect your results. Although you have very dense fibrous breast some of the breast tissue if made up of fat and with 25lb weight loss your breast will...
Natasha Van Zyl, MBChB, FRACS (Plas Recon Surg) says:
Well of course everyone is different and it depends on your height and weight at the time of the procedure and also the density of your breast tissue. Breasts are composed of breast tissue and fat but the proportion of each varies form person to person. For some women with very dense breasts,...