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What Procedures Can You Recommend to Improve the Look of my Breasts?

I have been considering breast surgery since developing them as a teenager. They have never been very perky but since after birth of my son and awful milk engorgement, they sagged more and are covered in stretch marks (luckily the color has faded in the past couple of years). Would I need both implants and a breast lift? I really don't want an anchor scar. They're currently size 34A (US). Thanks

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Is a lift and augment needed after pregnancy?

Your photos suggest you could get a way with an augmentation alone and that is what I would suggest if you came into my office. However if you wished to have the fake excessive fullness in the upper pole, you will need a lift as well and a lollipop scar should be adequate. If you were going for a more natural look, I would start with augmentation and then consider a lift if you felt it was necessary to give yourself the look you desire.

Curtis Wong, MD

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Redding Plastic Surgeon

Improving the look of your breasts

Stretch marks are common after breast feeding and volume loss can make them much more visible. An implant is certainly your first consideration to provide some lift and fullness, and smooth out the skin. You might consider a lift, however if you are young, or might consider further pregnancies, think carefully. A lift scar is a forever propostion, and the implants alone just might do.

What Procedures You Recommend to Improve the Look of my Breasts? #implants ANS:

You have what I call the "In-Between" breast! Your nipple is in OK position but you do have just a little droop. I think you should do well with just an implant, provided it is placed a little lower on your chest, and not too high....And remember, you can always get a lift later, but you can't take it back once it's there!

How can I improve the shape of my breasts?

Hello there. The first question that I would ask you is 'are you happy with the volume of your breasts?' If you are happy with your current cup size, but unhappy with the shape, then I would recommend a lift as this would bring your breasts back up on to a higher position on your chest. However, there will inevitably be scars and potential complications with this that you would need to discuss with your surgeon. If you wanted to be bigger, then you would need... more

Post-pregnancy breasts - how can they be improved?

Dear Lisa From your pictures you may be suitable for any of the following: Breast augmentation Breast lift (with a vertical scar technique) Combined breast lift and augmentation Each has their pros and cons - a face-to-face consultation to discuss the options are what is needed after a careful clinical examination. Good luck with your plastic surgery journey Kind regards, Mr Marc Pacifico Tunbridge Wells

Options for breast lift and or implants

When a patient tells me that she has been considering breast surgery since she was a teenager and the main issue is sagging, then a breast lift will probably be necessary to give her the result she is looking for. If you want more breast volume you could also undergo augmentation along with the lift, but I wouldn't overdo it on the size. One thing I wouldn't recommend is for a surgeon to place big implants in an attempt to correct the sagging. Ultimately this just produces... more

Breast augmentation to correct minimal sagging

Without a specific examination it is difficult to give you a precise answer to your question about needing a breast lift. From your photograph it appears that you have minimal breast sagging. Your nipples appear to be just at or slightly below the level of the inframammary crease (fold under the breast) in general if there is less than 2 cm of breast tissue below the crease and your nipples are facing in a forward direction a breast augmentation will give you a satisfactory... more

What Procedures Can You Recommend

Although a lift might help, I don't think you need to rush into that. Since you would prefer no lift I think it would be OK to go through with the Breast Augmentation using a subpectoral dual plane technique. This allows the fullness of the implant to fall into the lower part of the breast out from under the muscle pushing the lower breast forwards. That wil make your nipples look a little higher like a small lift. Then, if you still feel like it's not quite what you want you can always... more

Natural Breast Augmentation and Lift

Mothers may find that pregnancy and breastfeeding contribute to loss of volume and firmness. If you're looking for perkiness, you'll need a lift. A breast lift raises droopy breasts from one to several inches and excess skin is removed. To perk up a drooping breast, your surgeon will remove excess skin, reposition the nipple, and redrape and tighten the remaining skin to support the breast. The areola may also be reduced in size. The great thing about this technique is that they can now be... more

Improve the Look of my Breasts

Assuming you wish to have larger breasts, the operation of choice would be a breast enlargement with implants, and a breast lift. The type of lift needed would be determined at a consultation based on an in person exam. From the photos alone I would guess that a vertical mastopexy (incision around the areola and down to the fold) would give you the best result. If the breast size is satisfactory, a lift alone would be in order. You might need a full anchor incision without... more

Deflated Breasts Just Augmentation

In deflated breasts, augmentation alone may be appropriate if you have minimal or grade I ptosis. Sometimes, augmentation with a few alterations cna correct some grade II issues.

Llift and implants?

Very possibly you will need some sort of lift. It may be as simple as just a simple circumareola lift to raise the nipple and tightent he skin envelope around it. Best to be seen in person to determine that.

Steven Wallach, MD

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Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

Breast Lift Along with Breast Augmentation?

Thank you for the question and pictures. Based on your pictures and description of your concerns and goals, I think you will be best of undergoing breast lifting (as well as breast augmentation surgery) at some point. I would be concerned, again based on your own description of your breasts, that you would not be happy in the long term with breast augmentation alone. Most patients (If properly selected and who are doing the operations and the right time of their lives... more

Breast lift , breast implants or both?

If you are satisfied with the size ,you could have a circum- areola lift which would improve the shape ,the only scar would be around the aerola If you want an increase in size ,you could do an implant without a lift.The larger the implant , the greater the lift You could also combine both procedures to obtain increased volume and lift