“Is upper pole fullness impossible for me?”
Breast lift: NOT worth it
Cost: $7,800
Pain: Uncomfortable
Pain: Uncomfortable
Breast lift satisfaction: Poor
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Why: Doctor never said there was a chance that the goals/wishes I expressed with this procedure may not be possible. Said that implant would create the fullness and matopexy remove excess skin to lift up the breasts. I feel that I couldve had the lift alone and gotten the same results.
I expressed my wishes to my doctor, that after 3 children wanted perky, small breasts, with fullness on the upper portion (upper pole). So I had a lift and 210cc saline implants. Displeased with results since there is no upper pole fullness or cleavage, still feel that breasts are saggy.
Will a larger implant create the upper pole fullness and cleavage? The doctor said that my tissue and skin are the culprits, not able to hold the implants up. I am 128lbs. 5'4 and before surgery between b and c cup.
Jun 8, 2009Comments and replies (2)
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4 posts
15 Jun 2009
Me and a friend of mine both recently got our breast done, we both got lifts and implants. So between us we have had consults 11 with plastic surgeons in Houston. Dr Ciaravino is the doctor for the young flat chested model type who wants implants. His name get more hype than it deserves. I'm confused as to why he couldnt determine your skin elasticity from your consult. Then again he's so busy you probably were treated like me and didnt get to even see him. Its seems like your wants were similar to mine, nice, perky, tight breast. You may want to consider consulting other doctors for a revision. One doctor that stood out to me was Dr.Camille Cash, she uses a techinique that utilizes your own breast tissue for fullness up top and had some really good before and after pics(also affordably priced). However I ended up choosing Dr. Steely who also uses a similar technique. And to answer your last question Im not a doctor but its more about the placement of the implant than the size, unless you want bigger breast...
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8 Oct 2009
210cc is kind of small, I think you can either choose small, lifted breasts or full breasts with some upper pole fullness..and most importantly your breasts have to be proportionate and match the rest of you...I wonder what your breast width is? the wider your breasts, the wider the implant should be to be able to fill up the breast tissue that's covering it. Looking at breast implant specs will help (like on the Mentor website for eg.), if you choose an implant with a diameter thats much smaller than your breast width, the result would be disappointing. My breast width is 13cm (its on the side) and our stats are very similar (34B with a little minor sag here), and according to my surgeon I need atleast 300cc get to a C or full B cup. My aim is to get to a C to D cup, so I'm going for 375cc sillicone HP's. Also remember that implants look even smaller once inside you, especially if you've gone under the muscle. And just one more thing, not every woman was born to have cleavage. Your ability to get cleavage with implants depends on your chest structure and breast shape, some women, no matter how big they go, will never obtain cleavage (I'm one of them, but I don't mind anymore). For upper pole fullness, you need to go big (and wide) enough, atleast 300-350cc for your build. Unless your chest structure and breast width is the very narrow, petite kind, you'd never be able to have breasts that are small AND have upper pole fullness. And your doctor is right, the thinner your skin, the less likely it is to obtain upper pole fullness. There are options however, some surgeons perform fat grafting on the tops and sides of the upper breasts to create a little more fullness and to camouflage 'bony looking chests', this is also especially done to hide rippling after a BA, don't expect bust size to increase much with this kind of procedure however. Anyways, I do hope that you will get this issue resolved! Good luck!