Breast Lift to Correct Not-so Sagging Breasts - Stafford, TX

I've noticed that you post on all threads for this doctor but there is not a single picture of your results. You come across as trolling. Post our photos so that you can be taken seriously.

I am not sure how to add my pictures. I have many. I don't even know what trolling is. Tell me how to post pictures and I will.

Just posted pictures.

It is the same, 34D

Oh BigRed thanks. You probably still swollen but you look great!

Thanks bootie! :)

I never had drains because I had the mini UBL. I was there from 1/24 to 1/29, where you there?

Thanks for the info ReNew. When do you think most of the swelling went down in your case? and how long before you could see close to the final shape?

No problem, Hmm I wanna say the swelling took about 2 months. The shape took about 3months, but since I got the revision and he lifted them a little higher the shape looks even better.

Hi PB- it included the mini UBL procedure and some liposuction in my upper arms and one breast. The bloodwork and anesthesia was also included in the price. I stayed 5 nights and it was $99 per night plus taxes.

Thank you for getting back to me so quickly. Did the doctor say how long before the swelling subsides to the point where you start seeing the final result?. How long before you can start exercising?. How much did he raise the nipples?. Did he also "strengthen" the breast on the inside somehow?. Sorry for all the questions, but when I saw your photos, I saw myself, same shape of breasts, same colour of skin, same wish list. Although I am not opposed to the full UBL, I'd prefer to get the mini. It seems to be so much less scarring. On the other hand, I have dense breast tissue (they feel heavy) and if the mini is not like a reinforced version of the full UBL, I don't want to take the chance of having my boobs go South in a matter of a few years. Please keep us posted. Feel better soon. Thank you again!

They said that I can start exercising after a month, although Spinning would be OK as soon as I am up to it (not there yet, LOL). The mini UBL DOES have the same support system and the regular UBL but can be done only in smalled breasts. I discussed that at lenght with the doctor because I had the same concern as you. They say that healing takes up to a year, and the doctor said that if I still have pleating at the 3 month mark I can get a revision, so I assume that at that point you are at like 90% final shape, but they never explained that too clearly.

I will!

Hi LifterMom, Have you been to any consultations with surrounding doctors or were there any other Dr.'s you were/are looking into besides Horndeski?

Hi Persephone3b...my close friend is a highly-rated oncologist in the SF Bay Area...she looks at boobs all day every day. I asked for her recommendation, and she said Dr. Karen Horton in SF consistently does great aesthetic work. So I'm scheduled with her in February. The reason I was looking at Horndeski was because of his "engineering" of the breast through the nipple...I didn't want scarring. I even spoke with him on the phone...the thing is, there's probably a reason beyond "laziness" or "repetitiveness" that causes most other doctors to not do the surgery his way. In general, I always become very suspect when I hear that someone claims to have some proprietary technique that is better than anyone else in the world...it seems like a silly claim to make, surgeons are not a dumb bunch, and they are the most competitive people ever, always looking for the next greatest thing. Horndeski seemed too good to be true, and I'm glad I stayed on this forum, because the degree of dissatisfaction I hear seems to be high. In speaking with Dr. Horton, I understand that breast augmentation (lift) is a very complicated procedure, and it takes longer and is harder to do and harder to recover from than just an implant. It is easier to slip an implant into someone than to engineer and lift the entire thing. Her procedure does have a scar from the nipple down, but she doesn't do a full anchor along the bottom, she wants it not to show in a small bikini top. She's also very conservative...because I'm not dying to get bigger, she told me to just go with a lift, and come back later if I really want a bigger cup size...it wouldn't be hard to go in through the same (lower) scar and slip in 50 cc's for that upper pole roundness that gives that fake boob look. My lifted breasts will still have the flat-ish tops of a natural breast, and I will still age naturally, just from a higher point. I like how conservative she is...and the cost, all in, here in SF, without having to travel all the way to Texas, is $8k including the anesthesia at the great hospital where I had my babies. Also, they use a laser afterwards (I'm sure there will be a cost for that) to minimize the look of the scar. My conclusion after a tummy tuck and some botoxing is that there is always a price to pay for these things. You always get a little messed up or a little weird when you mess with nature, you just have to try to minimize it and to understand that nothing is perfect, there's always a tradeoff. For me, this tradeoff is going to be a scar. I'm going to try to avoid the implant though, it is a foreign object in the body that requires another surgery at some point, and because I understand this concept that nothing is free, I'm going to try not to have too much boob greed and have to pay for it some other way. Please let me know if my comments helped.