Can You Have Implants After a Breast Reduction and Lift?

Yes this is possible and may be recommended if you wish to be more full on top. A small implant can still give you overall smaller less heavy but still full breasts. However there are other ways to accomplish this at the time of your Breast Lift/Breast reduction. If you have been considering a Breast Lift, Reduction or improving your appearance after breast augmentation but are not comfortable with introducing artificial material into your body, you may want to look into the benefits of breast augmentation with fat transfer. An alternative to breast implants is fat transfer also known as fat grafting or lipoinjection. This technique allows women the option of enhancing the appearance of their breasts without the potential problems of saline or silicone implants such as hardness, rippling or rupture.Who is a candidate?Any woman who is healthyWomen with sufficient body fat for the procedureWomen considering breast augmentation who wish to be one cup size larger or lessWomen who have had breast augmentation or reconstruction but who lack fullness or have contour concerns. Fat transfer can further enhance and reshape your breasts while smoothing out visible or palpable edges of breast implants. This will disguise implant rippling and wrinkling.Women with normal mammographySee the below links for more details: 

Breast reduction is a functional operation that removes weight generating symptoms in the shoulder, back, and neck.  A reduction always includes a breast lift which makes them look more youthful.  It makes no sense to remove natural breast tissue and replace it with an artificial substance.

Breast implants do provide fullness to the central and upper pole of the breast. if a patient is left with inadequate breast volume after a breast reduction or mastopexy they might need to have breast implants. You can potentially develop neck and/or back pain if you have very heavy breasts (either from very large implants or from large and heavy breast tissue).

The quick answer to this is yes you can do all three procedures: lift, reduction, and augmentation.
I have had occasion to do this at the same procedure and occasionally many years later (more common with subsequent weight loss). In all of these instances, the patients did not complain about the same syptoms they had when they were larger breasted.
I agree with you, in that it would seem natural that patients would report recurrent back pain but this does not seem to occur.
I will be very interested to hear what the other plastic surgeons who answer this have to say but it is very unusual for patients, even with big implants (larger than 400) to complain about back pain. This does not mean that they do not experience relief when they eventually have the implants removed but generally they seem motivated to tolerate the weight and volume.
I agree with you also in that the use of the implant is one of the best methods to ensure upper breast fullness after reduction and lift.

MessageMamma,
Yes, it is possible to have implants after a breast lift/reduction. One problem with breasts lifts/reductions is that there is often still a deficiency in the upper pole of the breast (fullness). There is often sufficient tissue to perform an auto-augmentation by rotating some of the extra tissue up into the upper pole.
However, the other option is placing an implant at the same time or as part of a staged procedure. If your insurance company is paying for the reduction, I highly doubt that they will go along with having an implant placed at the same time. Good luck with your surgery.