5'3, 180lbs - doctor recommended 350cc with lift, is this necessary? (Photo)

Your breasts sag, so you need a lift. You can choose to just have implants and you will have bigger and more sagging breasts. Implants will not correct the sagging, and bigger will be heavier and cause more sagging.

Implants can accentuate the sagging, and their weight can make it worse. That’s probably why your surgeon recommended a lift. However, if you understand this and clearly explain your goals to your surgeon, they may not recommend the lift.

After I measure and discuss goals with my patients, we then look at pictures of women (my patients) with similar measurements with different size and style breast implants. They also get to see what they would look like when the breasts have fully dropped and fluffed and in clothes. You get to see actual results and the surgeon's experience and not a virtual idea of what can be achieved. Women tell me that this process is very helpful in determining what size and style breast implant is right for them. Mildly Sagging Breasts: If your breasts are mildly droopy, a saline or silicone gel implant placed behind the pectoral muscle might help create the illusion of perkiness. That’s because as the implant fills out the top of the breast, it also fills out the bottom, making it look as if the nipple has moved higher. It hasn’t. You can always get a lift later if you feel you are not perky enough when fully settled and healed. Dr. Ted Eisenberg, Board Certified Plastic Surgeon and Author. RealSelf Distinguished Hall of Fame Inductee. Philadelphia, Pa., USA