42 Years Young, the Girls Are Completely Worn out and Need a Makeover - Atlanta, GA

Hi Everyone! I've learned a lot from all your experiences, comments, questions so now it's time to share my story. It's only fair after stalking the site for over 6 months, wouldn't you agree? :)
I am 42 years old, 5'0 130lbs (I have a curvy, stockier build but still need to lose at least 10lbs to look good IMO. Been trying for the past 6 years and just CAN'T seem to budge a lb! But I am still trying) and about 5-6 years after having my son (he's 22 now), my breasts deflated and started sagging. Not so cute for 25 year old! Being a single mom, it was just never an option financially back then, and I thought I would be married and having more kids at some point etc etc so I didn't really worry about it too much though I still felt inferior inside. Well as I approached 35 (and starting perimenopause), my girls just took a turn for the worse. I was horrified, worse??? No, please! My life is hard enough already, can't I still be womanly and feel sexy?? At that point I was working full time, in school and now a mom to a teenager *shudder* and I didn't have the $$$ or the time or energy. Plus I was scared of surgery! Even so, I liked my body well enough and I tried to "rock" it even with saggy boobs. I used to joke that at 40, I was going to trade my boobs in for the latest model! As 40 came upon me, it wasn't so much a joke anymore....it was more like how can I really DO this lol? I felt it was completely appropriate to reward myself after raising my son on my own, recently graduating school and staying somewhat sane (ok maybe not so sane all the time), and now turning 40 ugh! However, now I was even MORE in debt due to my student loans, so there was no way I could afford it. So I wore padded bras and felt really insecure and really unhappy. Much to my horror, my breasts kept getting worse and worse even in the last year! How can I be getting fatter but my boobs are getting smaller?? Now at 42, they are tiny, empty, flat wrinkly floppy things. I cannot even wear a regular padded bra because my breasts just settle at the bottom and jiggle (not the nice jiggle/bounce lol) with every move and it's so uncomfortable! I need to stuff socks at the bottom of my padded bra AND then put a sports bra over it to keep my empty breast skin from falling out the top or to keep that awful jiggly feeling under control. There's no "rockin" these puppies anymore! I even have to sleep that way to be comfortable. I hate the way I feel about myself and my body every day, it's even affecting my sexlife horribly. I just want to cry all the time. At this point, I don't view getting my boobs fixed as an "option" but a necessity. And I'm ready! Thank you for letting me get all that out, and now you know a little background :-)

Fortunately, I am blessed with a situation (thanks to my wonderful Boyfriend) where I have been able to save money and have paid off my student loans so now I can afford to have my boobs fixed. I recently moved to the central Georgia area also, and have been on 4 consultations in Atlanta. Full steam ahead!!! I really want to get the surgery done in April so I want to make the surgeon decision ASAP. But this is TOUGH!!! I would be very interested in hearing from other women whose experience has been similar and/or who have had great experience with surgeons they can recommend in the Atlanta/central GA area.

I went on another consultation last week, this time with Dr. Powell at Renaissance Plastic Surgery in Macon, GA. I have a friend who knows people that went there for breast augmentation and were very pleased, so that made me feel more confident. I really liked Dr. Powell and he and his nurse Tammy spent a lot of time with me: explaining everything, answering all my questions, going through various options, etc. I was certain that I would need a lift too, but half the doctors recommended a lift with my implants and half said I was borderline and probably didn't need it if I went with the larger implant that I really want. I wasn't convinced but Dr. Powell took time to show me exactly why he thought I didn't necessarily need a lift and now I can understand! I thought that because my breasts are completely deflated and saggy, that I would require a lift. But without all the detail, it really gets down to how far below my inframammary fold my nipple is located, and it's not too terribly far off. So basically, I am sagging because I am deflated more so than I have tons of extra skin, if that makes sense. And with the implant that I am wanting (at least 500cc), this very well can fill up the deflated breast to where I am happy with it and cause my nipple placement to rise a little. So really, I am seriously considering just getting the implants with no lift right now....maybe later if I end up really wanting it or needing it down the road. To make the final decision, I am looking through real self to find pictures of women that look like me structure-wise and who only got implants, not a lift, and see if I like how they look afterwards. And looking at my pictures and envisioning where my nipples would be once the implants are in. Then I will feel really comfortable with that decision. Has anyone else had to struggle with this question?