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Areola Reduction/Benelli Type Lift

UPDATED FROM Lori215
4 months post

Just kidding, actually not worth it ):

Lori215
WORTH IT$2,275
For anyone wondering, my nipples stretched back out. Now they're pretty much the same size as they were before. Next month I'm going to start scheduling consultations for implants, because if I can't make my areolas smaller then I want to make my boobs bigger. I'm not sure if the surgeons will recommend I get a lift with my implants or not. If so, I've decided I'm open to the vertical scar. Still would like to avoid it, but at the same time I really just want some nice looking perky breasts.

Replies (5)

February 24, 2017
I feel your pain ! Have u contacted them ? They should be able to redo it it's their fault for it reversing . Keep hope you're still beautiful !
February 24, 2017
Yeah, so they're willing to do a revision, but with a revision there's no guarantee it will work still. So I think I'd rather just get implants and possibly a full lift at this point. If I can't make my areolas smaller then I want my breasts big enough for them to make sense lol and I wanted implants anyway. So we'll see how it works out.
April 1, 2017
April 2, 2017
What a nice thing for you to say... screw you.
June 14, 2017
Did you have to wear a special garment or sports bra afterwards? What was the aftercare like and do you feel like you followed it properly?
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July 27, 2017
Hey, I'm sorry things didn't go well for you! This is something I've researched a lot because I was in a much worse boat than you. If you're happy with the size of your breasts (and I think they look good just as they are), but just want to change the nipple, a periareolar lift with purse string sutchers should prevent any stretching of the aerolas. I would guess your surgeon didn't use them and not all do. As with anything, there are pros and cons. Some patients say you can feel them under the skin (they are permanent). I cannot feel mine. Surgeons that use them often point out that if you can feel them, it's minimal and that a partner likely wouldn't even notice.

Good luck to you! And truly, I think your breasts look great.
September 11, 2017
Honestly, it still looks much different than the initial version, even though they stretched. So I would call it success! :) How is the current situation? Have you decided to get implants?
UPDATED FROM Lori215
14 days post

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Lori215
So here's why I waited to post my surgeons name(I need time to type up the full story).. I'm not sure if I would really recommend him. The day of my surgery was so stressful that I had an anxiety attack 30 minutes after I took the anti-anxiety pill. I was given almost no information on what to do before or after surgery before I got there. I had to email his office manager the week of my surgery to make sure it was still happening because I hadn't heard anything from them for weeks. When I did I asked her how I should come for the surgery and what kind of bra I would need. She said "just bring your prescriptions and a comfortable bra". Once I got to the office for my surgery the nurse starts asking me "so you ate a big breakfast this morning right?" I said "I had a protein shake". The nurse then starts getting snippy with me because apparently I was supposed to eat a large solid breakfast before going there, but no one had told me. Then she asks "you didn't drink any caffeine, did you?" And I thought back to before I left my house when I literally just didn't have time to make coffee.. again, no one told me I couldn't have caffeine before the surgery. Then she says "the bra you brought doesn't have underwire, right?" AGAIN thank god I had gone to Victoria's Secret the day before and asked them what bras they would recommend for breast surgery and they told me it couldn't have underwire. Because once again the surgeon's office had failed to tell me this. And on top of all that, the surgeon was running late coming in from a talk in Boston. So he was in a RUSH and he acted like it. I heard him say "we're an hour behind" while he was cutting me open. If you look at the picture of my boobs without the steri strips, the nipple that is an irregular shape was stitched up by him. My nipple that looks more round and nicer was done by a young surgeon in training who was helping him with my surgery. It makes me mad that it seems like the surgeon I paid to do my surgery was in too much of a rush to stitch me up nice.. I hope that nipple will become more round over time. I didn't see my surgeon at all after my surgery. He left the room before they started helping me get up and out of there. The surgeon in training started telling me how to take care of my wounds and I had to ask him to write it down because at that point he was giving me so many directions and I was on a lot of drugs so I knew I wouldn't remember. Anyways, the surgeon I went to was Dr. Paul Glat in Bala Cynwyd, PA. My breasts look pretty good except for the irregular shape he made my one nipple and he was willing to do this surgery.. so that's all good. But I don't like the way I was treated by him and the staff and how unprepared they made me for my surgery. If I decide to get implants later on I'm doubtful I would go back to him.

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October 20, 2016
Your boobs look exactly like mine! So glad i found this review! I want a beneli lift also because i have huge nipples, is $2,275 the normal price for just a beneli lift or did you have a discount?
October 20, 2016
Sorry my areolas are huge not nipples lol*
October 20, 2016
I don't think there are really discounts for plastic surgery and each surgeon will quote you different prices. Often depending on their office's regional location and what they believe their skill level to be. So all I can really tell you is that this is what I paid for my surgeon
October 20, 2016
I knew what you meant lol I get lazy sometimes and don't specify areolas either. A lot of my friends don't even know what that means lol
October 20, 2016
Ok thanks, i hope i will get a price like yours. How are your breast now, is the scar healing? And do you feel they are lifted because of the beneli?
October 20, 2016
Haha yes i say nipples all the time when i mean areolas lol
October 20, 2016
It really didn't lift them toooo much. You can notice that my boobs are slightly droopier in the second pic than the first one I posted because in the first one they were a little swollen. But I think they definitely sit higher than they did before. It's been exactly two weeks since my surgery and I took the second pic 2 days ago. So that's what they look like. I don't get my stitches out until Tuesday. Then we'll see how scar healing goes. I don't think the scars will start to lay flat until one or two months after surgery. And they won't start to fade until about a year based on my research and skin tone
October 21, 2016
They wanted you to eat???? What form of anesthesia did you have?
October 21, 2016
There was no anesthesia. I was awake for the surgery.. just shots of Novocain in my breasts
December 26, 2016
Hi is there any chance you could post an updated picture? I really want to have this operation done but I'm still weighing it up because I'm not sure how much scarring there will be. A lot of areola reduction pictures on here also happened with implants at the same time and I don't know if that makes a difference x
February 12, 2017
Finally updated, my final opinion is it's not worth it
February 12, 2017
How are you looking now that you're a few months out?
February 12, 2017
Updated today
UPDATED FROM Lori215
12 days post

Pic without steri strips

Lori215
So it's been 12 days since surgery and my steri strips have fallen off (my skin is yellow because of the Neosporin). One week until I get my stitches out.. I'm hoping when that happens my nipples will start looking more round and even (my surgeon said that will happen over time). Any advice on that? Is that true?

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October 19, 2016
I am interested in getting this done! Thank you so much for sharing. I didn't want the lollipop scar either. I have bigger areolas and i am a 34dd. Hopefully your surgeon can do the same for me.
October 19, 2016
Also could you share the name of your surgeon please?
October 20, 2016
Look at my latest update for my comments on my surgeon. I wouldn't really recommend him. There are other surgeons out there willing to do this too. You just have to look for them
November 15, 2016
I was wondering what bra size you were before . I'm a 34dd and don't know if I would benefit from this
November 15, 2016
I wear a 34D at VS, but my surgeon told me I have the breast tissue of a 34 C or B. I don't think my boobs look like a D, but at least with the shape they are that's the size I have to wear. So it's best to consult a few surgeons.
November 15, 2016
Thank you ! My bras range from 34dd and 34ddd but I guess because of the sag it doesn't seem that full. I hope you are healing up well!
November 15, 2016
Thank you, my healing process has been frustrating. It looks like the scar around my one nipple is going to be very large and ugly ): already starting to research scar removal treatments
October 19, 2016
This is what I want done as well. I am so scared of the lollipop scars.
December 10, 2016
they are looking great! are you posting any pictures soon? I'm curious to see how they are healing and if the puckering around the areolas have gone away. honestly if yours turn out nicely you've just changed my whole thought process about my situation lol.
December 15, 2016
I haven't posted any new pictures because when I got close to my period this month they stretched out a lot. I'm waiting to see if they'll go back down in size a little when my period is over and my breasts aren't as swollen. They are laying flat, but they went from 35 mm in diameter to 45 mm. I think originally I was at about 60 mm.