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Breast Reduction

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Hi everyone! I'm looking in getting a breast...

LookingForAdvice
$7,000
Hi everyone!

I'm looking in getting a breast reduction and the posts and blogs form this website have been very helpful, so thank you :)

I'm currently about 5 '9 and 71kgs. I am an E cup and would love to go down to about a B or C (preferably a large B). I've wanted a breast reduction for a long time but I always thought that my breasts would go down if I lost weight. I've recently lost 10kgs and they only went down by about half a cup size. This made me think more about getting a reduction. One of my friends recently got one and it all seems to be going well which encouraged me more. For weeks I've been reading blogs, looking at videos and pictures and researching plastic surgeons. Finally I found a doc who seams to have a good rep and before and after pics. His name is Dr Paul Belt and works in Brisbane, Australia. The earliest consultation I could get is March 4th 2015.

I do want to have kids later in life (about 10 years from now!) so it does worry me that I may not be able to breastfeed. Another worry is that my breasts may enlarge with pregnancy then shrink back down after making them saggy and have the scars of breast reduction! So I started looking into breast reduction by liposuction, thinking that I could get that for now then possibly a full reduction after having children. Unfortunately I do not think that I will be a candidate for this as I have stretch marks on my breasts and they are quite large meaning that the skin may not stretch back properly or lift enough. They may also not get as small as I would like.

I will ask Dr Belt about all of this once I have my consultation and I'm sure that he will be able to shed some light. To be honest I am leaning more towards a traditional anchor breast reduction and just worrying about the rest when the time comes.

Has anyone else had these concerns?

Thanks :)

LookingForAdvice's provider

Paul Belt, FRCS

Paul Belt, FRCS

Specialist Plastic Surgeon

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January 24, 2015
Hi! I had a breast reduction last week with dr miroshnik in sydney:) very happy with them, went from g to dd. I got a full anchor breast reduction and although I will have scars they will fade within the first 6-12 months. For me this seemed like a long time but worth the wait. I too had stretch marks so for me liposuction wouldn't work as my boobs were already sagging. Hope this was helpful
January 25, 2015
I just got breast reduction a little more then a month ago, my doctor said as far as breast feeding goes there is a 1/3 chance that I will be fine, 1/3 that there will be some issues but I could breast feed supplemented with bottle, and 1/3 that I couldn't breast feed at all because I would make very little to no milk
January 25, 2015
Interesting. That doesn't seem so bad I guess. How's your healing going ?
January 25, 2015
My healing is going very well. I am off pretty much all restrictions, the only things I still have to do are wear a bra all the time and make sure I don't over do it at the gym when I start going. My scars are not bad at all, I just started using vitamin E oil on them after approval from my doctor
April 4, 2016
Hi! I'm considering a reduction as well, and have all of the same concerns as you! I haven't booked a consult with a surgeon yet though. D Was your surgeon able to answer all of your questions?
UPDATED FROM LookingForAdvice
6 months pre

Pregnancy

LookingForAdvice
I'm still kind of worried about BR breasts after pregnancy. Do they get bigger again? Do they shrink after lactating and end up small and saggy with BR scars as well? I definitely want kinds one day but my partner and I are not thinking about it for about 9-10 years. I can't decided if I can put up with these E/F breasts for that long but am also scarred of BR results after pregnancy. Does anyone have any advice or pictures? Thank you :)

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UPDATED FROM LookingForAdvice
6 months pre

Consultation

LookingForAdvice
Just got a call from the PS office. At first I was worried that my consultation had been moved back but she told me that a space has opened up next Friday! Thats about a month earlier than my consultation is booked for! Problem is I probably won't have it off work because Friday is my first day back after four days off (my friend is visiting from overseas). I'm going into work in a few hours so fingers crossed that I have it off people!

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