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Lollipop Breast Lift Countdown - Columbus, GA

Name: Lollipop Breast Lift Countdown - Columbus, GA
Item: Sumanth Pagadala, MD (retired)
Author: Cherrie.r

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When I got my implants in Oct of 2003, my plastic...

Cherrie.rAugust 3, 2013

WORTH IT$3,400

When I got my implants in Oct of 2003, my plastic surgeon offered to do a breast lift at the time for a small amount of money. I researched it and saw pictures & it scared the hell out of me. I said I'd NEVER do that to myself. Later I wished I had put up the money & had gotten it over with then.
He couldn't place them under the muscle because I had a severe sagging problem. I got them over the muscle. Last spring I scheduled a facelift & got to thinking that I might as well do the BL while I would be recouping from the Facelift.
I have a hard time getting bras to fit right because where the strap joins the top of the cup there is a gap. My boobs sit on my waist, I am high waisted, and they make me hot & sweat underneath them. I can be cold & freezing everywhere else, but under my boobs can be hot!
I am so scared of the scars. My areolas are so light in color that you can't hardly see them, so when the scar fades, it will still be noticeble, not like if it was the boundary of one shade to the next.

Cherrie.r's provider

Sumanth Pagadala, MD (retired)

Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

Replies (11)

Heart11

August 3, 2013

I hope your procedure goes perfectly. I am also 23 days out from a revision/lift and change of pocket and I am super nervous. Have you spoken with your PS about possible pre surgical scar treatment? I have heard a few remedy's. I too am very worried about scaring. Are you going behind or back over the muscle?

Cherrie.r

August 8, 2013

I've had my implants a long time, they are over the muscle.

Newmeaug13

August 3, 2013

I'm getting a lollipop lift on Monday and I too am nervous about the scars but hope it will be worth it to have perky breast again. You are so brave to have two procedures at once!

Richard Tholen MD

August 3, 2013

Please explore other breast lift options (consult with several other ABPS-certified plastic surgeons). Your surgeon is a fully-trained and ABPS-certified plastic surgeon, but I fear that shortening your skin in only one dimension (vertical or lollipop lift) will not only give you fewer scars than the full Wise-pattern (anchor) breast lift you really need, but scars that will be too long, wide, irregular, and may cross onto the chest wall beneath your breasts. This design fails to take into account your "extra" skin in the vertical dimension that a horizontal scar (in your crease) would excise. Since your droop is predominantly vertically-oriented, a vertical scar (excising skin in a side-to-side dimension) only lengthens the already-long breast skin brassiere. Even a Hordeski "ultimate breast lift" with a periareolar and inframammary scar would tailor your skin excess better; but a full Wise-pattern (anchor) breast lift would give the true "maximum" in aesthetic skin tailoring, better quality scars, and an overall better result for shape AND scarring! Lollipop lifts are not for every patient, and you are a prime example of one such patient, IMHO. Best wishes! Dr. Tholen

Cherrie.r

August 8, 2013

Do you think he decided against the anchor because of the exisiting implants? With anchor aren't you suppose to tack some of the tissue up highr on the bone?

Newmeaug13

August 8, 2013

Cherrie, my dr initially said a lollipop lift for me but ended up using a 3 inch horizontal incision as well. Sometimes your PS needs to make decisions based on what they are faced with during the procedure. In my case I had one completely ruptured implant traveling up into my armpit and one bleeding out. I needed internal sutures to make my pocket smaller as well. All this to get the shape and size I was looking for. I trust my PS completely and would rather have the scars then a chance of drooping breast a year from now. I'm mentally prepared that it will take a year or more before my scars fade to light. I'm ok with that because I will look great in my bras, swimsuits and clothes. We have to keep our mind on the bigger (or smaller) hehe picture right?

newoldgirl

August 4, 2013

You'll be so much happier with the lift. Any scars will outweigh the look of those saggy boobies. I am 45 and had a lift done 3 months ago. I hate the scars, but I hated those droopy boobs and I am remaining positive that the scars will fade. They already look way better. I just got an augmentation because the removal of all the top side skin did make my boobs appear smaller, although no volume was removed. The augmentation looks so much better with the lift than it would without. Don't be scared. It's totally worth it, especially when the breast sag is extreme. Good luck

newoldgirl

August 4, 2013

Also, you definitely need a full anchor lift. lollipop ain't gonna work for that much skin sagging.

Cherrie.r

August 8, 2013

Yea, that's what I thought too. Dr. said I have stage 2,and lollipop would give me less scars.

Cherrie.r

August 23, 2013

I needed to hear that. I keep having 2nd thoughts, and will up until I'm knocked out. I think I will be happy too.

solesister

August 18, 2013

Good luck!

UPDATED FROM Cherrie.r

1 day pre

Clock is ticking!

Cherrie.rAugust 25, 2013

Well I keep on getting on here & looking @ other's pic's & comments. I have had this scheduled since May & I am so ready to get this over with. I put my camera on the tripod & made some better pic's for comparison. 1 more day & 2 wakeups!