53 Year Old, 4 Children Explant with Lift Uk - Glasgow, GB

This site is brilliant, has helped me so much, thankyou to everyone who has shared their experience. I had my implants 18 years ago. Was 32B/C before children and after breastfeeding all 4 was left with no volume and loose skin. Wanted back to pre pregnancy size and shape, however surgeon had his own ideas (apparently known for this) and I ended up at 32E. I didn't have confidence to challange at the time but always felt too big and disproportionate to my body size/shape small frame 5'4", size 8. I have put on some weight as I've got older and feel now that big breast make me look heavy, clothes just don't fit well. Went for 1st consultation in August and have now made a decision to proceed, surgery scheduled for early November. I'm really nervous and still keep asking myself if I'm doing the right thing. Worried about how my partner will feel. He's worried about it going wrong and me being ill. I'm worried he will not like how I look, although he keeps reassuring me it won't matter to him, just wants me to be happy and healthy. I've not told anyone else as didn't tell people about the original ba. I'm a bit worried about how I'll explain change in my shape to other people. I have considered getting a smaller implant or fat transfer, however my surgeon recommended two stages would be better (this is expensive though). This is partly because he dosen't know what size I will be left with. I don't know what size my implants were. I've found a lot of the post op pictures quite scary tbh, but I think it has been good as I know the range of potential outcomes and will be more realistic about what to expect post op. I will post pictures pre/post later, need to build up courage to do this.

quick update went back to ps with whole load more questions based on all I'd learned from this site, things I hadn't even thought about! so thank you all so much. In summary I asked ps to explain assessments made and what was considered in arriving at approach to my surgery. I also specifically asked about capsulectomy, which I'd only heard about on here. I asked if I had this and what the ps approach was to this I had no idea this was even a thing before I read this site!. Apparently there is a kind of formulae for determining if you need a lift, which basically involves measuring from the notch in your collar bone to your nipple (who knew)! The approach to capsulectomy is determined by whether implant is above or below the muscle below my ps removes in part above removes all. I also didnt know this but you can lose some breast tissue when capsule is removed. My ps assures me that he will take approach which minimises loss of breast tissue. It seems to me reading lots of the reviews on here that ps approaches vary widely and also that there are quite a lot of differences between approach taken in UK and America/Canada. Its quite confusing. I read so much I felt like my head was spining with it all lol. Anyway thanks to all the lovely women on here I now feel so much more confident about my decision to explant and uplift. I'm still worried about how I'm going to look after, though I think I have a much more realistic idea and I know I'll need to be patient and take time to recover. I'm not good at doing nothing and hate being dependant on people helping me and feeling like I'm imposing. Oh and one question if anyone can help what is fluffing I've seen lots of references to this but no explanation of what it is. I will post pre op pictures in the next week or so, building up to that ????