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35 Year Old with 15 Year Old Breast Implants Has Lost over 60 Lbs and Seeks to Lift, Using the Existing Implants. Knoxville, TN
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I have scoured the pages of Real Self and haven't...
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I have scoured the pages of Real Self and haven't yet found a story quite like mine. I'm writing this in the hope that someone else in my situation is out there and is looking to have a breast lift or already has.
I had breast augmentation at 20 years old using around 400cc saline implants. They are still perfectly in place with no rippling or hardness. I revisited my plastic surgeon a year or so ago to talk about some options and he said that the notion that implants need replacing after a number of years is simply a myth. Breast implants fall into the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" category, he says. My problem then is this. They're saggy now after I gained and lost 60 lbs rather quickly once my father died a few years ago. I'm back to being very happy with my body, but not my once perfect breasts. My only big hang-up is the scarring. I don't want to go to all the trouble of lifting my breasts and be left with two big vertical scars that I dislike as much as as I did the sag.
I have looked into the "scarless breast lift" offered by Florida doc Hilton Becker. It's really a subareolar mastopexy using an internal mesh that provides support for the new breast shape until it dissolves away. This reduces stress on the areola which is sometimes too much to bear in the areola incision only type of breast lift. I called Dr. Becker's coordinator and asked if this can be done with existing implants and she said yes. I've just never read about how this worked out for someone else who's already done so. Good or bad, I'd love to know.
I'm still in the daydreaming stages of planning for my surgery and don't have any date in mind. Doing all the research I can before choosing to shell out the big bucks that this type of lift costs. It's much more than my plastic surgeon was going to charge for a traditional "lollipop" scar lift. No matter the cost, I am committed to seeing this through and feeling as good about my breasts as I did before I did this damage. Pics to follow soon. Suffice it to say that I have large, round breasts that hang too low. :-)
I had breast augmentation at 20 years old using around 400cc saline implants. They are still perfectly in place with no rippling or hardness. I revisited my plastic surgeon a year or so ago to talk about some options and he said that the notion that implants need replacing after a number of years is simply a myth. Breast implants fall into the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" category, he says. My problem then is this. They're saggy now after I gained and lost 60 lbs rather quickly once my father died a few years ago. I'm back to being very happy with my body, but not my once perfect breasts. My only big hang-up is the scarring. I don't want to go to all the trouble of lifting my breasts and be left with two big vertical scars that I dislike as much as as I did the sag.
I have looked into the "scarless breast lift" offered by Florida doc Hilton Becker. It's really a subareolar mastopexy using an internal mesh that provides support for the new breast shape until it dissolves away. This reduces stress on the areola which is sometimes too much to bear in the areola incision only type of breast lift. I called Dr. Becker's coordinator and asked if this can be done with existing implants and she said yes. I've just never read about how this worked out for someone else who's already done so. Good or bad, I'd love to know.
I'm still in the daydreaming stages of planning for my surgery and don't have any date in mind. Doing all the research I can before choosing to shell out the big bucks that this type of lift costs. It's much more than my plastic surgeon was going to charge for a traditional "lollipop" scar lift. No matter the cost, I am committed to seeing this through and feeling as good about my breasts as I did before I did this damage. Pics to follow soon. Suffice it to say that I have large, round breasts that hang too low. :-)
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Thank you for sharing your story. I hope that you'll continue to document your journey, it will be so helpful to the community, and I also hope that you find any support you need here. Let us know how we can help!