Question:
Is there anyone who is or isnt happy with their breast lift with or without

implants? I have recently been approved for a reconstructed BL the PS said i have no breast tissue left ( funny i used to tho DD to a saggyyy B) I want to get implants, but i dont think he wants to do that, i have an app with him on the 21st to discuss the implant situation. What i am asking is , where you satisfied with just a lift? Or did you have very little tissue and get implants and a lift? How do they look? Pictures would deeply be appriceated! Then i'll know if whinning to the PS will be worth mine and his time. Thank you    — brandy H. (posted on April 8, 2004)

April 8, 2004
I am two weeks post-op breast lift (no implant) today. Here's my stats: 5'7" tall, starting weight 260, today's weight 149. When I reached goal, my breasts were still 36DD, hung to almost my waist and I actually rolled them up and stuffed them in a sports bra. They consisted mainly of stretch marks with very little breast tissue left and were flat and looked like tube socks completely. My PS insisted that he could make me look perky and I had enough tissue left for a small B cup. I took his advice and didn't get the implant AND I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER. I absolutely love the high, tight and firm look with little circle nipples instead of huge aerolas. I'm at the office and may forget to send you my before/after pics when I get home so please drop me an email at [email protected] and I'll get those right off to you. Best of luck in this tough decision making process.
   — Vicki S.

April 8, 2004
I am glad you asked this I am also thinking of either lift and/or implants. I have gone from a 44dd to 40d or sometimes a 38d. Have smaller ones now would be nice since I had "big ones" for so long. It would change my top size from a 14 to 12. I am in 12 and sometimes 10 jeans. I hope you get lots of answers to your post. Autumn 297/175/?
   — Autumn

April 9, 2004
I had a lift with implants and I am VERY happy with the result. I had almost no breast tissue left and would have had virtually nothing without the implants. They look beautiful, if I do say so myself! email me privately for a link to my surgeon's website. I'm his poster child. Good luck! hugs, Ann....RNY 9/10/99.....260/124
   — [Deactivated Member]

April 9, 2004
I had a breastlift with no implants last year. My PS wanted to put them in but I didn't want them and have to 'maintain' them down the road. I couldn't be happier with the results! I am 5'6" and 170bs (I look thinner according to other people!) and in a size 10. I started at a 44D pre weightloss, down to a 38C (pre PS) and now a 38B and extremely happy! They are so perky!
   — Kris T.

April 10, 2004
Hi Brandy. I always ask and try to determine what the patient wants: is it a SIZE or a SHAPE issue, or both. If you like the way you look in a non-padded bra, then implants may not be needed. If you raise the breatss yourself (fingertips above nipples...lift upward) and like the size, then again...no implants. Implants do add to the weight of the breast, can widen the scars, and make the breast sag earlier if too made big. THey ahve a certain percentage chance of deflating, and having other problems. So I use them only in cases where the patient and I feel they are needed.
   — DrL