does anyone have any experience with this? i'm seriously looking into getting a breast lift or breast lift/small implant. Given my droopiness, I definitely need the lift either way. I'm worried because the pics I see of "afters" on breast lifts have pretty severe scars.
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Thread: breast lift scarring?
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05-01-2008, 09:03 AM #1
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05-01-2008, 09:21 AM #2The Beast Journey to Elite
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05-01-2008, 09:47 AM #3
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05-01-2008, 09:48 AM #4
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Hey, I'm your age, near Houston, and also seemed to develope naturally saggalicious breasts. Isn't it frustrating to be young and not perky?
I've been looking into lifts with every intention of getting one after I reach and maintain my target weight. I would love to go with a crescent or benelli to minimize scarring but from what I've seen and heard from a surgeon is that they tend to end up with a flattened breast from the side. The lollipop looks really awful but I've been told that the scars fade with time. Heres a good example, http://www.locateadoc.com/gallery.cf...alleryID/14821.
Best of luck finding a doctor.i am taking it upon myself to learn to teach
cows how to peacefully protest by starving themselves
i'll get to pigs and chickens with time
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05-01-2008, 09:53 AM #5
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05-01-2008, 10:01 AM #6
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Haha, yeah. I looked at some of his other work and thought "Did I just find my doctor?" He's so good.
What I've noticed from looking at B&A pics is that it seems the scars start to go away in 9 months. Thats not bad at all.i am taking it upon myself to learn to teach
cows how to peacefully protest by starving themselves
i'll get to pigs and chickens with time
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05-01-2008, 10:23 AM #7
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05-01-2008, 10:29 AM #8
Mine are very faint.......and the people who have seen the before and after in person much prefer them the size they are. The minimal scarring that is visible is MUCH preferable to those friggin huge jugs I was carrying around before. Scar looks much like an anchor - circular scar around the areola, then a straight line down to the crease under the breast and then underneath from center of chest out to where breast meets armpit. - that part is barely visible.
Looks like this, just not sideways.
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I have a coworker who also just had it done, along with having her implants replaced - she says her scarring is just very faint and pink - it's only been a few weeks.
The key is to do your homework, research your surgeon THOROUGHLY and follow the post-op instructions.
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05-01-2008, 10:32 AM #9
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Agreed w/SexyChic!! I also checked out some of those before/after pics and didn't notice very many woman of color...something to think about if you have a darker skin pigment. Why? Is scaring worse on darker pigmented people?
Lastly, I would really do some soul searching and really think if it is worth it? Ya know...what if the surgery didn't give you the look you were going after? How would you deal with that? Would you have the money for more "corrective" surgery? Feel me? After 2 kids, lord knows I could use a lift (or two), but while I can afford it, the potential drawbacks are not worth the risk to me. Pushup bras work wonders and with the new bikinis with built-in bras, I running around looking like a black Bo Derek on the beach! tee hee! Good luck whichever way you decide, just be WELL INFORMED!
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05-01-2008, 11:22 AM #10
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05-01-2008, 11:48 AM #11The Beast Journey to Elite
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05-01-2008, 01:07 PM #12
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05-01-2008, 03:50 PM #13
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Has anyone had any good experience with trying to 'fill' in the droop by building pec muscles to pull up the skin or would that not work? This is a concern for me too that's why I'm asking! (chalk up another gal in Houston - perhaps we can get group surgery discounts )
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05-02-2008, 05:18 AM #14The Beast Journey to Elite
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05-02-2008, 07:04 AM #15
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05-02-2008, 08:31 AM #16
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05-02-2008, 08:38 AM #17
Without good pics I cannot tell if yall are just being hard on yourself or if you really need a surgery. So post those boobies
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05-02-2008, 07:33 PM #18
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05-02-2008, 07:38 PM #19
In all seriousness, do you really want to do this now? I completly understand wanting to improve yourself, especially after a dramatic weight loss. But nothing compares to what having a child will do to your body. You never know how your body will change, but it will, and it will never be the same.
Hey if you can afford it, and you're sure this is what you want, go for it. But the results may not be as long lasting as you'd like...
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05-02-2008, 07:41 PM #20
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05-02-2008, 07:46 PM #21
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05-03-2008, 09:00 AM #22
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My scars are not that bad really. I had implants done first. They went the bottom of breast at the crease and they are under the muscle. Then about 6 months later after everything had calmed down I was still a little droopy not as bad but they decided I needed a lift, so they did not do the full anchor lift but just did the one where they took off the nipples excised the excess skin and put the nipples back on. They are nice and perky, scars are not bad really. but the down fall is my left nipple has lost sensation and my right nipple is really sensistive. When I was "fitted" for these suckers I was 150lbs and now I am 125 so I really need to get them redone because everyone says they are too big for my body now. and Oh.... I got my lift done when I was 26... For me, it was a self esteem issue, having saggy boobs after my son, i was very unhappy! If you need any questions answered let me know I researched for a LOOOOOONG time before making the leap and worked right next door to my dr.
I think... therefore I can
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05-03-2008, 09:06 AM #23
Question: Did you regain all sensitivity in your nipples since they were literally cut off and put back on? That was one of my concerns, but thankfully, they were never detached, just moved. Still lost all feeling in the left one for a couple months - scared the crap out of me. Also just now getting some sensation back in the underside of both - but that wasn't such a big deal.
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05-03-2008, 09:13 AM #24
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My left one has very little, my right one is super sensitive. Im looking to get them redone Spring 09 if all goes well because Im tired of all the comments about how they are just not the right size anymore so I will see if anything can be done, about the left, probably not.... My husband knows which side works and which one doesnt, lol. So for me its not a biggie really.I think... therefore I can
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