Breast Lift

I am 100% thinking about it!!!

Thanks to weight loss I have also had breast loss...

If you want to, go for it. I personally feel a little icky at the thought of a lift because of the way the surgery works. I'm actually really looking forward to my boobs getting smaller (36I), so I don't think I'll be that sad about them going away!

After breastfeeding for 51/2 years (oldest until she was 31/2, through my second pregnancy and second until she was 21/2) I looked like I had tube socks with tennis balls in the toes, nothing was helping. I had a lift and they were awesome and then I lost weight and they lost the fullness so I got implants, not huge, only a c cup. Now they stay the same size (for the most part) while I lose everywhere else.

I am so getting one once I get to my goal weight. After breastfeeding and losing weight they have their fullness and by the time I get to my goal they will be sad, shriveled, skin bags hanging on my chest:( So yeah I am gonna get them put back where they belong:)

Celebrities have Photoshopped pictures, which is why they don't appear to have stretch marks or sagging. I'm 49 and have had two kids; hell yes, I have sagging. Even if I were in a financial position to do so, I wouldn't have plastic surgery. I avoid general anesthesia like the plague. I don't have a problem with others who do. We all have to live in our own bodies.

Yea, so I hear it is better to get implants than I lift, but my breast are way too big for that.

I've heard that surgeons no longer do just lifts. Not exactly sure why that's the case, but you might want to look into it before you make up your mind. And I 100% agree that if you plan to have children and nurse... wait until then because those babies RUIN your breasts.

I have every intention of getting a breast lift and a tummy tuck when I reach my goal weight. I'm already saving for it. I'm afraid of scarring and lost of sensitivity but this sagging skin has to go.

Definitely have kids first if you want to have have kids...yes stranger things will happen to your breasts with pregnancy, including your areola getting larger which can be fixed along with the surgery...in the mean time, try some exercises that strengthen the chest muscles, and it will help lift you a bit...

Breast are more likely to change from pregnancy alone then as a result of breastfeeding. Genetics plays a much more important role in sagging then either pregnancy or nursing.

I would hate to see a woman not breastfeed out of a myth that breastfeeding alone causes them to become saggy. If you are planning on having children and nursing then wait for the augmentation. It doesnt always damage milk ducts but it might.


I am currently nursing my 14 month old and I can't see where any more damage is done nursing him compared to giving birth to my first child 24 years ago. I was blessed with good genetics in that dept. My cousin is much younger than me and is very thin but has extremely saggy breast tissue that was there even when she was nursing her first child.

You are doing the best thing possible by getting to goal weight and then later gaining weight slowly through pregnancy. Rapid growth causes the breast tissue to stretch then when they are smaller naturally post partum and post nursing there is more likely to be stretched skin.


From WEB MD

Throughout your life -- and especially during pregnancy and breastfeeding – the size and shape of your breasts can change significantly. Breast size is determined by how much fatty tissue there is. Producing milk creates denser tissue in your breasts. After breastfeeding, both the fatty tissue and connective tissue in your breasts may shift.

Your breasts may or may not return to their pre-breastfeeding size or shape. Some women's breasts stay large, and others shrink. But sagging or staying full can be as much a result of genetics, weight gain during pregnancy, and age as a result of breastfeeding.

Will My Breasts Sag or Become Flat?

When you are nursing, the flow of milk can stretch your breast skin and tissue. That leaves some women with an "empty" or "stretched out" look to their breasts when the milk producing structures shrink to the size they were before you got pregnant. It's a common cosmetic breast problem after breastfeeding, but it isn't a medical concern..

Women often fear that breastfeeding will make their breasts sag. But a study in 2007 showed that breastfeeding itself is not the culprit. Other factors that can change your breast appearance more than breastfeeding include:

BMI -- body mass index, a measure of your percentage of body fat
The number of pregnancies you've had
A large pre-pregnancy breast size
Age
A history of smoking


Will Breastfeeding Cause My Breasts to Be Misshapen?

Each breast is independent. So what happens to one breast during breastfeeding won't necessarily happen to the other. Breast engorgement while breastfeeding, for instance, which is caused by congested blood vessels in the breast, is common while breastfeeding. Once it's resolved, it may leave one breast slightly misshapen.

Any dimpling or puckering of your breast may be a sign of a breast lump underneath and should be evaluated by your doctor.

Do Asymmetric or Uneven Breasts Come From Breastfeeding?

Breast tissue extends up toward your armpit. So as breast tissue swells with milk and then shrinks again after breastfeeding, the contours of your bust line may change.

Many women have uneven breasts before becoming pregnant as well as after breastfeeding. It's possible for one breast to return to its pre-pregnancy size while the other stays larger, droops or flattens more. Some women end up with one breast a full cup size smaller or larger than the other after breastfeeding and simply learn to love the body that nourished their babies -- no matter what its shape.

Start lifting....your breasts won't get any bigger, but you'll build the muscle tissue up underneath....making the ladies look perkier.....and perkiness beats big, droopy, saggy ones any day of the week!

HA! Lifting will NOT fix sagging boobies. It will not tighten your skin, it will do nothing but build some muscle underneath. Since women don't bulk up like men do, you will not be able to reverse a DDD to D boob loss by lifting weights. Saggy boobies will still be saggy.

I'm getting all my skin nipped, tucked and lifted once I reach and maintain my goal for a year past having my last child (which we think we're done having). My doc says that will probably result in an additional 10-15lb loss and much better fitting clothes.

Start lifting....your breasts won't get any bigger, but you'll build the muscle tissue up underneath....making the ladies look perkier.....and perkiness beats big, droopy, saggy ones any day of the week!

HA! Lifting will NOT fix sagging boobies. It will not tighten your skin, it will do nothing but build some muscle underneath. Since women don't bulk up like men do, you will not be able to reverse a DDD to D boob loss by lifting weights. Saggy boobies will still be saggy.

I'm getting all my skin nipped, tucked and lifted once I reach and maintain my goal for a year past having my last child (which we think we're done having). My doc says that will probably result in an additional 10-15lb loss and much better fitting clothes.

Incorrect.. I went from a 42 DD to a 34 C - I had lost 95lb, I took up whitewater kayaking which gave me immensely strong pecs My boobs were perky. Work on your pecs and there's no need for evasive surgery. Kayaking was my way, I'm sure lifting would be similar in building the muscle needed to fix the sag.

I'm seriously considering a "mommy makeover" in a few years....tummy tuck & breast lift.