Ladies, did losing weight make you lose breast size? Considering breast reduction surgery.

Yes, out of the blue (which is how I lose weight... in clumps rather than "weekly". Last week I was still a full C. This week suddenly I couldn't even wear my bras and had to emergency-shop for B cups. It all happened very suddenly.

Yes. From a 38DD to a 34C.

My breasts are the first thing to get bigger (if I gain weight) or smaller if I lose weight.
When I lost 54lbs a few years ago, I went from a 40E cup to a 36DD. I will always have large breasts unless I have surgery but they are definitely notably smaller and I am much happier with them.

My thoughts are if you are already a small band size/large cup size then no, you won't see a noticeable loss in breast size. At my heavier weights, I'm a 36J, now after losing 15 pounds, I'm a 34J, so the loss is proportional but not significant IMO. If I lose another 15, I might get down to a 32J (I have bras in my closet this size from before) but won't get any smaller.

I regret not having a true reduction after I was done having kids. I have a lift with a slight reduction, mostly because I just wanted them put back where they belonged after breastfeeding.

10 years later, I just went and saw a plastic surgeon who told me a second surgery is very dangerous because he would need to recut the same incisions and he worries about bloodflow. He's seen very bad results before and told me he wouldn't do a true reduction on me. He might be able to do some lipo which I'm seriously considering.

Strengthening your back helps a lot but in the long run there is just so much stress on your neck and shoulders from all the weight. If you're an office worker at a desk, that strain is multiplied! I'm 47 now and have major indents in the bones on my shoulder from bra straps and constant neck pain.

You aren't really overweight at all so I don't think you will see much change. Go have the reduction! I wish I would have done it 10 years ago. The surgery is not very difficult nor is the recovery.

kshama2001 wrote: »

Did any women with large breasts and back pain get relief from the pain after starting a weight lifting program and strengthening back muscles? Curious if this is a thing.

Yes. After strengthening my back/core muscles the pain was gone. Even when I was still in 36 E/F cup size, a few months of increasing my strength and the pain was gone. My size has decreased now (32DD/DDD), but the pain has been gone for awhile.

i was 42DDD and lost weight, they went down to a C cup. i would wait until all weight loss before surgery.

Sure have, I miss filling out my bras. Need to buy new ones

I wear a similar size (32H), OP. I'm 5'8" and hourglass shaped. While I haven't been overweight, I can say that my breast size has remained fairly consistent (to my dismay) despite the times when I've been very (unhealthily) slim for my build. I'm guessing that in my case I happen to have more breast tissue than fat which would explain why they don't shrink despite my best efforts (even with two pregnancies and years of nursing). I'm a long distance runner and I also suffer from significant back and shoulder aches. I plan to have reduction surgery once I'm done nursing my second baby and things have stabilized.

Yes, at my lowest weight I was an 32A and now I'm a 36D. At a healthy weight, I'm usually about a 32C. Makes sense I guess since boobs are mostly fat anyway.