IMPLANTS?!? Who's got em? Who wants em, gimme the scoop!

 Great perspective Frisco!!  As I lose, I am losing sizes - and VERY VERY hapy about it!!

I have a question... when is it acceptable to NOT have that vertical cut underneath it when having a lift? I wonder if it the surgeon can only cut around the nipples to take out extra skin and that's it, without leaving a big scar. In my case, it's not THAT bad and that's why I really wanted to know this.

I think it really depends on the amount of sagging.  Mine were not that bad either but I needed the lollipop incision.  I think the vast majority of WLS patients need the full meal deal.  Only your surgeon can determine this.

I am 10 months post lift now and my scars are not very visible.

Laura

it is alot rarer for the doctor to be able to do the donut incision around the nipple and do the lift..i believe its for smaller breasts with less sag. due to the size and sag of mine we have to make an anchor incsion sometimes called a lollipop incision...that is where there is a vertical scar on the bottom of the breast...

the doc showed me example of both but in my case i dont have a choice if i want it done effectively.

 Don't know how exactly to answer since I don't know if it's possible but I can say that even with the full anchor scar or lollipop scar it's really not that bad in the end.  The scars fade pretty well and are located where they aren't visible with most clothing (including bras).  I'd be more concerned that the lift was done properly than be concerned about what type of scars are left.

thanks girls, super helpful! I didn't even know the names of the incisions in English lol.

I am really worried about the incisions final look after surgery. is there a picture somewhere that shows a realistic end result for the lollipop one? I see many around but the scars looks still bother me :( and I am not even sure how long after surgery the pics were taken.

 I'd love to have a lift, but there is no way in hell that I'd ever get implants.......I'm THRILLED that my girls are smaller!  I can finally fit in to clothes without buttons popping!  

I had a reduction in 2002 and went from what I THOUGHT was a DDD (Dr said it was closer to a III or HHH - can't remember which).  They removed 12 lbs and I was STILL a DD.  Boy was I FURIOUS when I woke up from that surgery!  The doctor explained that he was making me "proportionate"......damn male doctor anyway.  Still, the extra weight taken off my chest made a world of difference in my back and neck.

Now I'm down to a small C or large B and I'm THRILLED!  Even now there are some clothes that are a little snug across the chest but for the most part everything fits.  With a lift I'd be even smaller and that would make me SO happy!  If I wanted to "look" bigger I could always wear a lift bra or padded bra but so far I'm not finding that I ever feel the need.

You couldn't pay me enough to go bigger again.  Besides, bigger breasts on a smaller frame just looks trashy IMHO.

I've always been small chested. It doesn't really bother me, but I'd love to have actual boobs. The bra fitters at the fancy place here in Austin told me I'm an F. LOLOLOLOL. Um. No. Vanity sizing, anyone? If I wear one super tight and yank all the flab forward, then I can fit into a regular off-the-rack C. I'm probably a B usually. I have no illusions that they are going to pretty much completely deflate. I can already see that skin wrinkle weird thing going on with them and I'm early out.

I am going to want a tummy tuck at the very least (and oh god, something with these horrible already hanging arms). If I'm going through the pain of that, I'm totally giving myself some boobs. I deserve them.

I look at implants the same way as the lap band- a foreign body that will 100% require reoperation at some point. They just aren't meant to last forever. I have a friend who had them lady ten years, she is on her second set in her 30s... And I know someone who had one pop during a chiropractic adjustment. For me, the long term issues outweigh the benefits.

everyone has their wants and opinions. in 2003 i had a bilateral mastectomy because of cancer. i was 30 years old. i chose not to have breast reconstruction, even though i could have gotten FREE, perky boobies of any size i wanted. i am even more glad now, since "sagging" seems to be an issue for some of the ladies here, that i don't have breasts. i don't know what i would do if i did. i am sure if i hadn't been through what i've been through my perspective would be VERY different than it is. i can say that it isn't just weight loss that makes the girls sag- even at 30 i had lost a lot of the firmness just from breast feeding 3 babies.

i can tell you why i chose not to have breast reconstruction-
1. it's another surgery with all the risks
2. the implants only last 20 years, maximum, and have to be replaced
3. one complication is constricture, caused from scar tissue forming around the implant, and it is extremely painful and results in rock hard and unnatural looking breasts

and then, there were a few other reasons which are unique to breast reconstruction and wouldn't be relevant to breast implants for cosmetic purposes.

ask a lot of questions. make sure you're completely aware of risks and complications. weigh all of those things with an insightful perspective on your motivation for getting implants, and then you'll be fully informed and prepared for whatever decision you make..............