OMG at the quote I have just been given for breast implants & lift!

[Feelingcrappy2]

I mean, it was my first enquiry so wasn’t exactly sure what to expect. However, after doing some googling I was thinking around the £8-10k mark for a lift & implants (keeping in mind I DO NOT want big boobs, I suppose i’d go for the smallest implant possible as it’s just to fill my small saggy boobs post breastfeeding! I liked my original size (small B cup) but now they are just incredibly empty.

It seems companies such as Transform, Harley Medical Group etc charge much less than independent surgeons. I did indeed contact an independent surgeon and the STARTING cost is to be £25k+.

i just wasn’t expecting it to be that much but oh well. That isn’t doable… but I wonder how they really differ from surgeons employed by Transform, Harley Medical etc?

In need of advise?!

25£??

Doing it in a private clinic in Switzerland would be cheaper than this. (Speaking from experience…)
but if that’s the amount he’s quoting you’ll simply have to find somebody else…

@Bambooshoot thank you ☺️ I absolutely love them and still think they look fairly natural especially with a bra on. I'm pushing 40 so I'll definitely take that! Lost too much weight after a brutal breakup... the weight came back but the boobs did not!

I went for a quote with Dr Dan around 6 years ago and it was £11k at that time... So it sounds like it could be right

How long does this take?? Asking for a friend 😂

I've had friends remove them because of breast implant illness so it's worth researching that.

Also they need to be replaced every 10 years, so you might want to keep that in mind too.

It's a myth that modern implants have to be changed every 10 years. Ask the surgeon, it depends on what type they use but many now come with a lifetime warranty against rupture and capsular contracture.

@ianshe mine have a lifetime warranty... I have it in my drawer 🤣 I'll probably get them replaced eventually but only as I reckon I'll need a full uplift in a few years

4 months post-breast feeding is a very short time to be thinking about surgery! Honestly, give it at least a year or 18 months before any big decisions. I breast fed four babies over a ten year period, and after stopping each time you wouldn't have known I had boobs 😮However - after a year or two, they gradually reappeared again, 34B.

Hi
I recently had a quote for breast augmentation and lipo to feather them in so they looked natural and my quote was 12k which included all after care. My surgeon was top 5 in the country. We are home counties so maybe that's why cheaper. I had some superb advice from hive on mumsnet.
Good luck if you choose to proceed.

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Yup my implants also have a lifetime warranty. They need replacing because of aesthetics not failure of the implant.

you shouldn’t have sticker shock over the surgeon’s quote. You should be questioning the sanity of people who book discount surgery.

if body modification is really the solution to your happiness, save up, research doctors, and get the best, safest, work done possible.

Ask your gp which surgeon in your area they would recommend.

What a waste of a GP’s time.

I used to get the folding boob thing, plunge bras aren’t good in this scenario but a padded balconette gives a MUCH better shape (thanks mumsnet 2015 for that tip) It dawned on me recently that they’ve more or less gone back to how they were now and have been for a while. They’re a bit smaller but then I’m a bit thinner but they don’t fold up any more and I can wear plunge bras again. Why not get a really good bra fitting and some new bras that suit your current shape. Then you can put some money each month for a while, then at the end if you’re still not happy you can get them done and if you are you can have some other sort of lovely treat like a holiday or something.

This!!

I know three women who have had breast implants and had a referral via their gp first. Why wouldn’t a gp suggest a particular surgeon?

@Singingasong because if a GP is consulting a woman who wants to discuss a cosmetic procedure (not NHS work) then that means they aren’t seeing a poorly child or visiting a palliative care patient or even just dealing with a sore knee (NHS work)

Precisely and I say that as someone with implants. It’s a cosmetic procedure, GP’s are overran. I also highly doubt they’d recommend surgeons unless it was related to another disorder like depression or something.

In current times post covid it is hard to see a gp for anything, granted, but the women I know who had breast implants several years ago all had a referral and the surgery on the NHS. Of course gps know who the best surgeons and consultants are.

And yes the women felt the state of their breasts affected their mental health.

Implants haven’t been easily available on the NHS for many years, even at their peak they weren’t that common. GPs might have surgeon mates or have heard of someone who does a good job on the grapevine but it’s certainly not within their scope to be making recommendations for private cosmetic procedures. It’s not a good use of GP time and it’s not something that’s in their contract to do and when GPs do work that isn’t in their contract, work that they should be doing doesn’t get done.

I’m a GP. The OP is doing exactly the right thing by keeping this in the private sector.

A friend of mine is just having her implants removed as one of them burst 😫😞. They are risky things. She's now having them taken out and a loft done to deal with the stretched skin. Pretty grim.

That was with a reputable surgeon.

I agree with @mumyes

If the implants stretched the skin then she had a size increase. The OP doesn't want bigger boobs. She wants the already stretched skin filled out again

@PumpkinsAndCoconuts could you share the name of the clinic in Switzerland? Would you recommend it?