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?!

@Sunflower8848 oh bore off. Not everyone who has surgery has body 'issues'. I lost too much weight, didn't like how my boobs looked, could afford to get them done, so I did. It really isn't deeper than that

I sympathise I really do. I had a pert DD cup once upon a time. I’m 43 and down to a saggy C/D. They are truly dreadful things and I wear sports bras all the time because they just look like they’ve been poured into a normal bra and look like day old jelly. I’ve recently been diagnosed as in the perimenopause stage of life and the face is going, thighs and bum have more craters than the moon and when you see yourself in the mirror you just want that old you back. It takes time to make peace with the aging process and the change in our bodies over time. I work with 25 year olds who already get a monthly filler and Botox and cry over a laughter line. It’s quite sad that society pins unrealistic views on us ladies.

I would guess the size doesn’t affect the price that much.

I remember a friend saying her friend had spent £10,000 on her boobs - that must have been 15-20 years ago.

I think we should accept how are bodies are changing and love the signs of us living a good life.

Take 1% of that money to Rigby and Peller for a couple of fabulous bras, wait for 8 months then reassess.

It's not essential surgery, having therapy may be cheaper

I’ve not read the whole thread sorry. But do give your boobs time to recover from bf. Mine took at least 2 years for fat to reform in them and perk them up. Your choice of course but don’t feel the need to change yourself.

Try contacting Nigel Horlock at the Spire Southampton, he’s known as the boob man people come from all over plus he is a cancer surgeon. He did my tummy tuck and he was amazing. Do NOT be tempted to go abroad.

34B before pregnancy, breastfed one child for a year. They looked terrible for about a year afterwards at 34D, saggy and hated them then gradually started filling out. Year after year they filled out more and more. Never perky again but fuller than before. I’m still fairly slim 17 years later but they’re now 34E, in 50s. I hope they stop growing…
Wait a while! Perhaps an uplift but not implants?

Honestly, it’s obviously up to you. However, I had uplift and implant after my 2nd child. My boobs were like the proverbial puppy dogs ears. Plus one was longer than the other. I hated them form the minute they were done. They were so much bigger than I wanted. I was a good size before pregnancy , 32DD, I went up to a G cup after 2nd baby was born. Later I went back to a DD/E but had to roll them up and stuff them in a bra. I had the survey and was top heavy from the surgery onwards. Boobs entered the room
before I did literally hated my body. I went on to have the implants removed. The surgeon was an artist. My boobs are a good size 32DD again, but I wasn’t even bothered about them being that size. I would have been happy much smaller. I just wanted them out.

Please think carefully about having implants. Mine were not only way too big (not by choice). But, they ended up being encapsulated and painful. An uplift is brilliant IMO though 😁

Don't waste your money

Therapy is cheaper than a gym membership but you don’t see it prescribed to as a weightloss tool.

@LetMeOut2021 not where I live! Therapy about £80 a session, gym membership £40 a month

That's talking about two different situations.

A few posters on this thread are suggesting therapy to accept the way your breasts look, as an alternative to changing them surgically. It's a fundamental disagreement over whether the change is necessary at all.

You sound like you're talking about people who do medically need to reduce their weight getting therapy to help them achieve that reduction as an alternative to the gym (or surgery) in a situation where everyone agrees that weightloss is an objectively good aim.

Therapy may or may not be a good way to achieve that aim, but the alternative of going to the gym is not inherently risky, and in fact has benefits other than weightloss.

Not really, I go to the gym to look good and feel confident, I had a boob job for the same reasons. Neither need therapy.

Everytime someone mentions plastic surgery for anything which will make them feel better about their body, everyone's all like...oh get therapy, learn to love your body, blaa blaa

When people post on the weighloss threads people don't say....get therapy, learn to love your body etc.

Why is that?

I lost 8 stone and looked like a deflated balloon, should I just suck it up or have surgery to make me feel better?

I've had surgery and look and feel amazing.

I do agree though that OP should wait until her body recovers after breastfeeding and having a baby.

@LetMeOut2021 likewise and well said

Because I'd previously had help for my mental health I actually had to get a letter from the care team to state that my wish to have my boobs done wasn't related to my mental health issues. They know what they're doing.

It depends on your weight though. If you were eight stone overweight then losing the excess would have undeniable benefits if you could manage it. If you had a BMI of say 23-26 and were contemplating weight loss surgery or a really extreme diet then I'm sure some people would suggest therapy to enable you to be happy at a perfectly healthy weight.

I'm a flabby BMI of 24.5 and planning to up my exercise and cut out the junk carbs to look better. Nobody is going to say I should have therapy to be happy about my perfectly healthy weight but that's only because the measures I plan to take are risk free and in fact beneficial.

People can have a legitimate difference of opinion on whether the downsides of your planned measures are proportionate to the downsides of the situation you want to address. On the excess skin I think people understand that it can be a real problem.

I think you misrepresented your position then, you talked about therapy "as a weightloss tool" rather than "as an alternative to weightloss to make yourself happy with your existing body".

Just give it time op, they'll bounce back! Mine did. Just think of all the other things you could spend the money on!

When you hit 40, they double in size! If you want them doing now, ask about installments.

Another one saying wait. I was a B cup like you and went very " empty" after breastfeeding but they have refilled and now I'm menopausal they have added a bit more volume ( I'm not overweight). My sister was the same.

If it helps...🙂 I had nothing in my teens, 20s or 30s. I wore padded bras because I was a 34aa or whichever is the smallest. I couldn’t have kids, so no increase there either. However, into my 40s and they got bigger!? Menopause maybe? I'm now a 38c!! and ironically, I don't particularly like it 😄