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My boobs look like deflating baloons- excess skin

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1992serpent · 18/12/2020 19:23

My boobs make me sick. They've always been big and had a few stretch marks, but now as I've gotten older and breastfed for 4 years the fattiness of my boobs have just disappeared despite being a few pounds heavier than normal.

The skin is a bit like crepe paper. I cant wear low cut tops anymore and I'm scared to date because they're just disgusting.

What can I do to get my old boobs back? Is there a cream? Will they just go back to normal?

I cant find anything online, so I'm guessing this isn't common.

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40swrinklesandspots · 18/12/2020 19:29

I’m the same. I have never had perky boobs, not even in my teens. But they were big and bouncy. Post breastfeeding and a bit of weight loss they are like two floppy dogs ears. My mum had the same but now she us in her sixties (had me in her early 29’s) they look good! From the research I have done, it’s either a breast loft or acceptance. Think it if more common than people realise though

40swrinklesandspots · 18/12/2020 19:30

On my phone putting toddler to bed- excuse the typos! Blush

1992serpent · 18/12/2020 19:30

But I'm only 28. They shouldn't look like this.

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1992serpent · 18/12/2020 19:31

Hmm, a breast lift? Cant afford that right now. I want another child, so I probably should avoid that really.

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FollowThatStarTonight · 18/12/2020 19:34

I found that about a year after I stopped breastfeeding mine began to improve of their own free will and now I'm around 2 years from stopping and they look ok again. They're not the same ones I had at 25, pre-kids but they're alright. I don't hate them.

My colleague had actually told me this would happen when I was in the depths of 'i want a boob job' blues but I didn't believe her at the time. She was right!

1992serpent · 18/12/2020 19:59

^^That's reassuring. DD has been off boobs for 5ish months now, so not too long to go.

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FollowThatStarTonight · 18/12/2020 20:27

I know it's a bit rubbish at the time, but concentrate on having all your kids and BF as long as you like/can and then be patient. Fingers crossed they'll eventually return to something you can be happy with!

LarryUnderwood · 19/12/2020 22:51

Mine regained the firmness and fullness slowly after stopping breastfeeding. For a good few months after I stopped my breasts just felt very deflated and empty. Cant remember exactly how long it took (months at least if not a year or so) but they went back to normal. Now - 7 years since BF - they are firmer and larger than ever and I'm desperate for a reduction!

Quads4x4 · 19/12/2020 23:10

Who said they shouldnt look like that?
There are no creams to unsag skin, its surgery.

ReallySpicyCurry · 20/12/2020 08:51

They will actually improve. Mine were like two drop scones for a while after feeding DD1 10 years ago. They improved so much. DD2 is a toddler and still bf once a day, but they went the same a while ago after I lost quite a bit of weight, and only yesterday I noticed they're starting to perk up a bit again.

Honestly don't worry. They won't ever be quite the same of course, but honestly stretchmarks fade and bodies change. I was absolutely covered with big thick red stretchmarks after DD1 and you can hardly see them now, the skin is a little soft and silvery but it's just not an issue. If you're going to be dating in future, normal men (not the weird porn obsessed ones) really do not notice or care about stuff like stretch marks. In my experience, once the clothes come off they're frankly thinking of the fact that BOOBS ARE HERE rather than getting a measuring tape out to check the uplift.

Stay fit and healthy and take a good multivitamin and drink plenty of water to keep skin elastic and help it heal. Whack on any old body moisturiser any time you remember. Buy a few good push up bras and don't give it a second thought. Take it from me, it'll be grand

Minky37 · 20/12/2020 09:15

Mine have lost fullness from the top, they did improve after children to an extent, but they’ve never got back the ‘roundness’ at the top of the cup. However I am not sufficiently arsed about it to consider surgery.

ImEatingVeryHealthilyOhYes · 20/12/2020 11:33

Mine weren’t saggy as such, but just tiny, and like you I hated the thought of a new man seeing them. Was really considering a boob job but then went on the pill (for early peri menopause) and they grew, not loads but enough that I wouldn’t be shy.

I’m not suggesting hormones for that reason alone, but it may be that the problem resolves if you go on hormones for another reason .

JoeNotExotic · 20/12/2020 11:36

I had a breast uplift OP. No implant just a lift. It’s quite invasive, not like a normal breast augmentation but it was worth it ime. It’s given me so much more confidence.

itsoffical · 20/12/2020 13:00

I have similar boobs, and when I was single (and ike you worried about the state of my body) I did consider a boob reduction/uplift.
I decided they would never look great with all the surgery scarring - so why pay to have a different problem (plus the risk of dying nipples etc) so have left them.
I did meet someone, and yep, they love me being naked, and my boobs.
Not many people have perfect bodies after teenage hood/early 20s.
Any guy who is turned off by sagging boobs isn't worth sleeping with anyway IMO.

madcatladyforever · 20/12/2020 13:06

There is no cream. I went from 34DD to spaniels ears after I had my son I was 21 years old. They were just skin with nothing in them.
I was horrified and also thought my life was over because I was only 21 and had the boobs of an 80 year old.
I suffered in silence for many years never taking my bra off in bed and eventually went and had a mastopexy which is a breast uplift - I didn't want implants because I could not afford to keep replacing them.
It really changed my life. The scars take a while to fade though and they have to take your nipples off and sew them back on again higher up.

madcatladyforever · 20/12/2020 13:07

They still look great at 58 because the scarring fades after a few years. You can't even see the scars now.

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