Losing Weight And My Breasts Are Sagging

I receive a lot of emails about excess skin. I totally understand the fascination because I’m fascinated by this aspect of weight loss too.

If I lose the weight what is my body going to look like? What will my tummy and my thighs look like? And of course, what will happen to my breasts??

I lost 125 pounds, I’ve shared many times about my thighs and tummy post weight loss and as most of you know I had skin removal surgery and Diastasis Recti (DR) repair on my stomach a month ago. You can read more about that here.

Solutions For Saggy Breasts

My thighs are still a hot mess and my only option, if I want to tighten the skin, is surgery. I’m not really worried about it though. Unless I’m wearing shorts or a bikini it’s not super noticeable and even then it doesn’t bother me much. My breasts on the other hand, well, they’re just not what they used to be.

I’ve always had a big chest. I was a D cup by 7th grade. At 260 pounds I was an H cup so I knew that losing weight meant losing boob. I’ve settled into a 32DDD but it’s mostly pushed up folded over skin sag. I get really creative with my pushing and tucking and can pull off a pretty decent bikini top but naked

I’m still nursing my youngest so if I ever were to do a lift it wouldn’t be for a couple years and even then I’m not entirely sure it’s something I want to do. I definitely do not want implants as many in my family have had some scary experiences and the thought of inserting a foreign object to live inside my body forever creeps me out a little.

After Weight Loss Before And After Photo Gallery

I receive emails weekly asking if I’ve had a boob job or what my secret is to having such amazing boobs after weight loss and I always have a little chuckle to myself. As flattering as those messages are, I feel like you guys deserve a fair and accurate depiction of the state of things in my chestal region.

My secret is a properly fitting Victoria Secret Full Coverage Bra ya’ll! Go get fitted. It will blow your mind. I wear a Body By Victoria strapless and their Full Coverage for under t-shirts. Victoria makes me look goooood. I don’t wear anything else. (This is totally not endorsed by VS btw, just my truth).

I was also fortunate enough not to lose ALL of my boobs. I think genetics helped a bit with that and the fact that I’m still breastfeeding. I’m sure I’ll probably lose another size or two once that ends.

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At 170 pounds I was really happy with the way my boobs were looking but when I hit the 140’s they really began to deflate and the 130’s? Forget about it. Bye bye boobs. I’d like to say it doesn’t bother me at all but it does. Especially during sex.

My breasts were always one of my best features. I never had to struggle with feeling like they weren’t big enough, or oddly shaped, it was the one area I felt really confident about when I was overweight but now it’s probably one of the top two things I’m most insecure about on my body.

Moral of the story? Don’t believe everything you see on the internet. Just because a person takes a good picture doesn’t mean they’ve got it all together. I’ve got stretch marks, cellulite, saggy skin, and jiggle just like everyone else. 🙂 I’ve had lots of babies, gained and lost lots of weight, and my body tells that story. I share all this because I want you to know that YOU’RE NORMAL!Not everyone will end up with saggy boobs after weight loss, but some people will find it happens, particularly if they lose a lot of weight in a short space of time. Loose skin on breasts after weight loss is a common complaint we hear and it can really affect your confidence and self-esteem.

Breast Aesthetics After Weight Loss

If you’re left with saggy breasts, or lots of loose skin, it’s often uncomfortable and can lead to further problems, such as skin irritation and rashes. In this situation, it can make it hard to find clothes that look and feel good, which isn’t what you want after putting so much effort into achieving your new figure.

The skin relies on proteins called elastin and collagen to keep it feeling firm and tight as it stretches and shrinks. As you gain weight and the skin extends, it can damage the elastin and collagen fibres and put more strain on connective tissue, making it harder for the skin to snap back into place.

This is especially true if you lose weight rapidly and is often why people are left with loose skin on breasts after weight loss.

Struggling With A Soft, Stretchy, Saggy Self After Weight Loss

While there are many physical and mental benefits to weight loss, it’s disheartening to feel unhappy with how your new body looks. Breast surgery can help you to love what you see when you look in the mirror.

If you’re faced with saggy boobs after weight loss, you may not feel quite like yourself, or even long for the breasts you used to have. A breast uplift after weight loss is one potential way forward to regain your self-confidence and comfort.

Breast lift surgery reshapes and removes any excess skin you may have after weight loss. This is generally a better option for women with smaller breasts. If it’s larger breasts you want, augmentation is another choice to consider. This surgery uses implants to help restore the shape of your breasts and leave them feeling firmer if you’ve been left with saggy boobs after weight loss.

Sagging Breasts Causes, Treatment, And Prevention

Alternatively, you may want to look at breast reduction following your weight loss. Larger breasts tend to put extra pressure on supporting ligaments in the skin, which don’t tighten as the skin shrinks. So, although the fatty tissue disappears, the skin is left with a sagging appearance.

Whatever your reasons for surgery, your health and wellbeing are at the heart of what we do at the Suffolk Breast Practice. We’re proud to offer the highest standard of advice to guide you through your options and help you decide the best choice to get you feeling like you again.If you have recently lost a significant amount of weight and are left with sagging breasts, you are not alone. Skin laxity after significant weight loss can affect many areas of your body. Some areas, like your breasts, can be far more acutely affected.  

Losing weight with diet and exercise is often one of the more healthy decisions that you can make. Droopy breasts may be an acceptable price to pay for far better health and vigor. 

Can Saggy Breasts Be Lifted Naturally?

There are a multitude of reasons that women’s breasts droop — with time and gravity being fairly universal. Contributing factors can also include substantial weight fluctuations, weight loss, stress, smoking, lack of adequate support (including not wearing a bra on a regular basis), tanning and usage of tanning booths, poor nutrition and underlying medical issues. 

As regards to dramatic weight fluctuations, when we gain weight, our skin stretches and there is loss of tissue support including tissue elasticity. With weight loss, especially when it’s lost quickly, the stretched skin cannot contract adequately enough to prevent laxity. 

If you are dealing with breast ptosis (sagging), you will need to undergo breast lift surgery . This surgery can be performed either alone or in combination with another breast procedure if you also want to change the size of your breasts. 

Here's How You Can Lose Weight Without Losing Breast Size

A breast lift is the simplest way to correct droopy breasts. In this procedure, excess skin is removed, and the breast tissues are lifted and contoured for a fuller and perkier appearance. Typically, there can be up to around a cup size decrease in volume as a consequence of this.

If you not only want to have a breast lift but also increase the size of your breasts, then a breast lift and breast augmentation would need to be performed. With cohesive silicone breast implants placed in a submuscular pocket, you can realize larger, perkier, attractive more youthful appearing breasts.

If you started with very large and droopy breasts and want to be significantly smaller in size, then a breast reduction may be the procedure most appropriate for you. This not only involves removal of excess skin and breast tissue but also a lift as well. 

Sagging Breasts: 5 Natural Remedies For Ptosis

If you are planning to lose a large amount of weight and also want to improve the appearance of your breasts with a lift, reduction, or mastopexy-augmentation, it is strongly recommended that you lose the weight prior to proceeding with your cosmetic breast surgery. This will allow you to better obtain the results that you desire and maintain them for a longer period.

Learn more about cosmetic breast surgery by calling our Scottsdale and Phoenix area plastic surgery practice. You can also schedule a consultation with me, Dr. Turkeltaub, by calling us at (480) 451-3000.