Is cosmetic breast surgery in your late 40's really stupid?

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Anonymous wrote:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2022/07/26/hank-williams-jr-wife-mary-jane-thomas-cause-death/10152209002/

Just a reminder that all surgery has risks. Hank Williams wife just died from a collapsed lung after cosmetic surgery. She had implants removed, a breast
Lift and lipo.

Her lung collapsed during surgery and they released her to a resort after??? What fresh hell??

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Anonymous wrote:Why are implants silly at a certain age if they’re not at others?

Ageism.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are implants silly at a certain age if they’re not at others?

Ageism.

+1

I recently considered a lumpectomy versus a mastectomy. On a breast cancer forum, my age (47) seemed very relevant to peoples’s suggestions. 50 plus? Just remove them. Under 35, removal and reconstruction. In between, it came down to your relationship status. Married? Lumpectomy. Divorced over 45? Go flat. Never married? Get new tits, maybe you can still land a man.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone just had a lift and nothing else? I’m struggling with how sad and deflated mine look, but don’t want implants.

If you like the size you're at but just want them higher, you may need to consider a small implant. Even with just a lift, you will lose a cup size.

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Anonymous wrote:I got implants at 47. Nursed 2 kids. Went from an A to D cup. Best money ever spent.

I fantasize about this. I'm 44 now and realized they ain't coming back after nursing for 3.5 years in total.

Where did you go and how much was it?

Don’t do this. You’ll be that embarrassing older woman with huge fake tits that everyone sideeyes.

Fortunately breast implants come in a variety of sizes these days.

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Anonymous wrote:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2022/07/26/hank-williams-jr-wife-mary-jane-thomas-cause-death/10152209002/

Just a reminder that all surgery has risks. Hank Williams wife just died from a collapsed lung after cosmetic surgery. She had implants removed, a breast
Lift and lipo.

That's a ton of surgery and she looked obese, which comes with high risks.

Removing too much fat during lipo is really dangerous. I would bet that is what happened here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are implants silly at a certain age if they’re not at others?

Ageism.

+1

I recently considered a lumpectomy versus a mastectomy. On a breast cancer forum, my age (47) seemed very relevant to peoples’s suggestions. 50 plus? Just remove them. Under 35, removal and reconstruction. In between, it came down to your relationship status. Married? Lumpectomy. Divorced over 45? Go flat. Never married? Get new tits, maybe you can still land a man.

I haven’t read those forums. Everyone I know my age who got a mastectomy (50+) had reconstruction. I think the fact that insurance pays for it makes a difference. It’s interesting that you experienced the opposite.

For me it was about looking more like myself after surgery.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My sister has 10 close friends from HS and they are all 55/56. 7 of them have had reductions/lifts. Even the small cheated women had their breasts become uncomfortably large after menopause. It was my sisters second reduction/lift.

I wasn’t aware that breasts grow larger after menopause. Mine deflated a bit!

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Anonymous wrote:My sister has 10 close friends from HS and they are all 55/56. 7 of them have had reductions/lifts. Even the small cheated women had their breasts become uncomfortably large after menopause. It was my sisters second reduction/lift.

I wasn’t aware that breasts grow larger after menopause. Mine deflated a bit!

I think you can go either way depending on your hormonal response.

My breasts seem to keep getting larger.
I breastfed twins and when they were 12 months of age I was the skinniest I've been in my life but my breasts were larger than pre-pregnancy. I never lost ANY volume.
Great at the time but now they slowly grown from that point to another cup in peri menopause.
i would give a lot for a reduction.

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Pre kids I was a very perky full C and now in my mid 40s at the same weight I was pre-pregnancy, I'm a saggy D/DD on a petite frame. I am also curious about "just" a lift, even now in my 40s, and would gladly take the loss in cup size. I hate how I look in a bathing suit, hate that I can't wear certain types of shirts or lounge braless without feeling like my nipples are at the bottom of my ribcage. I've noticed my posture has suffered and I have a lot of neck and back pain. Why live like that for the what might be the last half of my life?

OP please report back on what you decide.

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I notice the sag affects my posture and back pain, but I would pursue PT to improve my strength as a first option. Not saying others should do that--I am just wary of anesthesia.

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why would doing something to make yourself feel good be crazy?

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Anonymous wrote:I got a lift and reduction at 40 and I should have done it years earlier. And recovery is pretty easy. You spend a week or so in bed, but within three weeks I had zero discomfort. Dr. Forman in Rockville did mine.

Im thinking of seeing him for a lift-are you happy with your results?

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Anonymous wrote:My sister has 10 close friends from HS and they are all 55/56. 7 of them have had reductions/lifts. Even the small cheated women had their breasts become uncomfortably large after menopause. It was my sisters second reduction/lift.

I wasn’t aware that breasts grow larger after menopause. Mine deflated a bit!

So happy to read this. I thought just me! We’re these done in the dmv? Any dr recs would be so appreciated.

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I am the same age as you, OP. Keep us posted, I have debated this in my head for years and cannot come up with an answer for myself. Everytime I think about calling for a consult, I freak out because I can't visualize having a conversation about this with my 9-year-old son and 13-year-old daughter. I also freak out and start loathing my barely A cup every time I hear of trans men getting top surgery or wearing a binder. I also keep thinking about what I'd do if I see 90/100---I mean, at that point, are my kids going to advocate for me to see a surgeon to have implants removed/replaced?

If I could go back in time, I would have saved up my money my senior year of high school and gotten the surgery the summer before I started college.