Bethenny Frankel opens up in the new Life & Style about getting breast implants in 2005—and why she got them removed a few years later. Like many women, there was a time when Bethenny Frankel was insecure about her body. Although she was blessed with a pair of 34C’s, they were too saggy and made the then 35-year-old self-conscious. So in 2005, she consulted a Florida plastic surgeon to get a breast lift. Bethenny, author of A Place of Yes, on stands now, tells Life & Style, “He told me there would be big lollipop scars if I got a lift. Being single at the time, I wasn’t comfortable with that idea. He told me he could instead put in a small implant that would give me a lift – not as much as a real lift would but at least a little bit of a lift. So I did it.” But with the implants, Bethenny explains, “They were still saggy – only now they were bigger! They were saggy and gigantic. I was so uncomfortable.
Source: huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/13/bethenny-frankel-opens-up_n_848327.html

The misconception that the placement of breast implants alone will achieve some sort of lift is widespread. The tendency of younger patients to not accept breast lifting is pretty typical too. I don’t know if I would slander her original surgeon though as I do not know what the understanding was between the two before surgery.

It is a fact as well that breast implants alone placed into saggy breasts will just sag more and sometimes very quickly. Maybe Bethenny’s story will open the eyes of others who may not want to follow.

Best Regards,

John Di Saia MD