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I wonder what can be done about some stretch marks on my breasts? They aren't severe,...

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I wonder what can be done about some stretch marks on my breasts? They aren't severe, but they're noticeable and they're on the sides and a bit on the front of my breasts (40 year old, 38DD). Would having stretch marks make results of a breast lift look odd?

A:

A breast lift improves stretch marks for at least two reasons. First, tightening the skin in a breast lift procedure flattens stretch marks out and makes them less noticeable. Also, in a breast lift some skin is removed, usually around and under the areola -- where stretch marks tend to occur -- and thus some of the stretch marks are actually cut away. I have had people ask me if there is a laser technique for removing stretch marks, but this is usually not applicable to the breasts.