What is the Breast Lift Procedure?
Breast Lift is a procedure which can reshape and lift sagging breasts. The breast lift may be combined with an augmentation using saline or silicone breast implants, but you can get a breast lift without having implants.
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Breast Lift (mastopexy) usually takes 1-3.5 hours. There are multiple techniques used for mastopexy, but the most common is an anchor-shaped incision. This follows the natural curve, or shape of the breast. This incision will outline the area of where the breast skin will be removed, and also will identify the new location of your nipple. When the excess skin is removed, the nipple, and areola, are repositioned to the elevated position. The skin is then brought down and reshapes the breast. Your plastic surgeon will usually put the stitches around the areola, and also along the lower crease of the breast.
If you are having a breast lift with implants (which is a very common procedure), the implant will be placed in a pocket directly under the breast tissue, or deeper, under the muscle of the chest.
Patients with smaller breasts and nominal sagging, may get a version of the breast lift that requires less incisions. One common procedure is the "doughnut breast lift" or "doughnut mastopexy."
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