BREAST LIFT

Procedures
Face
Breast
Body
Hair
Non Surgical

Indications

Breast lift is a surgical technique to correct sagging breasts and reposition them to appear youthful. Women can have sagging breasts after delivery of a child, after loss of significant weight, and at the time of menopause.

A patient who is motivated, at her ideal body weight, and who has finished child-bearing is likely to benefit from surgery.A patient who has severe obesity is unlikely to benefit. A patient who loses a lot of weight after surgery will see recurrence of the sagging.

For mild sagging of the breasts, just a breast implant can be an option. The implant is inserted via an incision in the lower breast fold and the scar not visible from frontal view. This replenishes the volume and fullness and can correct mild sagging without any additional procedures.

For patients with moderate to severe sagging a different surgical procedure is needed wherein the breast is reshaped, the excess skin is removed andthe nipple and the areola is repositioned to a higher, more aesthetic position on the breast.

If the patient has heavy breasts, about which she is unhappy, she can undergo breast reduction at the same sitting. All breast reduction surgeries provide a simultaneous breast lift.

In patients who want both increase in size as well as lifted breasts, a breast lift with a breast augmentation using an implant can be carried out, a procedure known as implant-mastopexy or an augmentation-mastopexy.

Operation is done under general anaesthesia. The stitches can located around the nipple areola only, or in case of small reduction of the breast with breast lift, an additional vertical scar from 6 O’clockon the areola downto the lower crease of the breast (infra mammary fold) may be necessary. In very large breasts, this vertical scar may also have an horizontal component along the inferior breast crease, known as an inverted-T scar.

FAQs

Yes—a permanent scar is present after surgery , whose appearance depends on several factors, including your tendency to scar. The scar becomes flatter and lighter with time and your doctor will prescribe you treatments such as massage , pressure and silicone gel sheeting to help flatten the scar

The result would last around 8-10 years, provided you do not lose a lot of weight after surgery. This is because, weight loss means loss of fat in the breast due to which, the breast will sag.

No botox injection does not help beast sagging although it reduces the décolletage lines in between the upper part of the breasts.

A breast implant only enlarges the breast in moderate and severe sagging and does not correct the drooping

Only some, but not all stretch marks will be excised with the extra skin. So all stretch marks will not be removed with the procedure, although ancillary treatments for stretch marks can be done 1 year after the procedure such as radiofrequency or laser.

Breast feeding after surgery is very much possible.