Breast Lift
Technically known as Mastopexy, is a surgical procedure to raise and reshape sagging breast. This procedure changes the shape of the breast by removing excess skin and repositioning the nipple and remaining tissue. Breast lift will change the shape of your breast but not the size. Women concerned with the loss of volume or small breasts may opt to have an implant inserted with their procedure to increase firmness and size. Breast lift can also reduce the size of your areola, the dark skin around your nipple. The ideal candidate for this procedure would be women whose breast have lost volume and skin elasticity from pregnancy and nursing. If your planning on having more children, it may be a good idea to post-pone your lift. While there are no specific risks and breast lifts generally don’t interfere with breast feeding, pregnancy will stretch your breast offsetting your results.
For a full breast lift the surgeon will make an anchor shaped incision that follows the natural contour of your breasts. The incision will outline where the excess breast skin will be removed and the new location of the nipple. After the excess skin is removed the nipple is brought higher and the rest of the surrounding skin is brought down together to reshape. If the patient has little sagging and smaller breast the surgeon will most likely give her a Benelli Mastopexy. During a Benelli Mastopexy the surgeon will remove excess skin around the areola through a donut shaped incision; this results in less scaring then a full breast lift.
