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Breast Lift

Mastopexy

A breast lift, technically called a mastopexy, is a surgical procedure which can help to restore a more youthful and natural shape to sagging breasts. Gravity, pregnancy, nursing, weight gain, loss of skin elasticity, and aging, can all lead to sagging and a loss of firmness. A breast lift removes excess skin and tissue to reshape and firm the breasts, and it almost always involves repositioning the nipple-areola complex higher on the breast mound. Like an abdominoplasty, it produces a scar which can take one or more years to fade. Modern surgical techniques, such as a vertical mastopexy, result in fewer and better scars than older techniques. I have switched to the vertical mastopexy technique for most patients for this reason. Recovery is surprisingly rapid, with resumption of reasonable activity in two or three days. The discomfort is very moderate, approximately equal to a subglandular breast augmentation (saline).

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Before and 2 months after breast lift - the scars will fade with time.

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Before and approximately 6 months after breast lift.

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Before and 3 yrs after breast lift with reduction

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Before and 6 months after breast lift

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48 y/o patient with adequate breast volume and poor breast shape. Pre and 6 month post op results from a simple breast lift (vertical mastopexy). Surprisingly, most patients have very modest pain and return to work in 2-3 days; and almost all patients retain full nipple sensitivity. These are typical results, although scar healing varies considerably with different genetic traits. Those with fair skin and blue eyes tend to heal with better scars than those with darker skin and brown eyes. This is not an absolute matter, and how you have healed from surgery in the past is the best predictor to wound your healing.

Cost

The cost of a breast lift ranges from approximately $6000 - $7000, depending on the severity of the deformity.

Tuberous Breast

Mastopexy

A breast lift, technically called a mastopexy, is a surgical procedure which can help to restore a more youthful and natural shape to sagging breasts. Gravity, pregnancy, nursing, weight gain, loss of skin elasticity, and aging, can all lead to sagging and a loss of firmness. A breast lift removes excess skin and tissue to reshape and firm the breasts, and it almost always involves repositioning the nipple-areola complex higher on the breast mound. Like an abdominoplasty, it produces a scar which can take one or more years to fade. Modern surgical techniques, such as a vertical mastopexy, result in fewer and better scars than older techniques. I have switched to the vertical mastopexy technique for most patients for this reason. Recovery is surprisingly rapid, with resumption of reasonable activity in two or three days. The discomfort is very moderate, approximately equal to a subglandular breast augmentation (saline).

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35 y/o - 360 cc Silicone Implants placed Subglandular with true tuberous breast (and very obvious scoliosis.) Despite her obvious breast and skeletal anomalies, she nursed 2 children, carries herself with grace, and she looks fabulous in her clothes.

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23 y/o - 330 cc Silicone Implants placed Subglandular. Note: this patient has a constricted breast syndrome, which is a variant of tuberous breast; and to stretch the breast envelope out naturally, the implants have to be placed subglandular.

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23 y/o - Tuberous breast deformity. This is a very typical case with huge nipple/areola complexes, and very small breast. Often they have associated skeletal deformities. Note - her very significant scoliosis.

Cost

The cost of a breast lift ranges from approximately $6000 - $7000, depending on the severity of the deformity.

Asymmetrical Breast

Mastopexy

A breast lift, technically called a mastopexy, is a surgical procedure which can help to restore a more youthful and natural shape to sagging breasts. Gravity, pregnancy, nursing, weight gain, loss of skin elasticity, and aging, can all lead to sagging and a loss of firmness. A breast lift removes excess skin and tissue to reshape and firm the breasts, and it almost always involves repositioning the nipple-areola complex higher on the breast mound. Like an abdominoplasty, it produces a scar which can take one or more years to fade. Modern surgical techniques, such as a vertical mastopexy, result in fewer and better scars than older techniques. I have switched to the vertical mastopexy technique for most patients for this reason. Recovery is surprisingly rapid, with resumption of reasonable activity in two or three days. The discomfort is very moderate, approximately equal to a subglandular breast augmentation (saline).

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These are the preoperative pictures of a 23 year old female with asymmetrical breast development. Note that she has a normally developed left breast and a congenital tuberous breast on the right.

In the first stage of reconstruction, a right unilateral breast lift was performed to make the two breast more symmetrical. These pictures were taken three months after surgery.

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In the second stage of reconstruction, 360cc smooth, style 68, Inamed implants were placed above the muscle to make the breast more proportional to her body size. These pictures were taken two months after surgery.

Here you can see the end result. These picturs were taken 7 months after the breast lift and 4 months after the breast augmentation.

Cost

The cost of a breast lift ranges from approximately $6000 - $7000, depending on the severity of the deformity.

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