Breast Lift San Diego Ca

Breast Lifts


Before and 2 months after breast lift - the scars will fade with time.	Before and approximately 6 months after breast lift.

Before and 3 yrs after breast lift with reduction

Before and 6 months after breast lift

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.

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).

The cost of a breast lift ranges from approximately $6000 - $7000, depending on the severity of the deformity. For a breast lift in San Diego California contact Dr. Splinter.

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