San Diego Breast Lift - Mastopexy East County

Tuberous Breast


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.

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.

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.

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.

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