Only a breast lift or mastopexy can lift the breasts.
This procedure is often recommended when breasts lose firmness due to factors such as aging, pregnancy or weight loss. Massages or chest exercises have no effect on this problem.
Depending on your expectations, the volume and elasticity of your breasts, the surgeon can offer breast augmentation or reduction in addition to breast lifting.
Breast Lift: Breast Augmentation
During a breast lift, the surgeon may choose breast augmentation if the glandular volume has decreased, if the nipple is not too low and if there is not excess skin. In this case, a breast prosthesis is inserted behind the mammary gland, providing a lifting effect with very little scarring.
Breast Lift: Breast Reduction
If the breast has sagging such that the nipple is below the breast crease, the breast lift may look more like a breast reduction. In this case, the surgeon removes skin rather than glandular tissue, which can lead to more scarring. This procedure generally lasts between two and three hours and is performed under general anesthesia.
During a breast lift, the surgeon generally makes two types of incisions: a first around the areola and a second vertically from the areola to the fold under the breast. Once the incisions are made, the excess skin is removed and the nipples and areola are repositioned upwards. Next, the skin around the areolas is stretched to reshape the breasts. In some cases, the surgeon may also insert a breast implant.
If the patient wishes, a mastopexy can be combined with other corrections such as nipple correction or areola reduction.
