Breast Uplift

Introduction

Many women, following the birth of their children and or breast-feeding, find that their breasts have deteriorated in terms of size, shape, and feel. As the skin loses its elasticity, the breasts tend to lose their shape and firmness and begin to sag. Even without pregnancies, the effects of time, gravity, and alternate weight gain and loss, can all take their toll. A Breast uplift or mastopexy, is a surgical procedure to reshape and raise sagging breasts without altering the overall volume of the breast. Mastopexy can also reduce the size of the areola, the darker skin surrounding the nipple.

In contrast to the mastopexy procedure, the main aim of the breast augmentation and breast reduction procedures is to change the size or volume of the breast. In some instances however, particularly where the breasts have only slightly drooped, a breast augmentation alone may in fact provide an adequate lift as well as firming the breast. However in this situation you should bear in mind that as a breast implant carries with it a certain volume, this may cause an unacceptable increase in breast size. In other circumstances where an uplift and an increase in volume are both desired then BOTH a breast augmentation and an uplift may be performed simultaneously.

It is probably wise to defer a breast uplift procedure until after you have finished childbearing and breast- feeding. While a mastopexy doesn't usually interfere with future pregnancies or breast- feeding, it is important to understand that having an uplift will not prevent the breasts from drooping again if presented with the same circumstances that made them droop in the first place.

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