The appearance, shape and volume of the breasts change with age or following events such as pregnancy and weight loss. Several factors come into play here. Skin quality is altered, it thins down, becomes lax and develops stretch marks. Breast volume is also changed as glandular and fat tissue decrease. These factors contribute to volume loss in the upper part of the breasts which makes them look emptied out in their upper pole and sagging.
Treating breast sagging (breast ptosis)
Breast lift surgery, or mastopexia, is a surgical procedure intended to lift up the position of sagging breasts and improve their shape. Surgery can be performed at the end of growth and at any point in a woman’s life. Breast lift surgery can restore roundness and harmony in the breasts by removing excess skin, compacting breast tissue, lifting up the mammary gland and repositioning the areolas.
Mastopexia can only be performed by a certified plastic surgeon, it requires preoperative exams and a consultation with the anesthesiologist. If you are searching for a breast surgery specialist to perform your breast lift abroad, get in touch with Dr.Balti through the contact form of the website and get all the answers you need to make your decision.
Treatment options
The vertical incision pattern can be used in case of moderate ptosis (no horizontal incision, only the periareolar and vertical incisions are used). In case of very mild ptosis, the correction can be made with a single incision around the areolas. When breast ptosis is associated with breast hypoplasia (lack of breast tissue), the procedure can combine a breast lift and breast augmentation with implants to increase breast volume. In that last case, a periareolar incision can be enough to place the implants and remove excess skin around the areolas. The scars resulting from breast lift surgery typically include 3 different permanent scars. The definitive appearance of the scars is not predictable since wound healing differs from one patient to another.
