One of the first areas to be affected by skin aging is the chest area - especially in women. The skin loses elasticity every year. Sooner or later, this leads to the fact that the breast loses volume and begins to sag. Many women who want firm and full breasts suffer from this. A breast lift, or mastopexy, corrects this and restores a youthful appearance to the breast. Even without implants.
Treatment duration: approx. 1.5 to 3.5 hours
Anesthesia: Local, general anesthesia
Hospital stay: Outpatient or inpatient
Aftercare: Fixed chest strap or bra
Ability to socialize: After about 1 week
Sports: 4-6 weeks after surgery, slowly start with small exercises.
A breast lift can rejuvenate your figure and improve self-confidence by restoring the natural shape you once had!
A breast lift corrects the shape of the breast by redistributing skin and mammary gland tissue using a special technique to restore a youthful breast shape. At the same time, the nipple position is raised and the areola is reduced during this procedure.
An overview of the results you can expect a few weeks after a breast lift at Medical INN:
- Nipple and areola point upward.
- Symmetrization, breasts sit at the same height
- Beautiful circular breast shape
- The nipples sit at the level of the underbust crease
And most importantly, breast lift will help you love your body again!
Before a breast lift, the nipple points downward. Depending on the amount of lift you need, we remove more or less of the excess skin, redistribute the mammary gland tissue and place the nipples upwards. This will lift your breasts to the maximum. The result: round, youthful-looking breasts that you will feel comfortable with.
Do you perceive that your breasts are no longer as firm and shapely as they used to be? Do you wish you could look at your breasts in the mirror again with pleasure and feel completely comfortable in your skin? Then a breast lift in our clinic, the MEDICAL INN center, may be a solution for you. During a consultation with one of our experienced specialists in plastic and aesthetic surgery, you will learn everything about the operation and the associated costs.
How much or less the breast starts to sag varies from woman to woman. However, there are indications as to whether a breast lift is already possible for you or not. If some of the following characteristics apply to you, aesthetic lifting can be a possible solution to a shapely and full bust:
- Nipples and/or areolas point downward
- Loss of volume in the breasts
- Stretching of the skin with loss of elasticity (after weight loss or breastfeeding)
- Distension of the areolas
- One breast is lower than the other
- Breasts lie flat against the rib cage
- Pendulous breasts
In order to achieve the best possible and long-lasting result, the following points should be taken into consideration:
- Stable weight.
- General health
- You do not smoke or plan to stop smoking
- You do not plan to have more children or to breastfeed in the future
A breast lift is a plastic treatment that we usually perform on an outpatient basis. This means that you do not have to spend the night in our clinic. The procedure usually takes only 1.5-2 hours and is performed under general anesthesia. The methods that our experienced plastic aesthetic surgeons rely on are the Lollipop and Wise Pattern methods. These two techniques achieve the most beautiful and natural results. After the procedure, you will spend about 1-2 hours in the recovery room of our clinic. Before you go home, our nurses and doctors will explain how to best care for the wound. In addition, we will give you pain medication so that you can relieve it on your own.
In a personal consultation in our clinic and with an experienced specialist in plastic and aesthetic surgery, you will learn everything you want to know about breast lift. We take a lot of time to answer all your questions in detail. That is not all.
There are several techniques that aesthetic surgeons can use to lift your breasts. Which method is suitable depends on the shape of your breasts as well as the size of the areolas. Another important aspect is how much your breasts have sagged. A brief overview of all methods:
This type of breast lift uses only incisions in the shape of a "donut" around the areola and is therefore suitable for breasts that require minimal correction. The scar here runs along the border around the areola with the normal skin and is virtually invisible as it progresses.
The incisions go in a circle around the areolas and draw in a line to the underbust crease. The shape of a lollipop or "lollipop" is created.
Also called inverted T or anchor breast lift. This method is especially suitable for women who want to have a strong correction of their breast. It proceeds like the lollipop method and adds an additional incision in the underbust fold.
This type is rarely used. It is suitable for minimal corrections. The incisions resemble a crescent and are placed in the upper part of the areola.
For women who want volume and a lift, augmentation mastopexy (enlargement mastopexy) may be the right solution. This is a breast augmentation with an implant combined with one of the above-mentioned lifting operations.
We will determine which technique is best for you in a personal consultation. We make the choice together with you based on your wishes and needs - so that in a few weeks you can look in the mirror and see the best and most beautiful result.
As after any other surgery, scars remain after a breast lift. The experienced surgeons at Medical INN do their best to make the scarring as invisible as possible. We cannot completely rule out visible scars in plastic surgery, as otherwise the results would be less good. The good news is that the thin scar around the nipple is usually barely visible and will also fade over time. If it still turns out too noticeable, we have options to make existing scarring less visible - without surgery.
Every surgical procedure is associated with risks. So is a breast lift. However, this surgery is one of the safest procedures. It is performed by specialists in plastic and aesthetic surgery with many years of experience. In this way, we would like to ensure that you have a low-risk stay at Medical Inn.
Yes. If you have enough tissue or are happy with the current size of your breasts, a breast lift can work to your advantage and restore a youthful, full appearance to your breasts.
Many patients ask us if creams and ointments can really lift the breasts. The short answer is "no." Unfortunately, there is no way to lift your breasts without plastic surgery.
A breast lift should last for the rest of your life - or at least a very long time. To achieve this, additional supports such as meshes can be used. These prevent the breast tissue from sagging again and quickly. The more consistently you maintain your weight, the more likely it is that the result will last.
Any drastic change in the body can affect your breast lift. During this procedure, the tissue is moved and placed higher in your breast. Therefore, we recommend that you do the procedure only after you have reached your target weight and ideally it has been constant for several months.
A breast lift will lift the breast and improve the shape as a result. If you want to reduce your bra size, some tissue can be removed along with this procedure. This would be a combination of breast lift and breast reduction.
Many women experience severe sagging of the breast due to pregnancy or after breastfeeding. Here, radiation can return the breast to its original or even improved shape.
You should also ask yourself whether you would like to have more children before you decide to have this procedure.
Many women have a good bra size, but the lowering of the breasts increases the surface of the breast. During breast lift the breasts are lifted. This also makes them look fuller again.
You can combine this procedure with various other aesthetic surgeries at Medical INN. We often perform it together with a breast augmentation, breast reduction or mommy makeover. (Almost any other plastic surgery can be performed at the same time as a breast lift).
Of course, after the lift you can have an additional breast augmentation with implants or autologous fat. We recommend that you have both treatments at the same time in one operation.
It depends. During the procedure, part of the skin is removed. It may be that the skin affected by the stretch marks falls under it. If the stretch marks fall in the area that is not removed, the stretch marks will remain. However, we have a solution for this as well: you can have the stripes made more invisible with laser fractional resurfacing.
Yes. However, factors such as aging, pregnancies and massive weight fluctuations can influence the result of the tightening.
We will be happy to accompany you on your way to a completely new attitude towards life and the firmness you once had.