Breast lift to treat the breast ptosis
Breast lift aims at correcting the breast ptosis. It is a reconstructive and restorative surgery that can be done alone or with implants or lipofilling. Breast lift or mammoplasty is sometimes realized with a breast reduction when the main cause of sagging is the large size of the mammary glands.
So, breast lift reshapes the sagging breasts for a firmer chest. The breasts will then be repositioned higher and more rounded.
Breast lift : the surgical technique
Before starting to talk about the surgical techniques to be performed during breast lift, it is important to explain what this surgery corrects. Indeed, mammoplasty surgery makes it possible to treat breast ptosis.
Breast Ptosis : the definition and the cause
Breast lift is the surgery that treats breast ptosis (sagging breasts) that can be congenital or caused by any of these factors:
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The age
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Important weight variations
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Pregnancy and breastfeeding
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Breast hypertrophy or hypotrophy.
Lors des entretiens préopératoires, le chirurgien discute avec la patiente de l’emplacement des cicatrices qui seront décidées en fonction de l’importance de la ptôse mammaire.
Les incisions se situent généralement :
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Autour du mamelon en cas d’un léger affaissement mammaire.
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Autour de l’aréole avec une incision verticale, allant du mamelon jusqu’au pli sous mammaire.
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Au niveau du pli sous mammaire en plus des deux précédentes incisions. Cette incision en T inversée est utilisée pour traiter un fort affaissement des seins.
The plasty of the sagging breasts
During the preoperative consultations, the surgeon discusses with the patient about the location of the scars which will be decided according to the importance of the breast ptosis.
The incisions are generally located:
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Around the nipple in case of a slight breast sagging
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Around the areola with a vertical incision, from the nipple to the fold under the breast.
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At the level of the submammary fold in addition to the two previous incisions. This inverted T-incision is used to treat an important breast sagging.
Breast lift is done under general anesthesia and its duration is variable.Surgical techniques depend on the defect to be corrected and on its origin. Sometimes, breast sagging is corrected by a simple breast augmentation when the skin surrounding the breasts is of a good quality and when the sagging is minimal. But, if the ptosis is significant with a strong sagging and subsidence of the mammary gland, it will be necessary to associate breast reduction with the breast lift.
Its basic principle is to lift the sagging breasts by cutting off the excess of skin and gland and repositioning the nipple-areola complex. The surgeon uses non-absorbable sutures that must be removed two weeks after the procedure
Breast lift : the postoperative phases
The threads will be removed after two weeks during which bruises and edema will appear and disappear rapidly.
It is advisable to perform massages that should be done in a circular direction using a moisturizer as a base.
The patient must wear a support bra day and night for a period of one month.
A rest of two weeks is recommended and the patient can not practice sport during two months after the intervention.
Breast lift : the results
As soon as the bandages are removed and the swelling has disappeared, we can have an idea of the result. The breasts will be firmer and symmetrical.
The final result of the breast lift will be visible after 6 months.
