Breast Lift

Breast lifting is a cosmetic surgical procedure aimed at lifting sagging breasts and giving them an aesthetic shape and support. The areolas will no longer point downwards and the "saggy" appearance that the skin of the breasts can have will be removed.

The surgical procedure for breast ptosis

The breast lift or breast reduction involves removing excess glandular tissue. A volume in harmony with the silhouette and according to the patient's wishes is preserved. This residual glandular volume is lifted, concentrated, and reshaped. It is then necessary to adapt the skin envelope, which involves removing the excess skin to ensure good support and a good shape to the new breasts. The edges of the skin thus cut are then sutured.

The scars are in the shape of an inverted T: one around the nipple, a vertical scar, and a horizontal one in the submammary fold. They begin to fade between four and six months.

The operation lasts about 1h30, under general anesthesia. Absorbable sutures that dissolve on their own are placed. An appropriate dressing is applied for a few days.

The scars often take the shape of an inverted T with three components:

• Peri-areolar around the perimeter of the areola between the brown skin and the white skin
• Vertical between the lower pole of the areola and the submammary fold
• Horizontal, concealed in the submammary fold.

The length of the horizontal scar is proportional to the extent of breast hypertrophy and ptosis. Sometimes, especially when breast hypertrophy and ptosis are moderate, a so-called "vertical" method can be performed which allows eliminating the transverse scar in the submammary fold and reducing the scar to its peri-areolar and vertical components.