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Taking your firming and confidence back |
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| Loss of skin elasticity, gravity and other factors such as weight loss, pregnancy and breast-feeding ultimately affect the shape and firmness of your breasts. Patients who are generally satisfied with the size of their breasts can have a breast lift to raise and firm them, resulting in a more youthful breast contour. Some patients may be unhappy that they have lost a significant amount of breast volume over time. In such cases, implants inserted in conjunction with a breast lift can increase breast size at the same time as the shape and position of the breasts are enhanced. |
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| SURGICAL PROCEDURE |
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| Individual factors and personal preferences will determine the specific technique selected to lift your breasts. For classical mastopexy, the incision is usually made along the natural contour of your breast outlining the breast skin that is to be removed and, by doing so, the new position for the nipple is also defined. The nipple and areola are moved to a higher position after the excess skin is removed. In order to reshape the breast, the skin surrounding the nipple is then brought down and together. The stitches and resulting scar usually run around the areola and in a vertical line extending downwards form the nipple and along the lower curve of the breast.
Some patients, especially those, who have small breasts and minimal sagging, may be candidates for modified procedures requiring less extensive incisions. For example, one such procedure is the "doughnut (or concentric) mastopexy," in which circular incisions are made around the areola, and a doughnut-shaped area of skin is removed.
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