An operation to lift and reshape sagging breasts is referred to as a breast lift or mastopexy.
Skin loses some of its elasticity as women get older, which can make the breasts lose their natural firmness and form. The goal of this medical cosmetic operation is to lift the breasts and give them a younger appearance. It is also possible to combine a breast lift with a breast enlargement procedure.

Reasons for Considering a Breast Lift

- lift the breasts to compensate for drooping brought by by gravity and aging.

- If breasts have lost volume as a result of pregnancy and subsequent breastfeeding, firm the breasts.

- If your nipples or areolas point downward or to the side, adjust them.

-regain your natural suppleness after losing weight.


General Procedure


A breast lift operation typically lasts between 1.5 and 3 hours. Although there are other reconstruction methods, the most typical one includes making an anchor-shaped incision down the underside of the breast. The incision defines how the nipple will be repositioned by going around the area where skin will be removed. The nipple and areola are raised after the extra skin has been removed. To restructure the breast, the skin around the areola is pulled together and lowered down.

Some individuals may be candidates for modified treatments requiring smaller incisions, notably those with relatively tiny breasts and little drooping. One such technique is the "doughnut (or concentric) mastopexy," in which a doughnut-shaped portion of skin is excised after making circular incisions around the areola. Minimal incision techniques and nipple sensation reduction operations are recent advancements in breast lift techniques.

The implant will be positioned in a pocket under the breast tissue or beneath the muscle of the chest wall if the patient is also having an implant implanted at the same time as the breast lift.  Contact Houston plastic surgeon Dr John T Nguyen for more details.