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Cosmetic Surgery, Breast Lift......

Breast lift surgery or Mastopexy as it is known in the medical world, refers to types of elective, voluntary, surgical procedures, that lift and reshape the breasts, either individually or both breasts.

The surgery usually involves moving the nipples and surrounding area, removing excess skin and tightening up the rest of the skin to lift the breast upwards.

Breast lift surgery can be performed as a standalone operation, sometimes the procedure involves adding of breast implants to give added lift when necessary, when this is the case the surgery is called a Breast Augmentation.

It must be noted that the effects of a breast lift are only temporary, breast augmentation is more permanent. After a breast lift, the natural aging process continues and over time the lift skin and breast tissue is subject to aging and gravity, and the breasts will start to sag again.

There are two types of breast lifts currently available:

Modified Breast lift
Full Breast lift.

The modified breast lift was a development of the full breast lift, designed to try to reduce scarring by limiting the number of incisions needed. The draw back to this procedure over a full breast lift is that the change and lift is not as pronounced. So it’s a trade off really, less scarring but also less lift. Not that the full breast lift leaves a lot scars.

There are many different types of the modified breast lift, the most common is the Benelli lift 9 also known as the concentric mastopexy or the donut lift), this involves the removal of a circular piece of tissue from around the nipple area, with an emphasis on the top part of the circle, thus providing a lift to the breast when all sewed back up.

The full breast lift, requires a cut to the underside of the breast, along the crease of the breast and a cut from here to the nipple area, often referred to as the inverted T cut. From this cut the surgeon can remove excess skin and this will ensure a very successful operation and breast lift. Due to the nature of the incisions there will be scarring around the nipple and under the breast along the incisions lines.

It is vital that if you are considering a breast lift, full or modified that you choose a fully qualified surgeon, most countries have a Cosmetic Surgeon certified list, please ensure you check this out.

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