Breast Lifts

Sagging breasts can be the result of pregnancy, large weight loss, or just genetics. There are many young women who have sagging shaped breasts even during their teenage years.

Sagging breasts are the result of stretching of the tissues of the breast. Regardless of the amount of excess skin that is present, if the breast tissue (glandular and fatty tissue) is sagging, the breasts are going to sag. One of the biggest fallacies in breast lift surgery is that the sagging breast is a result of excess skin. With this in mind, many procedures have been performed to remove all the excess skin. As a result, large scars are created to remove the extra skin, but since no remodeling of the breast tissue is performed, the results are temporary – the scars are permanent!

Another big fallacy propagated by some doctors is that the deflated sagging look that some woman have after pregnancy can be inflated with implants. This is only partly true. If a woman only desires larger breasts, and sagging is not a prominent contribution to the patient’s problems, then breast augmentation alone is a great procedure. But for those woman with a degree of ptosis (sagging breasts), a lift is essential. Dr. Freund has revised many of these unhappy patients who had large implants placed by other physicians and in reality only wanted a slight increase in volume with a lift.

Newer techniques for breast lifts focus on reshaping the breast tissue and minimizing the scars. These techniques look better and are more durable. For patients that need some increase in volume as well as a lift, Dr. Freund has created the “Tear Drop Augmentation mastopexy”. This technique reshapes the breast tissue, lifts the nipple, corrects for asymmetry, and enlarges the breast. The scars are around the areola and are almost imperceptible. During the reshaping of the breast tissue, tissue is attached to the upper chest wall, thereby eliminating the hollow look to the upper chest. For more on breast lifts, and to decide if you are a candidate, please refer to Dr. Freund's book, “Cosmetic Breast surgery – a complete guide from A to DD.”

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