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Breast Ptosis and Sagging With Aging
Age and gravity stretch the skin and ligaments resulting in breast ptosis.
Breast ptosis (drooping breasts) can result from a loosening
of the skin and suspensory ligaments. Gravity and weight of breasts
take their toll over time. Ptosis can also come from a reduction
in the volume of breast tissue. This can occur after pregnancy and after weight loss. |
Breast Ptosis and Drooping With Pregnancy
During pregnancy the breasts enlarge as the body prepares to produce
milk for the child. After pregnancy the glands return to their pre-pregnancy
condition. The skin and loose ligaments cannot always return to
their normal proportions. Failure may be due to the breast size
increase, tearing of the collagen holding the skin together (stria
or stretch marks), or other factors.
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Breast Ptosis and Hanging Tissues After Massive Weight Loss
Fat is a component of the breast. Obesity and excessive fat often include the breasts extending under the arms and into the back. After massive weight loss, suspension tissues and skin sometimes only shrink so much leaving deflated flattened breasts that hang low (ptosis).
Heredity and genes may be factors that can result in teenager breast ptosis or drooping. |
| Ptosis and Sagging that results in breasts losing their firm uplifted contours can affect a woman's confidence and self-image.
Breast Lift Mastopexy Surgery for Ptosis is a family of operations that resuspend the breast to a more natural position on the chest restoring a more "perky" youthful appearance. This surgery can restore the firmness and shape of your breasts. In general, breast lift mastopexy lifts breasts by resuspending the internal breast tissues and then removing excess skin and redraping the tissues over the internally supported tissues. |
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Breast Lift Surgery can help Breast Ptosis or Sagging when
- Breasts sags or hang when not suspended with a bra
- Breasts are proportional to the body (for the woman looking to lift and reduce her breasts, check Breast Reduction Sculpture)
- Breasts have lost firmness and skin elastic tone
- Breasts have a flattened elongated shape
- The nipple hangs below the breast crease in unsupported breasts
- When the nipple and areola point downward
- When the skin is stretched and areola enlarged.
- When breasts are the same size, but one hangs lower than the other
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| Let Dr. Bermant's Breast Lift Mastopexy Surgery be an introduction to your education
about this surgery and his sculpture skills. Learn about Dr. Bermant's Minimal Bruising Tumescent Breast Lift. Explore the various
pages and see photographs and movies of actual results before, during and
after surgery. Read the bulletin boards to see other patient's
questions and Dr. Bermant's answers. This is only a start to
your learning experience since each patient has a unique anatomic
problem that demands a personalized approach. Then continue your
education in his office to see what plastic and cosmetic surgery
has to offer you. |
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Best candidates for Breast Lift Mastopexy
The best candidates for breast lift mastopexy are healthy individuals who do not have a lift-threatening illness or medical conditions that can impair healing. If planning on weight loss, getting to you desired weight before surgery has significant advantages to losing weight after surgery. Future pregnancies can cause new sagging. Patients must be non-smokers, nicotine can interfere with the blood supply, healing, and tissue survival. Women considering breast lift should have a positive outlook and specific goals in mind for improving body image.
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Planning your surgery
You should come to the office prepared for an extensive consultation. Dr. Bermant will
need to learn about your medical history, problems, surgery and current medications.
We need to know about prior cosmetic and breast surgery. You will
need to help us understand what bothers you. Breast Lift surgical sculpture needs
to be individualized. Redundant skin and sagging breast tissues are a dynamic problem. Dr. Bermant needs to see
how the skin drapes, what internal support remains,
and examine your breasts. Dr. Bermant will then discuss what surgery has to offer. There
are several different surgeries possible depending on the breast defect
and the nature of your tissues. Dr. Bermant then recommends what method of surgical sculpting
is best suited for your problem and then discusses the risks, benefits and alternate
methods of care. Understanding the benefits and limitations of surgery helps
with realistic expectations. |
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During this consultation we will also discuss the choice of anesthesia,
location of surgery, and the costs involved. In most cases insurance
policies
do not cover the cost of breast lift mastopexy, but you should check your policy
to be sure. Since Dr. Bermant sees patients from around the world, some
prefer to
start the process with his preliminary
remote package to minimize travel to Richmond.
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Before and After Mastopexy Surgery
