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Are there risks and complications to a breast lift surgery?
Also known as a mastopexy, a breast lift is a surgical procedure which involves lifting of a patient’s breasts. During the procedure, the breasts are lifted and elevated on the chest itself. This surgery usually involves the raising the nipple and areola to a higher position as well.
The main risks and complications to a breast lift surgery include anesthesia related issues, bleeding and the scars which occur as a result of the removal of skin. For a standard breast lift where a considerable amount of skin is removed, the scars run around the edge of the areola, straight down to the crease underneath the breasts and along that crease. This is one of the biggest concerns that patients have with breast lift surgery. In an effort to keep the scars to a minimum, Dr. McMahan uses only absorbable sutures underneath the skin so that there are virtually no marks as a result of the stitches. Patients are educated on how to care for their incisions to obtain the best scars possible. In general, the improvement in shape and contour of the breasts far out-weighs the scars from breast lift surgery.
There is very little risk of losing sensation to the nipples as a result of breast lift surgery. If breast implants are inserted at the same time as a mastopexy, there is an increased risk of numbness to the nipples which occurs about 15% of the time during breast augmentation.
Ideal candidates for a breast lift surgery are patients who are happy with the size of their breasts but prefer to have them lifted to a higher position on the chest. Examples of such patients are mothers who have had children and have breast fed, or women who have lost a considerable amount of weight.
The recovery period from a breast lift surgery is normally very minimal, given that it is not combined with any other cosmetic surgical procedure like breast implants. Since a mastopexy is primarily a skin operation which involves less extensive work done on the breast tissue and nothing done on the chest muscle, patients normally experience lower amounts of discomfort and should expect to be back to work within a few days. Patients will be able to return to full activities in about a week’s time.
The main risks and complications to a breast lift surgery include anesthesia related issues, bleeding and the scars which occur as a result of the removal of skin. For a standard breast lift where a considerable amount of skin is removed, the scars run around the edge of the areola, straight down to the crease underneath the breasts and along that crease. This is one of the biggest concerns that patients have with breast lift surgery. In an effort to keep the scars to a minimum, Dr. McMahan uses only absorbable sutures underneath the skin so that there are virtually no marks as a result of the stitches. Patients are educated on how to care for their incisions to obtain the best scars possible. In general, the improvement in shape and contour of the breasts far out-weighs the scars from breast lift surgery.
There is very little risk of losing sensation to the nipples as a result of breast lift surgery. If breast implants are inserted at the same time as a mastopexy, there is an increased risk of numbness to the nipples which occurs about 15% of the time during breast augmentation.
Ideal candidates for a breast lift surgery are patients who are happy with the size of their breasts but prefer to have them lifted to a higher position on the chest. Examples of such patients are mothers who have had children and have breast fed, or women who have lost a considerable amount of weight.
The recovery period from a breast lift surgery is normally very minimal, given that it is not combined with any other cosmetic surgical procedure like breast implants. Since a mastopexy is primarily a skin operation which involves less extensive work done on the breast tissue and nothing done on the chest muscle, patients normally experience lower amounts of discomfort and should expect to be back to work within a few days. Patients will be able to return to full activities in about a week’s time.