What is a Breast Lift Surgery or Mastopexy?
Loss of skin elasticity, gravity and other factors such as weight loss, pregnancy and breast-feeding ultimately affect the shape and firmness of our breasts. Breast lift surgery or Mastopexy, which is a group of elective surgical operations, is therefore done to lessen the degree of the “droop” of the breasts (or breast ptosis). Mastopexy procedures reshape the skin ‘bra’, by adding volume with implants, or by altering the structure of the breast tissue. Who can have a breast lift surgery? You are a good candidate for a breast lift surgery if: • You have breasts that are pendulous but of satisfactory size, breasts that lack substance or firmness, nipples and areolas that point downward, especially if they are positioned below the breast crease. Note that sometimes these conditions may be inherited traits. • The breasts may have developed differently so that one breast is firm and well positioned while the other is not. There may be differences in the size of your breasts as well as the
