When the breasts look like small saucers, it is enlarged, when melons - they are reduced. Operation to correct sagging breasts is called mastopexy.
Valery Eremenko, Candidate of Medical Sciences, plastic surgeon at OnKlinik reports.
Our whole life passes under the influence of gravity. In theory, sooner or later, the chest should sag (well, at least a little!) For everyone. And how the mammary gland will behave after pregnancy is generally a great mystery. Nobody knows what will happen after lactation. It all depends on your genetics.
There are tons of options for what can happen to your breasts, and so are many options for correction. Most often, ptosis (prolapse), changes in the volume and shape of the mammary gland are associated with menopause, as it contributes to the loss of glandular tissue.
With age, our body begins to produce less elastin and collagen, which can affect the aesthetic features of the breast.
But even at 70, a woman who wants to please herself can have mammoplasty. For example, I recently performed an operation on a patient who at that time was 74 years old, she was very pleased with the result. So do not be afraid of anything, now we will understand the details.
What is mastopexy
Mastopexy is one of the options for mammoplasty. Mammoplasty is a plastic surgery that involves reshaping the breast. This could be:
- augmentation (endoprosthetics)
- reduction (reduction mammoplasty)
- lifting (mastopexy)
- and their different combinations.
The main indication for mastopexy is ptosis (breast prolapse). This usually happens in women after completing breastfeeding, or in those with large breasts - just under the influence of gravity. There are several degrees of ptosis:
- The nipple is at the level of the submammary fold (fold under the breast) or below it by no more than 1 cm.
- The breast drops below the submammary fold by 1-3 cm, but the nipple still “looks forward”.
- The nipple, as a result of breast ptosis, is more than 3-4 cm below the submammary fold.
How difficult is the operation
It is important to understand that this is a serious intervention, like any other operation. Mastopexy is much more difficult to perform than breast augmentation. The standard list of undesirable consequences looks like this:
- After the operation, inadequate restoration of breast contours, incorrect or asymmetrical arrangement of the areolas is possible.
- As after any surgical operation, the formation of hematomas, seromas, poor healing of stitches is possible.
- Especially noteworthy is a specific complication of mastopexy - a violation of the sensitivity of the areoles.
- The possibility of breastfeeding (if mastopexy was done before childbirth) is also not unconditional and is discussed in each case individually.
- In advance, you need to come to terms with the fact that after a lift there are more scars than after augmentation with implants. With endoprosthetics, scars can hide in the armpits, in the submammary fold, or along the lower edge of the areola. Usually the length of such scars does not exceed 5 cm. And mastopexy allows you to remove excess skin, this may require different lengths of incisions. Accordingly, scars may be more noticeable.
-For the recovery period (usually about one month), you will have to limit physical activity, lifting weights over 5 kg.
But correctly corrected breast contours remain for many years. Repeated mastopexy is an extremely rare operation.
How mastopexy affects size
After a breast lift, the volume of the mammary glands does not increase. Therefore, arthroplasty is very often performed simultaneously with mastopexy.
When enlarging the mammary glands, it is very important to choose high-quality and the safest implants. In my practice, I most often use Mentor products.
