Breast Lift
Is the scar for breast lift very extensive. Where is it located and how big is it?
Published on April 14, 2011
Question:
Is the scar for breast lift very extensive. Where is it located and how big is it? Are there any techniques that involve a less extensive incision?
Answer:
There are multiple techniques for breast lifting. In order to go over all of these alternatives, your best option is to see a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon who could review all of these alternatives in detail.
The simplest form of lifting is what is called a crescent mastoplexy where a small crescent of skin along the upper boarder of the areola is removed. This is usually performed at the same time as a breast augmentation so that would be an augmentation with a crescent lift.
Usually techniques which incorporate a breast implant at the same time as a breast lift lead to less extensive incisions. As I started out by saying, the alternatives include a breast augmentation with a crescent mastoplexy.
The next least involved incision would be a periareola or circum-areola mastoplexy in which a round eccentric ellipse of skin is excised with the greater majority of the skin above the areola than below the areola being excised. In this technique the scar is limited to a scar completely around the areola.
The next form of breast lift involves a scar around the circumference of the areola and vertically downward. This is a vertical mastoplexy or otherwise known as a lollipop incision. This can be done either with or without an implant.
Finally, the most extensive and oldest and most tried accepted method of a breast lift has the most extensive scarring and that is the reverse anchor scar which goes all the way around the areola, vertically down to the inframammary fold and across the inframammary fold as a horizontal incision.
The technique that is best for an individual patient can only be determined by examination and discussion with your plastic surgeon.
Posted by: Dr. Siporin
Is the scar for breast lift very extensive. Where is it located and how big is it? Are there any techniques that involve a less extensive incision?
Answer:
There are multiple techniques for breast lifting. In order to go over all of these alternatives, your best option is to see a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon who could review all of these alternatives in detail.
The simplest form of lifting is what is called a crescent mastoplexy where a small crescent of skin along the upper boarder of the areola is removed. This is usually performed at the same time as a breast augmentation so that would be an augmentation with a crescent lift.
Usually techniques which incorporate a breast implant at the same time as a breast lift lead to less extensive incisions. As I started out by saying, the alternatives include a breast augmentation with a crescent mastoplexy.
The next least involved incision would be a periareola or circum-areola mastoplexy in which a round eccentric ellipse of skin is excised with the greater majority of the skin above the areola than below the areola being excised. In this technique the scar is limited to a scar completely around the areola.
The next form of breast lift involves a scar around the circumference of the areola and vertically downward. This is a vertical mastoplexy or otherwise known as a lollipop incision. This can be done either with or without an implant.
Finally, the most extensive and oldest and most tried accepted method of a breast lift has the most extensive scarring and that is the reverse anchor scar which goes all the way around the areola, vertically down to the inframammary fold and across the inframammary fold as a horizontal incision.
The technique that is best for an individual patient can only be determined by examination and discussion with your plastic surgeon.
Posted by: Dr. Siporin
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