Lafayette Breast Lift doctors

A: lollipop and anchor lifts are both good operations Both operations are good ones when done by surgeons comfortable with the technique. The anchor incision takes out more skin and may give you a better result as you are really stretched out. The traditional anchor approach does not do a whole lot to re-form a nice breast mound with the droopy breast tissue while the lollipop operation does. However it is possible to improve the shape of the breast tissue through either approach. In my practice re-shaping the breast tissue itself is an integral part of all of my breast lifts because asking the tightened skin to act as a brassiere is likely to fail. If the breast itself is reshaped, the skin can just drape back over the nice breast mound. And the result will be longer lasting

A: Smokers have increased risk of wound complications when undergoing cosmetic surgery

Smoking and chemicals in cigarette smoke tighten small blood vessels and decrease blood flow to healing tissues. A breast lift involves cutting the breast and skin and moving the nipple to a higher position on the breast.  Blood supply is partially cut during this procedure so healing depends on the adequacy of the blood flow left behind.  Cigarette smoking increases the risk that this blood supply will not be adequate, increasing the risk of wound breakdown, nipple loss and loss of breast tissue and skin. Breast lift is a non medically indicated surgery, and as such, should be done only when risks of complications are minimal. I am glad that there were no complications with your previous medically indicated surgeries, but you were lucky. Smoking may increase the risks of elective surgery to unacceptable levels. I would counsel you to quit before surgery just as your surgeon has already done.