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Does Breast Lifting Alone Leave Suture Marks and Scars?

asked 2 years ago by Farnie in CA
Latest answer by Tom J. Pousti, MD
Question viewed 1,151 times
Tags: breasts, scar

18 answers to Does Breast Lifting Alone Leave Suture Marks and Scars?

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Breast Lifting Leave Scars?

Yes, all techniques of breast lift surgery to involve excision of breast skin to some degree. There is always a resulting scar ( but not necessarily “suture marks”). Keep in mind, that most patients (If properly selected and who are doing the operations and the right time of their lives) accept the scars associated with breast augmentation/breast lifting surgery as long as they are happy with the improvement in contour, size, and symmetry. This acceptance of the scars... more
Tom J. Pousti, MD

San Diego Plastic Surgeon
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Breast Lift Scars

Any surgery results in scars and more extensive surgery may leave longer scars. Suture marks or cross hatching is avoidable with the use of a subcuticular closure. A breast augmentation produces scars but they are shorter than if a breast lift is performed. Depending on the amount of lift required a lollipop or inverted T scar may be required. No plastic surgeon enjoys placing a scar on a woman's breast but many times it is necessary to achieve the final result. You a a patient may... more
Richard Linderman, MD

Indianapolis Plastic Surgeon
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Breast lift and scars

Breast lift surgery requires incisions to lift and mold the breast parenchyma and tighten the skin envelope.
Steven Wallach, MD

Manhattan Plastic Surgeon
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Does breast lift leave scars? Unfortunately yes.

Any incision will leave a scar. Plastic surgeons are trained to make those scars as invisible as possible, but all surgery results in scarring. Doing a breast lift usually involves moving the nipple and areola to a place higher on the breast, so there will at least be a scar around the areola, often pretty well camouflaged by the color difference between the darker areola and the skin of the breast. If you need a fair amount of skin removed, the scars may extend down from the areola to the... more
Elizabeth Lee, MD

Bay Area Plastic Surgeon

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All Surgery Entails Scarring, Even Plastic Surgery

While there are many different types of breast lift techniques, and while some have more scars than others, all entail at least some scarring.  Even with modern plastic surgery techniques, scarring is inevitable with surgery.  Sorry.
Michael C. Pickart, MD

Ventura Plastic Surgeon
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Breast lift does indeed produce scars

Breast lift becomes necessary when the nipple has descended below the fold under the breast. The degree to which the nipple has descended will determine the type of mastopexy or lift needed. The lift may involve a scar round the nipple, around the nipple and down to the fold, or in severe instances a 'T' pattern with a scar across the fold as well. The appearance of quality of the scar is the question in Mastopexy because the motivation is that patients want to look well outside of a bra,... more
Peter E. Johnson, MD

Chicago Plastic Surgeon
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Breast Lift and scarring

Hi Farnie - Unfortunately, a breast lift does leave scars. it's a great procedure, but the scarring can't be avoided. The lift can be done with incisions around the areola alone, around the areola and with a vertical incision, or with incisions around the areola, vertically, and horizontally under the breast. The incisions used depends on the amount of sagginess of your breasts. After the surgery, scar therapy can be done to help minimize the scars. This involves the use of Mederma,... more
Jeffrey E. Schreiber, MD

Baltimore Plastic Surgeon
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Scars with surgery

Hi, Any time a surgeon makes an incision, it leaves a scar. Our goal as plastic surgeons is to leave scars which are cosmetically acceptable. Many different incisions are used for breast lift, but they be an incision just around the areola, a lollipop incision (around the areola with a vertical extension downward), or an anchor incison (lollipop incision plus an incision in the crease at the base of the breast). The choice of incision depends on the amount of nipple-areola droopiness and... more
Sam Jejurikar, MD

Dallas Plastic Surgeon
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Breast lift (mastopexy) incisions and scars

SEE VIDEO BELOW: There are so many different options for mastopexy that this is not an easy question to answer. Scars can range from fold incisions (for implants alone), to crescents, to donuts, to loollipops and to anchors. I know that sounds like a strange collection of items but these are some of the nicknames of the incision designs. The proper incision depends on several factors including the degree of sagging. Scars are a function of the techniques, suture materials and your inherent... more
Otto Joseph Placik, MD

Chicago Plastic Surgeon
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Breast Lift Scars

Most mastopexy procedures leave some type of scar. The minimum scar would be around the areola but most of the time, a scar from the areola to the crease is required. "Suture marks" are usually not an issue as deep absorbable sutures don't leave marks. The result of a lift is to move the nipple/areola back to its normal position and reshape the breast to make it more "perky".
John M. Pierce, MD

Phoenix Plastic Surgeon
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Scars and Breast Lift (Mastopexy)

There is a great misconception that plastic surgeons have a magic wand that can make miracles happen (lift the breasts without scars, perform a facelift with no incision, etc). In order to move skin or tissue, incisions have to be made and sutures have to be placed. Everyone heals differently. For the majority of patients, the incisions from breast lifts have excellent results. In the majority of cases, we use dissolvable and buried sutures which leave little or no external marks. ... more
David Shafer, MD

New York Plastic Surgeon
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Breast lift and scars

All breast lift techniques involve some scarring with or without having an implant. Also, most suturing is done internally and there are no sutures visibie on the outside and won't have any suture marks showing. The basic trade-off with a breast lift is scarring. The more powerful a lift the more scarring is involved. Which type of lift is best for you depends on your exam and expectations. See a board certified plastic surgeon for a consultation and have all your questions answered and... more
Bahram Ghaderi, MD

Chicago Plastic Surgeon
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Breast lift and scars

You cannot do a breast lift without scars. I use stitches under the skin that will dissolve on their own so there are no external stitch marks. I assume that by "alone" you mean without an implant?  With or without an implant there will be scars.
John P. Stratis, MD

Harrisburg Plastic Surgeon
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No suture marks after breast lift.

Hi! We now close all wounds internally, so there are no suture marks across the scars.   But there certainly are scars with most breast lifts (occasionally, you can do an internal lift).  Most women need a lollipop scar.  Almost nobody needs the old fashioned "anchor" scar for a lift.
George J. Beraka, MD

Manhattan Plastic Surgeon
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Breast lift scars

A Breast Lift (Mastopexy) is done to make the breasts perkier by changing their shape, placing them in their ideal location on the chest and putting the nipple complex at the center of the breast. The extent of surgery would depend on the extent of breast drooping (ptosis). The farther the breasts have come, the more needs to be done to correct their shape and reposition them on the chest. EVERY surgery must have a scar but it need NOT have suture marks. Suture marks are most commonly seen... more
Peter A. Aldea, MD

Memphis Plastic Surgeon
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Scars from breast lifts

Breast lifts are performed to elevate the nipple and areola and to tighten the lower pole skin of the breast to give it a better shape and tone. There are scars from this of course but they are worth it for the benefit if it is done well. Railroad track marks along the scars are from poor suture technique and leaving external stitches in too long.
Richard P. Rand, MD, FACS

Seattle Plastic Surgeon
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Breast lift suture marks and scars?

Easy answer YES, but in some, the scarring is very minimal vs others. There will be a scar. Also, the techniques used as well as your scar history are important factors.
Darryl J. Blinski, MD

Miami Plastic Surgeon
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Breast Lift scars, yes. Suture marks, no!

The purpose for a breast lift is to elevate the nipple back up to the proper position. Doing so requires that a certain amount of skin be removed, in conjunction with reshaping of the breast tissue. The only way to remove excess skin, is to make an incision and actually cut it out. Anytime that an incision is made in the skin, a scar will result. The amount of scarring that result is in directly related to the amount of excess skin that exists. Suture marks only occur when skin sutures are... more
Kevin Brenner, MD

Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon

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