Is a Specialist for Ethnic Skin Required for Breast Lift?

asked 2 years ago by Twinki in Manchester,UK
Latest answer by Eric Swanson MD
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Tags: breasts, female, ethnic, healing, scar, skin, surgery scar

Hi Surgeons! I am considering having a Breast Lift and was wondering if I need a surgeon who specializes in mixed race skin?

I have always been told our skin heals differently to white skin because it's thicker and wonder if this is true and what effect it will have on how well my scars will fade. Many thanks.

9 answers to Is a Specialist for Ethnic Skin Required for Breast Lift?

Need a cosmetic breast surgery expert, race does not matter

When it comes to breast surgery, skin color does not matter. (It does matter when it comes to facial resurfacing.) Any plastic surgeon who is very experienced has treated many people of all races. There are no special considerations. True, black patients may have a higher risk of keloids, but the vast majority of blacks heal with nice scars. If you have a keloid history you know that already whether you are white, black, or brown. If you have had previous... more

Eric Swanson MD
Leawood Plastic Surgeon

www.swansoncenter.com

Breast Lift and “Ethnic Skin”?

No, you do not need to find a “specialist” for “mixed race skin”. You should however do your due diligence and find a well experienced board certified plastic surgeon who can show you significant experience helping patients like yourself. Best wishes.

Tom J. Pousti, MD
San Diego Plastic Surgeon

Mixed racial skin for breast lift

While some patients' skin can be tricky to deal with in terms of developing hypertrophy or keloids, most plasitc surgeons deal with patients of different skin types pretty frequently. You really do not have to search out a "special" surgoen for this.

Steven Wallach, MD
Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

Ethnic Skin

Any plastic surgeon can operate on any skin type. There is no such thing as a specialist for a certain skin type. Plastic surgeons are experts on surgery of all types of skin. No matter what your skin type is, the surgery will be performed the exact same way.

John Diaz, MD
Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon

No

A plastic surgeon can deal with all types of skin of all ethnic people. Although to tell you the truth - asians scar the worst. After that most healing is variable.

William B. Rosenblatt, MD
New York Plastic Surgeon

A plastic surgeon is the right specialist.

Plastic surgery training deals with the management of all skin types on all areas of the body. Some skin types are quite challenging and you need to listen to your surgeon as he or she explains some of the possible healing issues particular to your skin type. Mixed race skin will have more chance to have irregular coloration around the scars as well as thickening of the scars. Go over these concerns with your surgeon and you will be able to make the right choice. Best Wishes Dr. Peterson... more

Marcus L. Peterson, MD
Saint George Plastic Surgeon

Ethnic skin specialist

I do not believe you need a specialist in ethnic skin. A good surgeon is a good surgeon. Most surgeons do not have control over how any type of skin heals but will be sensitive to healing, placement of incisions, supplemental treatment for pigmentation and hypertrophic scar problems, etc.

Robin T.W. Yuan, MD
Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon

Ethnic skin needs clean surgery

Breast lifts can lead to unhappy patients because of the scarring. Good surgery does not eliminate the risks of hypertrophic scarring. A lot of scarring is based in genetics. However, good techniques can certainly lead to good results -- or at least better results.

Robert M. Freund, MD
New York Plastic Surgeon

www.breastenlargement.net

Specialist for ethnic skin and Breast lifts and Reductions

Ethnic skin can have challenges with scarring. Fair white skin tends to fade well with time. If you have another skin type: Latina, Filipino, Black, Asian, will it heal as well? Any surgeon who trained in a breast fellowship and has done a lot of breast surgery (which is many of us. breast reductions and lifts are a common surgery we all do), has operated on women of color. Being a plastic surgeon in the Bay Area, many of my patients are different ethnicities. I don't think anyone... more