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What is a Doughnut Mastopexy?

asked 2 years ago by anon
Latest answer by Earl Stephenson Jr., MD, DDS
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I know that a mastopexy is just the technical term for breast lift surgery, but what does the doughnut part of doughnut mastopexy stand for?

16 answers to What is a Doughnut Mastopexy?

Doughnut Mastopexy

Doughnut mastopexy is known as a periareolar mastopexy. The doughnut is not an acronym of anything. This technique involves an incision around the native areola and allows for removal or reshaping of the breast as well as removal of excess skin. The end result is a smaller shapely breast with a smaller areolar. Dr ES

Earl Stephenson Jr., MD, DDS
Atlanta Plastic Surgeon

"Donut" Lift (mastopexy)

There are various incision options for breast lifting (mastopexy) surgery. The "donut" incision is used to achieve a limited lift. The incision is made around the areola which makes it possible to also reduce the size of the areola as well if you choose. However, depending on where you are starting off initially will determine whether you would have a significant enough lift with just the donut incision, or you may require a "lollipop" or "anchor"... more

Tom J. Pousti, MD
San Diego Plastic Surgeon

Donut Mastopexy defined

There are many different surgical techniques for a breast lift. If the patient requires a reposition of the nipple and a small amount of lift, a donut mastopexy is an excellent option. In this procedure, we make incision around the perimeter of the nipple and then an outer incision into the breast skin. The breast skin that is removed is in the shape of a donut. Through this incision, we can recontour the breast and also change the shape and size of the nipple. The final scar... more

B. Pat Pazmino, MD
Miami Plastic Surgeon

Doughnut mastopexy

A doughnut mastopex looks like a donut when the skin between the areola and the native breast skin is removed. This area of denuded skin it then sutured together and you have a small areola lift. This can be employed with a breast augmentation in many cases to avoid more incisions on the breast.

Steven Wallach, MD
Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

A doughnut mastopexy is useful if a minimal amount of lifting is required

A doughnut mastopexy can help lift the breast by removing skin around the areola. The skin excised is in the shape of a doughnut, and the larger outer circle is cinched up around the smaller inner circle (the border of the areola). This can provide some lifting and firming of the breast and is useful if a minimal amount of lifting is required. If more lifting is necessary, then incisions below the areola and perhaps in the crease line of the breast might be appropriate. A breast implant can... more

Michael D. Yates, MD
Huntsville Plastic Surgeon

What is Donut Mastopexy?

Donut mastopexy is a form of breast lift. It is typically used in cases when the nipple requires up to 2.5cm (one inch) of lift AND there is not a great amount of loose skin in the lower part of the breast. A "cookie cutter" template is used and the excess area is marked and removed. This will result in a smaller area lo (if needed) and will make your areola more circular. If the nipple needs to be lifted, the appropriate amount of skin is removed on top of the nipple to allow... more

Michael A. Jazayeri, MD
Santa Ana Plastic Surgeon

The Donut Mastpexy

The donut mastopexy is a procedure that removes a ' donut' area of skin from around the areola. The exact amount of skin that would be removed is variable, but the operation is primarily used when a minimal or conservative lifting of the nipple-areola complex is required. The benefit of this type of lift is that the scars are very limited. The risks are small and usually related to scarring and asymmetry. The down side of this procedure is that it is a limited procedure in terms of its... more

Wilfred Brown, MD
Fairfield Plastic Surgeon

Doughnut mastopexy leaves a circular scar around the nipples.

Hi! Of course, it is called a doughnut mastopexy because the scar is a circle. This is a minimal scar breast lift. We only use it when the patient is also getting breast implants. Otherwise, we do a vertical mastopexy, which produces a good long term perky shape, and leaves a lollipop scar. Women accept the scars well (they usually fade a lot) IF they love the shape of their new breasts.

George J. Beraka, MD
Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

What is donut mastopexy?

Donut mastopexy means that the scar is around the areola only. This type of mastopexy is only good for patients who need minimal elevation of the nipple, like 1.5cm or less. If the necessary nipple elevation distance is greater than 1.5cm, I usually use a lollipop pattern scar. If the distance is greater than 1.5cm and only an areolar scar is used, then you can get a "starburst" pattern scar which is not aesthetically acceptable. Hope this helps. Tracy M. Pfeifer, MD, MS... more

Tracy Pfeifer, MD
Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

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Doughnut mastopexy is a type of around the nipple breast lift

There are many terms used to describe the skin pattern in a given breast lift procedure, and doughnut mastopexy seems to making a comeback. I had not heard this term used since the late 70's, and more often this technique has been called a 'round block' mastopexy or a circumareolar breast lift. This pattern has been effective in correcting lessor degrees of breast droop, say approximately a descent of 1.5 cm. of the center of the nipple below the breast fold. The shape of the doughnut will... more

Peter E. Johnson, MD
Chicago Plastic Surgeon

Doughnut mastopexy

This procedure attempts to give a lift to the breast by removing a doughnut of skin around the areola. When the wound is closed the tightening gives a bit of a lift. You need to find someone who is very well versed in this procedure because it lifts only a little and there are risks of recurrence, significant scarring and areolar irregularities.

John P. Stratis, MD
Harrisburg Plastic Surgeon

Doughnut (Peri-areolar) Breast Lift

The Doughnut or Peri-areolar Breast Lift is an excellent procedure for those people with very little breast droop who need a slight tightening of the skin to achieve the desired result. The areola is made smaller and a ring of skin (and the part of the areola outside the smaller size) is removed around the smaller areola. This part that is removed looks somewhat like a doughnut, though it is usually somewhat asymmetric. This is because, to get lift, more skin is usually removed above the... more

Robert T. Buchanan, MD
Highlands Plastic Surgeon

A doughnut mastopexy is a periareolar mastopexy

In doing a periareolar mastopexy, a "doughnut" shaped ring of skin is removed from around the areola. This allows for a conservative lift and a nice result in the properly selected patient. If the nipple is at or slightly above the crease below the breast and is pointing forward not downward, a periareolar lift will work well. It will not work well if the nipple is too low or pointing downward. Check the photos on my web site.

Richard P. Rand, MD, FACS
Seattle Plastic Surgeon

Donut Mastopexy, Areolar Correction

A donut mastopexy is a breast lift with a circumareolar scar (around the areola) that lifts the breasts, reduces skin excess, and reduces the size of the areola. In practice, a permanent suture is placed around the areola to prevent widening of the areolar scar, known as a starburst scar pattern.

Raffy Karamanoukian, MD
Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon

Doughnut mastopexy

A Donut Mastopexy describes the markings made for this breast lift. In this technique the areola, the pigmented circle around the nipple is marked with a cookie cutter to the commonest diameter (around 4 cm). This is the INNER circle of the donut. Depending on how high we want the nipple and more accurately the edge of the new areola to go, we then mark an eccentric circle around the inner areolar circle. The skin of the donut thus created is removed surgically and the areola is then lifted... more

Peter A. Aldea, MD
Memphis Plastic Surgeon

The donut (doughnut) mastopexy aka circumareolar or roundblock or Benelli lift.

SEE VIDEO BELOW BY CLICKING "MORE": There are several different technical terms for a mastopexy that have developed lay names. For example: Traditional Wise/Lexer pattern vertical and horizontal mastopexy = anchor Vertical or Circumvertical mastopexy = lollipop or tennis racket Circumareolar = donut or doughnut Periareoalar = crescent The donut (doughnut) removes a circular piece of skin around the areolar. The removed skin is a circle with a hole in it that resembles a doughnut... more