Will breasts be pulled down during Tummy Tuck?

It would be very unusual for the breast to be pulled down from a tummy tuck. The breast fold is a very well defined structure in most patients and this should not be disrupted during a tummy tuck. It is possible to move the breast fold during breast surgery, so this should be discussed with your Plastic... more

Depending on how "mobile" your skin is in the upper abdomen, the fold may move a little or a lot!  The only time that I've ever seen it create a problem is when a breast augmentation is being done at the same time.  You can effectively "pull the breasts off the implants" if there... more

Yes, ti will pull it down but this is not usually noticed by the patient. Typically the crease may be pulled down more than the breast itself. For this reason, when breast augmentations are performed at the same time as a tummy tuck, I may place the incision slightly higher on the breast to compensate for the... more

During a typical tummy tuck you would not notice any change to your breast position. The area from the tummy tuck surgery is separated from the breast and it is not typically violated. If you have any combination procedures that create a connection between the areas of the abdomen and the breast, then you will... more

Unlikely. Each one of us does a tummy tuck slightly differently. In the "classic" abdominoplasty the tummy skin is lifted from just above the pubic area to close to the lower edges of the ribs sideways and centrally to the area of the triangle where the two sides of the chest meet the midline. There... more

The typical tummy tuck will not effect the shape and position of the breast. Breast tissue has strong attachments to the rib cage and will not migrate down with tummy tuck.  There are some cases that patient had poor inframammary ligaments and you will see some pulling on the breast ,but this is exception .

There should be minimal, if any, downward migration of the breasts or inframammary fold during a properly perofrmed  tummy tuck.  The inframammary fold is a relatively fixed point and there should not be any significant movement.

This is a very good question, and the answer is yes!  Although, they won't be moved down much.  This is particularly important when you get tummy tuck at the same time as a tummy tuck because the incisions to place the implants may become more noticeable after the tummy tuck.   However... more

It is unlikely to pull breasts downward from a traditional tummy tuck. Most of the pull from a tummy tuck is on the lower half of the abdomen, well away form the lower border of the breast. Talk to your plastic surgeon about how much skin elevation from the abdomen whe/she plans to perform.

The breast fold (inframammary fold) will likely not change after a tummy tuck.  Most dissection during a tummy tuck does not extend as high up to have any noticeable effect on the breast position.  Even if a patient has laxity of their upper chest wall near the breast fold, a tummy tuck has only... more