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Am i a candidate for the benelli lift?
I am wanting a breast lift and hopefully the benelli lift. I am wondering if I am a candidate. If anyone has before.and afters without implants I would like to see them, Iabsolutely do not want implants. Thanks
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Benelli Lift and when to use it.
The question I would like to ask you is, what are you hoping to accomplish with your Benelli Lift? If your goal is to raise the level of your nipple position on the breast, the Benelli lift will do this but it will do so by also flattening the breast. On your photo, your nipple position actually appears to be in a very natural and aesthetic position, that is, at or above the fold at the bottom of your breast. If your goal for the Benelli Lift is to lift your breast tissue upwards...
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Benelli lift
The Benelli lift is useful in a limited portion of the mastopexy population, namely young patients with little sag to the breasts. Your photo is inconclusive. If you do not want implants, there is no reason for you to have an implant mastopexy, but I think you need more lift than the Benelli would provide and that the result is not worth the effort and cost.
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Benelli lift is for minor ptosis
A Benelli, or periareolar mastopexy (breast lift) is a satisfactory procedure for patients who have relatively minor sagging (ptosis) of the breasts. The advantage is that it leaves less scarring just around the areola as opposed to the anchor scar with a full lift. The down sides to a Benelli lift is that it can spread out the size of the areola, it tends to flatten the breast giving it less of a cone shape and it primarily just elevates the nipple and areola rather than the entire...
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Am I a candidate for a benelli lift?
The most important part of a benelli lift is patient selection. In order to get a good result, you need to have minimal ptosis and a conical or pointed breast. A benelli lift will flatten the breast and take away projection. Based on your photos, your breasts appear somewhat already flattened and a benelli lift will make this problem worse. The second part to getting a great result is placing the benelli suture correctly.
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Banelli lift
I would warn you against having the Benelli lift done. There is a high incidence of dissatisfaction with this procedure. I think you would be better off having a vertical mastopexy with a small implant. Unfortunately the Benelli lift offer leads to a stretched out areola. The same can be said for a crescent mastopexy. They both sound good but don't actually lead to an optimal result.
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Am I a candidate for the Benelli breast lift?
Looking at your photos, you certainly have a positive pencil sign in that the lower pole of your breast sits against your chest wall. A Benelli lift without implants will raise the nipple areola slightly which is the inherent limitation to the procedure, but will not adequately address the mild glandular ptosis.
If you truly wish an elevated breast without implants along with a tight inferior pole, such that it does not rest against your rib cage, you would require a vertical...
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Benelli Lifts Offer More Modest Results
I agree with the other experts that the Benelli can be useful for simply raising the nipple about an inch. Youa re indicating with the pencil that you have quite a bit of a breast fold. The Benelli is less effective at raising this fold.
If you dislike the breast fold, and want to only cover one pencil, I would recommend the LeJour or lollipop lift. It's more scar, so you have to be willing to trade that for the improved shape.
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Breast lift without implants
Hi Lynn,
A Benelli lift would only lift the position of your areolas and that's fine if that is what you are looking for. However, if you would like a lift that also raises your breast mound without the need for implants, then an Ultimate Breast Lift is right for you. This is a new technique that takes the existing breast tissue and reshapes it into a cone-giving the appearance of an implant. It also takes your excess skin to make an internal bra that secures your newly shaped breast...
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Breast lift without implants
From your photo – it does appear that you might benefit from a Benelli lift. This will raise the nipple position and will not change the size of your breasts. You may look want to check out my web page to review some before and after photos of patients that have a lift without implants. Good Luck!
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Am i a candidate for the benelli lift?
Only if you can live with a scar around your N/A complex. I might also recommend fat transfer to the breast to help. But best to see IN PERSON a boarded PS.
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Candidate for a Benelli lift
The circumareolar lift, Benelli and others, is effective in raising the nipple with early breast ptosis a centimeter or two, though without an implant the upper fill and projection of the breast will not be increased unless a vertical lift pattern is used push the breast upward. The drawback of the circumareolar lift is relapse, and blocking sutures (Benelli) are best to prevent the areola from stretching and dropping. Based on your photo this could be the lift for you.
Best of luck...
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You are not a candidate for breast lift
You have mild ptosis and would benefit from volume. This can be done with implants or fat grafting. You will not have very good result with the benelli lift which only address the the nipple position.
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Benelli: what it can do and what it cannot do
Hello,
A benelli or purse-string mastopexy will lift the nipple-areola complex (NAC). In doing so it also tightens the central breast skin a little. It does not add volume to the breast and it does not lift and/or shape the breast itself. A benelli mastopexy would only mildly change the appearence of your breast mainly by elevating the NAC a centimeter or two. It is always best to start with an image of what you want your breasts to look like than choose the...
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Benelli lift
I usually limit the Benelli lift to patients that I place breast implants in. The reason being that the Benelli lift tends to flatten the breasts around the areola.
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Breast lift- mastopexy
What is your goal, I would have to discuss your goals with you and see what type of lift would be best for you. If you absolutely would never have implants then I would think by doing a vertical type lift you would get a good result. Most of the time a peri areolar lift will not work.
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Benelli?
The hallmark of a 'Binelli' lift is not simply the fact that the scar is around the nipple, but also that a permanent suture is used to prevent areola spreading. When this type of lift is performed the surgeon is basically sewing a large circle to a small circle- so the natural effect of wound healing is that the large circle is creating pull on the scar- this can cause the appearance of widening of the areola, which can be significant in some cases. A permanent suture is...
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? Benelli breast lift
What is your goal? If it is to lift the nipple above the inframammary fold, a breast lift will do this,either a benelli or some type of vertical lift to some extent. The benelli lift will provide limited elevation and as noted previously may flatten the shape of the breast and projection. IT may also produce a noticeable scar with rippling that can be unsightly.
The lifts will not provide appreciable fullness to the upper pole of the breast and so if this is...
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Breast lift
Your breasts look normal to me. When the nipple is at or above the inframammary line, as yours are, I would only suggest an implant if you want fuller larger breasts. If you want them higher, any surgery will only be temporary and they will fall again.
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Circumareolar Lift
A circumareolar lift (Benelli lift) is an effective procedure in some patients, however has limitations in elevation of the nipples,and how much loose skin that can be removed. Your photo does not demonstrated your breast from other important angles;but it is likely that you may have too much fullness between the nipple and the fold.
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Benelli lift candidate
A Benelli lift will elevate the nipple complex but the more you try to lift it the tighter you have to pull the skin. As you pull the skin tighter you flatten the breast projection. You will not get any more fullness in the upper aspect of the breast but you can get some elevation of the nipple. It is rare to do a Benelli lift with out implants.
Another alternative would be a vertical lift that will give the breast more lift and elevate the breast above your fold...
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Benelli lift
Sorry, without more pictures (frontal and side view) or direct physical examination I cannot give you good advice. You should be very careful considering the operation that you are considering given that the results may be very limited and the scars (and change of the breast profile) significant. It would behoove you to be seen by a well-trained/experienced board-certified plastic surgeon to discuss your goals, be examined in person and discuss options.
Best wishes.
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Benelli lift corrects breast sag in many younger patients
Most situation of mild breast "sag" (ptosis) in young patients can be corrected by a periareolar lift ("Benelli" lift). This is a technically difficult operation so results vary significantly.
The breast gland should be dense and at least a B cup
Breast nipple position should be no lower than the breast fold
The goals of the procedure should be to have a natural, non operated breast appearance.
Any procedure, including the...
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